Courtesy: Tim Fitzgerald/CMU Athletics Mannino became the second CMU soccer player in program history to be named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team.

MOUNT PLEASANT — Junior goalkeeper Shay Mannino (Grosse Ile, Mich./Grosse Ile HS) was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV first team, which was announced on Thursday.

Mannino sports a 3.89 grade-point average as an elementary education major. The junior leads the MAC with a 0.50 goals against average and a school-record 13 solo shutouts while her .855 save percentage ranks fourth in the conference. This is her second appearance on the Academic All-District squad, she was a second-team selection in 2008.

As a first-team pick, Mannino will be placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. She is only the second CMU player to earn first-team honors, and the first since Jacquie Lacek, who did so twice, in 2006.

2009 Academic All-District Women’s Soccer Team District IV

First Team

GK  Shay Mannino    Central Michigan
M    Katy Frierson      Auburn
M    Molly Kinsella    Vanderbilt
M    Vendula Strnadova    Memphis
D    Danielle Blair       Alabama-Birmingham
D    Rachel Friedman    Western Kentucky
D    Julie Hull               Kentucky
D    Lauren Moon       Austin Peay State
F    Lauren Hill          Michigan State
F    Ali Leak                Toledo
F    Chelsea Pelletier    Jacksonville State