University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Dillistone Claims First Team Academic All-District Accolades
5/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field/Cross Country
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Teams have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Southern Miss track and field's Dana Dillistone was named to the first team for District Six.
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2014-15 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
First-team Academic All-District ® honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be announced June 22-25 (after the CoSIDA Convention which runs June 14-17). With her selection to the first team, Dillistone is now eligible for Academic All-America.
Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.
The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the fourth year of the expanded Academic All-America program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
District 6 CoSIDA All-Academic 
Dillistone is a two-time C-USA Commissioner's List and Academic Medal Recipient. She has been on the President's List four times. She competes in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters and has recorded a personal and season-best time of 4:37.93 in the 1,500 meters. She ranked among the top 20 times in C-USA in the 1,500m. She ran a season-best time of 18:46.16 in the 5,000 meters.
Dillistone, a sophomore, helped the cross country team receive the C-USA Team Academic Award while also aiding in becoming a two-time Most Outstanding Team GPA. The cross country team also sported the overall Sports Team GPA. The team also was a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honoree.
Dillistone was one of four to boast a 4.00 GPA.
