All-American Honors for Ravens' Johansson

Four Other Franklin Pierce Players Named to All-District Teams

Novemeber 21, 2008

Franklin Pierce University sophomore forward Angelika Johansson has earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America women’s soccer second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America committee.

Johansson also heads a list of four Ravens to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I honors by CoSIDA members in New England and New York.

Johansson is the eighth student-athlete in program history to earn Academic All-America honors with her selection to the second team and the first since Mia Makarainen collected third team honors in 2006.

Johansson, selected to the Academic All-District I first team, heads a program-record matching list of four Academic All-District honorees this fall.

Junior back Rachel Smith was selected to the second team, while seniors Brittany Ester and Melissa Hagmire earned third team honors.

The selections mark the eighth straight year the Franklin Pierce women’s soccer team has had an Academic All-District I honoree and runs the program’s all-time list of All-District picks to 26.

Men’s sophomore midfielder Johan Torstensson has also been named to the Academic All-District I second team in men’s soccer.

Torstensson’s selection gives the Franklin Pierce men’s soccer team 21 Academic All-District selections in program history. Torstensson, who earns Academic All-District honors for the first time, has achieved a 3.88 cumulative grade point average as a pre-med major at the University.

He is a Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll Gold Scholar and has earned a spot on the Franklin Pierce Athletic Department honor roll each of the first two semesters he has been enrolled.

Torstensson earned All-Northeast-10 third team honors for the second-straight season this fall.

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