Complete West Region All-Academic list
SEATTLE -- Junior forward Caitlyn Rohrbach has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team for the second straight year, and senior guard Daesha Henderson has earned a spot on the team for the first time.
Rohrbach (Edmonds, Wash./Meadowdale HS) was a third-team selection in the West Region last season, and moved up to the second team this time. She carries a 3.94 grade-point average in psychology.
The 6-foot Rohrbach is a key player off the bench for the 19th-ranked Falcons, averaging 5.0 points and 3.7 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game. She has set a career high this season assists (five at Azusa Pacific on Dec. 31) and tied her rebounding career high with seven against Concordia-Portland on Dec. 12.
Henderson (Snohomish, Wash./Snohomish HS) gained a spot on the West Region first team. She has a 3.49 GPA as a biology major. While this is her first CoSIDA selection, Henderson has been named to the last to Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic teams.
The 5-8 Henderson leads Seattle Pacific in scoring at 12.4 points per game. She also sets the Falcons' pace in steals with 2.7 per game, ranking 39th in all of NCAA Division II in that category. This season, she was named the MVP of the Sodexo Tip-Off Classic at SPU, and also made the all-tournament team at the GNAC-CCAA Challenge at Western Washington University in December.
During a span of eight days in December, Henderson tied her career highs for steals (seven) and blocked shots (two), both against Chico State on Dec. 21, and for rebounds (seven) at UC San Diego on Dec. 28.
The 19th-ranked Falcons (15-3) are on the road Thursday night at Central Washington, and return home to face Northwest Nazarene on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Brougham Pavilion. The Saturday game will be the opener of a doubleheader, with the Falcon men tipping off against NNU at 4 p.m.
