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Truman Announces 2011-12 Outstanding Student-Athletes

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Baseball's Devon Myers and Long/Triple Jumper Jennifer Zweifel have been selected as Outstanding Truman Senior Student-Athletes for the 2011-12 school year. In addition, Megan Buri (Women's Soccer), Katie Pitts (Softball), Michael Dial (Men's Track/Cross Country) and Brian Tillis (Swimming) have all been named Senior Scholar-Athletes.

Myers (Fenton, Mo., Rockwood Summit HS) is a three-time team captain for the Bulldog Baseball team and has played in every game for the past four seasons. He will finish his Truman career as the Bulldogs all-time hits leader and will finish in the top five in five other offensive categories. He is a two-time honorable mention all-MIAA selection with this year's team being announced next week (May 8). Myers has been an MIAA Academic Honor Roll member and a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District selection. He represents the baseball program on Truman's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, is a member of the American Medical Student Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Pre-Students of Osteopathic Medicine organizations.

Zweifel (Maryville, Mo., Maryville)enters her final month of collegiate competition as a four-time All-American and is Truman's record holder in the indoor long and triple jumps and outdoor record in the triple.  She finished the 2012 indoor season with a third place finish in the long jump and a fourth place showing in the triple jump and won the MIAA Indoor Track & Field championship in the triple. She is a three-time United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team member and a 2012 nominee to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America team. She is the reigning Miss Northeast Counties and will represent the area at the Miss Missouri pageant later this summer. Zweifel serves on the Truman Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, is a university student ambassador, a member of Alpha Chi Sigma, a professional chemistry fraternity and a member of the American Chemical Society.
The Senior Scholar-Athletes awards were given based on cumulative grade-point average. 

Brian Tillis (Peoria, Ill., Peoria Notre Dame), a four-year letterwinner for the men's swimming team, has a 4.0 GPA while majoring in Biology. Tillis is a recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate scholarship and is a nominee for the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America at-large team.

Michael Dial (Maryland Heights, Mo., Pattonville)is also a four-year letterwinner on the men's cross country and track & field teams. His 4.0 GPA in Economics helped the men's cross country team lead all of Division II last year. He has been a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and with his perfect GPA, placed on the MIAA Academic Excellence list.  Dial is a 2012 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee.

Katie Pitts (Jefferson City, Mo., Helias) is a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldog softball team and earned her first all-conference recognition this past season with an honorable mention nod as an outfielder.  She hit .371 with a team-best .408 in league games. Pitts has a 3.95 GPA in Exercise Science and was a 2012 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee. She is a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Megan Buri (Parkville, Mo., Park Hill South) is a two-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American and is a recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate scholarship. A four-year letterwinner on the women's soccer team with a 3.96 GPA in Biology, Buri earned NSCAA All-region honors as a senior and finished her Bulldog career 10th all-time in assists 18. Buri has also been a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

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