Grand View senior guard Jennifer Jorgensen headlined the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Women's Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), announced today.

Jorgensen was chosen as the recipient of the Capital One Academic All-American of the Year award. The Capital One College Division Academic All-America® basketball teams are comprised of student athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.

The Vikings went 2-0 last week, won its 15^thstraight game, and wrapped up the MCC regular season title to stay at No. 9 in the NAIA Div II Women's Basketball Poll released today. With the regular season title, the ladies receive an automatic bid to the NAIA Championships held March 7-13 in Sioux City.

Grand View is one of just two MCC teams featured in this week's Top 25; Mount Mercy moved up one spot to No. 12. Iowa Wesleyan received votes.

The Midwest Collegiate Conference women's basketball tournament brackets have been released.

The Vikings (25-5) have earned the No. 1 seed in the tourney and will face No. 8 seed AIB (13-17) this Thursday, Feb. 23, at Grand View in Des Moines. The winner advances to the semifinal game on Saturday, Feb. 25, at a time TBD at the venue of the highest seed.

Click here for MCC women's basketball tournament bracket.

Grand View junior forward Amy Vos (Newton, IA) needed 14 points against Waldorf on Saturday to score her 1000^thpoint for her collegiate career. She came out firing, going 3-4 from behind the arc in the first half. Vos finished the game with 17 points to put her at a total of 1003. She led the Vikings to their last regular season win, 77-60 over the Warriors.

Grand View put the press on early and went up by as many as 21 points in the first half before going into the break with a 47-28 lead over Waldorf. 

A Viking two point lead at halftime was answered with an 18 point scoring margin, in the second half, to lead GV to a win over Ashford. After being down one in the beginning of the second half, Grand View took the lead with 13 minutes left on the clock and ran away with it. The Vikings defeated the Saints 72-52 to clench the regular season Midwest Collegiate Conference Title.

Senior, Jenn Jorgensen (Dayton, IA), carried GV in the first half knocking down 9-13 shots from the field and finishing with 21 points going into the break. The Vikings were able to maintain a 50% shooting average but could not find a defensive answer for the Saints, in the first 20 minutes.

While getting outrebounded by three and turning the ball over eight times in the first half, Grand View knew they were going to have to turn up the intensity in the second half.

"We made some defensive adjustments at halftime and the girls bought into it," said Head Coach Garey Smith. "It all comes down to effort, who wants it more. Once we altered our defensive plan we were able to turn the corner and get the job done."