On Wednesday (Feb. 22), Fort Hays State junior forward Traci Keyser was named a 2012 Capital One Academic All-America ® second team selection. The Capital One Academic All-America Teams, which are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.

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Keyser is the Lady Tigers third-leading scorer, averaging 9.8 points per game, and she is one of just three players who have started all 26 games this season. She ranks second in the MIAA in free throw percentage at 87.8% (86-of-98) after leading the conference in 2010-11. She has also set a new single-season FHSU record for free throw percentage in each of her first two years with the program. Keyser currently ranks in the top 10 in multiple all-time categories at FHSU, including eighth place with 92 made 3-pointers in her career.
 
Keyser, a native of Cambridge, Neb., becomes the first Academic All-America Selection for Fort Hays State since Sheena Kuntzsch was a third-team choice in 2008. She also becomes just the sixth Academic All-America selection in FHSU women's basketball history. Keyser holds a 4.0 GPA while majoring in Management and she was one of two Fort Hays State athletes to earn the MIAA Academic Excellence award for the 2010-11 school year.
 
Keyser and the Fort Hays State women's basketball team will be back in action tonight (Feb. 22) against No. 11 Pittsburg State in a game that will tipoff at 5:30 pm from Gross Memorial Coliseum.