WBB: Elon’s Coffer Named to Academic All-District First Team for Second Straight Year

ELON, N.C. – For the second straight season, Elon women’s basketball’s Sam Coffer has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 First Team as announced today, Feb. 5. Coffer, a senior forward, holds a 3.89 GPA in biochemistry.

Coffer has started 111 games for the maroon in gold in her career and has earned 105 total starts, including all 20 of Elon’s games this season. She is averaging 7.7 points per game and a team-high 5.7 rebounds per game, ranking 16th in the Colonial Athletic Association in rebounding. Coffer posted a season-high 16 points off a 6-of-10 performance against No. 6 North Carolina earlier this season, while also recording 16 points in a double-double performance with a season-high 11 rebounds at Charlotte. She currently ranks fourth on Elon’s all-time career blocks list with 114 total blocks.

Earning All-District Academic First Team honors automatically nominates Coffer for Academic All-America status.