FOREST CITY, Iowa &045; Katie Demmer of Clarks Grove, a junior at Waldorf College, is one of six honorees from Waldorf nominated for the 2004 fall sports National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes Scholar-Athletes Award as announced recently by the organization.

Demmer is the only soccer player from Waldorf to be considered for this award. An athlete must be at a junior level and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale to be considered.

A total of 13 women soccer players in the state of Iowa are on the fall 2004 list of Scholar-Athletes.

&uot;The Scholar-Athlete Award is something Katie should be very proud of. It isn’t easy to maintain a 3.5 or above GPA, let alone do it with the travel schedule of an athlete,&uot; said Julie Seldon, Waldorf College’s women’s soccer coach.

Demmer has played soccer for Waldorf the past two years. While maintaining her academic standing, she continues to work at Hanson’s Fine Jewelry in Forest City.

&uot;Katie is a joy to coach,&uot; said Seldon. &uot;Not only because she works hard, but she knows how to have fun at the same time.&uot;

Demmer will graduate from Waldorf in the fall of 2005 with a bachelor of arts degree in marketing and management.

Waldorf College in Forest City is a private, liberal arts college.