IRVING, Texas (March 2, 2017) -- FIU senior guard Nikolina Todorovic (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was one of six players in Conference USA named to the 2017 In-Touch Credit Union Conference USA Women's Basketball All-Academic Team. The team, announced today and voted on by the league's media relations coordinators, celebrates the true student-athletes in the league.
 
Todorovic had her streak of 28-consecutive games in the starting lineup halted by an injury two weeks ago. She missed only one game and has been in the lineup in the past three contests, giving her 26 for the season and 86 for her four-year career. She draws the assignment of defending the opponents' best perimeter player and, as one of two seniors, is looked upon for guidance and energy from her teammates in the huddle and away from the court.
 
She is a career .331 shooter from behind the three-point arc and has career averages of 2.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. She averaged 16.9 minutes per game, playing two years from the bench and the last two in a starting role with the Panthers.
 
Todorovic speaks eight languages and achieved her undergraduate degree at FIU in just three years. She graduated with a double major in international relations and political science. She began her postgraduate work last fall towards a masters of marketing and is on pace to graduate for the second time later this year.
 
She intends to enter the work of international marketing after receiving that graduate degree.
 
FIU finishes the regular season this weekend, hosting Middle Tennessee on Thursday night at 7 before Todorovic and fellow senior Janka Hegedus will be honored before the Senior Day game on Saturday against UAB, with a gametime of 2 p.m. in Miami.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and at the FIU Football Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.