Two Lady Eagle Athletes Named Academic All-District
Olivia Berry |
Jennifer Keefe |
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- A pair of Southern Miss Lady Eagle student-athletes earned spots on the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District VI University Division Women's At-Large Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Senior tennis player Olivia Berry (Gulfport, Miss.) was one of 10 members on the all-district first team, while junior golfer Jennifer Keefe (Winterpark, Fla.) was part of the 10-member second team. The two athletes joined 20 others hailing from 13 other schools throughout the region.
As a first-team selection, Berry now moves on to the Academic All-America University Division national ballot. The Academic All-America Women's At-Large Team will be announced on Thursday, June 17.
Berry helped the Lady Eagle team finish with a record of 12-11 and a ninth-place finish at the Conference USA Tournament. She played at No. 5 singles, posting 13-17 record, including 8-13 in dual match play during the spring. She and Courtney Ulrich teamed together at No. 3 doubles team, finishing with an 8-9 record.
Berry, who owns a perfect 4.00 GPA in biology, received the C.L. Dews Scholar Athlete Award, while being a member of the USM Presidential Foundation Scholar-Honors College. She received the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship and was voted Omicron Delta Kappa Most Outstanding Freshman as well as being a member of Lamdba Sigma Honor Society and the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. She was named to the President?s List every semester, while receiving the Conference USA Academic Medalist and a Sportscare Scholar-Athlete award. She graduated in three years in biology and has been accepted into medical school.
Keefe, who has a 3.99 GPA in international business, was named second team All-Conference USA. She finished the year with a stroke average of 77.91 in 24 rounds. She was the medalist at the NIU Snowbird Classic. She had seven top-20 finishes, including three in the top 10. She finished in a tie for seventh at the Conference USA Championship. She has been a member of the President?s List four semesters and on the Dean?s List. Keefe received the Conference USA Academic Medal for the past three seasons and was a three-time Student-Athlete Advisory Committee gold medalist for three years.
The complete list of the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District VI University Division Women's Softball Team follows.
2004 University Division Academic All-District VI Women?s At-Large Team
First Team
Name (sport) School Dist Yr Hometown GPA Major
Florencia Basile (Tennis) Univ. of Mississippi VI Sr Buenos Aires, Argentina 3.94 International Business
Olivia Berry (Tennis) Southern Mississippi VI Sr Gulfport, MS 4.00 Biology
Devon Day (Golf) Louisiana State Univ. VI Sr Greer, SC 4.00 Mass Communications
Kailin Downs (Golf) Univ. of New Mexico VI Jr Bend, OR 3.82 General Management
Julia Keedy (Crew) Univ. of Texas VI Sr Houston, TX 3.86 Civil Engineering
Sandra Mayr (Tennis) New Mexico State VI Jr Houten, Netherlands 4.00 International Business
Alisha Schuknecht (Swimming) Univ. of Texas VI Jr Bend, OR 3.93 Nutrition
Ruth Stiver (Crew) Univ. of Texas VI Grad Madisonville, TX 4.00 Advertising
Martina Stursova (Skiing) Univ. of New Mexico VI Jr Policka, Czech Republic 3.97 Biology
Stefanie Williams (Swimming) New Mexico State VI Sr Kent, WA 3.968 Education
Second Team
Name (sport) School Dist Yr Hometown GPA Major
Jessica Braver (Tennis) Univ. of Oklahoma VI Jr Edmond, OK 3.96 Letters
Annie Gagnon (Gymnastics) Louisiana State Univ. VI Jr Montreal, Quebec 3.46 Management
Jennifer Keefe (Golf) Southern Mississippi VI Jr Winterpark, FL 3.99 International Business
Jenny Kuhn (Tennis) Tulane Univ. VI So Leipzig, Germany 3.741 Accounting
Amanda Moran (Swimming) Univ. of Arkansas VI Sr Thunder Bay, Ontario 3.32 Marketing
Yessica Rizelia (Tennis) Southeastern Louisiana VI Sr Jakarta, Indonesia 4.00 Finance
Anete Rozkalne (Tennis) Univ. of Texas at Arlington VI So Riga, Latvia 3.95 Biology
Ashlie D?Ann Simmons (Golf) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi VI Sr Big Spring, TX 3.81 Marine Biology
Tjasa Suvak (Tennis) Univ. of New Mexico VI Sr Belca, Slovenia 3.83 Accounting
Anneline Zerwick (Tennis) Northwestern State VI Jr Pretoria, South Africa 3.954 Accounting
