Women?s Tennis Player Berry Named CoSIDA Academic All-American
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Southern Miss senior women?s tennis player Olivia Berry was selected for the highest award that honors both academic excellence and athletic achievement with a 2004 Academic All-America second team selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Thursday.
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 a 13-17 record, including 8-13 in dual match play during the spring. She and Courtney Ulrich teamed together at No. 3 doubles, 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. She 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, 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.
Berry was the only CoSIDA Academic All-American selection from Conference USA as well the only one from the state of Mississippi.
2003-04 CoSIDA Academic All-America
University Division Women?s At-Large Team
(First Team)
Name (School, District) Sport Class Hometown GPA, Major
Laurie Bean (Drexel, II) Lacrosse Senior Royersford, Pa. 4.00, Commerce & Engineering
Naomi Campano (Mount St. Mary?s, II) Lacrosse Senior Schnecksville, Pa. 3.98, Political Science
#Devon Day (Louisiana State, VI) Golf Senior Greer, S.C. 4.00, Mass Communication
+Karen Dennison (Indiana, V) Golf Senior Madison, Ind. 3.38, Sport Marketing/Management
#Samantha Dyshaw (Iowa State, VII) Swimming Senior Montevideo, Minn. 4.00, Biology
Adrienne Gautreaux (South Carolina, III) Golf Grad. Mabank, Texas 4.00, Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Mgt.
^Rachel Goldberg (Cornell, II) Gymnastics Senior Indianapolis, Ind. 3.97, Psychology
+Lana Khvalina (UMBC, II) Tennis Senior Rochester, N.Y. 4.00, Political Science
+Stephanie Kite (Alabama, IV) Gymnastics Senior Austin, Texas 4.00, International Marketing
Libby Landgraf (Nebraska, VII) Gymnastics Senior Fort Collins, Colo. 3.79, Management
Milena Matijevic (Niagara, I) Tennis Grad. Niagara Falls, N.Y. 3.99, Mathematics
Mihaela Moldovan (Florida State, III) Tennis Junior Bucharest, Romania 4.00, Public Relations
Karen Parzar (Brown, I) Crew Senior Exeter, N.H. 3.88, Biology
Angela Ruggiero (Harvard, I) Ice Hockey Senior Harper Woods, Mich. 3.25, Government
Birte Steven (Oregon State, VIII) Swimming Senior Hannover, Germany 3.90, Psychology
Martina Stursova (New Mexico, VI) Skiing Junior Policka, Czech Republic 3.97, Biology
(Second Team)
Name (School, District) Sport Class Hometown GPA, Major
Emma Baratta (Columbia, I) Fencing Soph. Somerville, N.J. 3.78, Psychology
Olivia Berry (Southern Miss, VI) Tennis Senior Gulfport, Miss. 4.00, Biology
#Karin Camenisch (Denver, VII) Skiing Senior Kloster, Switzerland 3.81, Biology
Mari Creatini (Northeastern, I) Field Hockey Junior Harwich, Mass. 3.38, Architecture
Gail Decker (James Madison, III) Lacrosse Senior Baltimore, Md. 3.49, Speech Communications
Nora Feddersen (California, VIII) Field Hockey Senior Berlin, Germany 3.74, Mass Communications
Cynthia Goulet (Illinois, V) Tennis Senior Longueuil, Quebec 3.98, Business
Julia Keedy (Texas, VI) Crew Senior Houston, Texas 3.86, Civil Engineering
Emily Marker (Maryland, II) Tennis Grad. Ann Arbor, Mich. 4.00, Decision Information Systems
Lauren McCalley (Tennessee, IV) Swimming Junior Moultrie, Ga. 3.93, Microbiology
Ellen Miles (Evansville, V) Diving Senior Ellisville, Mo. 3.96, Mathematics
Kristina Puck (Jacksonville, III) Tennis Senior Hamburg, Germany 4.00, Communications
Liina Suurvarik (Illinois State, V) Tennis Senior Tallin, Estonia 3.92, International Business
Laura Teresby (Radford, III) Golf Senior Greensboro, Md. 4.00, Management
Gabby Wedding (Kent State, IV) Golf Junior Wilmington, Ohio 3.96, Marketing
(Third Team)
Name (School, District) Sport Class Hometown GPA, Major
Emily Bankhead (Denver, VII) Gymnastics Senior Houston, Texas 3.75, Finance/Accounting
Sarah Caldwell (Wisconsin-Milwaukee, V) Swimming Senior West Bend, Wis. 3.99, Biological Science
Kailin Downs (New Mexico, VI) Golf Junior Bend, Ore. 3.82, General Management
Lauren Duerk (Auburn, IV) Swimming Soph. Defiance, Ohio 4.00, Pre-Medicine
Urska Jurick (Missouri, VII) Tennis Senior Placar, Slovenia 3.81, Marketing
Courtney Koester (Northwestern, V) Lacrosse Senior Richmond, Ind. 3.83, Computer Engineering
Marie Matrka (Coastal Carolina, III) Tennis Junior Wilmington, Ohio 3.99, Biology
Sandra Mayr (New Mexico State, VI) Tennis Junior Houten, Netherlands 4.00, International Business
Annie Menees (Vanderbilt, IV) Tennis Junior St. Louis, Mo. 3.97, Child Dev. & Cognitive Studies
Kate Richardson (UCLA, VIII) Gymnastics Soph. Coquitlam, B.C. 3.76, Physiological Studies
Alisa Schuknecht (Texas, VI) Swimming Junior Bend, Ore. 3.93, Nutrition
Ruth Stiver (Texas, VI) Crew Grad. Madisonville, Tenn. 4.00, Advertising
Tana Trapani (Southern Illinois, V) Tennis Senior Murphysboro, Ill. 4.00, Business
Melissa Vituj (Utah, VIII) Gymnastics Senior Ada, Mich. 3.45, Health Promotion & Education
+2002-03 First Team CoSIDA At Large #2002-03 Second Team CoSIDA At-Large 2002-03 Third Team CoSIDA At-Large
CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year: Stephanie Kite (Alabama)
