Rice University Athletics
Chao Snags C-USA All-Academic Honors
4/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 16, 2008
IRVING - Julie Chao is one of six players to earn Conference USA All-Academic Team honors Wednesday afternoon as announced by the league office.
Chao, the reigning C-USA Freshman of the Year, is an economic major that sports a 3.60 GPA. The San Diego product has racked up a 20-9 singles record and secured Rice's 4-3 win at Alabama (Feb. 10) with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 (1) win. She also led the Owls (16-4) in wins over then-No. 75 Jacksonville (Feb. 3) and No. 69 Cal State Northridge (March 2) en route to the program's best regular season record since 1983.
Chao teamed with Dominique Karas at the No. 1 doubles position for a 13-5 tally during the spring season. The duo has won five of their last seven decisions heading into the C-USA Championship.
Rice is scheduled to square off with the winner of Houston-UTEP match Friday at 2pm in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championship. RiceOwls.com will have a complete recap and photo gallery of Friday's match.
Below is the complete list of C-USA's All-Academic Team.
2008 C-USA All-Academic Team
Natalia Bubien (SMU)
Julie Chao (Rice)
Hannah Priest (East Carolina)
Agostina Santoro (Tulsa)
Brooke Walter (East Carolina)
Anna Yakimchenkova (UCF)
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