Barrow & LaGro Named To District VII All-Academic Team

Nov. 2, 2012

HOUSTON - Rice's Julia Barrow and Lauren LaGrohave both been named to the Capital One Academic All-District VII Women's Soccer Teams, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on Friday (Nov. 2).

To be eligible for NCAA Academic All-District honors student-athletes must hold at least a 3.3 grade point average and be a sophomore in academic and athletic standing. District VII is comprised of schools in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

>Earlier in the week LaGro and Barrow earned first team All-Academic honors from Conference USA . Barrow had an outstanding semester in the classroom and on the soccer field where she has been a four-year starter in the midfield. The Hermosa Beach, Calif., native maintained a 3.92 GPA as an English major with a minor in poverty, justice and human capabilities. Barrow led the Owls with four assists and rarely came out of a game, playing all 90 or more minutes 13 times. As a First Team Academic All-District honoree, Barrow is now eligible to earn NCAA Academic All-America honors in women's soccer (which will be determined later this year).

A three-time C-USA All-Academic honoree who maintained a 3.87 GPA as a kinesiology major, LaGro started all 21 matches and helped the Owls to a share of the 2012 conference regular-season title. The Dallas native was also a second team all-conference honoree on the soccer field as a defender on the Owls' backline. LaGro often was assigned to cover the opposing team's top scoring threat. Overall the Rice backline helped hold opponents to just 11.7 shots per game.

LaGro was named to District VII's All-Academic second team. LaGro and Barrow served as the Owls' team captains this season. Rice soccer is 11-7-3 on the season under head coach Nicky Adams for the most wins the program has recorded in five years. The Blue & Gray is holding to the hopes of continuing the season with a possible at large bid to the NCAA Tournament beginning next week.

A complete list of the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District VII winners for women's soccer is as follows:

Distict VII First Team



Goalkeeper	Hayley Harryman	Tulsa	Jr.	Edmond, Okla.	4.0	Psychology
Midfielder	Kylie Louw	Stephen F. Austin	Gr.	Discovery, South Africa	3.78	Kinesiology
Midfielder	Julia Barrow	RICE	Sr.	Hermosa Beach, CA	3.90	English
Midfielder	Lisa Sliwinski	Baylor	Sr.	Plano, Texas	3.81	Biology (Pre-Health Care)
Defender	Katharine Nutman	Oklahoma	Sr.	Southend, England	3.97	History
Defender	Claire Hulcer	Tulsa	Sr.	St. Louis, Mo.	3.95	Marketing
Defender	Liz Nare	New Mexico	Jr.	Lake Forest, Calif.	3.98	Business
Defender	Megan Dunnigan	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Round Rock, Texas	4.0	Biology
Forward	Dana Larsen	Baylor	Sr.	Mequon, Wis.	4.0	Biochemistry
Forward	Chelsea Small	Idaho	Sr.	Solana Beach, Calif.	3.94	Secondary Education
Forward	Hayley Hughes	Colorado	Jr.	Highlands Ranch, Colo.	3.92	Business
Second Team
Goalkeeper	Kelli Cornell	New Mexico	Gr.	San Clemente, Calif.	3.87	Business Administration
Midfielder	Kristen Kelley	Oklahoma	Jr.	Tulsa, OK	4.00	Accounting
Midfielder	Hayley Haagsma	Texas Tech	Jr.	Cerritos, Calif.	4.0	Human Development & Family Studies
Midfielder	Tess Hall	UTEP	Sr.	Anaheim, Calif.	3.86	Kinesiology
Midfielder	Brianna Webster	New Mexico	Jr.	Huntington Beach, Calif.	4.01	Communications
Defender	Brooke Ellison	New Mexico	Jr.	Lake Forest, Calif.	3.96	Nutrition and Dietetics
Defender	Carlie Davis	Baylor	Sr.	Dallas, Texas	3.82	International Studies
Defender	Hannah Asuchak	UTEP	So.	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	4.0	Pre-Business
Defender	Lauren LaGro	RICE	Sr.	Dallas, TX	3.87	Kinesiology (Sports Medicine)
Defender	Leah Bickers	Oral Roberts	Jr.	Tulsa, Okla.	3.93	Health Exercise Science
Forward	Megan Marchesano	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Tulsa, OK	3.62	Nutritional Sciences
Forward	Caroline Kastor	Kansas	Jr.	Wichita, Kan.	3.53	Liberal Arts - Classical Antiquity
Forward	Katelynn Tupponce	New Mexico State	So.	Phoenix, Ariz.	3.9	Education

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