Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Five Owls Earn 2008 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Athlete Awards

HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 11, 2008) Rice women's tennis standouts Julie Chao, Tiffany Lee and Rebecca Lin along with women's basketball players Maudess Fulton and Shyrelle Horne garnered 2008 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Awards as announced in Diverse Magazine's June issue.

Chao, Lee and Fulton tallied Third-Team honors, while Horne and Lin took home Honorable Mention selections.

Chao, a 2008 C-USA All-Academic team member, carries a 3.60 GPA as an economics major. She racked up a 22-10 overall singles record en route to All-Conference USA First Team singles pick.

Lee and Lin anchored the middle of the Rice lineup as the Owls completed a 17-5 season, its best since the 1983 season. Lee won 10 of her 13 singles decisions at the No. 3 slot and Lin was 14-6 in the No. 4 hole.

Fulton, a three-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll winner, averaged 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. The New Jersey native holds a 3.39 GPA as a history major and netted a career-high 27 points on an 11-for-21 shooting effort at UCLA and secured C-USA Player of the Week for her efforts.

Horne served as Rice's back-up point guard before missing the final 13 games of the season with a shoulder injury. She saw double-digit minutes in nine times and passed out at least three assists in six of those nine games.

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