Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Watts Selected to C-USA All-Academic Team

HOUSTON, TEXAS (March 3, 2009) Rice University women's basketball player Tara Watts, from Surrey, British Columbia, has been selected to the five-member 2009 Conference USA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive time. The junior guard owns a 3.42 GPA with a double-major in psychology and pre-medicine. She leads Rice in three-pointers made with 38.

The all-academic team consists of student-athletes who have earned a 3.2 cumulative grade point average or better and are a starter or key reserve on the basketball team.

Rice begins post-season action on Thursday, March 5 when it plays UCF 5 at the Conference USA Championship in New Orleans, La. Tip-off is at 2:30 p.m. at Tulane's Fogelman Arena.

2009 Conference USA Women's Basketball All-Academic Team
Name, Schoo / Class / GPA / MAJOR
*Tara Watts, Rice / Junior / 3.42 / Psychology/Pre-Medicine
**Kendra Reed, Southern Miss / Senior / 3.44 / Biological Science
Ashley Langford, Tulane / Senior / 3.26 / Business Management/Marketing
Megan Valicevic, Tulane / Senior / 3.60 / Digital Graphic Design
Amanda Peterson, UAB / Sophomore / 3.76 / Exercise Science

*Repeat Selection

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