Nov. 7, 2002

WACO, Texas - Baylor's Whitney Barrett, Emily Fukuchi and Melissa Humke were named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District VI Women's Soccer teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and released Thursday.

Barrett and Humke were named to the first team, while Fukuchi was awarded second-team honors. As first-team selections, Barrett and Humke are each automatically nominated for Academic All-America honors.

Barrett, a senior from Albuquerque, N.M., earned her second-straight Academic All-District selection. Humke, a junior from The Woodlands, Texas, and Fukuchi, a junior from Cerritos, Calif., each received her first all-district honor.

Baylor joined Ole Miss as the only two schools to each have three players named to the All-District VI team. The Bears also were one of only two programs to have two first-team selections, with New Mexico being the other.

The 2002 season is the second year that Verizon/CoSIDA has selected soccer-specific Academic All-America teams; prior to the 2001-2002 school year, soccer players were lumped in with a number of other sports for one At-Large ballot. Under that format, Dawn Greathouse was the only Baylor player to be named Academic All-District, earning selection in 1998-1999 and again in 1999-2000. The Baylor goalkeeper was named to the Academic All-America At-Large third team in 1999-2000.

To be considered for selection to an all-academic team, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible. Awards are voted on by members of CoSIDA.

2002 Women's Soccer District VI All-Academic Teams


First Team
GK	Alex Gagarin	   Texas	So.	Austin, Texas		Plan II Honors
F	Holly Cohen	   UTEP		Sr.	El Paso, Texas		Criminal Justice
F	Mandy Heintz	   LSU		Jr.	San Antonio, Texas	Kinesiology
F	Julie Twellman	   Tulsa	Sr.	Columbia, Mo.		Communications
MF	Whitney Barrett	   Baylor 	Sr.	Albuquerque, N.M.	University Scholar
MF	Michelle Longmire  New Mexico	Sr.	Los Alamos, N.M.	Biology/Pol.Science
MF	Erchen Theys	   New Mexico	Jr.	Langdorp, Belgium	Management
D	Sarah Buchracker   SWT		Sr.	Midland, Texas		Recreational Admin.
D	Melissa Humke	   Baylor	Jr.	The Woodlands, Texas	Elementary Math
D	Hillarie Marshall  NWSU		Jr.	San Diego, Calif.	Health/Exercise Sci.
D	Ramey Rush	   Ole Miss	So.	Meridian, Miss.		Biomedical Sciences


Second Team
GK	Katherine Doud	   Oklahoma St.	Sr.	Plano, Texas		Accounting
F	Emily Fukuchi	   Baylor 	Jr.	Cerritos, Calif.	Health Promotion
F	Jessi Moore	   Miss. State	So.	Grapevine, Texas	Broadcasting
F	Kelly Wilson	   Texas	So.	Odessa, Texas		Education
MF	Leigh Barrow	   Ole Miss	So.	Guntersville, Ala.	Business
MF	Kim Harvey	   SMU		Jr.	Garland, Texas		MIS
MF	Sarah Yoder	   Rice		So.	Helotes, Texas		Undeclared
D	Kristin Chapman	   Ole Miss	So.	Vicksburg, Miss.	English and Education
D	Hope Davidson	   La.-Monroe	Jr.	Alexandria, La.		Psychology
D	Samia McReynolds   USM		Jr.	Evansville, Ind.	Arch. Eng. Tech.
D	Amber Rose	   Miss. State	Jr.	Germantown, Tenn.	Psychology