Date: January 6, 2004
Contact: Brian Laubscher (540) 458-8676
Release: Upon Receipt

ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO W&L STUDENTS EARN SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS
Thirteen Attain a 4.0 or Higher Grade-Point Average for the Fall Semester

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Washington and Lee Director of Athletics Mike Walsh has announced that 122 students earned Scholar-Athlete awards during the recently completed fall term. The students are all members of W&L athletic teams and achieved a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.500.

Additionally, 13 of the students honored achieved grade-point averages of 4.0 or higher (an A+ is worth 4.330 at W&L). Among the students achieving 4.0 or higher GPA's were senior cross country runner Vanessa Adams (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy), sophomore men's tennis player Charles Anderson (Brentwood, Tenn./Montgomery Bell), freshman women's soccer player Emily Binns (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian), junior field hockey and women's lacrosse player Kristen Brown (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville), junior All-ODAC cross country and track athlete Steven Chambers (Christiana, Pa./Octorara Area), senior Academic All-America women's soccer player Heather Coleman (Blackwood, N.J./Triton Regional), senior All-ODAC men's lacrosse player Matt Fink (Wilmington, Del./Tatnall), freshman men's lacrosse player Jason Fitzsimmons (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan), sophomore field hockey player Courtney Harrison (Richmond, Va./Collegiate), senior men's tennis player Seth Martin (Bryn Mawr, Pa./Radnor), sophomore women's tennis player Lauren Peters (Augusta, Ga./Lakeside), senior All-ODAC men's tennis player K.C. Schaefer (Troy, Ohio/Troy) and sophomore track athlete Elizabeth Twentyman (Falls Church, Va./George Mason).

Other notable athletes to receive Scholar-Athlete awards included senior All-ODAC and All-Region baseball and football player Peter Dean (Vienna, Va./James Madison), junior All-America women's tennis player Lindsay Hagerman (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park), senior All-ODAC and All-Region women's soccer player Meghan Hayde (Massapequa, N.Y./St. Anthony), senior All-ODAC and All-Region women's soccer player Fontaine Marcoux (Washington, D.C./Potomac), senior All-America swimmer Eric Ritter (Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook), senior All-America men's lacrosse player Ansel Sanders (White Stone, Va./Woodberry Forest), senior ODAC Cross Country Runner of the Year Andy Schorr (Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood), junior All-ODAC and All-Region volleyball player Emily Wolfing (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) and junior All-America women's soccer player Kelley Zagol (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga).

Twenty-two of W&L's 23 varsity athletic programs achieved a team GPA of at least 3.000, led by the women's soccer team with a 3.391. The highest men's team GPA was the men's tennis team with a 3.389 and no team recorded a GPA lower than 2.870.

W&L had an outstanding fall season on the playing fields as well. W&L's nine fall sports teams combined for a record of 70-28-7 (.700) with volleyball and women's soccer both winning ODAC Championships and advancing to NCAA Tournament.

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