Feb. 20, 2002
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Santa Clara University senior guard Becki Ashbaugh earned her fourth West Coast Conference All-Academic honor, leading a list of three Broncos who earned recognition, the league announced today.
Ashbaugh, a senior guard from Bellevue, Wash., carries a 3.59 GPA in Operation Management and Information Systems. Joining Ashbaugh in representing the Broncos is two-time honoree Caroline Gruening, a senior guard from Juneau, Alaska, a Combined Sciences major with a 3.77 GPA, and first-time selection Kendra Rhea, a junior forward from Lakeside who is carrying a 3.25 GPA in Electrical Engineering.
To be considered, a student-athlete must earn at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average while also being a significant contributor to his or her team.
This past summer in the latest NCAA Graduation Rate Report of student-athletes, the West Coast Conference ranked fifth in overall student-athlete Graduation Rate. The WCC boasts a 69.5 percent student athlete-graduation rate, which is the highest of any Division I conference west of the Mississippi.
The Santa Clara women (17-8, 7-5 WCC) return home for the final two league contests of the season, hosting Loyola Marymount on Thursday and Pepperdine on Saturday. The Broncos put their 10-0 record at the Leavey Center on the line as they fight for a second-place finish in the conference standings.
The contest against the Lions is also "Take a Kid to the Game Night", where youth will be admitted for $2 with an adult. On Saturday, the athletic department will honor the team's two seniors, Gruening and Ashbaugh, while also celebrating Fan Appreciation Day. Game times are 7 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.
2002 Women's Basketball WCC All-Academic Team
Name | School | Class | Pos. | GPA | Major |
Becki Ashbaugh *** | Santa Clara | Senior | G | 3.59 | Management Systems |
Katie Davis | Saint Mary's | Junior | G/F | 3.63 | Business |
Melissa Glazebrook*** | San Diego | Senior | G | 3.70 | Electrical Engineering |
Caroline Gruening * | Santa Clara | Senior | G | 3.77 | Combined Sciences |
Lindsey Huff | San Francisco | Graduate | G | 3.20 | M.A. Sports Management |
Shandrika Lee | Pepperdine | Sophomore | G | 3.36 | Sports Medicine |
Jessica Malone* | Gonzaga | Senior | G/F | 3.25 | Political Science |
Nadja Morgan | Pepperdine | Junior | F | 3.26 | Sports Medicine |
Kate Murray* | LMU | Junior | F | 3.82 | Business |
Khalila O'Rielly-Williams | Portland | Sophomore | F | 3.40 | Biology |
Kendra Rhea | Santa Clara | Junior | F | 3.25 | Electrical Engineering |
Carey Sauer | San Francisco | Sophomore | F | 3.80 | Mathematics |