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UD field hockey’s Geib earns academic recognition

Leah Geib

9:22 a.m., June 15, 2004--Leah Geib, a junior midfielder on the University of Delaware field hockey team, has been named to the Verizon College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 2 women's at-large first team.

As a first team selection, Geib is eligible for the Academic All-American national ballot. The at-large team includes athletes from all sports except soccer, basketball, softball and track and field, which have their own Academic All-American teams.

To be eligible, scholar-athletes must have a grade point average of 3.2 or higher and be a starter or key contributor to their team. District 2 includes all NCAA Division I institutions in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Geib led the nationally ranked Fightin’ Blue Hens to a 14-7 record and second place in the Colonial Athletic Association championship tournament. She scored two goals and had six assists.

A communication major with a 3.89 grade point average, Geib was named the 2003 CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year in field hockey and earned a spot on the National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Team. She also was named to the CAA Academic Honor Roll for the third straight year.

Following are the CoSIDA District 2 selections:

First team: Laurie Bean (lacrosse, Drexel), Naomi Campano (lacrosse, Mount St. Mary's), Leah Geib (field hockey, Delaware), Jill Harrington (crew, Bucknell), Kim Keene (lacrosse, Mount St. Mary's), Lana Khvalina (tennis, University of Maryland Baltimore County), Emily Marker (tennis, Maryland), Laura Miller (field hockey, American), Mandy Pascual (gymnastics, Maryland), Karen Predmore (crew, Duquesne), Kristina Rohall (lacrosse, Duquesne), Olga Shikman (crew, Drexel).

Second team: Allison Dryer (crew, Georgetown), Sara Forsythe (fencing, Temple), Kacie Inman (crew, Navy), Lauren Kobl (crew, Rutgers), Claire Miller (field hockey, Princeton), Allison Moon (swimming, Navy), Katie Norbury (lacrosse, Princeton), Katie Thorne (golf, St. Francis), Katarzyne Tropak (fencing, Penn State), Casmera Wick (swimming, Rutgers), Stephanie Zick (gymnastics, Rutgers).

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