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American Women’s Soccer Puts Nine on Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Eighty-four women’s soccer student-athletes earn academic distinction

February 7, 2002

Freshman goalkeeper Jen Liese led the women's soccer Patriot League Academic Honor Roll nominees with a 3.82 GPA.

WASHINGTON -- The American University women’s soccer program was honored by the Patriot League with nine selections to the Patriot League Women’s Soccer Academic Honor Roll, the fourth-highest number of nominations in the league. Freshman standout goalkeeper and All-Patriot League Second Team selection Jen Liese (Rushland, Pa./Council Rock) led her team with a 3.82 grade-point average in the fall semester.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must earn a 3.2 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the seven League-sponsored fall championship sports. A total of 480 student-athletes, including 84 women’s soccer players, were named to the League’s Fall Academic Honor Roll, including 23 with 4.00 GPAs. The Fall Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball.

Senior co-captain Ashley Flanigan (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) was second on the team academically, earning a 3.77 while majoring in Public Communications, while freshman Erica Peters (Champaign, Ill./Champaign Central) earned a 3.74 as an International Studies major.

American women’s soccer finished with a 7-7-3 record (4-3-1 Patriot League) in 2001 and entered the Patriot League Tournament as the No. 2 seed before falling, 2-1, to No. 3 Bucknell in the semifinals.

American University, which is in its inaugural year as a member of the Patriot League, officially joined the conference on July 1. The University, founded in 1893, fields a 19-sport Division I athletics program, featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men.

2001 Patriot League Women's Soccer Academic Honor Roll
American University Nominees