Ten ASU Soccer players named to Pac-10 All-Academic Team

December 04, 2008

Ten members of the Arizona State women's soccer program earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors, according to an announcement by the conference office on Thursday.<separator></separator>Included among the 10 players were three first-team members - junior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/harkin_liz00.html">Liz Harkin</a>, sophomore <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/elston_alexandra00.htm… Elston</a> and redshirt freshman <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/long_erica00.html">Eri… Long</a> - and one second team member - sophomore <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/volpe_karin00.html">Ka… Volpe</a>.<separator></separator>ASU's three first-team players tied Stanford for the most in the Pac-10 Harkin, who holds 3.90 GPA in biology & society, was named to the first team for the second consecutive season while Elston (4.04 GPA/exploratory) and Long (3.96/journalism and mass communication) both earned first-team honors in their first year of eligibility.<separator></separator>Volpe, the lone Sun Devil on the second team, has a 3.59 GPA (exploratory). The Sun Devils also had six student-athletes named to the honorable mention list: Graduate student <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/scanniello_carla00.htm… Scanniello</a> (second time earning honorable mention honors); senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/sjoman_kylla00.html">K… Sjoman</a><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/kallas_carly00.html">C… Kallas</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/silvestri_briana00.htm… Silvestri</a> (both earned honorable mention honors for the second consecutive season) and sophomores <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/richardson_jessie00.ht… Richardson</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/shoquist_jill00.html">… Shoquist</a>, who were both named to the list in their first year of eligibility. (second time earning honorable mention honors); juniors <separator></separator>To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor to the team.