May 22, 2003
Duquesne University's junior lacrosse player Becca West (Cicero, NY / Cicero-North Syracuse) was named to the 2003 Verizon University Division Academic All-District 2 At-Large Second Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday. Three other Dukes join West on the Distict 2 team: junior tennis player Micael Lopez-Acevedo (Guaynabo, PR / Colegio Marista), Karen Predmore (Fairport, N.Y. / Fairport) and sophomore golfer Tom Wears (Ogdensburg, NY / Ogdensburg Free Academy).
The at-large team comprises the sports of rowing, gymnastics, skiing, men's volleyball, fencing, ice hockey, swimming, water polo, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, wrestling, golf and rifle.
West was a starter in all 16 games at attack and stood second for the Dukes with 12 assists and fourth with 34 points adding 22 goals. She netted five of her goals in the Dukes' win over Monmouth and posted hat tricks vs. George Washington and Denver. She had two assists in three contests and stood tied for seventh in the Atlantic 10 in assists and 15th in points. West has a 3.77 GPA in pre-med / health management systems and is named on the Dean's List and A-10 Commissioner's and Athletic Director's Honor Rolls. She is a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Pi Kappa Epsilon Health Science Fraternity and is a volunteer at Mercy Hospital's Preferred Choice Hospice of Pittsburgh.
To be nominated for this award, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve player and carry at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA. District 2 encompasses schools from the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Duquesne University has had 20 student-athletes named to the various District 2 acadmic teams this season placing at least one student-athlete on each of the nine (9) Verizon teams to date - men's & women's soccer, women's volleyball, football and men's & women's basketball, baseball, men's at-large, women's at-large. Duquesne's total is the most of any University in District 2.
