May 22, 2003
Duquesne University's senior rower Karen Predmore (Fairport, N.Y. / Fairport) was named to the 2003 Verizon University Division Academic All-District 2 At-Large First Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday. Three other Dukes join Predmore on the Distict 2 team: junior tennis player Micael Lopez-Acevedo (Guaynabo, PR / Colegio Marista), senior rower 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.
Predmore owns a 3.92 GPA in pharmacy and was also named to the 2003 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team and as its women's rowing Academic Student-Athlete of the Year. She is a member of the Dean's List, Director of Athletics' Honor Roll, Phi Eta Sigma, Lambda Sigma and the Integrated Honors Society. Predmore led the Dukes to 2nd place in the Lightweight 8 at the A-10 championships and led the Lightweight 4 to 2nd at the Marietta Regatta. She was also an oarsman for the Lightweight 8, which took third at Head of the Ohio and fifth overall at the Knecht Cup.
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.
Predmore and Lopez-Acevedo, Duquesne's other first team honoree, will now appear on the ballot for the Verizon National At-Large teams that are slated to be announced in June.
