| June 3, 2005
Contact: Kyle Stephens (210) 458-4907 Chance, McDonald named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team
SAN ANTONIO - Juniors Meghan Chance and Ashley McDonald have been named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI University Division Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Team.
Chance (pictured right) and McDonald were two of 10 student-athletes chosen to the first team in the district that includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. It marks the second straight first-team selection for Chance and the first career honor for McDonald.
Chance, a psychology major who totes a 3.96 grade point average (GPA), is a two-time Southland Conference (SLC) Women’s Indoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year. On the track, she placed fifth in the 800m at the SLC Outdoor Championships and finished sixth in the 800m and ran on the third-place distance medley relay team at the indoor conference meet this spring. A five-time Dean’s List honoree, Chance is a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes and serves as secretary on the UTSA Student-Athlete Advisory Board
McDonald (left), a six-time Dean’s List honoree, boasts a perfect 4.00 GPA in accounting. She was named the 2004 SLC Women’s Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Year and earned all-SLC honors in cross country with an eighth-place finish at the conference meet, helping the Roadrunners to a third-place showing. A two-time SLC Cross Country Athlete of the Week, McDonald also placed 10th in the 5,000m at the SLC Indoor Championships and eighth in the 10,000m at the SLC Outdoor.
Both Chance and McDonald now will appear on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ballot to be released later this month. 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI
University Division Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Team as selected by CoSIDA First Team
Brittany Brockman, Baylor
Meghan Chance, Texas-San Antonio
Carola Eriksson, Arkansas-Little Rock
Ann Gagliardi, New Mexico State
Laura Jakosky, Arkansas
Helmi Leppanen, Tulane
Ashley McDonald, Texas-San Antonio
Michelle Prowse, Oklahoma State
Maureen Scott, Arkansas
Karen Tankersley, Southern Mississippi
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