W&L CLAIMS 214 ODAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE CITATIONS

SALEM, Va. -- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has announced that 214 Washington and Lee student-athletes have been cited as ODAC Scholar-Athletes for the 2005-06 school year.

The criteria states that the honoree must be an athlete on a varsity athletic team and carry a 3.2 minimum grade-point average (GPA) for the 2005-06 school year.

Eight athletes posted a GPA in excess of 4.0 for the year, including rising senior women's soccer player Emily Binns (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian), rising junior women's soccer player Martha Caulkins (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass), recent graduate rider Katie Goodrich (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central), recent graduate Academic All-America field hockey player Courtney Harrison (Richmond, Va./Collegiate), rising senior golfer Matt Nickles (Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora), rising sophomore cross country and track athlete Becca Taylor (Hamilton, Ohio/Edgewood), recent graduate cross country and track athlete Liz Twentyman (Falls Church, Va./George Mason) and rising sophomore cross country and track athlete Elizabeth Webb (Middleburg, Va./Wakefield School).

Other notable recipients of the award included recent graduate field hockey player and W&L Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jane Beall (Richmond, Va./James River), recent graduate All-America volleyball player Susan Gaillard (Charleston, S.C./Porter-Gaud), ODAC Field Hockey Rookie of the Year Liz Garson (Richmond, Va./Collegiate), recent graduate All-America volleyball player Christine Gladysz (Palm Harbor, Fla./Berkeley Prep), rising junior All-America golfer Nathaniel James (Keller, Texas/Keller), recent graduate ODAC Rider of the Year Caitlin Lane (Leesburg, Va./Poolesville), recent graduate, Richmond Touchdown Club Defensive Lineman of the Year and ODAC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year Liam Murray (Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta), ODAC Women's Swimming Rookie of the Year Lindsey Strachan (Midlothian, Va./Maggie Walker Governor's), recent graduate All-America lacrosse player Rachel Wallick (Phoenix, Md./Notre Dame Prep), rising senior All-America women's tennis player Ginny Wortham (Richmond, Va./Collegiate).

Washington and Lee finished the 2005-06 school year with a 194-103-6 (.650) overall mark and a school-record 10 conference championships.

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