Friday, April 14, 2000

Allison Drury Named GTE Academic All-America

	GORHAM, Maine  -- University of Southern Maine senior field hockey 
standout Alison Drury (Canton, Maine) has been named to the 2000 GTE Academic 
All-America College Division Women's Fall/Winter At-Large third team as selected 
by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  Steve Easton, 
national coordinator for CoSIDA, made the announcement.
	Drury is the first USM student-athlete to ever receive GTE Academic All-
America honors.  The women's Fall/Winter At-Large team is comprised of student-
athletes from eight different fall and winter sports from the college division 
(NCAA Divisions Two and Three and all NAIA schools).
	A nursing major with a 3.92 cumulative grade point average, Alison led the 
Huskies in scoring last fall with 14 goals and two assists for 30 points.  She 
was named to the All-Little East Conference team for the second straight year, 
and was picked as a National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Regional 
All-American. 
	She has been a Dean's List student all seven semesters that  she has 
attended Southern Maine, and has achieved a 4.00 four times.  She is a three-
time winner of the USM Athletic Department's William B. Wise Scholar-Athlete 
Award, and has  been named to the NFHCA National Academic squad three times. She 
was named to GTE/CoSIDA District One Fall/Winter At-Large second team last year.
	In 79 career games, Drury had 34 goals and 14 assists for 82 points, and 
she has nine career game winning goals.  Her 82 points places her third on the 
Huskies' all-time scoring list.
	Alison's twin sister, Sarah, was a third team Academic All-District One 
selection this year.
	The GTE Academic All-America program is conducted annually by the College 
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  To be nominated by their 
respective schools, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative 
grade point average and be a starter or important reserve with legitimate 
athletic credentials.
	CoSIDA selects GTE Academic All-America teams in ten programs:  football, 
women's volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, 
fall/winter men's at-large, fall/winter women's at-large, spring men's at-large 
and women's spring at-large.