Thursday, February 9, 2006

        Southern Maine's Marble Named to Academic All-District One Team

	GORHAM, Maine  -- Junior forward Ashley Marble (Topsfield, Maine/Woodland) 
of the number-one ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies women's basketball 
team has been selected to the 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District One 
first team as voted upon by members of the College Sports Information Directors 
of America (CoSIDA).  
	As a first-team Academic All-District One selection, Marble will be in 
consideration for ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American(r) honors.  The 5-9 
forward carries a 3.72 grade point average and is studying for a degree in 
health fitness.  Last season, Marble was named to the Academic All-District One 
third team. 
	The College Sports Information Directors of America selects Academic All-
America(r) teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, 
women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's 
track & field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's at-large 
and women's at-large. A first team, second team and third team are selected in 
both the University (Division I and I-AA) and College (Division II, III and 
NAIA) Divisions. 
	Marble, the 2005 Little East Conference Player of the Year, leads Southern 
Maine in points and rebounds, averaging 17.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.  
This season, Marble has recorded eight double-doubles for Southern Maine and has 
led the Huskies in both scoring and rebounding in 11 of 21 games.  She has been 
named the Little East Conference as well as the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches 
Association Player of the Week three times this season.  
	Recently, Marble was named the Women's DIII News Player of the Month for 
the month of January.  During the month, Marble averaged 18.1 points and nine 
rebounds in eight contests for the Huskies.  She recorded her 20th career 
'double-double' on January 21 with 23 points and 14 rebounds in a 97-67 win over 
UMass Dartmouth, and established a new career-high with 29 points on 11-for-16 
shooting in a 92-76 triumph over Little East Conference rival Eastern 
Connecticut State University on January 28.  On January 24, Marble became the 
17th player in USM women's basketball history to record 1,000 career points with 
eight points against UMass Boston in a 95-43 Southern Maine win. 
	Shooting a team-leading 53.9 percent (130-for-241) from the field, Marble 
is ranked nationally by the NCAA in three statistical categories: scoring 
(71st), rebounding (57th) and field goal percentage (35th). 
	Southern Maine is 20-1 this season and is undefeated in the Little East 
Conference at 11-0.  The Huskies travel to Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday 
to play Rhode Island College at 1:00 p.m.