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                                                           Monday, June 11, 2007

Virginia Flood Named to ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Team

     GORHAM, Maine  --  Senior Virginia Flood (Acton, Maine/Wells) of the 
University of Southern Maine women's lacrosse team has been selected to the 2007 
ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District One At-Large second team in the College 
Division as voted upon by members of the College Sports Information Directors of 
America (CoSIDA).
     Flood is the second of three USM student-athletes to be recognized by 
CoSIDA during the 2006-07 academic year.  She joins women's basketball standout 
Ashley Marble and women's track athlete Christa Hutchinson as Academic All-
District honorees.  Flood is majoring in biochemistry.
     The Huskies leading scorer the past two seasons, Flood tallied 37 goals and 
11 assists for 48 points during the 2007 season.  She also had 28 ground balls 
and 27 draw controls in 16 games.  A midfielder, Flood was recognized by the 
Little East Conference with a spot on the all-conference first team.
     During her two seasons at USM, Flood played in 28 games, scoring 75 goals 
and passing out 16 assists for 91 career points.  She ranks second all-time at 
USM in goals scored and total points.
     Southern Maine finished the 2007 season with a 7-9 overall record, a 2-4 
mark in Little East Conference play and advanced to the conference tournament 
semifinals for the first time by defeating the University of Massachusetts 
Dartmouth on the road in the first round.
     To be eligible for ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® nomination by 
their respective institution, a student-athlete must carry a 3.2 minimum 
cumulative grade point average, be of sophomore standing (no freshman or first-
year transfers), and be a starter or important reserve.  Eligible sports for the 
women's At-Large team are bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, 
gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, and water 
polo.
     The College Sports Information Directors of America selects Academic All-
America® 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 and field/cross country, women's track and field/cross country, men's at-
large and women's at large.


ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM®
As Selected by CoSIDA

2007 Academic All-District Women's At-Large Team
District One - College Division

 FIRST TEAM 
Name                   School                    Class                  Hometown
GPA/Major(s)
Rachel Cahan           ROCHESTER                 Junior           Evanston, Ill.
3.79/Mechanical engineering
Emily Carroll          RENSSELAER                Senior    North Greenbush, N.Y.
3.97/Biomedical engineering
Michelle Dodge         WILLIAM SMITH             Senior            Jackson, N.H.
3.93/Environmental studies, English
Andrea Flynn           RENSSELAER                Senior          Guilford, Conn.
3.92/Biology
Doria Holbrook         MASS. INST. TECH.         Junior            Yakima, Wash.
3.8/Mechanical engineering
Allison Jameson        WESTERN NEW ENGLAND       Senior         Brattleboro, Vt.
3.85/Marketing comm., advertising
Joanna MacKay          MASS. INST. TECH.         Senior     North Andover, Mass.
4.0/Chemical biological engineering
Beret Remak            CONNECTICUT COLLEGE       Senior       Minneapolis, Minn.
3.68/Kinesthetic science, psychology
Kelly Stevison         ITHACA                    Senior            Manassas, Va.
3.84/Clinical science, physical therapy
Julia Zimmerman        MASS. INST. TECH          Sophomore         Chicago, Ill.
4.0/Mechanical engineering

 SECOND TEAM 
Name                   School                    Class                  Hometown
GPA/Major(s)
Sarah Bulka            BROCKPORT                 Senior         Northville, N.Y.
3.48/Health science
Sophie Dennis          WILLIAM SMITH             Senior         Port Byron, N.Y.
3.51/Sports in society
Virginia Flood         SOUTHERN MAINE            Senior             Acton, Maine
3.85/Biochemistry
Kelli Johnson          CORTLAND                  Senior               Elma, N.Y.
3.74/Mathematics
Laura McDowell         MANHATTANVILLE            Senior            Granby, Mass.
3.91/Psychology, international mgt.
Kateryna Pylypyshyna   BARUCH                    Senior          Odessa, Ukraine
3.98/Operational management
Mary Rogers            BENTLEY                   Senior         Watertown, Mass.
3.26/Finance
Nicole Tetreault       HAMILTON                  Junior        Guilderland, N.Y.
3.73/Chemistry
Jess Vogel             WESTERN NEW ENGLAND       Senior          Tonawanda, N.Y.
3.93/International studies, economics
Katie Weber            SKIDMORE                  Senior          Princeton, N.J.
3.82/International affairs, art history

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