MONROE, La. --- ULM's Rachel Hobson was one of seven Sun Belt Conference soccer athletes to be named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team announced Thursday morning.
“It is a great honor for Rachel to receive this recognition again,” ULM head coach Stacy Lamb said. “She has been a great example of the type of student-athlete we look for in our program ? strong on and off the field. She has always been a leader for us and I am proud that she gets recognized for her hard work.”
The Third Team selection to the District VI squad marks the second-consecutive season that the senior from Longmont, Colo. has been named to the all-academic team. A three-year team captain for the Warhawks, Hobson has started all 77 games of her career and is tied for the program's all-time lead in career assists with 13. She has also scored nine goals during her four-year career.
Scheduled to graduate in May with a degree in kinesiology, Hobson has maintained a 3.74 grade point average during her career.
Hobson represents one of only three women's soccer recipients of the honor in ULM's 10-year playing history, joining Hope Davidson who was named to the District VI Second Team in 2002 and 2003 and Amanda Strope who earned First Team Honors in 2005. Hobson and Davidson are ULM's only two-time recipients.
She is joined from the Sun Belt Conference on the Academic All-District Team by Denver's Carrie Blankenbuhler and Taryn Hemmings, Western Kentucky's Rachel Friedman and Kristin Cocchiarella, and Middle Tennessee's Kela Casiple and Nenita Burgess.
To be eligible, athletes must maintain a cumulative 3.20 grade point average, be a sophomore in academic standing, and be a starter or significant reserve. ULM's region includes all soccer playing universities from Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi.
The Warhawks close the 2008 season at rival Louisiana-Lafayette on Friday evening at 7 p.m.
