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Monday,
February 21, 2005
PC’S
WESSINGER NAMED TO THE 2005 ESPN THE MAGAZINE/ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
CLINTON,
SC — Presbyterian
College women’s basketball player Rebecca
Wessinger has been named to the 2005
ESPN The Magazine®
Academic All-District III Women's Basketball Team announced
today. |
Wessinger,
a 5-9 junior forward from Laurens, SC, currently leads her
team and the South Atlantic Conference in scoring (18.1 ppg)
and ranks 33rd in the nation in that category. She
is also averaging 5.4 rpg, 1.8 apg while shooting 47.6% from
the field and 75.5% from the free throw line. This season she
has scored 20+ points on nine occasions including setting and
tying her career-high of 29 points on two occasions including
PC’s 90-86 overtime win over Mars Hill College on February 5th.
She has also scored in double figures in 21 of 25 games and
ranks 5th in field goal percentage, 6th
in free throw percentage, 13th in offensive
rebounds (2.08), and 17th in the SAC in rebounding.
In
the classroom, she carries a cumulative GPA of 3.92 while
majoring in biology. She has been selected to the South
Atlantic Conference Academic Honor for two straight years
while being named to the school’s Dean’s List (3.3 GPA)
for four semesters and to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for
one semester.
Wessinger
will now advance the national ballot for Academic All-American
consideration. Members of the Academic All-District team are
determined by a vote by members of the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from District III.