Thursday, June 15, 2006  Blue Hose Women’s Tennis standout Lauren Brown named to ESPN The Magazine® First team Academic All-America® Squad CLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College women’s tennis player Lauren Brown has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American women's at-large team announced today.

Brown, a 5-8 junior from Gaffney, S.C. (Gaffney HS), was named to the first team after compiling a 15-6 mark at No. 2 singles and a 17-5 mark in doubles, while being named the 2006 SAC Player of the Year, and earning first team All-SAC honors for the third straight year. In addition, she was named the 2006 Food Lion SAC Tournament MVP.

In the classroom, she carries a cumulative GPA of 3.87 while majoring in chemistry. She has been selected to the SAC Academic Honor for three straight years, while being named to the school’s Dean’s List (3.3 GPA) for three semesters and to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for two semesters. This spring, she was named the 2006 SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s tennis. She serves as the institution’s and league’s national representative on the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

This year, Brown helped lead Lady Blue Hose team to an 18-4 overall record, the SAC regular season & SAC Tournament titles, a No. 21 national ranking in the final poll, and a bid to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament.

For her career, Brown has helped lead the women’s tennis program to a 59-14 overall record, two SAC regular season titles, two SAC Tournament titles, a top 25 national ranking all three years, and three trips to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament. Along the way she has been selected to the Food Lion SAC All-Tournament team all three years.

Brown moves into elite company in Blue Hose history with this honor. Since the athletic department moved to NCAA Division II in 1993, 10 student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-American Teams. Rebecca Hardiman from women’s soccer was named to the third team in 1994 and the first team in 1995 & 1996. Elizabeth Roe of women’s soccer was named to the first team in 1995 & 1996, while Eric Sribnick from men’s cross country was named to the third team in 1997. Donny Thoresen from men’s tennis was selected to the third team in 2001 while Jessi Adair from women’s soccer was named the first team in 2001 & 2002. Doug Belknap of men’s soccer was a third team selection in 2002 and a first team selection in 2003. Curtis Bell of baseball was named to the first team in 2004 and earlier this year, Rebecca Wessinger of women’s basketball was named to the third team and Hector Rincon of men’s tennis was named to the first team earlier this week.