May 20, 2010

PHILADELPHIA - La Salle women's lacrosse player Jill Davis, swimmer Shannon Duval and field hockey standout Haley Froshour have been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Women's At-Large teams, it was announced today. Davis and Duval earned first team recognition, while Froshour was named to the second team.

LU joined nine schools (Arizona, Arizona State, Florida, Georgia, Harvard, Kent State, Oklahoma and Texas) to have three female student-athletes on the academic all-district teams. In 2009-10, the Explorers have 12 academic all-district selections, which is second to Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Davis, who earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors, was also named the A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year in women's lacrosse. A two-time Academic All-Atlantic 10 pick, she led the league with four game-winning goals and had a team best 40 goals, 14 assists and 54 points.

The co-captain helped the Explorers to program records for wins and conference victories along with a all-time best #2 seed in the 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament. She graduated with a 4.0 grade point average as an elementary and special education major.

Duval was also the A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year in women's swimming. She won the conference title in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes this winter and owns nine school records. Also a two-time Academic All-Atlantic 10 selection, Duval was recently named the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year in women's swimming.

She became the first female swimmer in Atlantic 10 history to earn three consecutive Performer of the Week honors and was a Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honoree in 2009 as well. Duval graduated with a 3.81 grade point average as an accounting major.

As first team selections, Davis and Duval will move onto the Academic All-America ballot. The teams will be announced on June 8.

Froshour earned honorable mention All-Atlantic 10 honors this fall after tallying a career-high eight assists as a defender. A starter in every game of her career, she anchored the Explorer defense that finished third in the league in goals against average. She also was second on the team with a pair of defensive saves.

She earned academic all-Atlantic 10 honors for the second straight season and graduated with a 3.97 GPA as a secondary education/Spanish major.

The Women's At-Large team is comprised of student-athletes from the following sports: bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo. Student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 grade point average and sophomore standing. District II is comprised of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia and West Virginia.