University of Houston Athletics
Wasson Earns USA Women's Tennis All-Academic Honors
4/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
April 15, 2009
IRVING, Texas - University of Houston senior Lynley Wasson was among three seniors named to the Conference USA Tennis All-Academic First Team, the league office announced Wednesday.
Wasson joins the all-academic team as a consumer sciences major with a 3.63 GPA. The Tempe, Ariz., native was a member of the 2008 UH tennis squad that was honored during the UH Academic Banquet for earning a team semester GPA of 3.34, the highest among all UH athletic teams.
The right-handed Cougar has put together a 14-5 season in singles play and joined teammate Joanna Kacprzyk to form an 11-5 doubles record.
The all-academic team consists of student-athletes who have earned a 3.2 cumulative grade point average or better and are a regular participant on their team.
2009 Conference USA Women's Tennis All-Academic Team
Name School Class GPA Major
*Brooke Walter East Carolina Junior 4.00 English (Minor: Psychology)
Lynley Wasson Houston Senior 3.63 Consumer Sciences
*Julie Chao Rice Junior 3.77 Economics (Minor: Business)
Jessica Jackson Rice Sophomore 3.76 Psy/Pre-Med (Minor: Global Health Tech)
*Natalia Bubien SMU Senior 3.86 Psychology (Minor: Biological Sciences)
Thalia Diaz-Barriga Tulsa Senior 3.58 Marketing
Jenny Cape UAB Sophomore 4.00 Biology (Minor: Chemistry)
*Repeat Selections
