May 25, 2005

Woodland, Calif. - Seven Stanford women's lacrosse players earned Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Academic All-Conference honors as announced by the conference office on Wednesday. Megan Burker, Michelle DeChant, Thea Lorentzen, Kinsey Morrison, Nina Pantano, Kelsey Twist, and Jessica Verrilli each garnered accolades for their performance on the field and in the classroom.

To be nominated, student-athletes must (1) have a 3.0 or better cumulative grade-point average, (2) must be at least a sophomore academically, (3) must have completed one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received, and (4) must have competed in fifty percent or more of the institution's competition in the student-athlete's respective sport.

Stanford MPSF Academic All-Conference Selections
Megan Burker, Junior, 3.14 GPA, Urban Studies
Michelle DeChant, Sophomore, 3.24 GPA, Undeclared
Thea Lorentzen, Junior, 3.23, Civil Engineering
Kinsey Morrison, Junior, 3.37, Urban Studies
Nina Pantano, Senior, 3.56, Economics
Kelsey Twist, Senior, 3.72, Art History
Jessica Verrilli, Sophomore, 3.36, Human Biology