2005-2006 HEADLINES

>>ACADEMIC HONORS SPRING 2006
Black Wins First-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Honors
UTD senior baseball player Randy Black was a first-team selection on the prestigious ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® baseball team, voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Junior Andrina Arenas was a third-team honoree on the national softball Academic All-America® squad. STORY
>>Black, Arenas First-Team District 6 Academic Winner Story
>>Twenty-Three UTD Student-Athletes Earn ASC Academic All-Conference Honors For Spring 2006 Story

>>STUDENT-ATHLETES
Soccer Player Selected For NCAA Student Leadership Conference
UTD women's soccer player Genny Nevit has been selected as one of 352 student-athletes nationwide to participate in the NCAA Student Leadership Conference May 28-June 1 in Sarasota, Florida. Nevit, the president-elect of the UTD Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was selected from a number of nominees to participate in the event. STORY

>>2005-06 UTD ATHLETICS BANQUET
Black, Taylor Named Comet Athletes of Year
RICHARDSON, TX - Senior baseball player Randy Black and senior soccer player Natalie Taylor were honored as the UTD Student-Athletes of the Year Wednesday night at the annual Athletics Banquet. Team awards were also presented in all 13 UTD intercollegiate sports. STORY

>>BASEBALL
Comet Trio Named West All-Region Players
Three players off the 2006 UTD baseball team were selected as members of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) NCAA Division III All-West Region team. STORY

>>SOFTBALL
Arldt Named To First-Team
NFCA West Regional Squad
UTD softball second baseman Sarah Arldt was selected to the first-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region squad. The senior who just completed a four-year career for the Comets, had her finest year this last season when she hit .380 with 35 runs scored and 18 RBI. As a regional honoree, Arldt is eligible for All-America honors. STORY

>>BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
Comets Place Four On Both
ASC All-East Division First Teams
RICHARDSON, TX - The UTD baseball and softball team each had four players selected for first-team honors on the 2006 American Southwest Conference All-East Division teams. BASEBALL | SOFTBALL

>>2005-06 BASKETBALL
Barnett Named To ASC All-Conference Squad
UTD's record-setting women's basketball star Danielle Barnett became the first Comet hoopster in years to be named to the American Southwest Conference All-Conference squad. Barnett, the Concordia-Austin transfer who set school records by scoring 17.6 points per game in her only year on the UTD squad, also won ASC East Division first-team honors while several other men's and women's players were placed on various all-division squads.
>>2005-06 ALL-ASC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RELEASE
>>2005-06 ALL-ASC MEN'S BASKETBALL RELEASE

>>WINTER ACADEMICS
UTD Places 8 On Winter Academic Team
UTD had seven women's basketball players and one student-athlete from its men's basketball team honored as members of the 2005-06 American Southwest Conference Winter Sports Academic All-Conference Team. STORY

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>>FALL 2005 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
UTD Places 22 On ASC Academic Squad
RICHARDSON, TX - UTD had eight women's soccer players, seven men's soccer players, five male cross country runners and a pair of volleyball players named to the American Southwest Conference Fall 2005 Academic All-Conference team. STORY

>>WOMEN'S SOCCER
Duo Wins NSCAA/adidas All-Region Honors
UTD women's soccer players Kelli Jackson and Natalie Taylor (pictured at right) were both selected as part of a 33-member National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas 2005 All-South Region team. The two were key players in UTD's 15-3-1 team. STORY

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