>>STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
Athletic Department Honors 35 Top Achievers Both On Field, In Classroom
The UTD Department of Intercollegiate Athletics honored 35 of its top student-athletes Tuesday at the first annual Academic Recognition Luncheon in the Galaxy Room. The student-athletes honored all had cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or better and were in at least their second year of participation in the program. STORY

>>NCAA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Two Comets Selected To Attend NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum
For the first time in UTD athletic history, two student-athletes have been selected to attend the NCAA National Student-Athlete Leadership Development Conference this May in Orlando, Florida. Sophomore Tawni Ichimura, a member of the UTD women's basketball and softball teams, and junior Bruno Alonso (pictured) of UTD's championship men's soccer squad, will represent the university. STORY

>>UTD ATHLETIC HALL OF HONORS
Inaugural Class of Four Inducted
The first four members of the new University of Texas at Dallas Athletics Hall of Honors were inducted in an "invitation only" dinner Monday night. The four members of the inaugural class were (clockwise, beginning top left) former men's soccer player Christopher Bodie Ortega, former UTD Athletic Director Mary Walters, former women's player Cara Smedley Murez and Fred Jacoby, original commissioner of the American Southwest Conference. STORY

>>ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
Baker, Lowery Earn Spots On District 6 Academic Squads
UTD's Ericka Baker and Ernie Lowery - two of the top players on their respective Comet basketball teams - have been elected to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 6 teams. Both student-athletes are among the top scorers on their team and have cumulative grade point averages above 3.7. STORY

>>ASC TRAINING AWARDS
UTD Trainers Named Staff of the Year
RICHARDSON, TX - Head Athletic Trainer Larry Gardner and the UTD athletic training staff have been honored as the American Southwest Conference East Division staff of the year for the second time. STORY

>>FALL 2007 ACADEMIC ALL-ASC TEAM
Thirty Honored For Classroom Work
RICHARDSON, TX - Thirty University of Texas at Dallas student-athletes - including 14 from the women's soccer team - have been selected as members of the American Southwest Conference Academic All-Conference team for the three fall sports. STORY

>>2007 PRE-SEASON POLLS
Jackson, Irish Win Pre-Season
ASC Honors
The Senior UTD defender Kelli Jackson (pictured near right) was named the American Southwest Conference Pre-Season Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive season as the ASC released its annual pre-season coaches poll for men's and women's soccer. Sophomore volleyball player Kyleigh Irish (pictured far right) was selected as the ASC East Division's Pre-Season Player of the Year. The Comet volleyball team was chosen as co-favorite in the ASC East Division race. The UTD women's soccer team was chosen to finish second in the ASC race while the men's soccer team was picked sixth in the poll.
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>>COACHING STAFF
Former Comets Join Coaching Staff
Three former UTD student-athletes have joined the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics as assistant coaches. Katie Johnson and Jason Hirsch, who played soccer for UTD until 2004, have been hired as assistant soccer/tennis coaches. Sarah Arldt, a 2005 graduate who served as a graduate assistant coach last season, is now an assistant softball coach and head coach for the women's cross country team. STORY