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Henderson Named Academic All-District

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Henderson Named Academic All-District

BATON ROUGE — Junior designated player Dee Dee Henderson was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

To be nominated for the Academic All-America team, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore starter or significant reserve on her team with a 3.20 cumulative grade point average. District VI represents student-athletes in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

This is the first Academic All-District honor for Henderson, who has been named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll for the last two seasons. The junior from Atlanta, Texas, has posted a 3.38 cumulative grade point average in biology.

After playing her first two seasons mostly as a pinch runner and one of the SEC’s best base stealers, Henderson earned a starting role in the line-up at designated player this season. Earlier this season, she tied the LSU consecutive games hitting streak at 15. In addition, she leads the team and ranks seventh in the conference with 29 stolen bases. For her career, she ranks fourth in stolen bases with 78, only one out away from moving into a tie for second.

She will now be added to the Academic All-America ballot.

FIRST TEAM

Pos.

Name

School

Yr.

Hometown

GPA

Major(s)

P

Amanda Scarborough

Texas A&M

Jr.

Magnolia, Texas

3.64

Communication

P

Kim Watson

New Mexico State

So.

Spokane, Wash.

3.93

Marketing

C

Chelsi Lake

Baylor

Sr.

Keller, Texas

3.41

Political science

IF

Sara Dyer

Tulsa

Jr.

Sand Springs , Okla.

3.92

Communication

IF

Jessica Rogers

Texas-San Antonio

Gr.

Grand Prairie, Texas

3.77

Kinesiology, health promotion

IF

Alex Colyer

Baylor

So.

Houston , Texas

3.93

Pre-med

IF

Norrelle Dickson

Oklahoma

Sr.

Orange, Calif.

3.31

Communications

IF

Heather Hanson

UL-Monroe

Sr.

West Monroe, La.

3.78

Kinesiology

OF

Jamie Fox

Oklahoma

Sr.

Lafayette, La.

3.81

Health and exercise science

OF

Katie Bush

Houston

So.

Brenham , Texas

3.87

Kinesiology, exercise science

OF

Brooke Lockhart

Southeastern La.

Jr.

Christchurch , N.Z.

4.0

Management

DP

Dee Dee Henderson

LSU

Jr.

Atlanta , Texas

3.38

Biology