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
LSU
Jr.
Atlanta , Texas
3.38
Biology