Thursday, June 12, 2003

GENEVESE NAMED SECOND TEAM VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Senior Jennifer Genevese (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) has been named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American College Division Women’s At-Large Second Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday.

The At-Large program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo for men and women, crew and field hockey for women and volleyball and wrestling for men.

To be eligible for Verizon Academic All-America® honors, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. The College Division is made up of all the NCAA Division II and III Schools in the nation as well as all NAIA schools. Student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools are named to the University Division Teams.

Genevese helped the Moravian women’s tennis team post its second straight undefeated season at 15-0, and win its third straight Middle Atlantic Conference Championship. The Greyhounds also captured their sixth MAC title in seven years.

Genevese had a 15-5 singles record as Moravian's top player, and she was 12-2 in dual matches last fall. Genevese also posted a 14-2 mark as part of the Greyhounds' top doubles tandem. Genevese was a member of the Commonwealth All-Conference Team for the second straight year, and she was also on the MAC All-Academic Team for the third consecutive year. Genevese reached the semifinals of the 2002 MAC Individual Tournament as the number three seed, and she finished her career with a 53-13 singles record. This spring, Genevese was named the Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Tennis Player of the Year, Moravian’s LVAIAW Senior Outstanding Athlete and Moravian’s Blue & Grey Senior Scholar Athlete Award winner.

Genevese is the 26th Verizon Academic All-American in Moravian history and the 21st in the last ten years.