May 25, 2004

Duke senior Jessi Batzell is one of 26 student-athletes from the South Region to be named to the sixth annual Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar-Athlete awards list. Batzell spent the past three seasons as a coxswain on the Blue Devil varsity squad.

The National Scholar-Athlete award is designed to recognize the outstanding academic accomplishments of female rowers and coxswains during the current season. The criteria include meeting eligibility rules as defined by her institution, participating in their second, third or fourth year of eligibility, participating in at least 75% of the season's races in the varsity boat, the student-athlete's Head Coach must be a member in good standing of the CRCA and the student-athlete must have a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA through the fall semester of the current season.

For the 2004 season, 124 Division I student-athletes received the National Scholar-Athlete Award.

South Region

Abby M. Betzen          Tulsa           3.84    Elementary Education
Julie Keedy             Texas           3.85    Physics
Ruth Stiver             Texas           4.00    Advertising
Katey Porter            Texas           3.65    Advertising
Anke Wagner             Texas           3.87    Elementary Education
Karen Glazebrook        Texas           3.87    Kinesiology/Psychology
Lauren Calhoun          Jacksonville    3.70    Marketing/Humanities
Kristin Roach           Central Florida 3.94    Finance
Christine Richardville  Central Florida 3.55    Education
Tanya Kleisler          Central Florida 3.54    Psychology
Amy Price               Central Florida 3.50    Business
Jennifer Reck           Virginia        3.75    Commerce
Sarah Canterbury        Clemson         3.96    Industrial Engineering
Jaclyn Rath             Clemson         3.90    Psychology
Mary Nell Green         Clemson         3.87    Psychology
Ashlee Brown            Clemson         3.76    Animal/Veterinary Science
Elizabeth Noll          Clemson         3.63    Graphic Communications
Erin Artz               Tennessee       3.90    Psychology
Katie Bargreen          Tennessee       3.90    Child Development
Nicole Bold             Tennessee       3.83    Political Science
Allison Kemphaus        Louisville      3.89    Human/Health Performance
Leslie Walters          Louisville      3.78    Business/Economics
Christy Ochsner         Louisville      3.55    Business/Marketing
Lisa Terreberry         Louisville      3.74    Early Elementary Education
Amelia Buhts            Louisville      3.58    Liberal Studies
Jessi Batzell           Duke            3.63    Political Science