LEGG EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SECOND-TEAM HONORS
USC AIKEN JUNIOR HONORED BY ESPN THE MAGAZINE AND CoSIDA

AIKEN, S.C.--USC Aiken guard Meredith Legg has been selected to the ESPN The Magazine / CoSIDA Academic All-District III Second-Team.  The 5-9 junior from Huntersville, N.C. has maintained a 3.75 grade point average as a Business Administration major during her two and a half years at USC Aiken.  Legg is the Lady Pacers’ sixth Academic All-District selection in the past eight years, joining previous standouts Mindy Allee, Sarah Kendrick, and Jami Cornwell on the prestigious list.  (PHOTO BY: Scott Webster)

She is the only member of the Peach Belt Conference and one of only three in the South Atlantic Region named to the Academic All-District list. 

To qualify, a student-athlete must be of at least sophomore standing, have been enrolled at their current school for at least one year, have a minimum 3.2 grade point average, and be a starter or significant reserve on their team.  District III is comprised of NCAA Division II and III schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.  The five-member First and Second Teams are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) with the First-Team going on the national ballot for Academic All-America voting.  The CoSIDA program is the only one that may use the copyrighted term “Academic All-American”. 

Legg has started 18 of 20 games for the Lady Pacers, leading the team and ranking seventh in the Peach Belt Conference in scoring at 15.8 ppg.  She is shooting 41.8 percent from the field (104-of-249) including 37.9 percent from the three-point line (64-of-169).  Ranking sixth in the PBC in three-point accuracy, Legg is ninth in Division II in threes made per game.  In leading the league in free throw shooting, the junior guard has connected on 43-of-46 attempts for 93.5 percent. 

Legg has led the Lady Pacers in scoring on 10 occasions and has tallied double figures in points a team-best 16 times.  In scoring 23-straight points in the first half of USC Aiken’s 75-61 win at Columbus State on January 19, Legg finished with a career-high 28 points, one of her five 20-point games this year, and earned PBC Player of the Week honors. 

With 925 career points, Legg sits sixth on the school’s all-time NCAA scoring list, closing in on the 1,000-point club.  She

In the classroom, Legg has been named to the Dean’s List, the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, and the Peach Belt Conference Honor Roll. 

Winners of four of their last five, the surging USC Aiken Lady Pacers (14-6, 8-6 PBC) are in sixth place in the tightly-bunched Peach Belt Conference, just two games back of first.  USCA will host Division I foe Presbyterian on Wednesday night at 7:00 PM at the Convocation Center as part of the WBCA’s “Think Pink” promotion. 

2008 ESPN The Magazine / CoSIDA Academic All-District III
Women’s Basketball--College Division
February 11, 2008

First-Team
Anna Atkinson, Wingate
Khaleh Thomas, Valdosta State
Stephanie Witko, Marymount
Eweiina Gad, Valdosta State
Tonique Frasier, Newberry

Second-Team
Carolyn Riley, Eastern Mennonite
Kathleen Brown, Marymount
Brittany Cornelius, Meredith College
Meredith Legg, USC Aiken
Laura Marquardt, Newberry