Presbyterian’s Cooke, Tusculum’s Fliesser Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Women’s Soccer Teams

PC's Cooke Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District III Women's Soccer Team

CLINTON, S.C. - Presbyterian College women's soccer player Ashley Cooke has been named to the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-District III Women's Soccer First Team announced today.

Cooke, a 5-5 senior from Roswell, Ga., is a four-year letterwinner for the Blue Hose from her defender position. The former Roswell High School standout is currently fourth on the team in total scoring with 10 points on three goals and four assists. She is also tied for second on the team in assists.

Cooke has helped lead the Blue Hose defense to allow only 14 goals on the season entering the week. The team is tied with Carson-Newman College in league for fewest allowed goals while also being tied for the lead in the SAC in shots on goal allowed (58) with Tusculum College. Defensively, the team is currently ninth in NCAA Division II in shutouts per game (0.63).

In the classroom, Cooke has a 3.66 GPA as a Biology major. She has been named to the school's Dean's List four semesters and President's List one semester, and the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll three times.

Cooke is one of two student-athletes from the South Atlantic Conference to be named to either the first or second team. Julie Dodds of Lenoir-Rhyne College was named to the second team.

Cooke is a part of the 12-member All-District first team that will go on to the national ballots for Academic All-American announced later this year.

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Tusculum's Denise Fliesser Named to Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team

STAMFORD, Conn. --- Tusculum College defender Denise Fliesser has been named to the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV College Division Women's Soccer Second Team announced College officials Thursday morning.

Fliesser, a sophomore from London, Ontario Canada, has started in all 17 matches for the Pioneers this season, taking 18 shots and accounting for a pair of assists. She was a Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference First Team pick this year and has paced TC to a 12-4-1 record while advancing to this weekend's Food Lion SAC Tournament.

Fliesser has a 4.00 cumulative grade point average majoring in Physical Education. She was a co-recipient of the 2002-03 Tusculum College Female Freshman of the Year Academic Award. Fliesser, a graduate of Pope John Paul II High School, is a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

The Academic All-District team is selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from institutions within District IV, which includes the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

The Pioneers are the No. 4 seed in this year's SAC Tournament and will face top-seeded Carson-Newman College this Saturday at noon in Salisbury, N.C.