Westendorf Named to Verizon Academic All-America Team
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Southern Miss volleyball player Lindsay Westendorf has been named to the third-team Verizon

Academic All-America University Division Volleyball Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of

American (CoSIDA).

Westendorf, who has a GPA of 3.996 in management information systems, becomes the first female athlete named to the

national academic All-America team at Southern Miss. She played in 104 games for the Lady Eagle volleyball team. She

averaged 3.65 kills and 2.63 digs per game, while hitting .247. She led the team in kills and digs. She registered 26

service aces and 36 total blocks. She was named to the UNO Invitational all-tournament team during the season. She

recorded a career-high 24 kills against Jacksonville State. She had a team-high 20 matches with double-digit kills and a

team-high 13 matches with double-digit digs.

The Baytown, Texas, native, has been on the President's List all but one semester and on the Dean's List in the spring

of 2000. She was named a Conference USA Academic Medalist in 1998, 1999, and 2000. She has also been on the

Athletic Director's Honor Roll every semester. She was a member of the 1999 Verizon Academic All-District VI second

team and a first teamer this season.

2000 VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

UNIVERSITY DIVISION WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM

First Team

Kyleen Bell (Georgia Tech)

Middle Blocker Junior Rocklin, Calif. 3.95, Management

Jami Coughlin (Arizona State)

Outside Hitter Junior Glendale, Ariz. 4.00, Education

Michelle Green (Alabama)

Outside Hitter Senior Rolla, Mo. 3.84, Secondary Education

Jeanne Lambert (Coastal Carolina)

Outside Hitter Junior Burnsville, Minn. 4.00, Biology/Business Management

+Tamara Luckemeyer (Texas-San Antonio)

Outside Hitter Senior Katy, Texas 3.90, Biology

Emily Sallee (Ball State)

Setter Senior Muncie, Ind. 3.74, Elementary Education

Gina Schmidt (Oregon State)

Outside Hitter Junior Beaverlodge, Alberta 4.00, Business

Second Team

Elisabeth Bachman (UCLA)

Middle Blocker Senior Lakeville, Minn. 3.65, Communications

Kim Frederick (Manhattan)
Middle Blocker Junior Orange, Calif. 3.98, Computer Science

April Harriman (Memphis)
Outside Hitter Senior Los Angeles, Calif. 3.97, Political Science/Communications

Jill Levey (George Washington)
Setter Senior Bakersfield, Calif. 3.80, Speech/Hearing Science

Carla Muntz (Dayton)
Setter Senior Spring Valley, Ill. 3.94, Pre-Medicine

Laura Pilakowski (Nebraska)
Outside Hitter Soph. Columbus, Neb. 3.91, Advertising

Third Team

Amanda Burbridge (Arizona State)
Outside Hitter Senior Scottsdale, Ariz. 3.43, Sociology

Natalie Furry (Western Kentucky)
Outside Hitter Junior Normal, Ill. 3.91, Computer Information Systems

Jill Gremmel (Texas)
Setter Senior Dubuque, Iowa 3.71, Elementary Education

Krista Haukap (Southeast Missouri)
Outside Hitter Senior Aviston, Ill. 3.67, Communications Disorders

Angela Knopf (Colorado State)
Middle Blocker Junior Troutsdale, Ore. 3.71, Mathematics

Keri Nishimoto (Long Beach State)
Setter/Def. Spec. Junior Redlands, Calif. 3.96, Computer Science

Stacy Schmidt (Texas-San Antonio)
Outside Hitter Junior Bellville, Texas 3.95, Health

Lindsay Westendorf (Southern Mississippi)
Outside Hitter Junior Baytown, Texas 3.96, Management Information Systems

Beth Weynand (Texas A&M)
Def. Specialist Junior Austin, Texas 4.00, Biomedical Science