Texas Tech University Athletics
Tarr Named Second Team Academic All-District
February 21, 2002 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 21, 2002
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech senior guard Amber Tarr was named to the Verizon Academic All-District VI University Division second team announced today.
Tarr, a native of Ozona, Texas, has a 3.561 grade point average in finance and was one of five student-athletes named to the second team. Tarr is currently second on the Texas Tech team in scoring with a 12.3 average, while leading the team in three-point field goal percentage at 40.4.
Six student-athletes were selected for the first team because of a tie in the voting, while five were named to the second team. The six student-athletes on the first team will now advance to the national ballot and have a chance to earn Verizon Academic All-America honors. The teams were picked by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America from District VI, which includes all NCAA Division I schools in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
First Team
Stacey Dales, Oklahoma, Senior - 3.7 Communications
Jessica Guild, Stephen F. Austin, Senior - 3.979 Kinesiology/Health Science
Caton Hill, Oklahoma, Junior - 3.62 Zoology
Brooke Lassiter, Louisiana Tech, Senior - 3.357, Business Management
Melanie Maynes, New Mexico State, Senior - 3.43 Management
Anna Means, Northwestern State, Junior - 3.94 Health and Exercise
Second Team
Marilynn Brockman, Lamar, Senior - 4.00 Business
Jalie Mitchell, North Texas, Senior - 3.2 Finance
Rosalyn Reades, North Texas, Senior - 3.758 Chemistry
Amber Tarr, Texas Tech, Senior - 3.561 Finance
Britt Themann, Tulane, Junior - 3.947 Exercise Science
