May 30, 2007

Tulsa, Okla. - Junior Sara Dyer just keeps racking up the awards. On Thursday, she was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team. The Sand Springs, Okla., native also earned All-District VI academic honors in order to be eligible for All-America status.

To be nominated, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible.

A communications major, Dyer sports a 3.92 grade point average. Starting in all 56 games for the Golden Hurricane at first base, Dyer leads the nation in doubles with 25 and doubles per game with a 0.45 average. She has set school records for doubles in a season and RBI in a season. Dyer recorded at least one hit in 40 contests this year, including 21 contests with more than one hit. Earlier this month, Dyer also became the first TU softball player to earn three-consecutive first-team all-conference honors.

While Dyer is the first first-teamer in TU history, former Golden Hurricane slugger Brandi McGuire earned second-team honors in 2003.