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April 16, 2003

PULLMAN, Wash. - Senior Jill Olson and juniors Theresa Dunn and Sasha Taylor earned Pacific-10 Conference First Team All-Academic honors, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced Wednesday. The three WSU swimmers to receive first team honors marks the most to receive the honor in WSU swimming history.

Olson, a native of Seattle, complied a grade-point average of 3.68 while majoring in accounting. She recorded an 18th-place finish in the 1,650 freestyle at the Pac-10 Championships this season, an event in which she holds second place on WSU's all-time list. Olson also holds the school record in the 1,000 freestyle and sixth all-time in the 500 freestyle. This marks the third consecutive year she has been named to the Pac-10 first team. Olson is the only WSU swimmer to receive the honors three consecutive years.

Dunn has carried a 3.84 GPA and is pursuing a major in business administration and finance. The native of Morgan Hill, Calif., placed 27th in the 100 backstroke and 29th in the 200 backstroke at the 2003 Pac-10 Championships. This is the second straight year Dunn as been named to the Pac-10 first team.

Sophomore Lisa Irwin garnered All-Academic Second Team honors.

Irwin, a team co-captain this season, maintains a GPA of 3.73 and is yet to declare her major. This is the first year Irwin has been awarded a Pac-10 academic honor.

Other Cougar honorees include seniors Becca Cohen (Portland, Ore.), Sara Schmied (Woodinville) and Lindsay Henahan (Rochester, N.Y.) and junior Nicole Chinn (Seattle), who all earned honorable mentions.

To be eligible for the Pac-10 All-Academic team athletes must have a class standing of sophomore or older, have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA and be either a starter or significant substitute.

HISTORY OF WASHINGTON STATE PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC SWIMMING
First Team:
2003:	Theresa Dunn, 3.84, Business Administration/Finance
	Jill Olson, 3.68, Accounting
	Sasha Taylor, 3.60, Biology Education
2002:	Theresa Dunn, 3.94 GPA, Pre-Law
	Jill Olson, 3.74 GPA, Accounting
2001:	Jill Olson, 3.85 GPA, Accounting
2000:	Kelley Miedema,  3.42 GPA,  Zoology (Pre-Med)
         Eli Schmied,  3.69 GPA,  Zoology (Pre-Med)
1998:	Tammy Coulter, 3.47 GPA, Biology
1997:	Rachel Hawley, 3.94 GPA, Zoology
1995: 	Terry Campbell, 3.63 GPA, Biology
	Lisa McAndrew, 3.64 GPA, Education


Second Team:
2003:	Lisa Irwin, 3.73, Undeclared
2002:	Katie Byrnes, 3.74 GPA, Undeclared
	Rachel Dong, 3.59 GPA, Movement Studies
	Melissa Hubley, 3.40 GPA, Sociology
2001:	Melissa Hubley, 3.40 GPA, Psychology
2000:	Gretchen Chambers,  3.32 GPA,  Psychology
1999:	Anna Hohmann, 3.26 GPA, Accounting
         Julie Thom, 3.53 GPA, Kinesiology
1998:	Julie Thom, 3.62 GPA, Kinesiology
1997:	Tammy Coulter, 3.51 GPA, Pre-Med
	Amber Hanley, 3.48 GPA, Biology
1996:	Teri Campbell, 3.61 GPA, Biology
	Kristi Dougherty, 3.92 GPA, Education
	Amber Hanley, 3.44 GPA, Biology
	Rachel Hawley, 3.93 GPA, Zoology
1995: 	Rachel Hawley, 3.89 GPA, Zoology
	Jenny Widell, 3.53 GPA, Biology
1993:	Anjanette Wong, 3.55 GPA, Biology
1992:	Anjanette Wong, 3.53 GPA, Biology
1991:	Karen Kennedy, 3.66 GPA, Elementary Education
	Anjanette Wong, 3.59 GPA, Biology

Honorable Mention:
2003:	Nicole Chinn, Becca Cohen, Lindsay Henahan, Sara Schmied
2002:	Nicole Chinn, Rebecca Cohen, Sara Schmied, Sasha Taylor
2001:	Carrie Breed, Rachelle Carano, Rebecca Cohen, Lindsay Henahan, Sara Schmied
2000:	Suzie Muirhead
1999:	Carrie Breed, Gretchen Chambers, Jessica Chisholm, Wendy Enderle, Sarah Ewan,
         Katie Keller, Kelley Miedema, Suzie Muirhead, Eli Schmied, Aimee Walters
1998:	Jessica Chisholm, Wendy Enderle, Liz Hohaia, Anna Hohmann, Aimee Walters,
         Gretchen Chambers, Kelley Miedema, Suzie Muirhead, Eli Schmied
1997:	Julie Thom, Aimee Walters
1996:	Jodie Codding, Tammy Coulter, Raina Fromm, Melinda Griffiths
1995:	Christie Blumenstein, Jonna Gaustad, Amber Hanley
1994:	Jessica Adolphson, Tracy Adolphson, Terri Campbell, Jonna Gaustad, Jennifer Widell
1993:	Jessica Adolphson, Jonna Gaustad, Kealy Kurdy, Jennifer Larson,
         Lisa McAndrew,Kimberly Taylor, Jennifer Widell
1992:	Jessica Adolphson, Linda Dobbels, Kealy Kurdy, Jennifer Larson, Kim Taylor,
         Jenny Widell
1991:	Linda Dobbels, Shannon Eddy, Kealy Kurdy, Minica Lane, Kimberly Taylor, Imka Freyman