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	January 10, 2002 LHU Soccer Players Merit Academic All-District Honors

	(Lock Haven, Pa.) - Two Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania soccer players have been selected as 2001 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District team members, Rob Battisson (Leicester, England/High Wyland) of the men’s program and Rebecca Nichols (Wind Gap, Pa./Nazareth) from the women’s team. The members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) by districts select the Verizon Academic All-District Team, and the first team selections move onto the national ballot for Academic All-America honors. The College Division District II consists of all non-NCAA Division I colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and a starter or significant reserve on his or her team.	LHU Soccer's Rob Battisson & Rebecca Nichols both earned Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District honors
	LHU junior Rob Battisson earns his first appearance on the Academic All-District list. A two-time First Team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference player and a two-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete, Battisson has been The Haven’s starting center midfielder for the past two seasons. This season he recorded one goal and three assists helping the Bald Eagle soccer team to a 12-5-1 overall ledger. An English major with a concentration in Literature, Battisson carried a 3.987 grade point average. Rebecca Nichols, a three-year starting midfielder for the Lady Eagle soccer team, also earned her first appearance on the Academic All-District list, finishing as a member of the second team. Nichols has recorded All-Region and All-PSAC honors in all three seasons, and was named an All-American in 2000. She has a career total of 13 goals and nine assists, including six goals and three assists this season to help carry the 18-4 squad to its third-straight PSAC Championship title and NCAA Tournament appearance. Nichols is a two-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete and carries a 3.76 grade point average in the Criminal Justice program.
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