March 4, 2003

DALLAS - Five Missouri women's basketball players are among the 53 student-athletes who have been named to the 2003 Women's Basketball Academic All-Big 12 Team, officials from the conference office announced today.

Here are Missouri's honorees:

2003 Women's Basketball Academic All-Big 12 Team

FIRST TEAM
Kerensa Barr Sr. Finance & Banking/ West Plains, Mo.
 Real Estate
Tracy Lozier Jr. Communications Leawood, Kan.
Megan Roney So. Undeclared Independence, Mo.
Evan Unrau Jr. Psychology Fort Collins, Colo.

SECOND TEAM
Terianne Wolford Jr. Textile and Nixa, Mo.
 Apparel Management

Missouri's five honorees ranked fifth among the league's basketball squads. Oklahoma, Kansas State, Iowa State and Colorado each finished ahead of the Tigers.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and media relations offices, the women's basketball academic all-league squad consists of 46 first-team members combined with seven student-athletes on the second team. First-team members are those student-athletes who have maintained a 3.20 or better grade-point average, while the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

Missouri's five honorees bring to 22 to the number of basketball student-athletes recognized by the Big 12 in Head Coach Cindy Stein's five-year tenure.