For Immediate Release: November 13, 2006
Contact: Anthony G. Naglieri (sports@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-2956

Megan Hoag named First-Team Academic All-District Honoree
Senior psychology major with a 3.93 GPA is recognized by ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA

VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton volleyball senior middle blocker Megan Hoag (Brunswick, Ohio) has been named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I First-Team honoree. Hoag now moves on to the national ballot where she will be eligible for Acadmic All-American recognition.

A psychology major and Binghamton scholar, she is one of just three players from the America East Conference to be named an academic all-district selction and the only to garner first team honors, as District I covers schools throughout the New England area and mid-Atlantic region. The Brunswick, Ohio native receives the award after compiling a 3.93 GPA.

Hoag currently leads the team in kills and service aces, ranks second in hitting percentage and is third in both digs and blocks. She also ranks among the top 10 in the America East in each category. A 2005 honorable mention All-America East selection, she has hit in double figures in 23 matches and registered 14 double-doubles (kills-digs) this season. Additionally, with 17 kills over the weekend, she became only seventh player in program history to reach the 1,000 career kill plateau.

The senior team captain now has 1,008 kills for her career joining Michele Heck '04 as the second player in the BU rally-scoring era to own 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs and is one of only five Bearcats in the 36-year history of the program to accomplish the 1,000 kill and 1,000 dig feat.

Hoag leads the defending America East Champion Bearcats into their third-straight trip to the conference playoffs this weekend at Albany's University Gymnasium. BU's quest to return to the NCAA Tournament begins on Saturday afternoon, when the Bearcats face No. 3 seeded UMBC at 5:30 p.m.

District 1 Winners - University Division
First Team
Megan Hoag	Binghamton University
Christine Strawson	Holy Cross
Ivy Zuidhof	Rhode Island
Shellane Ogoshi	Hofstra University
Martina Wagner	Long Island University