Nov. 1, 2012

UCLA junior defender Chelsea Stewart has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Stewart boasts a 3.56 GPA in Economics.

After winning a bronze medalist with the Canadian national team at the 2012 Olympic Games, Stewart returned to Westwood and has started in 15 of 16 games played for the second-ranked Bruins. She has totaled four assists and helped lead a UCLA defense to 11 shutouts and a team goals against average of 0.43. The Bruins went undefeated for the first 17 games of the season and will finish up regular season play on Friday afternoon at USC.

2012 Women's Soccer Academic All-District 8 Team
GK - Kylie Wassell, UNLV, Jr., Las Vegas, Nev. - 4.00, Secondary education
D - Diane Buzzard, NORTHERN ARIZONA, So., Flagstaff, Ariz. - 3.90, Environmental engineering
D - Natalie Norris, UTAH STATE, Sr., Sandy, Utah - 3.95, Nutrition, dietetics & food science
D - Jasmine Roth, ARIZONA STATE , Jr., West Covina, Calif. - 4.00, Biochemistry
D - Chelsea Stewart, UCLA, Jr., Highlands Ranch, Colo. - 3.56, Economics
M - Courtney Botelho, UNLV, Jr., Mililani, Hawaii - 3.91, Kinesiology
M - Brandi Dawson, OREGON STATE, Jr., Gaston, Ore. - 3.96, Human dev. & family science
M - Mariah Nogueira, STANFORD, Sr., Westminster, Calif. - 3.63, Psychology
F - Amanda LeCave, PEPPERDINE, So., Windsor, Calif. - 3.60, Undeclared
F - Elinor Priest, NORTHERN ARIZONA, Jr., Portland, Ore. - 4.00, English / psychology
F - Courtney Verloo, STANFORD, Jr., Tualatin, Ore. - 3.50, Human biology