Nov. 18, 1999

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Junior UCLA women's volleyball player Elisabeth Bachman (Lakeville, MN) was named to the GTE Academic All-District VIII Women's Volleyball team on Thursday.

Bachman, a middle blocker for the 24-2 sixth-ranked Bruins, holds a 3.71 GPA majoring in communications. She was the only Pac-10 player named to the first team, although four conference student-athletes were named to the second team.

In order to be eligible for Academic All-America honors, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), must be a starter or important reserve and be in at least their second season of competition at their current school.

The six first-team members are not on the national GTE Women's Volleyball Academic All-America ballot. First, second and third team national winners will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999.

The Bruins have already clinched their best record since the 1994 NCAA runner-up team finished 32-4, 16-2 Pac-10. UCLA plays its final Pac-10 match on Friday, at USC.

1999 GTE Academic All-District VIII Women's Volleyball Teams
FIRST TEAM

Name                School            Year       Hometown              GPA Major
Elisabeth Bachman   UCLA              Junior     Lakeville, MN        3.71 Communications
Charlene Conley     UC Santa Barbara  Senior     Orange, CA           3.67 Environmental Studies
Liz Covill          Weber State       Senior     Laketown, UT         4.00 English
Anja Grabovac       Long Beach State  Senior     Rijeka, Croatia      3.68 Business
Melissa Lucas       Idaho State       Senior     San Diego, CA        4.00 Finance
Keri Nishimoto      Long Beach State  Sophomore  Redlands, CA        3.947 Computer Science

Amanda Burbridge    Arizona State     Junior     Scottsdale, AZ       3.49 Sociology
Jami Coughlin       Arizona State     Sophomore  Glendale, AZ         4.00 Undecided
Jennifer Detmer     Stanford          Junior     Thousand Oaks, CA    3.59 International Business
Tanja Dimitrijevic  Pacific           Senior     Belgrade, Yugoslavia 3.57 Biological Sciences
Kim Maxwell Eastern Washington        Senior     Calgary, Alberta     3.79 Biology
Angela Rosenquist   Pacific           Senior     Stockton, CA         4.00 Sport Sciences/Business
Gina Schmidt Oregon State             Sophomore  Beaverlodge, Alberta 4.00 General Science