Liffick Named To Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete Team
5/4/2006 10:50:00 AM
EVANSVILLE, Ind.--The awards continue to roll in for University of Evansville senior women's basketball player Megan Liffick (Whiteland, Ind./Whiteland), as she has been named to the NCAA Division I-AAA Athletic Director's Association Scholar-Athlete Team.
Liffick, who received UE's Lois D. Patton Award honoring the Purple Aces' most outstanding senior female scholar-athlete two weeks ago, was one of 10 women's basketball players across the nation to be named to the NACDA Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete team. Liffick also earned first team all-Missouri Valley Conference honors earlier this season, as well as honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honors for her work both on the court and in the classroom.
Liffick shared co-MVP honors with sophomore guard Rebekah Parker this season for Tricia Cullop's squad after leading the team in scoring with an average of 16.0 points per game in her senior year. She ranked sixth in the MVC in scoring this season, while also posting the sixth-highest single-season scoring output in UE history. Liffick also ranked among the MVC's leaders in steals, three-point field goals per game, three-point field goal percentage, and free throw accuracy this year. She also broke into UE's career Top 10 in scoring (9th-1,132 pts), steals (9th-131), free throws made (4th-307), three-point field goals made (9th-107), and free throw percentage (9th-77.3 percent) this year.
Liffick helped the Purple Aces to a 16-13 overall record this season, and will graduate from UE later this month with a degree in exercise science. She has been accepted into a graduate-level physical therapy program at the University of Indianapolis.
2005-06 NCAA Division I-AAA Athletic Director's Association Scholar-Athlete Team
Name School Year Major
Stephanie Hawk Gonzaga Junior Business
Megan Liffick Evansville Senior Exercise Science
Amber Renee Mason Longwood Senior Criminology / Criminal Justice
Sarah McIlwraith Saint Louis Junior Early Child Education
Brooke Meyer Denver Sophomore Finance / Real Estate
Iva Milevoj Winthrop Senior Marketing
Allie Quigley DePaul Sophomore Physical Education
Faith Schutte St. Joseph's Senior English
Michaela Vezenkova UNC-Wilmington Junior Political Science
Amber Wirth Long Island Senior Media Arts