Colgate's French Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District

HAMILTON, N.Y. (5/24/07) - Colgate University women's hockey player Tara French (Truro, N.S.) has been selected to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team, as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

French was selected from 85 student-athletes nominated in the women's at-large category. The women's at-large program includes the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her institution and be nominated by her sports information director.

French recently received a degree in molecular biology with pre-med fulfillments at Colgate's commencement ceremony.

French led the Raiders' defense in scoring all four years and is Colgate's all-time scoring defender with 72 points. She ranks eighth on Colgate's all-time scoring list and holds 10 program records.

In 2007, she was named the ECAC Hockey League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was a third-team all-league selection. A three-time American Women's Hockey Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete and ECACHL all-academic team member, French earned the ECAC Merit Medal in 2007.

She has attended two Canadian National U-22 Conditioning Camps and earned a place on the U-22 team in 2005-06, the same year she was named an ECACHL All-Star. The following year she earned an invitation to the Canadian Senior National Team Camp and represented Colgate at the NCAA Leadership Conference.

She was an active member of the Colgate and Hamilton communities, acting as tutor and mentor to students.