Nov. 7, 2005

Two members of the West Texas A&M University Lady Buff soccer team earned CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors, as Sarit Shenar and Katie Henley received recognition for the second year in a row. Shenar was named to the first-team and will advance to the national ballot, while Henley was tabbed a second-team selection.

Henley, a senior forward from Azle, Texas, has a 3.77 GPA as a pre-medicine major. She scored five goals this season for a total of 10 points in leading WTAMU to a second-place regular season finish in the Lone Star Conference, after being eliminated from the LSC Tournament in the semifinals by Midwestern State University, 1-0, on Friday. Henley has a total of 29 career goals and 14 assists for 72 career points. She is a two-time first-team All-LSC selection, earning the honor last season and this year, which were just announced Monday. Henley was also named to the LSC All-Academic Team last season, in addition to being named to the first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District list last year. She was also a member of the 2003 WTAMU NSCAA Team Academic Award.

Junior forward Sarit Shenar received first-team CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors, and will advance to the national ballot.

Shenar, a junior forward from Rehovot, Israel, is majoring in chemistry with a 3.72 GPA. She scored seven goals and two assists for 16 points in nine matches before suffering a season-ending knee injury in early October. Last season, she was named to the first-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-American, becoming the first-ever first-team All-American from WTAMU and just the second in Lady Buffs' nine-year history. Shenar was also a first-team All-Midwest Region selection, as well as the LSC Offensive Player of the Year and named the first-team All-LSC list. She was selected to the LSC All-Tournament Team, after leading WTAMU to the championship match, where they lost to TAMU-Commerce, 2-1, in OT. This season, she was the LSC Preseason Player of the Year and is also a two-time LSC Player of the Week honoree. Last year Shenar was named to the second-team CoSIDA Academic All-District.

For the first time in five years WTAMU will not be playing in the LSC Tournament, as the second-seeded Lady Buffs were knocked off by third-seeded Midwestern State University, 1-0, in overtime Friday afternoon at Edmond, Okla. hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma.

WTAMU probably ends its season with a 10-6-1 mark, as the Lady Buffs are unlikely to make it to the NCAA-II Midwest Regionals due to being ranked No. 7 in the recent region rankings and the top four teams qualify. The Regional Tournament field will be announced Monday evening.

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