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June 11, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy's Kirsten Andrews (Sr./New Holland, Pa.) and Allison Barlow (Sr./Orange Park, Fla.) have been selected ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-District members for women's track & field/cross country, it was announced by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) last week.

Courtesy of their first-team academic all-district honors, both Andrews and Barlow have been added to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ballot, along with the first-team members from the other seven districts across the country.

Andrews, a 2006 ESPN The Magazine Third-Team Academic All-American, broke four school records during her senior campaign and graduated from the Academy holding six program records. The indoor team captain earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors in five events this year and was named the Patriot League Field Athlete of the Meet at both the indoor and outdoor championship in 2007. She has earned All-East recognition six times during her career and became the first midshipman in program history to compete in two events at the NCAA East Region Championship last year. At the 2007 NCAA regional championship, she tied for eighth place in the pole vault, the highest finish by a Navy competitor in school history.

In the classroom, Andrews earned a 3.91 cumulative grade point average while majoring in quantitative economics. The two-time Patriot League Women's Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year posted a 4.0 grade point average during each of her final-four semesters and graduated 37th out of her class of 1046. She was named to the Superintendent's List each of the last-four semesters and was honored on the Commandant's List during all eight of her semesters in Annapolis. This spring, the product of New Holland, Pa., was one of 29 females in the country to earn a NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, which she will use while doing graduate studies in the field of operations research at the University of Delaware.

Barlow was a four-year competitor on both the Navy women's cross country and track & field squads. The 2003 First-Team All-Patriot League runner posted the sixth-fastest time (23:05.18) in USNA Cross Country Course history this past season against Army and scored in all six of her races. With the track & field team, she qualified for the ECAC Championship in the 10,000-meter run this spring and holds two of the ten-fastest times in program history.

Academically, Barlow maintained a 3.84 cumulative grade point average while majoring in honors oceanography. She was named to both the Superintendent's and Commandant's Lists during all of her eight semesters on The Yard, earning a 4.0 grade point average in three semesters. The native of Orange Park, Fla., graduated from the Academy at the top of her class in Military Order of Merit and 29th in Overall Order of Merit (Academic and Military Orders of Merit).

Initial nominees for the all-district voting must be of at least sophomore standing, have a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA and either are a starter or key reserve.