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Boo, Peck Named to Academic All-America® First-Team

Senior swimmers Jill Boo (Anoka, Minn./Anoka) and Sarah Peck (Palo Alto, Calif./H.M. Gunn) were named to the 2004-05 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women's At-Large first-team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

For Boo, a second-team Academic All-America selection in 2003-04, she capped off her decorated career at Denison with her third consecutive national championship in the 100 butterfly at the 2005 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. An 18-time All-American, Boo has helped Denison to four consecutive top-four finishes at the NCAA championships.

Peck leaves Denison as a 20-time All-American and a six-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference selection. At this year's NCAA Championship meet she notched five top-eight finishes. She is ranked fifth all-time in Denison history according to number of All-American certificates won. Boo and Peck are the 38th and 39th Academic All-America selections from Denison since the program's inception in 1952.

To be eligible for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team the 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 standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. For more information about the Academic All-America Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.

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