Lana Moran Named Academic All-American of the Year

June 8, 2000

NORMAN, Okla. - University of Oklahoma softball player Lana Moran earned first-team GTE Academic All-America honors for the second time in her career, announced the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) today. The Sooner senior was also selected from the 11-member first team as the GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.

Moran and the Sooners won the National Championship, defeating UCLA, 3-1, in Oklahoma City on May 29. OU finished the season with the best record in the country at 66-8.

A native of San Bernardino, Calif., Moran maintained a 3.88 grade point average in sociology. During the 2000 season, she compiled a 26-2 record with five shutouts and a 1.26 ERA while serving as captain of the Oklahoma softball team. She was also a first-team All-Big 12 Conference and second-team All-Midwest Region honoree. Moran was both a first-team Academic All-American and a third-team athletic All-American as a sophomore in 1998. She is believed to be one of only three female athletes in school history to earn both honors in the same season.

Moran received praise from University of Oklahoma President David Boren.

"It is good to see a University of Oklahoma student-athlete receive this very important honor," Boren said.

The GTE Academic All-America teams are selected by a vote of the 1,800-member CoSIDA organization. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. Sports information directors nominate eligible student-athletes from their schools who are named to district teams prior to being voted upon on the national level. CoSIDA has been selecting Academic All-Americans since 1952.

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Lana Moran Named Academic All-American of the Year

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