Duke's Carolyn Ford & Casey McCluskey Named Academic All-District III

Nov. 4, 2004

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University women's soccer co-captains Carolyn Ford and Casey McCluskey have been named to the 2004 Academic All-District III University Division Women's Soccer Team, which was selected by the College Sports Information Director's of America (CoSIDA). Ford was named to the first team and will now move on to the national ballot to be selected for Academic All-America, while McCluskey earned second team accolades.

A product of Bethesda, Md., Ford has started each of the 19 games so far this season on the defensive end for the 11th-ranked Blue Devils. The junior center back has scored two goals and assisted on nine others for 13 total points. Ford's nine assists already ranks tied for fourth on the Duke single-season record charts. A Psychology major at Duke, Ford owns a 3.411 grade-point-average.

McCluskey, the 2004 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, earned second team honors after collecting 16 goals and six assists for 38 points so far this season. A senior native of Springfield, Va., McCluskey leads the ACC with nine game-winning goals and ranks near the top in the nation in goals and points per game. She owns 40 career tallies and 93 points in her four years at Duke, which each rank second all-time. McCluskey is a Sociology major and owns a 3.293 grade-point-average.

Duke will next battle top-ranked North Carolina on Friday in the ACC Tournament semifinals at 7:30 p.m., in Cary, N.C.

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