Northwestern University Athletics
Samantha McComb Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District V Honors
2/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 20, 2004
EVANSTON, Ill. - The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday the All-District Academic Team members for women's basketball. Northwestern guard Samantha McComb was named to the second team for District V.
The co-captain is one of three Big Ten players honored in District V and is joined by Kadidja Andersson (Minnesota), Sarah Kustok (DePaul), Chris Kutschinski (Illinois State), and Ashley Luke (DePaul) on the second team. Kate Endress (Ball State), Beth Jones (Purdue), Genny Mueller (Bradley), Pam O'Connor (Eastern Illinois), and Abby Scharlow (Wisconsin-Green Bay) are first team selections.
McComb currently leads the Wildcats in scoring with 10.5 ppg. She set a career-high 22 points this season and matched that number twice. Despite missing over a month due to injury, McComb is fourth on the team in assists (400) and has led the 'Cats in scoring five times this season.
The Farmington Hills, Mich. native is a Communications Sciences and Disorders major. Earlier this season, she was selected to receive the Ronald and Elizabeth D. Chinnock endowed scholarship for her academic achievements at Northwestern.
