HIRSH, KOACH HONORED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS

TACOMA, Wash. - Having helped guide their respective teams into first place in the Northwest Conference, senior guard Laura Hirsh (Corvallis, Ore.) and sophomore guard Colin Koach (Portland, Ore./Franklin) have been honored for their success in the classroom, picking up Academic All-District honors as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday.

Hirsh, a 2006-07 First Team All-NWC selection majoring in psychology, was named to the First Team All-District, making her eligible for selection to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team.  She is averaging 13.5 ppg for the 17th-ranked Loggers and leads the NWC in free throw percentage at .849, all while carrying a grade-point average of 3.77 in the classroom.

Koach was named Second Team All-District on the men's side.  Having appeared in 19 games for the Loggers as a reserve, Koach has found time for success in the classroom as well, earning a 3.91 grade-point average as an International Political Economy and Business major.  The Logger men are ranked 13th in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 and currently sit in first place by a half-game over Whitworth.

The Loggers will be in action on Friday when they travel down to McMinnville, Ore. to take on Linfield.  Tip-off with the Wildcats is set for 6:00 p.m. for the women and 8:00 p.m. for the men.

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