UB sophomore point guard Catherine Jacob is one of five student-athletes from
five different schools in the New York/New England region selected to the GTE
Academic All-District I Women's Basketball team, as selected by CoSIDA (College
Sports Information Directors of America). Jacob now is eligible for selection to
the national GTE Academic All-American Team, to be announced March 20. A mechanical engineering major with a 3.902 cumulative grade-point average, Jacob is the Royals' starting point guard. Jacob and the Royals will take their 21-5 overall record into the Mid-Con Conference Tournament, March 6-8 at Alumni Arena, with a bid to the 1997 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at stake. Jacob has started all 26 games this season and has averaged 11.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game. She is ranked 17th in the nation in assists per game and 22nd in the nation in free throw percentage.
She set a school record as a freshman with 163 assists and already has 153 this season. Jacob is shooting 45.4 percent from the floor and 33.8 percent from three-point range. A dean's list member each of her semesters at UB, she also is a UB Scholar-Athlete.
She has started 55 of 57 career games with the Royals, compiling a 44-13 record. She was named to the All-Tournament team at the St. Joseph's Hawk Classic this season.
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