AASU Places Six On PBC Women's Soccer All-Academic Team

SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Armstrong Atlantic State women's soccer squad placed six players on the Peach Belt Conference's Women's Soccer All-Academic Teams, released today by league officials.

Senior forward Kristin Burton, a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree, was named to the first team. The PBC's all-time leading goal scorer carries a 3.68 GPA in physical therapy and this is her second appearance on the All-Academic team, which the conference began naming in 2008.

The Pirates placed a pair of players on the second team with junior goalkeeper Tracey Mitchell and sophomore defender Jessy Flores. Mitchell has a 3.58 GPA in health science and Flores carries a 3.55 GPA in radiologic sciences - both players earned All-Academic team honors for the first time in their careers.

AASU placed three players on the fourth team to round out its honorees. Junior midfielder Elizabeth Kerkhoff, sophomore midfielder Björg Magnea Ólafs and sophomore forward Þórdís Pétursdóttir each earned fourth team honors for the first times in their careers. Kerkhoff is an education major with a 3.48 GPA; Ólafs maintains a 3.42 GPA in engineering and Pétursdóttir has a 3.42 GPA in biology.

In all, the Peach Belt honored 44 players on the four teams. For a complete list of the 2009 PBC Women's Soccer All-Academic team, click here.