Women's Basketball 2/21/2002 7:21:00 AM Southern Conference UTC's Wilson Earns Academic All-District CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Lady Mocs forward Jennifer Wilson, one of the topbasketball players in the Southern Conference, was rewarded Wednesday forher academic success by being named to the Verizon Academic All-District IVTeam.Wilson, a 5-foot.11 junior from Oak Ridge, Tenn., boasts a cumulative 3.90GPA in education while being the Lady Mocs' third-leading scorer at 9.4points per game, and she is third in rebounding at 5.0 rebounds per game.Wilson was one of 17 all-district honorees, which includes all theuniversities from Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Alabama, and sheearned a spot on the third team."Jennifer Wilson is a true student-athlete," said UTC coach Wes Moore. "Shehas posted a 4.0 GPA on several occasions, which is truly extraordinaryconsidering the time she devotes to basketball. She has found the perfectbalance between academics and athletics."Wilson has made UTC's Dean's List every semester and made a perfect 4.0 GPAfour out of five semesters.Moore calls Wilson "the best 15-foot shooter I have ever seen," and sheranks fifth in the Southern Conference in field goal accuracy at 51.0percent. Her scoring average ranks No. 28 in the SoCon. She is also fourthon the team in free-throw accuracy at 73.9 percent.A 2001 First Team All-Southern Conference pick, Wilson is currently rankedNo. 3 on Chattanooga's career free throw percentage list and she is closeto moving into the top 10 career field goal percentage list.To be nominated, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve,and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.