June 14, 2006
WOODLAND, Calif. - Three San Diego State water polo players were named Academic All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, the league announced Wednesday. Senior Cia Cobb, junior Sarah Kilgore and sophomore Becca Ur garnered conference recognition for the second straight season, marking the sixth consecutive year the Aztecs have placed at least three student-athletes on the MPSF all-academic team.
Cobb (Yorba Linda, Calif./Long Beach CC), a utility player, received academic all-league accolades after achieving a 3.27 grade point average (GPA) in sociology. This past season she recorded three goals, 12 assists and nine steals in 24 games. For her career, she amassed 10 goals, 22 assists and 25 steals in 55 contests.
In addition to being the team's starting goalkeeper, Kilgore (Rossmoor, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) turned in a GPA of 3.24 while studying history and Spanish. In 2006, she enjoyed one of the best seasons in SDSU history as she started all 34 games and made the third-most saves in a single season in school history with 259. Over the course of the year, she guided the Aztecs to their first shutout since 2002 when they blanked Michigan, 13-0, and later combined with Heather Fenske to hold Colorado State scoreless in a 16-0 victory. Kilgore made at least 10 saves on 10 different occasions, at least 13 saves five times and established a career high when she stopped 17 shots at Arizona State. She currently ranks third on SDSU's all-time career saves chart with 536, eight saves shy of Ashley Zabel.
The third member of the group, Ur (Lompoc, Calif./Cabrillo HS), earns league academic honors with a 3.67 GPA in psychology. The 2-meter player scored 22 goals and chipped in with a team-high 49 ejections drawn, 18 steals and five assists while receiving the starting nod in all 34 matches. Ur has 37 goals, 112 ejections drawn, 33 steals and 15 assists in her two years on Montezuma Mesa.
The Academic All-MPSF award is designed to recognize the outstanding academic accomplishments of women's water polo student-athletes during the current season. The criteria include having a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, must be a sophomore academically, completing one full academic year at the member institution and participating in at least 50 percent of the team's games.
San Diego State finished the 2006 campaign with a 22-12 record, their ninth 20-plus victory season, and a No. 7 final national ranking.