UTA DOMINATES SLC MEN'S HOOPS ACADEMIC TEAM
4/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 16, 2003
ARLINGTON, Texas...The University of Texas at Arlington's men's basketball team placed three of its members on the five-man Southland Conference All-Academic Team, the league announced Wednesday. UTA senior Josh Daniel and juniors Donny Beacham and Roy Johnson were each named to the team, along with Nicholls State senior forward Damien Lennon and Stephen F. Austin junior guard Jasen Gast.
 Josh Daniel earned his fourth major academic award Wednesday  | |
Beacham was one of the Mavericks' top reserves in 2002-03. He averaged 4.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game and served as the team's primary defensive stopper, often guarding the oppenents' top offensive threat, regardless of position. He scored a career high 17 points off the bench in UTA's 71-59 victory over Texas-San Antonio. In 2001-02, Beacham was named to the Verizon Academic All-District VI squad. His senior class valedictorian at Madison High School in Dallas in 2000, Beacham owns a 3.49 grade point average as an information systems major.
 Roy Johnson adds Academic All-SLC honors to his All-SLC playing award | |
The Mavericks finished the 2002-03 season with a 16-13 overall record, including a 13-7 record in SLC play to finish third in the league standings. Maybe more impressively, the overall team 2.92 grade point average in the fall, 2002 semester was the highest in team history.
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