Wirth Named ESPN The Magazine District I All-American

2/9/06 -- Long Island University senior guard/forward Amber Wirth (Hastings, Minn.) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic District I University Division Second Team, as announced by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) officials on Thursday.

A media arts major with a minor in journalism, Wirth earned a 3.80 grade-point average during the Fall 2005 semester and has a 3.79 cumulative grade point average.

Wirth is ranked 16th in the nation and leads the Northeast Conference in three-point field goals made (2.85 per game). She recently broke the 1,000-point plateau in a road contest at Quinnipiac on December 7, becoming the 13th player in Long Island University history to accomplish the feat. She is currently seventh on the all-time list with 1,168 points.

To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better.

LIU is 8-12 overall and in sixth place in the NEC with a 6-5 mark. The Blackbirds travel to Mount St. Mary’s on Thursday, Feb. 9 for a key conference match-up at 7:00 p.m. The Mount is fifth in the NEC with a 7-4 record, one game ahead of LIU.