April 26, 2011
Complete Academic All-Big 12 Tennis Teams in PDF Format 
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M's Sheri Olivier has been named to the Academic All-Big 12 Women's Tennis First Team and teammate Stephanie Davidson has been named to the second team, the Big 12 Conference announced today.
Olivier, a junior human resources development major from Topeka, Kan., is making her second consecutive appearance on the first team. Davidson, a senior sport management major from Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, is making her first appearance on the academic team.
To qualify for the Academic All-Big 12 Tennis Team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team is made up of those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
Olivier has held down the No. 3 doubles position for the Aggies this season. She is 15-10 overall, including 8-6 in dual matches. She paired with Davidson during a seven-match win streak in the early spring, and the pair is 7-2 in dual matches and 13-6 overall.
Davidson has been a regular in both the singles and doubles lineups. She is 16-15 overall and 10-10 in dual matches in singles, having seen action at the No. 4-6 positions this season. She is the team leader in doubles victories both overall (23-10) and in dual matches only (16-5), including 13-3 at the No. 3 line. Davidson enters the postseason with a 96-43 career doubles record, ranking fourth for most doubles victories in A&M history.
A&M (14-7, 7-4 Big 12) returns to action this weekend, as the 4th-seeded Aggies compete in the 2011 Big 12 Championships. A&M received a first-round bye and will play the winner between No. 5-seed Nebraska and No. 12-seed Colorado Friday at 3 p.m. at the Baylor Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.
Live scoring of A&M matches is available at AggieAthletics.com.