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Kucerkova Named PL Player of the Week
American is 2-0 in Patriot League play

Kucerkova had 35 kills in two Patriot League games last week.

September 29, 2003

WASHINGTON -- American University senior Karla Kucerkova (Olomouc, Czech Republic/Brno) was named the Baden Volleyball Player of the Week for September 29, 2003.

Kucerkova led the Eagles to a 3-0 victory against Lafayette with 17 kills, 10 digs and three solo blocks. This award marks the senior’s first Baden Player of the Week honor for the 2003 season, and the sixth for her career.

As the Eagles took on Lehigh earlier in the week, Kucerkova had 18 kills and nine digs to lead the team to a 3-1 victory over the Mountain Hawks. AU is now 5-8 overall and 2-0 in the Patriot League.
In addition to being named player of the week, Kucerkova has also received honors on four all-tournament squads this season, her most recent at the American Volleyball Classic earlier this month.

Kucerkova is the first American University athlete to be named the Verizon Academic All-American Player of the Year, and is the first volleyball player to receive the Patriot League Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. She is also the first American University athlete to be named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2001) and the Patriot League Player of the Year (2001).

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, is in its third year of membership in the Patriot League. Since joining the Patriot League, the University has captured league championships in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, and a regular-season title in men’s basketball.

Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.