Nov. 20, 1997

Four USC Student-Athletes Named Pac-10 All-Academic

LOS ANGELES -- Four Trojan student-athletes were named to various Pac-10 All-Academic first teams on Thursday.

In football, sophomore safety Chad Morton (3.37 GPA, sociology major) and junior kicker Adam Abrams (3.32, business administration) made the first team, as did junior midfielder Carol Hatcher (3.38, exercise science) in women's soccer and junior middle blocker Alaina Kipps (4.00, psychobiology) in women's volleyball.

Junior defender Karen Norgaard and junior goalkeeper Karin Puccinelli made the women's soccer honorable mention team, while freshman quarterback Mike Van Raaphorst made the honorable mention team for football.