Sports
At some schools, the term "student-athlete" is an oxymoron. But Suzanne Eastman '99, an All-American soccer player who yesterday was named to the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Team, reaffirmed its validity at Dartmouth.
Eastman was one of 16 athletes on the first team, comprised of women in fall and winter NCAA sports other than volleyball and basketball.
She is Dartmouth's 16th Academic All-American, and the only Ivy Leaguer on this year's first team.
Eastman, the two-time All-Ivy defender who joined teammate Kristin Luckenbill '01 on the All-America team this year, helped the women's soccer team to its first Ivy League title in six years and to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament this past fall.
Eastman, the Environmental Studies major from Brightwaters, NY, owns a 3.64 GPA.
"She's basically an all-around leader -- the heart of our team," Luckenbill said.