June 20, 2009

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Senior Lamarra Currie and sophomore Darius Law of Charlotte have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-America Team in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Currie garnered first-team distinction for the second consecutive year, while Law was named to the second-team.

A 4.0 psychology major, Currie was the Atlantic 10 champion in the indoor 55m and 200m runs and outdoor 100m, 200m and 4x100m races. Currie, who was named the 2009 A-10 Student Athlete of the Year in both women's indoor track and field and women's outdoor track and field, has led Charlotte to eight straight league titles over her four-year career. In 2008, she was the A-10's Indoor and Outdoor Most Outstanding Track Performer and earned USTFCCA All-America honors. This year, she qualified for the NCAA Championships in the indoor 60m dash and the outdoor 100m, 200m and 4x100m races.

Following her senior campaign, she was awarded the A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the NCAA Ethnic Minority Postgraduate Scholarship. She was also a national finalist for the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award.

Law owns a 4.0 GPA as an accounting major and was named the 2009 A-10 Indoor Track & Field Most Outstanding Performer. The Raleigh, N.C., native led the 49ers to sweep of the A-10 titles in 2009, taking top performer honors at the indoor meet and claiming individual titles in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m races. He qualified for the NCAA Championships in both the 200 and 400m runs and was the only athlete at the NCAA East Region to advance to the championships in both events.

He was named the 2009 A-10 Men's Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.