(May 13, 2004) ?C Fordham University senior outfielder Erin Brooks (Norwich, NY/Norwich) was named First Team Academic All-District 1 as selected by the College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA) it was announced today. The team is selected by a vote of the district??s Sports Information Directors. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve and have a 3.2 gpa for his/her entire career. Brooks, who will now go on the national ballot for Academic All-America? consideration, received the honor for the second consecutive season. Last year, Brooks was named Third Team Academic All-America?. The Computer Information Systems major has a 3.88 GPA and received Fordham??s Ben Harter Award, presented to the senior student-athlete with the highest GPA from the College of Business Administration. This spring, Brooks is hitting .291 (51-175), fourth best on the team, with a team-high ten doubles, two triples, two home runs and 25 RBIs, second best on the team. The 2004 Claire Hobbs Award winner as the school??s outstanding female student-athlete set career highs in doubles, home runs and RBIs this year and was 10-for-13 in stolen bases. Brooks is among the Atlantic 10 leaders in hits (second), doubles (second), runs scored (second), RBIs (fifth), stolen bases (eighth) and batting average (tenth). Yesterday, Brooks was also named Academic All-Atlantic 10 for the second straight year. The Rams are 35-23-1 on the season after falling to the University of Massachusetts 1-0 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament today. The Rams will take on Temple, who fell 2-1 to Saint Joseph??s today, on Friday at 2:00 p.m.