(November 21, 2006) ?C Fordham University senior midfielder/forward Leah Jerome (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) was named Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America? in a voting among the Sports Information Directors it was announced today. She becomes the first Fordham University women??s soccer student-athlete to earn Academic All-American? honors. Jerome, a two-year team captain and three-year starter who started all 19 games for the Rams this year, set career highs with eleven goals and five assists for 27 points in 2006, ranking second on the team in all three categories. She also ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10 conference in goals and fifth in goals/game, points and points/game. For her exploits, Jerome was named First Team All-Conference in 2006, becoming the fourth Fordham women??s soccer player to garner First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors. Over her career, Jerome scored 22 goals and added 11 assists for 55 career points in 77 career games, breaking Beth Kitson??s (1999-2002) school mark for most games played in a career (75). She graduates in third place on the Fordham all-time career scoring list while ranking fourth on the all-time goals list and tying for fifth in career assists. Academically, the American Studies major has a 3.91 GPA, one of the highest GPAs among Fordham University student-athletes. She was named Second Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District in 2005 and to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team the past three seasons. The Rams finished the year with a 14-7 overall record, 6-3 in the Atlantic 10. Fordham, which set a team record with the 14 overall wins, qualified for the A-10 Championship for the first time since 2003. Entering the championship as the fifth seed, the Rams defeated La Salle, 3-1, in the first round and then knocked off top-seeded Charlotte, 2-1, before falling to Saint Louis in the championship game.