Aug. 15, 2001

WACO, Texas - Baylor's Tamura Crawley was named to the All-Big 12 Soccer Preseason Team by the league's coaches, the conference announced Wednesday.

Crawley, a junior defender from Dallas, Texas, earned second-team all-conference honors in 2000 after being named to the Big 12's first team in 1999. Crawley is also a two-time all-region selection, as named by Soccer Buzz magazine.

In a poll of the league's coaches, Baylor was picked to finish sixth in the conference. Defending national champion Nebraska is the preseason favorite to win the Big 12, followed by Texas A&M, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma (tied for fourth) and Baylor. Kansas, Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State round out the bottom half of the league.

The Bears finished the 2000 season in fourth place in the Big 12. Baylor lost to third-ranked Nebraska in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament and narrowly missed the program's third-straight selection to the NCAA Tournament.

Baylor begins its season Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. with a scrimmage against SMU at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field in Waco. The regular season starts a week later for the Bears, as they host Arizona State on Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m.

2001 Big 12 Preseason Coaches' Soccer Poll
1. Nebraska (9)		99
2. Texas A&M (2)	91
3. Texas		83
T4. Missouri		62
T4. Oklahoma		62
6. Baylor		61
7. Kansas		46
8. Colorado		38
9. Iowa State		26
10. Texas Tech		19
11. Oklahoma State	18

(First place votes in parentheses)


2001 Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team
GK - Whitney Peterson, Colorado, Sr. **
GK - Esther Thompson, Texas A&M, So. **
D - Tamura Crawley, Baylor, Jr.
D - Breanna Boyd, Nebraska, Jr.
D - Adrienne Dillard, Texas A&M, So.
MF - Meghan Anderson, Nebraska, Sr.
MF - Kati McBain, Texas, So.
MF - Kristen Strutz, Texas A&M, So.
F - Christine Latham, Nebraska, Jr.
F - Nicky Thrasher, Texas A&M, Sr.
F - Kylee Wosnuk, Texas, So.
F - Kelly Rheem, Nebraska, Sr.

**Tied for position