San Antonio - Trinity University senior forwards Abby Loar and Kelly Watts have been elected to the Capital One Academic All-District 8 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Team.
 
Voting is conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), and honors the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
 
Loar (Littleton, Colo./Heritage) was selected for the All-District First Team, and will be a candidate for the national Academic All-America Team, to be announced later this month. She is an anthropology major at Trinity, with a 3.73 grade point average. Loar is Trinity's all-time leader in goals and points (55 goals, 34 assists, 144 total points). This season, Loar has produced 18 goals and 11 assists, for 47 points.
 
Watts (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Preparatory), who made the All-District Second Team,  is an ancient medieval studies/business administration major with a 3.80 GPA. She fired in the game-winning goals of Trinity's Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament games last weekend, over Rhodes and Centre. Watts has scored three goals this season, with two game-winners.
 
Trinity (20-0-0), guided by eighth-year head coach Lance Key, won its sixth SCAC title under his leadership, and the 16th overall. The Tigers will compete starting Saturday in their 17th NCAA Division III Tournament, by hosting St. Scholastica (Minn.) at 5 p.m. in a first-round game.