Student-Athlete of the Week presented by GEICO April 7, 2008

Senior Lauren Aksionoff, who scored six goals and added an assist in two games for the Eagles' lacrosse team last week, has been named the American University Student-Athlete of the Week presented by GEICO, Department of Athletics and Recreation officials announced Monday.

In American's 13-12 loss at Navy on Tuesday, Aksionoff scored a pair of goals and added an assist. The assist marks the 52nd of her career, and she is now just two shy of Brooke Morgan's career record of 54. Aksionoff then went on to score a game-high four goals in the Eagle's 14-11 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday, giving the Baldwin, N.Y. native 22 goals on the season, good for second on the team.

The Eagles (5-8, 3-1 PL), will play a non-conference game at Richmond on Wednesday at 3 p.m. before continuing the league portion of its schedule Sunday at Holy Cross, with the game starting at noon.