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    Burks Named to NABC All-District Team
    SFA senior one of two SLC player to be named to District Nine team.
    Antonio Burks
    Antonio Burks

    Feb. 19, 2004

    NACOGDOCHES, Texas-- Stephen F. Austin senior forward Antonio Burks has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All-District Team for District Nine. Burks, a senior from Texarkana, Ark., was a second team District Nine selection and is one of five Southland Conference players to be named to one of the 15 district teams.

    The 6-5 senior is joined by UT-San Antonio's LeRoy Hurd on the District Nine second team. Southeastern Louisiana's Amir Abdur-Rahim and Nate Lofton along with Northwestern State's Jermaine Wallace were named to the District Eight squad.

    Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, these student-athletes represent the finest basketball players across the country. The 150 student-athletes, from 15 districts, are now eligible for the NABC Division I All-American team to be announced at the conclusion of the basketball season.

    Burks currently leads the Lumberjacks and is fifth in the Southland Conference in scoring with a 15.7 points per game average. He also leads the Southland Conference in three-point field goal percentage and entered the week second in the nation, connecting on 51.7 percent (62-120) of this three-point attempts. 

    	DISTRICT 9
	First Team

    
	Andre Emmett	Texas Tech
	Michael Harris	Rice
	Brandon Mouton	Texas
	Royal Ivey		Texas
	Bryan Hopkins	SMU

    
Second Team
Brian Evans		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Antoine Wright	Texas A&M
LeRoy Hurd		UT-San Antonio
Jason McKrieth	Rice
Antonio Burks	Stephen F. Austin