BOSTON — For the second-consecutive season, America East Conference honors its men’s and women’s soccer student-athletes with the naming of an 11-member All-Academic Team for each sport. The awards, which are garnered by student-athletes with exceptional athletic and academic achievements, were announced on Monday (October 30).
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First-team all-conference selections Adam Chavez (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) of Binghamton and Vermont’s Jordan Crasilneck (Eugene, Ore./Sheldon) highlight the 2006 America East Men’s Soccer All-Academic Team, which also features four second-team picks. Joining Chavez and Crasilneck on the 11-member unit are Albany’s Stephan Hall (Denver, Colo./Denver East) and Steward Ceus (West Haverstraw, N.Y./North Rockland), Binghamton’s Matt Narode (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethleham Central), Barry Neville (Glasgow, Scotland/ Mearns Castle) and Ibrahim Yusuf (Spring Valley, N.Y./Canisius College), New Hampshire’s Mike McKee (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) and Vermont’s Corey Bronner (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples Academy), Panos Georgiadis (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples Academy/St. Lawrence) and Connor Tobin (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins).
The 2006 America East Women’s Soccer All-Academic Team is comprised of some of the conference’s premier players, including five first-team all-conference selections and six second-teamers. Boston University’s Marisha Schumacher-Hodge (Pittsburgh, Pa./Schneley), the 2006 Midfielder of the Year, and Hartford’s Liz Cook (Halifax, Nova Scotia/Halifax Grammar), the 2006 Goalkeeper of the Year, highlight the 11-member squad.
Also featured on the women’s team is Binghamton’s Trisha Reed (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego), Stephanie Dreyer (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) of Boston University, Maine’s Marie-Michele Bouchard (Beauport, Quebec/F.X.-Garneau), Marie-Andree Canuel (St.-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec/F.X.-Garneau), Laura Harper (Nepean, Ontario/Mother Teresa), Jordon Pekrul (Burlington, Ontario/Lord Elgin), New Hampshire’s Hillary Mefferd (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) and Stony Brook’s Brooke Barbuto (Syracuse, N.Y./Corcoran) and Jackie Timmes (Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd).
The All-Academic squads are a product of the June 2005 Athletics Director meetings. Faculty representatives and athletics directors from each of the conference’s nine member institutions decided to honor some of the league’s top athletes that are also quality students.
The All-Academic Team has been selected based on the student-athlete’s academic and athletic accomplishments. Academic achievement for consideration requires student-athletes to have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 entering the season. Athletically, student-athletes are required to be a nomination on the post-season awards ballot, which is determined by the league’s head coaches. Team size for team sports is based on the number of athletes that participate in a contest at one time (e.g., 11 on the field for soccer). In the event that the number of student-athletes meeting the requirements is greater than the number that participate in a contest at one time, all-conference vote totals were used as the tie-breaking criteria. Freshmen are not eligible for the all-academic teams and grade-point averages are taken from the semester prior to the competing athletic season.