CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Forty America East student-athletes have been named to the 2008 Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team as announced by the conference on Wednesday, March 5. The recognition is based on both athletic and academic achievements.
The men's squad was comprised of Albany's Anthony Collica (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph's by the Sea/St. Francis (N.Y.)), Boston U.'s Jan Bicanic (Zagreb, Croatia), Patrick Hoye (Sutton, Mass.), Binghamton's Chris Gaube (Vestal, N.Y./ Vestal), Rory Quiller (West Point, N.Y./James I. O'Neill), Mike Wlodarski (Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero North), UMBC's Cliff Bridges (Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe), Mike Buccheri (Hazlet, N.J./Raritan/Monmouth), Aaron James (Glen Dale, Md./Duval), New Hampshire's Wesley Dinnan (Juneau, Alaska/Juneau-Douglas), Jordan Horwitz (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), Stony Brook's Daire Bermingham (Portmarnock, Ireland/Sutton Park School), Tim Hodge (Tawa, New Zealand/Victoria University) and Mubaarak Muhammad (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs High School).
To the women's team, America East named Albany's Brenna Militello (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili), Jennifer Gurrant (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia), Zuliana Fontanez (Dorado, P.R./American Military Academy/Interamericana), Candice Mann (Bloomingburg, N.Y./Pine Bush), Laura Cummings (Bay Shore,
N.Y./Bay Shore-University of North Carolina), Boston U.'s Alexis Beaudet (Hutchinson, Kan.), Megan LaBella (Dracut, Mass.), Miriam Maritz (Seattle, Wash.), Rebecca Marshburn (Dana Point, Calif.), Kat Warden (Columbia, S.C.), Katie Weider (East Patchogue, N.Y.), Anne Wighton (Toronto, Ont.), Binghamton's Marsha Fiesinger (North Syracuse, N.Y./ Cicero North Syracuse), Hartford's Latasha Jarrett (Ellington, Conn./Ellington), Maine's Lindsay Burlock (Caribou, Maine/Caribou High School), Allyson
Howatt (Fredericton, New Brunswick/Fredericton High School), UMBC's Alex Hyland (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South/St. Francis (Pa.)), New Hampshire's Rita Ciambra (Hanover, N.H./Hanover),
Rebecca Haley (Dover, N.H./Dover), Kiah Quarles (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy), Amy Roccio (Beverly, Mass.Beverly), Stony Brook's Jessica
Hampson (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown HS), Dana Hastie (Wellington, New Zealand/Newlands College), Laura Huet (Carrickmines, Ireland/Loreto College Foxrock), Stephanie Vos (Apalachin, N.Y./Owego Free Academy), and
Vermont's Carmen Lagala (Montpelier, VT /Montpelier).
The 2008 America East Champion Boston University women sent a conference-high seven student-athletes to the all-academic team. On the men's side, Binghamton, UMBC and Stony Brook each had three student-athletes recognized.
Each 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. Athletic accomplishment standards vary between team sports and
individual sports. For track & field, student-athletes are required
to be a top-three finisher at the conference championship meet. Team
size for individual sports is determined by the number of
all-conference honorees who possess the minimum academic requirement.
Freshman are not eligible for the All-Academic Team.
Men's All-Academic Team
Name, School, GPA
Anthony Collica, Albany, 3.25
Jan Bicanic, Boston U., 3.6
Patrick Hoye, Boston U., 3.69
Chris Gaube, Binghamton, 3.68
Rory Quiller, Binghamton, 3.18
Mike Wlodarski, Binghamton, 3.31
Cliff Bridges, UMBC, 3.79
Mike Buccheri, UMBC, 3.54
Aaron James, UMBC, 3.45
Wesley Dinnan, New Hampshire, 3.3
Jordan Horwitz, New Hampshire, 3.2
Daire Bermingham, Stony Brook, 3.17
Tim Hodge, Stony Brook, 3.5
Mubaarak Muhammad, Stony Brook, 3.37
Women's All-Academic Team
Name, School, GPA
Brenna Militello, Albany, 3.11
Jennifer Gurrant, Albany, 3.28
Zuliana Fontanez, Albany, 3.49
Candice Mann, Albany, 3.73
Laura Cummings, Albany, 3.75
Alexis Beaudet, Boston U., 3.53
Megan LaBella, Boston U., 3.43
Miriam Maritz, Boston U., 3.10
Rebecca Marshburn, Boston U., 3.25
Kat Warden, Boston U., 3.85
Katie Weider, Boston U., 3.02
Anne Wighton, Boston U., 3.09
Marsha Fiesinger, Binghamton, 3.71
Latasha Jarrett, Hartford, 3.14
Lindsay Burlock, Maine, 3.53
Allyson Howatt, Maine, 3.24
Alex Hyland, UMBC, 3.51
Rita Ciambra, New Hampshire, 3.6
Rebecca Haley, New Hampshire, 3.8
Kiah Quarles, New Hampshire, 3.02
Amy Roccio, New Hampshire, 3.39
Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook, 3.12
Dana Hastie, Stony Brook, 3.78
Laura Huet, Stony Brook, 3.61
Stephanie Vos, Stony Brook, 3.85
Carmen Lagala, Vermont, 3.52