American East Conference

Three All-Americans Highlight Fall Scholar-Athletes

1/30/2018 4:27:28 PM

BOSTON — Six standout student-athletes who have displayed excellence both academically and athletically this year and throughout their collegiate careers are the 2017 America East Fall Scholar-Athletes as announced Tuesday afternoon by the conference office. Three All-Americans highlights the selections.

2017-18 America East Fall Scholar-Athletes
Elinor Purrier, New Hampshire, Sr. – Women's Cross Country 

• Has a 3.71 GPA in nutrition.
• Fourth Scholar-Athlete honor all-time.
• Reigning America East Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Was an America East All-Academic selection for the seventh time in 2017.
• Won the individual title at the America East Championship for the third time in her career.
• Finished 18th at the NCAA Cross Country Championship to earn All-America honors for the eighth time in her career. 

Daniel Krutzen, Jr., Albany – Men’s Soccer

• Carries a 3.77 GPA in business.
• 2017 America East All-Academic selection and a United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American.
• United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American.
• America East Championship Most Outstanding Player and first-team All-Conference choice.
• Led Albany to the second round of the NCAA Men’ Soccer Championship.

Savannah Burns, Pacific, Sr. – Field Hockey

• Has a 3.76 GPA in speech, language, and pathology.
• America East All-Academic selection.
• America East Midfielder of the Year and three-time First-Team All-Conference selection.
• First-team All-Conference designated player.
• Helped Pacific win a share of the America East West Division title.

Mia Neas, Sr., New Hampshire – Women’s Soccer

• Holds a 3.89 GPA majoring in occupational therapy.
• America East All-Academic choice.
• 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America third-team selection.
• 2017 America East Goalkeeper of the Year and first-team All-Conference selection.

Paul Hogan, UMass Lowell, Sr. – Men’s Cross Country

• Holds a 3.60 GPA majoring in civil engineering.
• America East All-Academic Team honoree.
• Individual champion at the 2017 America East Cross Country Championship.
• Qualified for and competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championship.

Sarah Ngo, Sr., Binghamton – Volleyball

• Graduated with a 3.80 GPA in business with a concentration in marketing and has a 3.79 graduate GPA pursuing her MBA.
• Two-time America East All-Academic selection.
• 2017 America East Setter of the Year and a second-team All-Conference selection.

The Scholar-Athletes were members of teams in the six championship sports which America East sponsored in the fall season including men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. Nominees were put forward by their institution, which could nominate up to one student-athlete per sport, then voted upon by the conference's Student-Athlete Engagement committee. Each America East Scholar-Athlete was a starter or prominent reserve and carries a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50.

Sport Scholar-Athletes are automatically eligible for the America East Female or Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, which will be announced in July.

America East is proud to have one of most comprehensive academic awards programs in the country, which honors over two-thirds of its student-athletes for their success in the classroom. 

About America East: The America East provides its member schools and their athletic programs a platform upon which student-athletes can achieve both collegiate and life success through the promotion and nurturing of athletic excellence, academic achievement and leadership, on and off the field.