22 Standouts Named to 2018 #AEXC All-Academic Teams
BOSTON – Twenty-two student-athletes were rewarded for their academic and athletic successes on Thursday as the 2018 America East Cross Country All-Academic Teams were announced by the conference office.
Two-time #AEXC champion Paul Hogan highlighted the squads. The UMass Lowell graduate student will compete in NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second consecutive year on Saturday and is an All-Academic honoree for the third time in his cross country career.
Joining Hogan on the men’s All-Academic Team were teammates Josh Fontaine, Derek Holmes and Chris Skelly, Stony Brook’s Cameron Avery and Vann Moffett, Vermont’s John Benner, Binghamton’s Mitch Halpern and Dan Schaffer, UMBC’s Matthew Kane and Maine’s Daniel Lesko.
The Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Team included UAlbany’s Cara Sherman, Hartford’s Nicole Demars, Maine’s Faith Gardner, Emma Jourdain and Sierra Yost, UMass Lowell’s Rachel Eatherton, New Hampshire’s Cayla Barretto and Morgan Sansing, Stony Brook’s Clodagh O’Reilly and Vermont’s Samantha Sayer and Lauren Trumble. Three student-athletes carry 4.0 GPAs and the average grade-point average of the eleven women is an impressive 3.89.
View the full 2018 America East Cross Country All-Academic Teams.
To be eligible for All-Academic, student-athletes must have sophomore athletic eligibility, attain a 3.30 minimum grade-point average and be a contributor on their team. The squad is voted on by a committee comprised of America East student-athlete support and athletic communications administrators as well as faculty athletic representatives.
America East is proud to have one of most comprehensive academic awards programs in the country. In addition to the All-Academic program, Elite 18 Awards are bestowed in each of the conference’s sponsored sports. Additionally, a Scholar-Athlete, someone who distinguishes himself/herself as the top student-athlete in his/her sport, is awarded. From that group, one male and one female are selected the America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The conference also recognizes all student-athletes who achieve at least a 3.0 GPA on its Academic Honor Roll, with those achieving a 3.50 average or better receiving Commissioner’s Honor Roll status. The Presidential Scholar-Athlete award recognizes graduating student-athletes who compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher as an undergraduate student. Finally, the Academic Cup is presented to the institution whose student-athletes post the highest grade-point average during that academic year.
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