All-Americans Purrier, McClancy Tabbed America East 2017-18 Scholar-Athletes of Year
BOSTON – All-Americans Kyle McClancy and Elinor Purrier are America East's 2017-18 Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, the conference office announced Wednesday afternoon. The duo was chosen from a group of 14 student-athletes who were named sport Scholar-Athletes this year.
2017-18 America East Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Male: Kyle McClancy, Sr., Men’s Lacrosse, University at Albany
- Just the fourth Great Dane to be named America East Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the first since 2006.
- Graduated with a 3.87 GPA in business administration with a management and finance concentration.
- America East Man of the Year.
- Two-time men’s lacrosse Scholar-Athlete.
- America East All-Academic choice for the third time in his career in 2017-18.
- America East Presidential Scholar-Athlete for graduating with over a 3.75 GPA.
- Two-time All-American and two-time America East First-Team All-Conference selection.
- Led Albany to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Final Four for the first time in 2018.
- Plays professionally in Major League Lacrosse for the Atlanta Blaze.
Female: Elinor Purrier, Sr., Cross Country/Track & Field, University of New Hampshire
- Just the second female to repeat as Scholar-Athlete of the Year joining Boston University’s Marisa Ryan (2005-06 & 2006-07).
- Graduated with a 3.71 GPA in nutrition: wellness and ecogastronomy.
- Earned Scholar-Athlete honors in Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field and Outdoor Track & Field for the second-straight year giving her six career Scholar-Athlete honors.
- Was an America East All-Academic selection three times again this year, increasing her career total to nine.
- National champion in the indoor mile at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship becoming just the fourth America East track & field student-athlete to ever win a national title.
- Was a four-time All-American in 2017-18 and earned 11 All-America honors during her career.
- 17-time America East champion.
- Runs professionally for New Balance Boston.
McClancy and Purrier excelled as student-athletes this year, embodying the conference's three pillars of the complete student-athlete. The Scholar-Athletes of the Year were voted on by the conference's Student-Athlete Engagement Committee. Each year, the committee elects a Scholar-Athlete in each of the league's 18 championship sports following the fall, winter and spring seasons and from that group, chooses one male and one female as the conference's Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
2017-18 America East Scholar-Athlete releases:
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, including its sports Scholar-Athletes, All-Academic honorees, Presidential Scholar-Athletes, Elite 18 honorees and Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipients.
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.
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