David Hehn, who helped lead the University of Vermont to three-straight America East Men's Basketball Championships, is one of six repeat selections as an America East Scholar-Athlete. Hehn was joined by Andy Allstadt of the University at Albany men's cross country and track and field teams, Kim Corbitt of the University of Maine women's basketball team, Jill Friedman of the Albany women's golf team, Adam Grossman of the UMBC men's track and field teams, and Aaron Izaryk of the Maine baseball team, each of whom was also honored in 2003-04.

A committee of athletics administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives chose an honoree in each of the conference's 22 championship sports. The scholar-athletes were selected from the more than 3,500 student-athletes who competed at America East institutions in 2004-05. Each honoree was a starter or prominent reserve and carries a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.20.

Hehn, a business administration major who recently graduated with a 3.52 grade-point average, did not miss a game in his career at Vermont, playing in a school-record 125 contests. He concluded his career ranked eighth in school history in assists and fourth in steals, while leading the Catamounts to an 89-35 record and three-consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the Catamounts' upset of Syracuse in the first round in 2005.

Allstadt was named the scholar-athlete in cross country and also shared the honor in outdoor track and field with Grossman. The biology major graduated with a 3.67 grade-point average. He was a three-time all-conference choice in cross country and most recently won the 10,000 meters at the 2005 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

Corbitt became the first player in America East history to win both the conference's Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season. A biological engineering and mathematics major with a 3.51 grade point average, she finished her career ranked third on the Black Bears' career assists list with 436. Corbitt helped lead Maine to an 86-35 record and three regular-season titles in her four seasons.

Friedman, who recently graduated with a 3.66 grade-point average as a business administration major, shared medalist honors at the 2005 America East Golf Championship when she posted a 36-hole total of 165.

Grossman was named the scholar-athlete in indoor track and field and also shared the honor in outdoor track and field with Allstadt this season after earning both awards in 2003-04. The junior, who carries a 3.70 grade-point average in environmental sciences, set a conference record in the 200 meters (21.32) at the 2005 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championship. He also won the 100 meters and anchored the winning 4x100 meter relay team. Grossman is the two-time defending indoor champion in the 55 meters.

Izaryk, a four-time all-conference selection as a catcher, graduated with a 3.65 grade-point average as a kinesiology and physical education major. He helped lead the Black Bears to two conference championships and two NCAA appearances.

Other scholar-athletes include: Susan Spierre (volleyball), Stephan Hall (men's soccer) and Kevin Rae (men's lacrosse) of Albany; Hui-Jue Cai (women's swimming and diving), Robert Kaczynski (men's swimming and diving), Jeff Wolniewicz (men's golf) and Dan Hanegby (men's tennis) of Binghamton University; Lauren Vendetti (field hockey), Marisa Ryan (women's indoor track and field), Jamie Haas (softball) and Aimee Charest (women's tennis) of Boston University; Erin Hatch (women's outdoor track and field) of Maine; Caitlin Hayes (women's cross country) and Katie Leland (women's lacrosse) of University of New Hampshire; and Amy Cochran (women's soccer) of Vermont.

Spierre, who graduated with a 3.61 grade-point average as an atmospheric sciences major, helped lead Albany to its first America East volleyball title. She finished her career ranked third on the Great Danes' list with 252 blocks.

Hall, a sophomore who carries a 3.96 grade-point average in urban planning, was a second-team all-conference midfielder in 2004 after scoring three goals and adding five assists.

Rae, who carried a 3.23 grade-point average as a finance/management major, was a three-time America East Championship Most Outstanding Player. The goalie led the Great Danes to the America East title in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Cai, who holds the America East record in the 100 butterfly and qualified for that event and the 100 freestyle at the NCAA Championships during her career with the Bearcats. She has a 3.26 grade-point average as an economics major.

Kaczynski, who graduated with a 3.60 grade-point average in accounting, won the Coaches Award, given to the performer who has scored the most points over his career at the 2005 America East Swimming and Diving Championship.

Wolniewicz, a sophomore who carries a 3.48 grade-point average as a marketing major, had the second-lowest stroke average (74.2) in school history for the 2005 America East Champions.

Hanegby, a two-time America East Player of the Year, was on schedule to graduate in three years with a 3.26 grade-point average in finance. He has helped lead the Bearcats to three-straight America East titles and three appearances in the NCAA Championships.

Vendetti, a political science major who graduated with a 3.64 grade-point average, was a third-team All-American for the America East regular-season field hockey champions.

Ryan, who has a 3.69 grade-point average in the Accelerated Medical Program (both B.S. and M.D. program), won the 3,000 meters at the America East Indoor Track and Field Championship and also ran the opening leg of the winning distance medley relay team.

Haas, the first three-time America East Player of the Year in softball, graduated with a 3.38 grade-point average in human movement. She helped lead the Terriers to two NCAA Championship appearances in her career and batted .388 in 2005 to earn Northeast All-Region Honors for the second-straight year.

Charest, a junior with a 3.59 grade-point average as a journalism major, has helped lead the Terriers to America East titles in each of her first three years. She was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the 2005 America East Tennis Championship.

Hatch, a junior who has a 3.96 grade-point average as a psychology major, won the high jump at the 2005 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Hayes, who graduated with a 3.88 grade-point average in English, was the Wildcats' top finisher in six meets, including her fourth-place finish at the 2004 America East Cross Country Championships.

Leland led New Hampshire in goals (51), assists (21) and points (72) as a first-team all-conference choice. The junior has a 3.46 grade-point average as an athletic training major.

Cochran, a junior with a 3.98 grade-point average in physics, led America East in scoring (31 points) and goals (13) in 2004. A two-sport athlete who also competes on Vermont's nationally-ranked Alpine Ski Team, Cochran was one of only two student-athletes in the nation named Academic All-American in two sports in 2004-05.

Each of the winners from the 22 individual sport winners are eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, given to the top men's and women's scholar-athlete in America East as determined by a committee of athletics administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives.

America East institutions in 2004-05 included Albany, Binghamton, Boston University, University of Hartford, Maine, UMBC, New Hampshire, Northeastern University, Stony Brook University and Vermont.