The America East Conference is committed to developing champions in athletics, academics and leadership and believes that the student-athletes represent the best and brightest of each of the conference's nine member universities. Athletics achievements can be found on the field, court, track, pool, but accomplishments outside of the sporting events often go overlooked. In order to recognize the contributions these student-athletes make to their classrooms, their campuses and their communities, America East will continue to highlight a different student-athlete each month over the course of the 2009-10 school year in a "Best of U." feature. Stories can be found on this page throughout the entire year, while features from past seasons will be also be archived here.