UAlbany Places 60 Student-Athletes on America East Academic Honor Roll

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. – The University at Albany had 60 student-athletes named to the 2007 America East Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon. Students had to earn grade point averages of 3.0 or above for the fall semester to receive this recognition. Students earning a 3.5 GPA or better were named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll. America East honored 614 fall student-athletes from around the conference.

The UAlbany men’s soccer team featured the highest number of honorees for the Great Danes, with 17 student-athletes earning recognition. Mikael McNamara, Michael Dineen and Sander Anker also earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades.

The UAlbany field hockey team had nine members recognized, with all nine student-athletes earning the top academic honor with over a 3.5 GPA. All-conference honorees Ashley Ross and Anouk Vandenburg highlighted the award recipients.

Women’s soccer had 11 student-athletes recognized, with six being named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll, while women’s cross country had eight selections, three earning commissioner’s distinction. The defending conference champion volleyball squad had seven players named to the honor roll, with four posting over a 3.5 GPA. Men’s cross country also had eight student-athletes on the list, including ECAC Champion Ricardo Estremera.

Vermont had the most honor roll members, with 91 student-athletes earning the award. New Hampshire and Stony Brook followed with 89 and 83 honorees, respectively. Maine had 77 honor roll award winners, including the most Commissioner’s Honor Roll members with 48. Binghamton (66), Hartford (51), Boston U. (48) and UMBC (33) rounded out the nine member schools.



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2007 America East Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll

Men’s Cross Country: Joseph Belokopitsky, David Rothman, Jonathan Hilbert, Jared Jupin, Christopher Jiminez, Mitchel Troise, Ricardo Estremera, Johnathan Moore.

Women’s Cross Country: Briana McNamee, Laine Sefick, Lea Lovell, Jessica Chichester, Kristin Grab, Kristine Mun*, Laura Cummings*, Alexandra Panos*.

Men’s Soccer: Erik DiLorenzo, Gabriel Seguin-Gauthier, Ian Peach, Anthony Desalvo, Joshua Kwilecki, Kenneth Ibe, Bozidar Jelovac, Andrew Fojanesi, Andrew Newnham, Joseph Hogan, Christian Valasquez, Don Johnson, Brian Gordon, Colin Veney, Mikael McNamara*, Michael Dineen*, Sander Anker*.

Women’s Soccer: Jaclyn Rosada, Caitlin Mulligan, Meghan Garrity, Teresa Boring, Sarah Morrell, Kelly McGuire*, Ashley Tirabassi*, Uju Ogbuawa*, Maria Ligouri*, Jaclyn Schaaf*, Kaylin Connolly*.

Field Hockey: Carrie Brown*, Susan Clephane*, Jess Lindsey*, Joanna Irey*, Ashley Ross*, Anouk Vandenburg*, Sarah Deane*, Samantha Daly*, Vanessa Walter*.

Volleyball: Casey Wright, Teresa Coppiellie, Natasha Marquis, Laura Livergood*, Tawny Dahmes*, Valerie Sourbeer*, Samantha Jacobson*.



* Denotes America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll