Over 180 University of Albany Student-Athletes Named to America East Winter/Spring Honor Roll - UAlbany Sports 2009

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. – The University at Albany had 183 student-athletes named to the 2008-09 America East Conference Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon. Student-athletes had to earn grade point averages of 3.0 or above to receive this recognition, with those earning a 3.5 GPA or better earning Commissioner’s Honor Roll distinction. America East honored over 1,700 student-athletes from around the conference. UAlbany also had 79 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

The UAlbany women’s indoor track and field team featured the highest number of honorees for the Great Danes, with 31 student-athletes earning recognition. The women’s outdoor track and field team posted 30 members to the honor roll, while the indoor and outdoor men’s programs had 23 and 21 representatives, respectively. Women’s lacrosse featured 20 honorees, with a department-high 13 members reaching Commissioner’s Honor Roll status.

Rounding out the winter sports, the women’s basketball team boasted seven members on the honor roll, while men’s basketball had five student-athletes make an appearance. Men’s lacrosse had 15 team members on the list, including five reaching Commissioner’s Honor Roll status, while the baseball and softball programs had 11 and nine representatives, respectively. Four members of the America East Conference Champion golf team gained honor roll accolades, while seven UAlbany tennis team members were on the list.

Binghamton University had the most student-athletes named to the Academic Honor Roll with 273 recipients. University of Vermont came in second with 226 athletes recognized, followed by University of New Hampshire (204), Boston University (194), University at Albany and Stony Brook University (182), UMBC (168), University of Maine (162) and University of Hartford (139).

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2009 America East Conference Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll

Baseball: Chris Bouchard, Adam Cutspec, Sean Donovan, Pete Eichner, Sean Gregory, Ryan Gugel*, Ralph Keppler, Dave Noble, Chris Ott*, Ralph Rizzo*, Travis Wilson*.

Men’s Basketball: Billy Allen, Tim Ambrose, Logan Aronhalt, Brian Connelly, Michael Johnson.

Women’s Basketball: Shelby Coon*, Kate Cronin, Amira Ford, Charity Iromuanya, Felicia Johnson, Tabitha Makopondo*, Britney McGee*.

Golf: Corrin Conroy, Annemarie Kissane, Jessica Signorelli*, Stephanie Klein*.

Men’s Lacrosse: Donald Baker*, Anthony Behling, Luke Cometti*, Kyle Crotty*, Brendan Gleason, Mike Kehoe, Travis Lyons, Matt Novosel, Keith Olson, Garrett Pedley, Mark Phelan*, Joe Pompo, Joe Resetarits, Corey Small, Derek Speziale*.

Women’s Lacrosse: Jodi Battaglia*, Kayla Best, Nikki Branchini*, Jane Bush, Julie Bush*, Brianna Day, Christine Grueniger*, Tricia Hurley, Olivia Jarem*, Stephanie Kempf*, Renee Levitin, Katie Neer*, Jennifer Primeau, Tricia Primomo*, Rory Redmond*, Mackenzie Riegel*, Mel Rorie*, Ashley Ross*, Samantha Strebel, Kimberly Sumcizk*.

Softball: Jess Bergin, Kristine Bill*, Meagan Butsch*, Nicole Kothe*, Diane Macdowell, Gina Mason*, Julianne Petraitis*, Marissa Powell, Stephanie Talerico*.

Women’s Tennis: Aubrey Brooks*, Melissa Coughlin, Caitlin Crowley*, Susan Ma*, Laine Mackey*, Holly Smith, Kim Weltman*.

Men’s Indoor Track & Field: Garrett Askew, Michael Dempsey, Ian Ellis-Jones*, Ricardo Estremera*, Frank Fazzino*, Ryan Florkiewicz*, Valete Graham, Kadeem Howell, Mohamed Kanu, Paul Lagno*, Bryan Lasky*, Kevin Lee, Michael Lynch, Christopher Manico*, Kevin O’Reilly, Andrew Overbaugh*, Peter Rowell, Nasim Siddeeq, Richard Sniffen, Mitchel Troise*, Freddie Wills*.

Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Jennifer Adams*, Fey Adarmola, Sandy Antenor*, Jessica Barberio*, Esperanza Blanco, Laura Bolognino, Celine Cauderlier*, Octavia Clarkson, Sineaid Corley, Catherine Coxon, Laura Cummings*, Emily Curry, Brittany Eveleth*, Zuliana Fontanez, Elia Francis, Kristin Grab, Jenn Gurrant, Lindsay Hall*, Renee Johnson, Rebecca Kelly, Ada Lauterbach, Mellissa Lee, Candice Mann*, Lesan Mattis, Emily Mino, Jessica Panos*, Alexandra Panos*, Jennifer Pierson, Arielle Roberts, Laine Sefick*, Laura Varble.

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Garrett Askew, Nick Assini, James Carroll, Michael Dempsey, Ricardo Estremera*, Frank Fazzino*, Ryan Florkiewicz*, Valete Graham, Kadeem Howell, Mohamed Kanu, Paul Lagno*, Bryan Lasky*, Kevin Lee, Michael Lynch, Christopher Manico*, Alan Nimblette, Kevin O’Reilly, Andrew Overbaugh*, Peter Rowell, Nasim Siddeeq, Richard Sniffen, Mitchel Troise*, Freddie Wills*.

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: Jennifer Adams*, Fey Adarmola, Sandy Antenor*, Jessica Barberio*, Esperanza Blanco, Laura Bolognino, Celine Cauderlier*, Octavia Clarkson, Sineaid Corley, Catherine Coxon, Laura Cummings*, Emily Curry, Brittany Eveleth*, Zuliana Fontanez, Elia Francis, Kristin Grab, Jenn Gurrant, Lindsay Hall*, Renee Johnson, Rebecca Kelly, Ada Lauterbach, Melissa Lee, Candice Mann*, Lesan Mattis, Emily Mino, Jessica Panos*, Alexandra Panos*, Jennifer Pierson, Laine Sefick*, Laura Varble.



*Denotes America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll