Men's Basketball | 2/29/2016 12:31:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY – Liberty League commissioner Tracy King has announced that 236 winter sport student-athletes have qualified for the league's 2015-16 All-Academic Teams in their respective sports on Monday, February 29. Twenty-nine RIT student-athletes earned All-Academic honors for the winter season.
The winter championship sports include men's and women's basketball, men's squash, and men's and women's swimming and diving. To be recognized as a member of the All-Academic team a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20.
"The Liberty League takes great pride in the academic achievements of our student-athletes," said King. "The outstanding students who have qualified for the league's All-Academic Teams continue to demonstrate that it is possible to not only compete at the highest levels of Division III, but to also excel in the classroom."
Below are the RIT student-athletes honored.
Men's Basketball (1)Miguel Lopez (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/St. Francis), Jr., Management Information Systems, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Women's Basketball (7)
Julia Bender (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas), Jr., New Media Design, Webster, N.Y.
Kara Birrell (Keego Harbor, MI/Walled Lake), Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies, Keego Harbor, Mich.
Taylor Burns (Rochester, NY/Greece Odyssey), Jr., Accounting, Rochester, N.Y.
Maria Edwards (Forrest Hill, MD/The Carroll School), Sr., Business Management, Forrest Hill, Md.
Abby Judd (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland), So., Packaging Science, Pittsford, N.Y.
Whitney Kent (Hinsdale, NY/Cuba-Rushford), So., Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Hinsdale, N.Y.
Jessica Shields (Lyons, NY/Newark), So., Physician Assistant, Lyons, N.Y.
Men's Swimming and Diving (11)
Tomer Artzi (Framingham, MA/Framingham), So., Biomedical Engineering, Framingham, Mass.
Matt Berus (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville North), Sr., Electrical Engineering, East Amherst, N.Y.
Derek Brown (Canisteo, NY/Canisteo-Greenwood), Sr., Computer Science, Canisteo, N.Y.
Matthew Butler (Buffalo, NY/Kenmore East), Sr., Applied Statistics, Buffalo, N.Y.
Spencer Hall (Plattsburgh, NY/Plattsburgh), So., Engineering Exploration, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Benjamin Hamilton (Addison, NY/Addison), So., Environmental Science, Addison, N.Y.
Austin Hayes (Aurora, OH/Aurora), Jr., Mechanical Engineering, Aurora, Ohio
John O'Gorman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth), Jr., Chemical Engineering, Yarmouth, Maine
Thomas Regan (Hollis, NH/Hollis Brookline), So., Electrical Engineering, Hollis, N.H.
John Stelmack (Toccoa, GA/Stephens County), So., Biomedical Engineering, Toccoa, Ga.
Foster West (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Walter Panas), So., Chemistry, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.
Women's Swimming and Diving (10)
Allison Crim (Manchester, MD/Manchester Valley), So., Electrical Engineering, Manchester, Md.
Patsy Hayes (San Jose, CA/Abraham Lincoln), Jr., Chemical Engineering, San Jose, Calif.
Rachel Kobel (Bergen, NY/Byron-Bergen), Jr., Environmental Sustainability/Health and Safety, Bergen, N.Y.
Grace Morales (South Riding, VA/Freedom), So., Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, South Riding, Va.
Megan O' Connor, Jr., Computational Mathematics, Spring City, Pa.
Shannon Ryan (Round Rock, TX/Stony Point), Sr., New Media Design, Round Rock, Texas
Genevieve Senecal (Westfield, MA/Westfield), Jr., Computer Engineering, Westfield, Mass.
Natalie Snyder (Rockville, MD/Rockville), Sr., Biomedical Sciences, Rockville, Md.
Katherine Ward (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), So., Computer Engineering, Niskayuna, N.Y.
MacKenzie Woodhouse (Addison, NY/Addison), So., Electrical Engineering, Addison, N.Y.
