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Forty-Three Named To Academic Honor Roll Bucknell Leads The Way With 17 Baseball Honorees

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Bucknell freshman Matt Belmont (West Harrison, N.Y.) posted a perfect 4.00 grade-point average (GPA) during the spring semester and is among 43 student-athletes named to the 2002 Patriot League Baseball Academic Honor Roll, announced today by Carolyn Schlie Femovich, Patriot League Executive Director.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the 13 League-sponsored championship sports in the winter or spring.

A total of 674 student-athletes were named to the League’s Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, including 28 with 4.00 GPAs. The Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of baseball, men’s and women’s , , men’s and women’s , , men’s and women’s & diving, men’s and women’s and men’s and women’s track & field.

Bucknell led the way with 171 candidates on the League’s Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Holy Cross finished second with 131 honorees. On the Baseball Academic Honor Roll, the Bison had 17 student-athletes that gained recognition, while the Crusaders earned nine berths on the academic squad.

The Patriot League, an NCAA Division I athletics conference founded on the principle of admitting athletes who are academically representative of their class, is in its second decade of academic and athletic excellence. Participation in intercollegiate athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of the undergraduate experience. A successful Division I- AA football conference since 1986 and an all-sport conference since 1990, membership includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy, while seven additional institutions hold associate membership. Patriot League member institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation, graduating alumni who are well prepared for life with the ability to make meaningful contributions to their community and society in general. In the most recent NCAA Graduation Rate Report of student-athletes, the Patriot League ranked FIRST among NCAA Division I conferences.

2002 Patriot League Baseball Academic Honor Roll

Name Class Major GPA Hometown/High School ARMY (3) Josh Birenbaum Fr. Undeclared 3.45 Malibu, Calif./Malibu Miguel Gastellum Sr. Geography 3.64 Tucson, Ariz./Marana Kyle Kalkwarf Sr. Chemistry 3.39 San Antonio, Texas/Winston Churchill

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BUCKNELL (17) Bradley Batterson Jr. Civil Engineering 3.66 Beech Creek, Pa./Bald Eagle-Nittany Matt Belmont Fr. Undeclared 4.00 W. Harrison, N.Y./Harrison Brian Day Fr. Mechanical Engineering 3.83 Rochester, N.Y./Arcadia Greg Ekimoff Fr. Electrical Engineering 3.75 Webster, N.Y./Webster Gregg Farmery Sr. Chemical Engineering 3.50 Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney Dave Garrisi Fr. Computer Science 3.24 Rochester, N.Y./Greece Olympia Brian Hirschberg So. Economics 3.25 Glen Rock, N.J./Glen Rock Ken Kniss Fr. Civil Engineering 3.33 Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area Chris Lackett Sr. Economics 3.75 Wall Township, N.J./Wall Cory Nadler So. Environmental Studies 3.50 Brookline, Mass./Brookline Tim Peacock Fr. Undeclared 3.66 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Chaminade Larry Scheetz Sr. Economics 3.55 Newtown, Pa./Holy Ghost Prep Blane Sharpless Sr. Accounting 3.75 Reisterstown, Md./Franklin Ben Stoll So. Management 3.67 Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott Steve Stutzman So. Biology 3.33 Carnegie, Pa./Chartiers Valley Pete Wolf So. Economics 3.33 Oak Park, Ill./Christopher Dock Nick Yeager Fr. Undeclared 3.25 Danvers, Mass./Pingree School

HOLY CROSS (9) James DeLucia Fr. History 3.35 Hartsdale, N.Y./Iona Preparatory Kevin Kielbasa Fr. Undeclared 3.68 Westfield, Mass./Westfield Jason Lynch Fr. Undeclared 3.35 Arlington, Va./Yorktown Matthew McEvoy Jr. Political Science 3.68 Belmont, Mass./Belmont Michael Montano Sr. Biology 3.58 Moodus, Conn./Xavier Trevor O’Brien Fr. Undeclared 3.40 Cranston, R.I./LaSalle Academy Peter Pasciucco Fr. Undeclared 3.50 Norfolk, Mass./Roxbury Latin Daniel Powers Jr. Political Science 3.50 Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa Edward Turner So. Classics 3.75 Drexel Hill, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep

LAFAYETTE (5) Theodore Kramer Fr. Government & Law 3.20 Rye, N.Y./Hackley School Jeffery Rodgers So. Economics & Business 3.50 Phoenix, Md./Loyola Blakefield Joseph Saporetti Jr. Engineering 3.32 Woodbury Heights, N.J./Gateway Regional Matthew Tambellini Jr. Economics & Business/English 3.57 Milville, N.J./Sacred Heart Eric Vacca So. Economics & Business 3.33 Philadelphia, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy

LEHIGH (5) Brian Andalman Sr. Journalism 3.47 Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield Jeremy Mack Jr. Biology 3.44 Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh Jeremy Niedosik Jr. Business 3.46 Norristown, Pa./Germantown Academy Matthew Nusinov So. Mechanical Engineering 3.40 Owing Mills, Md./McDonogh Justin Pagan Sr. Business 3.28 Brooklyn, N.Y./Polytech Prep

NAVY (4) Dean Farmer So. Ocean Engineering 3.70 Knoxville, Tenn./Knox West Steve Goocey Jr. Mechanical Engineering 3.75 Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita Will Mahan Jr. Economics 3.88 Carlsbad, Calif./Torrey Pines Zach Poelma Jr. Political Science 3.81 East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence

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Revised July 15, 2002