Patriot League Volleyball Academic Honor Roll

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Bucknell led the way as the nine Patriot League volleyball teams combined to place 93 student-athletes on the Volleyball Academic Honor Roll for their performance in the fall semester. The Bison had a League-high 17 honorees on the list, followed by American and Loyola Maryland each with 13.

Six of the seven student-athletes named to the Volleyball Academic All-Patriot League squad also received a spot on the Academic Honor Roll, including Navy sophomore Economics major and 2016 Patriot League Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Patricia Mattingly.

Seven volleyball student-athletes achieved a 4.00 GPA in the fall: American senior Julita Kurdziuk (Business Administration), Colgate junior Lauren Sanderson (English), Loyola senior Kelly McShea (Speech-Language Pathology), and Navy freshmen Paige Miles (Undeclared), freshman Olivia Rozmus (Undeclared), freshman Emily Solis (Undeclared), and Mattingly (Economics).

Kurdziuk and McShea are among 12 student-athletes to make the Academic Honor Roll in all four seasons, joining Bucknell’s Rebecca Forbes, Erika Eastley, Kristen Parks, Jordan Walker; Colgate’s Katie Stebbins; Holy Cross’s Emily Popp, Mandy Sifferlen; Lafayette’s Katherine Stevens; Lehigh’s Katherine Jennison; and Loyola’s Lauren Youngblood.

To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and participate in one of the Patriot League's seven fall championship sports.

“Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders” – The Patriot League continually demonstrates that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing its high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their class.