Men's Soccer

Patriot League Announces 2017 Men’s Soccer Academic Honor Roll

Full list of 2017 Men's Soccer Academic Honor Roll Recipients

CENTER VALLEY, Pa.
– Patriot League men’s soccer teams combined to place 139 student-athletes on the sport’s Academic Honor Roll for their performance in the fall semester.
 
Colgate led all schools with 23 honorees while Boston University, Bucknell and Lafayette had 21, 16, 16, respectively. American was represented by 14, followed by Navy with 13, Lehigh with 12, and Loyola Maryland with nine. Holy Cross added eight student-athletes to the list, while Army West Point added seven.
 
All 11 of the student-athletes named to the Men’s Soccer Academic All-Patriot League team also received a spot on the Academic Honor Roll, including Holy Cross Math and Economics major and 2017 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Arno Rupp.
 
A total of 8 student-athletes registered a 4.0 grade-point average or higher during the fall semester. They include: Bucknell’s Nick King (Biomedical Engineering); Colgate’s Bruno Scodari (Natural Science); Lafayette’s Matt Rytel (Undeclared); Loyola Maryland’s Jacob Denison (Undeclared); and Navy’s Piroz Bahar (Physics), Matthew Crider (System Engineering), Hunter Holstad (Math & Economics), and Aubrey Jones (Quantitative Economics).
 
15 student-athletes made the honor roll for a fourth time and includes Army West Point’s Marcos Arroyo; Boston’s Andrew Hoang, Bjorn Kammholz and Eric Mubang; Bucknell’s Dan Bank; Colgate’s Garett Esper, Benji Geisler, Troy Moo Penn, Chase Pagani, Bruno Scodari, and Peter Tappenden; Holy Cross’s Arno Rupp; Lehigh’s David Zipkin; and Navy’s Matthew Crider and Thomas Moore.
 
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the semester of their sport’s competition.

ABOUT THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
The Patriot League is in its third decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing 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. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.