(Feb. 6, 2006) ?C Fordham University is well represented on the 2005 Patriot League Academic Fall Honor Roll having 13 student-athletes named to the list, it was announced by Carolyn Schlie Femovich, Patriot League Executive Director. To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the seven League-sponsored fall championship sports. A total of 495 student-athletes were named to the League??s Fall Academic Honor Roll, including 27 with 4.00 GPAs. The Fall Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of men??s and women??s cross country, field hockey, football, men??s and women??s soccer and volleyball. The Patriot League, which was founded on the principles of admitting athletes who are academically representative of their class, is in its second decade of academic and athletic excellence. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of the undergraduate experience. The Patriot League, which began as a successful Division I-AA football conference in 1986 and became an all-sport conference in 1990, includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as full members and three associate members. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have played leadership roles in the shaping of our country. In the most recent NCAA Graduation Rate Report of student-athletes, the Patriot League ranked FIRST among NCAA Division I conferences. Player, Class, Major, Hometown/High School Michael Bottiglieri, Sr., Economics, Howell, N.J./Howell Matt Cole, Sr., Business Administration, Salt Lake City, Utah/Cottonwood Adam Danko, Fr., Pre-Med, Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius Matthew Donahue, Fr., Marketing, Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough Jason Figura, Fr., Finance, Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Rob Fioravanti, Jr., Business Administration, Hempstead, N.Y./Chaminade Edward Gordon, Sr., Business Administration, Freeport, N.Y./Freeport Ty Hogan, Sr., Business Administration, Milford, Ohio/Summit Country Day Peter Jannen, Jr., Economics, Southampton, N.J./Lenape Raymond Kogolo, Sr., Political Science, Bronx, N.Y./Federal Government College Robert Martinez, Sr., Biology, El Paso, Texas/Cathedral Prep Michael Sabatini, Sr., Accounting, Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis Marcus Taylor, Sr., Business Administration, Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook