Feb. 1, 2010
Center Valley, Pa. -
A record 155 student-athletes, including 2009 Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year Travis Nissley of Bucknell, were named to the Patriot League Football Academic Honor Roll on Friday.
In addition to earning the Scholar-Athlete award in November, Nissley is one of three student-athletes to finish with a 4.0 grade-point average in the fall semester. He earned the mark for the second time in his first five semesters at Bucknell as a mechanical engineering major. Also earning 4.0 GPAs were Nissley's teammate, junior management major Jason Vollmar, and Fordham freshman Craig Staub.
There were 20 student-athletes on the Academic Honor Roll list that also appeared on the All-Patriot League team, including 2009 Offensive Player of the Year Dominic Randolph of Holy Cross.
The mark of 155 honorees eclipses the previous high of 133 on the Football Academic Honor Roll last season. Bucknell led all schools with 31 honorees, followed closely by Georgetown with 30. Holy Cross totaled 26 student-athletes on the list, while Fordham had 23 and Lafayette and Lehigh each garnered 20. The 23 student-athletes from Fordham represents the most ever for the Rams, surpassing last year's total of 20.
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.
Below are the 23 Fordham student athletes named to the 2008 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for football:
Brandon Anderson, So., Business Admin., The Colony, Tex./Jesuit College Prep
Elliot Alston, Fr., Business Admin., Phoenix, Ariz./ Bourgade Catholic
James Avedesian, Fr., Business Admin., State College, Pa./State College
Ryan Bradley, Sr., Business Admin., Philadelphia, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep
Brandon Brown, Sr., Business Admin., Glen Head, N.Y./St. Anthony's
Frank Curry, Sr., History, Falls Church, Va./Bishop Ireton
Cameron Dean, So., Business Admin., Gulf Stream, Fla./Saint Andrew School
Ahmed Haruna, Jr., Business Admin., Grand Prairie, Tex./South Grand Prairie
Jamal Haruna, , Jr., Business Admin., Grand Prairie, Tex./South Grand Prairie
Connor Hartigan, So., Finance, Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah
John Hohlt, Fr., Business Admin., Houston, Tex./Strake Jesuit
Cahill Hooker, So., Business Admin., Dallas, Tex./Bishop Lynch
Brendan Melanophy, Fr., Business Admin., Danbury, Conn./Danbury
David Mendez, Sr., Business Admin., Haverford, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep
Andrew Milmore, Fr., Undecided, Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde
Clarke Munson, Jr., Business Admin., White Post, Va./Clarke County
Patrick Murray, Fr., Undeclared, Mahwah, N.J./Don Bosco Prep
Khary Powell, Fr., Business Admin., Lawrenceville, Ga./Central Gwinnett
Gerard Rizzo, Jr., Business Admin., Paramus, N.J./Bergen Catholic
Craig Staub, Fr., Undeclared, Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's
Andrew Tyshovnytsky, Sr., Business Admin., Wayne, Pa./Conestoga
Chris Vingo, So., Business Admin., Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley
Nick Womack, So., Visual Arts, Maple Heights, Ohio/St. Peter Chanel
