Feb. 7, 2011
Center Valley, Pa. - For the fourth straight year, a record has been set on the Patriot League Football Academic Honor Roll as 196 student-athletes qualified for the list announced on Friday. And Fordham was tops on that list, having 39 honorees, the most ever for a Fordham football team.
Fordham led all schools with 39 honorees, an increase of 15 from last year's total and the highest number for any Patriot League team in the fall. Lafayette followed with 33 student-athletes, 13 more than last year's amount. Holy Cross had 32 selections, while Bucknell had 31, Lehigh finished with 25, Georgetown tallied 23 and Colgate notched 14.
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.
The total number of 196 is 41 student-athletes higher than last year's mark, and once again sets the record for most student-athletes on the list after high totals were recorded in 2007 (124), 2008 (133) and 2009 (155). The total of 196 student-athletes more than doubles the mark from the 2005 season.
Seven student-athletes recorded grade-point averages of 4.0 or higher, including two from Fordham: senior Jamal Haruna (Business Administration) and sophomore Craig Staub (Business Administration). Staub received a 4.0 GPA for the second consecutive fall semester.
Below are the 38 Fordham student athletes named to the 2010 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for football:
Player, Class, Major, Hometown/High School
Brandon Anderson, Jr., Business Admin., The Colony, Tex./Jesuit College Prep
Daniel Avedesian, So., Political Science, State College, Pa./State College
James Avedesian, So., Business Mgt., State College, Pa./State College
Paul Barchitta, So., Business Admin., State Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell
Brett Biestek, Fr., Undeclared, Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan
Kai Brusch, Fr., Undeclared, Hamburg, Germany/Salisbury School
Jason Caldwell, Gr., Communications, Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's
Andre Delaire, Sr., Business Admin., Bloomfield, Conn./Metropolitan
William DeLuca, So., Business Admin., Riverside, Calif./Greenwich
Connor Hartigan, Jr., Finance, Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah
Ahmed Haruna, Sr., Business Admin., Grand Prairie, Tex./S. Grand Prairie
Jamal Haruna, Sr., Business Admin., Grand Prairie, Tex./S. Grand Prairie
Benjamin Heiser, So., Business Admin., Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills
Cahill Hooker, Jr., Business Admin., Dallas, Tex./Bishop Lynch
Jon Karanian, Fr., General Science, Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield
Jamir Livingston, Jr., Finance, Drexel Hills, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep
Thomas Lloyd, Jr., Business Admin., Hurst, Tex./L.D. Bell
Nicholas Magiera, Sr., Business Admin., Carpentersville, Ill./Barrington
Rodney Mann, Jr., Business Admin., Staten Island, N.Y./Midwood
Brendan Melanophy, So., Business Admin., Danbury, Conn./Danbury
Andrew Milmore, So., Undeclared, Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde
Lloyd Morrison, Sr., Business Admin., Teaneck, N.J./Bergen Catholic
Clarke Munson, Sr., Business Admin., White Post, Va./Clarke County
Patrick Murray, So., Business Admin., Ramsey, N.J./Don Bosco Prep
Andy Okonkwo, Jr., Communications, Richardson, Tex./L.V. Berkner
Doug Papy, Jr., Business Admin., Coral Gables, Fla./Gulliver Prep
Jock Payten, Jr., Finance, Richardson, Tex./L.V. Berkner
Anthony Perrone, So., Accounting, New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park
Anthony Pesanello, Fr., Business Admin., Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah
Khary Powell, So., International Business, Lawrenceville, Ga./Central Gwinnett
Will Quan, Sr., Communications, Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton
Matthew Sconiers, So., Undeclared, Houston, Tex./Clear Lake
Craig Staub, So., Business Admin., Hicksville, N.Y./St. Anthony's
Joseph Sullivan, Fr., Pre-Med, Goshen, N.Y./Goshen Central
Adnan Vandyck, Sr., Business Admin., Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton
Chris Vingo, Jr., Business Admin., Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley
Chris Watkins, So., Finance, Carmel, N.Y./Carmel
Bryson Wilson, Sr., Communications, Dallas, Tex./S. Grand Prairie
Nick Womack, Jr., Visual Arts, Maple Heights, Ohio/St. Peter Chanel
