Bucknell University Athletics
Mark Juelis Wins Senior Athletic Award
6/22/2001 8:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
June 22, 2001
LEWISBURG, PA --- Bucknell senior Mark Juelis (Westfield, N.J./Westfield), an honorable mention All-American on the Bison lacrosse team, received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held at the University in early May.
Juelis won the Bison Club Award, presented to senior athletes "who best exemplify the winning spirit of the University's athletic program." Juelis shared the award with Annie Richards of the women's lacrosse team.
In addition to Juelis and Richards, several other student-athletes were honored at the banquet, including the winners of the Christy Mathewson Award, given to the most outstanding athletes in the senior class. All-American football and baseball standout Kevin Eiben won the men's Mathewson Award, while women's swimming standout Molly Lowe won the women's Mathewson Award.
Juelis, a tri-captain on Bucknell's 2001 Patriot League Championship team, capped off a stellar career with the Orange and Blue by earning honorable mention All-America honors from the STX/USILA and receiving an invitation to participate in the STX/USILA Division I North-South Senior All-Star game. His outstanding play and solid leadership helped Bucknell earn a national ranking as high as 9th in 2001 and the team's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.
A two-time All-Patriot League selection, the long-stick defenseman scooped up 67 ground balls to rank second on the team this season for the 10-4 Bison. In addition, he scored a career-high three goals and added two assists to conclude his career with five goals and four assists.
One of the most consistent players in the Bison program, Juelis never missed a single practice over his four-year career and was a team leader both on and off the field. In the classroom, he excelled as a political science major and was named one of 32 Scholar All-Americans by the USILA following the season. He began his career as a businessman with a consulting firm in New Jersey following graduation.
Bucknell is a highly-selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of approximately 3,650 undergraduate students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League, along with Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Navy. Army and Navy do not compete in the league in football. Fordham and Towson are associate members of the league in football and Georgetown will join as a football-only member in 2001. American University will also become an all-sport member in 2001-2002.
In two of the past nine years, Bucknell ranked FIRST in the nation in the graduation rate of its student-athletes, and in the ten years the NCAA survey has been conducted it has never been lower than seventh. In addition, Bucknell ranks third in Division I in the total number of GTE Academic All-America selections, with 100 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
