Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Basketball Paces Patriot League with Nine Academic Honor Roll Selections
6/30/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
June 30, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell women's basketball team paced the Patriot League with nine student-athletes named to the league's Academic Honor Roll, it was announced Monday.
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's six winter or 10 spring championship sports.
Nine of the 13 players on the Bison roster in 2007-08 were Academic Honor Roll members, including all five seniors. Freshman Joyce Novacek posted a grade-point average of 4.0, the only women's basketball player in the league to achieve that figure.
With seven Honor Roll members, American was second in the Patriot League to Bucknell, while Army, Lafayette and Lehigh each had six selections. Colgate (5), Holy Cross (3) and Navy (3) rounded out the list.
Bucknell had success on the court in 2007-08 as well, winning the Patriot League Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.
The following are Bucknell's 2008 Patriot League Honor Roll members from the women's basketball team.
Name, Class, Major, GPA
Amanda Brown, Jr., Economics, 3.66
Kesha Champion, Sr., Electrical Engineering, 3.66
Kristina Collymore, Sr., Psychology, 3.58
Hope Foster, Sr., Sociology, 3.40
Jessica Lynch, Fr., Undeclared, 3.75
Joyce Novacek, Fr., Undeclared, 4.00
Lauren Schober, Jr., Elementary Education, 3.75
Ashton Sprouse, Sr., Sociology, 3.73
Andrea Wright, Sr., Computer Science, 3.25
