Bucknell University Athletics
John Togneri Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
4/28/2009 8:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
April 28, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell senior John Togneri (Longmeadow, Mass./Loomis Chaffee), a member of the Bison men's lacrosse team, received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held at the Elaine Langone Center on Tuesday, April 28.
Togneri won the Bryan-Humphreys Award, presented to senior athletes who have “exhibited exceptional versatility within his or her sport, displaying outstanding achievement and the selfless determination to help the team succeed by contributing in a variety of ways.” Togneri shared the award with Nicole Marotta of the women's soccer team, who was the female selection.
In addition to Togneri, 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.
Togneri has taken on-field versatility to the extreme during his career. In four years in the Orange & Blue, he played at attack as well as offensive and defensive midfield. The Longmeadow, Mass., native's athleticism and speed led to 26 goals and 21 assists for 47 points in his career.
Togneri's willingness to fill any role asked of him helped the Bison to a 2009 undefeated league record, the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Tournament and the team's second consecutive trip to the championship game. With Bucknell's 10-8 win over Army in the semifinal contest, Togneri and his senior classmates became the winningest men's lacrosse team in Bucknell history with 36 victories in four years.
Equally successful off the field, the economics major is also a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Bucknell is a highly selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of approximately 3,500 undergraduate students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League and has full membership along with American, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Bucknell has won the Presidents' Cup, signifying the Patriot League's all-sports champion, in 14 of 18 years, including 10 of the last 11.
Recently, 17 Bison programs – the seventh-most in Division I – earned NCAA Public Recognition for having Academic Performance Rates in the top 10 percent nationally in their respective sport. In addition, Bucknell ranks fifth in Division I in the total number of CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, with 116 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
