Women's Track & Field Leads PL with 53 Honor Roll Picks
6/20/2013 8:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Bucknell women's track and field continued to mark itself as the team to beat as it led the Patriot League with 53 selections to the Academic Honor Roll, it was announced on Thursday. Of those recognized, Nora Adams (Boalsburg, Pa./State College Area), Alison Billas (Danville, Pa./Danville Area), Sasha Hornock (Dover, Pa./Dover), Laura Lutzker (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale), Olivia Massey (Westport, Conn./Staples), Emily Waksmunski (Carrolltown, Pa./Bishop Carroll) and Jennifer Zymet (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) all earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages to lead the Bison during the spring semester.
Bucknell's 53 honorees gave the Bison a comfortable advantage as Lehigh was second with 34 selections. Holy Cross (32) and Navy (25) rounded out the top half of the league. Bucknell's seven student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA was also the highest total. In all, 191 track and field athletes were named to the Academic Honor Roll and 23 of those posted a 4.0 or higher.
Tolli and Waksmunski are no strangers to honors for their success in the classroom this year. Both were named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team along with Zymet while the duo was also voted to the Capital One Academic All-District Team. Additionally, 12 of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll were also individual conference champions this year, including Jess Bridle (Tewskbury, Mass./Tewksbury), Alyssa Cardillo (Bath, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic), Chrissy Haney (Stone Mountain, Ga./George School), Erin Horleman (Beach Haven, N.J./Southern Regional), Hornock, Massey, Kim Nagotko (Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah), Sophia Nnadi (Columbus, Ohio/Saint Francis DeSales), Alexandra Romanelli (Galloway, N.J./Absegami), Tolli, Waksmunski and Zymet.
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must achieve a 3.2 grade-point average in the spring semester.
Following is a list of Bucknell men's track and field student-athletes who were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll:
Nora Adams, Fr., Undeclared, Boalsburg, Pa./State College Area
Haley Anderson, So., Biochemistry, Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton
Alison Billas, Fr., Animal Behavior, Danville, Pa./Danville Area
Rachael Blondy, Jr., Geology, Durham, N.C./Cary Academy
Jess Bridle, Fr., Undeclared, Tewskbury, Mass./Tewskbury
Alyssa Cardillo, Jr., Political Science, Bath, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic
Meghan Carroll, Fr., Undeclared, Phillipsburg, Pa./Phillipsburg
Hana Casalnova, Jr., Biomedical Engineering, Grove City, Pa./Grove City
Alexandra Chapman, Sr., Animal Behavior, Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville Manlius
Allison Daley, So., Global Management, Menlo Park, Calif./Burlingame
Liz Daniels, Fr., Undeclared, Pipersville, Pa./Central Bucks East
Alison Dillon, So., Mechanical Engineering, McKean, Pa./General McLane
Betsy Edinger, So., Psychology, Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central
Zoe Gaston, So., Environmental Studies, Wilton, Conn./Wilton
Deanna Godby, Fr., Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield
Leah Goeke, Sr., Biology, Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley
Michelle Golden, So., Biology, West Pittstown, Pa./Wyoming
Chrissy Haney, Fr., Undeclared, Stone Mountain, Ga./George School
Erin Holbrook, Jr., Political Science, East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora
Erin Horleman, Jr., Geology, Beach Haven, N.J./Southern Regional
Sasha Hornock, Sr., Biology, Dover, Pa./Dover
Katie Jessee, So., Markets, Innovation & Design, Concord, Mass./Concord Carlisle
Ellen Kalnins, Fr., Civil Engineering, Watertown, Conn./The Taft School
Megan Kirk, Fr., Undeclared, Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel
Catherine Kobza, Jr., Religion, Pt. Lookout, N.Y./Holy Trinity
Chelsea Lodato, Jr., Management, Matawan, N.J./Old Bridge
Paige Lommerin, Fr., Undeclared, Pleasanton, Calif./Amador Valley
Laura Lutzker, Jr., Management, Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale
Olivia Massey, Sr., Psychology, Westport, Conn./Staples
Jessica Matsinger, So., Mathematics, Frazer, Pa./Great Valley
Victoria Mold, So., Global Management, Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah
Abby Monaghan, Sr., Elementary Education, La Plata, Md./La Plata
Kim Nagotko, So., Environmental Geology, Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah
Sophia Nnadi, Fr., Undeclared, Columbus, Ohio/Saint Francis DeSales
Sharon O'Reilly, Fr., Undeclared, Northvale, N.J./Northern Valley Regional
Kylie Pearse, So., Economics, Malverne, N.Y./Kellenburg Memorial
Morgan Roche, So., Anthropology, West Hartford, Conn./Hall
Alexandra Romanelli, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies, Galloway, N.J./Absegami
Valerie Sans, Sr., Management, Littleton, Mass./Acton-Boxboro Regional
Victoria Schmidt, Jr., Education, Rochester, N.Y./Hilton
Justine Schnell, So., Undeclared, Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J./Northern Highlands
Kirsten Schulte, So., Interdepartmental, Perkiomenville, Pa./Pope John Paul
Tayler Siegrist, Sr., Accounting, Madison, N.J./Madison
Dayna Simone, Fr., Undeclared, Huntington Valley, Pa./Lower Moreland
Kristin Sundy, So., Neuroscience, Chapel Hill, N.C./Durham Academy Upper School
Caroline Tolli, Sr., Education/Spanish, Lockport, N.Y./Lockport
Kate VanNess, So., Physics, Alexandria, Ohio/Granville
Rebekka Vuojolainen, So., Markets, Innovation & Design, Cranberry, N.J./Princeton HS
Kathryn Wahls, Sr., Physics, Spencerport, N.Y./Brockport
Emily Waksmunski, Jr., Civil Engineering, Carrolltown, Pa./Bishop Carroll
Emily Wheeler, Fr., Undeclared, Boxford, Mass./Masconomet Regional
Eden Wondra, So., Animal Behavior, Perry, N.Y./Perry
Jennifer Zymet, Jr., Education, Paramus, N.J./Paramus