Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Places 37 on PL Academic Honor Roll

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Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Places 37 on PL Academic Honor Roll

6/29/2020 11:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Bucknell men's lacrosse team placed 37 student-athletes on the 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Monday.

Headlining this year's honorees were senior Will Yorke and sophomore Travis Talarico. Yorke was named the 2020 Inside Lacrosse Breakthrough Player of the Year and made the final Tewaaraton Award Watch List of the abbreviated campaign. Talarico was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse.

During this spring semester, junior J.J. Alicea, freshman Jack Billitier, senior Matt Fedorjaka and senior Hunter Newman achieved perfect 4.0 grade point averages. In addition, sophomore Matthew Barkauskas, junior Brendan Egan, freshman Jack Goller and sophomore Frankie Higgins recorded GPAs north of 3.90.

The Bison have now placed at least 20 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll every season since 2011, a 10-year stretch. To qualify for the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must have achieved a minimum 3.20 GPA during the semester in which their team competed. The following are the Bucknell men's lacrosse team's 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll members:

J.J. Alicea, Jr., International Relations
Matthew Barkauskas, So., Undeclared-Management
C.J. Baroni, Fr., Undeclared
Hank Bethel, Fr., Undeclared-Engineering
Jack Billitier, Fr., Undeclared
Bryant Boswell, Jr., Physics
Grayson Burns, Sr., Psychology
Logan Bushweller, Fr., Undeclared-Management
Ben Clark, Jr., Economics/Environmental Studies
Nick Clarke, Jr., Economics
Nick Crovatto, So., Undeclared
Reid Delanois, So., Undeclared
Brendan Egan, Jr., Economics
Matt Farrell, Jr., Biomedical Engineering/Biology
Jack Feda, Fr., Undeclared
Matt Fedorjaka, Sr., Economics
Jack Goller, Fr., Undeclared-Management
Frankie Higgins, So., Undeclared
Jared Hodell, So., Undeclared-Management
Cam Hollander, Fr., Animal Behavior
Brenden Lundy, So., Undeclared
Conor McCusker, Fr., Undeclared
Brian Miller, Fr., Undeclared
Hunter Newman, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies Economics & Math
Colin O'Brien, Jr., Psychology
Ethan Opdahl, Fr., Undeclared-Management
Daniel Parson, Fr., Undeclared
Joe Scattareggia, Fr., Undeclared
Tommy Sopko, Jr., Accounting & Financial Management
Andrew Stanzel, Fr., Undeclared
Garrett Sweely, Jr., Economics
Travis Talarico, So., Undeclared
Zach Tucker, So., Undeclared-Management
Jack Van Slyke, So., Mathematical Economics
Harry Wellford, Fr., Undeclared
Ben Wilkinson, Jr., Anthropology
Will Yorke, Sr., Accounting & Financial Management