Season in Review2011-12

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Chris Lum, C.J. McCollum lead Patriot League in banner year, Deliver two NCAA Tournament wins for LehighChris Lum, C.J. McCollum lead Patriot League in banner year, Deliver two NCAA Tournament wins for Lehigh

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MEMBER INSTITUTIONS LOCATION PL SPORTS SPONSORED AFFILIATION

American University Washington, D.C. 15 (6 M; 9 W) 2001-presentBucknell University Lewisburg, Pa. 23 (11 M; 12 W) 1986-presentColgate University Hamilton, N.Y. 22 (10 M; 12 W) 1986-presentCollege of the Holy Cross Worcester, Mass. 23 (11 M; 12 W) 1986-presentLafayette College Easton, Pa. 22 (11 M; 11 W) 1986-presentLehigh University Bethlehem, Pa. 23 (11 M; 12 W) 1986-presentU.S. Military Academy West Point, N.Y. 19 (10 M; 9 W) 1990-presentU.S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Md. 20 (10 M; 10 W) 1991-presentASSOCIATE MEMBER INSTITUTIONS LOCATION PL SPORTS SPONSORED AFFILIATION

Fordham University Bronx, N.Y. Football 1990-95 (Full Member), 1990-presentGeorgetown University Washington, D.C. Football 2001-presentMass. Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass. Rowing 2010-present

The Patriot League, which was founded on the principles of admitting athletes who are academical-ly representative of their class, is in its third decade of academic and athletic achievement. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded educa-tion. The Patriot League began as a successful Divi-sion I-AA (now called Football Championship Sub-division) football conference in 1986. Full League members include American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Associate members include Fordham and Georgetown in foot-ball and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in women’s rowing. In June 2012, Boston University announced it would be joining the Patriot League, and it will begin competition in the 2013-14 season. These member institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation. Alumni from Patriot League col-leges and universities have played a leadership role in the shaping of our country. In the classroom, the Patriot League’s full-member institutions, individually and collectively, consistently rank among the top Division I programs in the NCAA Graduation Rates Report. Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finished at the top spot with nearly all of its teams reporting a graduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recent data. In addition, 82 teams from Patriot League full-member institutions earned NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. League members have also distinguished themselves on the field of play. The Patriot League sponsors championship competition in 24 sports (11 for men; 13 for women). Championship teams from 14 sports are guaranteed advancement into NCAA postseason competition: baseball, men and women’s basketball, field hockey, football, men’s golf, men and women’s lacrosse, men and women’s soccer, softball, men and women’s tennis and volleyball. Along the timeline of Patriot League history about three-quarters of the Patriot League’s Scholar-Athletes of the Year also received All-Patriot League status for their exemplary athletic performance. In the Patriot League’s history, more than 200 student-athletes have been recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-Ameri-cans, while tens of thousands have qualified for the League’s Academic Honor Roll. More than 30 student-athletes have re-ceived NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Additionally, Patriot League student-athletes have earned Fulbright Scholarships, Rhodes Scholarships, Marshall Scholarships and NACDA Scholarships.

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2011-12 Year in Review

The Patriot League is proud to have CBS Sports Network as its ex-clusive television partner. CBS Sports Network is available in more than 98 million homes in the United States, through the leading cable and satellite providers. The 2011-12 season marked the ninth consecutive year of the Patriot League’s partnership with CBS Sports Network that includes significant na-tional visibility for football, men’s and women’s basketball, lacrosse and other League sports. CBS Sports Net-work provides comprehensive college sports coverage, including 25 men and women’s sports, hundreds of live games annually, as well as in-depth studio and original programming.

Patriot League Initiatives The Patriot League has been at the forefront of new media, utilizing social media and online video to promote its student-athletes.

TWITTER www.twitter.com/PatriotLeague FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/PatriotLeague YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/PatriotVideo ALL-ACCESS www.patriotleague.org/AllAccess

Fans can stay connected with the League and keep up with all the latest news by following the League on Facebook or Twitter. The League also produces video recaps and features for its YouTube Channel and Patriot League All-Access. On the Patriot League Academic Network, institu-tions feature videos about campus life, notably their aca-demic offerings and the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff. The League added the Patriot League Online Store in 2010-11 where all the official gear can be purchased.

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Reggie Miller, left, and Bob Socci, right, provide the play-by-play for CBS Sports Network at an Army-Navy men’s basketball game during the 2011-12

• In the latest release of NCAA Academic Progress Rate, 94 percent of Patriot League teams scored at or above the na-tional Division I four-year average score of 973.

• 79 Patriot League teams, and 84 overall from full-member institutions, earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for finishing in the top 10 percent of all teams in the most recent four-year APR scores.

• Lehigh, a No. 15 seed, defeated No. 2 Duke 75-70 in a sec-ond-round NCAA Tournament game on March 16. The vic-tory is up for a “best upset” award for the ESPYs.

• Colgate’s Peter Baum became the first player in Patriot League history to win the Tewaaraton Award as the top collegiate lacrosse player, and also claimed the Lt. Enners Award for the same distinction.

• Colgate’s Elise DeRoo was named the Patriot League Fe-male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while Army’s Brendan Buckley won the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.

• Lafayette’s Jim Mower (men’s basketball), Lafayette’s Sarah McGorry (women’s basketball) and Bucknell’s Ryan Sap-pington (men’s soccer) were selected as the 2012-13 re-cipients of the Victory Scholarship.

• Ten student-athletes were named Capital One Academic All-Americans, including first-team selections for Army’s Brendan Buckley (lacrosse), Army’s Zach Price (base-ball), Bucknell’s Tim Bolte (football) and Lehigh’s Jennifer Colquhoun (softball).

• 48 student-athletes earned Capital One Academic All-Dis-trict recognition.

• It was the first time in Patriot League men’s basketball history that three teams played in the postseason tourna-ment: Lehigh (NCAA), Bucknell (NIT), American (CIT).

• For just the second time in history, two teams won a post-season game as Bucknell also beat Arizona 65-54 in the first round of the NIT on March 14.

• For the first time in League history, three women’s bas-ketball teams earned postseason bids, as Navy went to the NCAA Tournament, American to the WNIT and Holy Cross to the WBI. In addition, the Crusaders defeated New Hampshire in the first round of the WBI, giving the League its first postseason victory since 1991.

• American became the first women’s basketball team to post a perfect 14-0 mark in Patriot League play.

• Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum was named ECAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year as well as an honorable mention AP All-American.

• Lehigh’s Chris Lum finished in second place for the Walter Payton award and was named ECAC FCS Offensive Player of the Year while earning multiple All-America honors.

• Georgetown’s Andrew Schaetzke finished fourth in the vot-ing for the Buck Buchanan Award, was honored as ECAC FCS Defensive Player of the Year and became the ninth player in Patriot League history to earn consensus FCS All-America honors from the four major awarding organiza-tions.

• Eight players were named FCS All-Americans overall, with Lehigh’s Ryan Spadola and Bucknell’s Bryce Robertson join-ing Schaetzke as first-team selections.

• Lehigh defeated CAA champion Towson 40-38 in the sec-

ond round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on Dec. 3 to become the first Patriot League team since 2003 to advance to the quarterfinal round. The Mountain Hawks went on to finish at No. 5 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com top 25 and won the ECAC FCS Lambert Cup.

• Colgate upset previously unbeaten UMass, 13-11, in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament on May 12.

• Colgate and Lehigh both finished in the top 10 of the final Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media rankings, with the Raiders at No. 8 and the Mountain Hawks at No. 9.

• Colgate’s Peter Baum was one of eight Patriot Leaguers to earn USILA All-America honors, and the only student-ath-lete on the first team.

• Jess Palacio (Navy) was a second-team All-America selec-tion by the United States Track and Field and Cross Coun-try Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and competed at both the NCAA Cross Country and Indoor Track and Field Cham-pionships.

• Navy’s Laura Gorinski was invited to the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships, where she competed in the 200 IM and 100 and 200 breaststroke events.

• Lehigh’s Jennifer Colquhoun was named the ECAC Softball Player of the Year.

• Army junior pitcher Chris Rowley earned second-team All-America honors from two organizations while teammate Kevin McKague garnered third-team honors.

• Colgate’s Chris Johnson became the fourth men’s cross country runner to represent the Patriot League in the NCAA championships.

• American’s John Pope won the Male Sportsmanship Award, the first cross country runner and first Eagle to claim the honor, while Holy Cross’ Katelyn Hartnett became the first Crusader to win the Female Sportsmanship Award.

• Army’s Zach Price and Lehigh’s Julie Fernandez were named second-team Lowe’s Senior CLASS All-Americans in baseball and softball, respectively.

• Four Patriot Leaguers signed NFL free agent contracts for the 2012 season.

• Army’s William Park became the second Patriot Leaguer ever to earn an appearance in the NCAA Golf Regionals.

• Lehigh brothers Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney earned USILA Scholar All-America honors.

• Bucknell’s Brendan Burgdorf earned NSCAA Scholar All-America first-team honors while Army’s Jeff Pickett made the third team.

• Navy’s Katherine Ashton became the first rowing All-Amer-ican from the Patriot League since 2007 when she was named to the second team by CRCA.

• Navy, which won the Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, was ranked 19th in the final deBeer Media Poll of the sea-son.

• The American field hockey team was recognized by the Na-tional Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) as hav-ing the highest team grade-point average in the country at 3.55. Moreover, all six League squads were singled out by the organization for having team GPAs above 3.0.

Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combining academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors cham-pionships in 24 men and women’s sports. The Patriot League’s mission is simple, to provide successful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining high academic standards, and to prepare its student-athletes to be leaders in society. During the 2011-12 academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams accomplished the following:

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Overall 1.Navy 121.752.Lehigh 109.753.Bucknell 108.504.Army 98.755.Colgate 83.006.Lafayette 67.757.American 61.258.HolyCross 54.50

Men 1.Lehigh 58.252.Navy 58.003.Bucknell 54.254.Army 51.005.Colgate 34.006.Lafayette 32.757.American 28.258.HolyCross 21.75

Women 1.Navy 63.752.Bucknell 54.253.Lehigh 51.504.Colgate 49.005.Army 47.756.Lafayette 35.007.American 33.008.HolyCross 32.75

The Mids recorded another first by winning the women’s Presidents’ Cup crown. Navy won women’s championships in cross country, swimming and diving, basketball, lacrosse and outdoor track and field and accumulated 63.75 points to claim the title for the first time. Bucknell, which had won 14 consecutive women’s titles and 17 in the past 19 seasons, finished second with 54.25 points. The Bison were followed in the standings by Lehigh (51.5), Colgate (49), Army (47.75), Lafayette (35), American (33) and Holy Cross (32.75). Navy nearly pulled off the sweep, but Lehigh was able to edge the Mids by .25 points in the final men’s standings to claim the male Patriot League Presidents’ Cup for the fourth time in school history and first since 2006. The pair racked up seven of the 11 men’s titles, with Lehigh winning it all in foot-ball, basketball and lacrosse and Navy claiming the crowns in cross country, swimming and diving, tennis and golf. Le-high (58.25) narrowly outpointed Navy (58) in the closest fi-nal men’s standings with the exception of first-place ties in 1999 and 2004. Bucknell, which had won the last two men’s trophies, finished third with 54.25 points. Army followed in fourth place with 51 points, ahead of Colgate (34), Lafayette (32.75), American (28.25) and Holy Cross (21.75). Navy’s nine Patriot League titles were the most in history for any school other than Army.

Navy claims program’s first Patriot League Presidents’ Cup

Presidents’ Cup Standings

The 2011-12 Patriot League campaign marked a banner year for the United States Naval Academy, and the Mids capped their success by claiming the overall Presidents’ Cup trophy for the first time in school history. Navy racked up 121.75 points to win the overall Patriot League Presidents’ Cup title, pulling away from second-place Lehigh (109.75) and third-place Bucknell (108.5) by winning four League titles in the spring season. Navy claimed nine Patriot League championships, tying for the fourth-best mark in League history and finishing with the most titles for any school since the 1996-97 season. Navy becomes just the third program to win the Presidents’ Cup, joining 17-time winner Bucknell and four-time cham-pion Army. Coming in fourth place in the overall standings was Army (98.75), which was followed in order by Colgate (83), Lafayette (67.75), American (61.25) and Holy Cross (54.5).

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2011 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Lehigh # 5-0 1.000 11-2 .846Georgetown 3-2 .600 8-3 .727Holy Cross 3-2 .600 6-5 .545Bucknell 2-3 .400 6-5 .545Lafayette 1-4 .200 4-7 .364Colgate 1-4 .200 5-6 .455Fordham * - - 1-10 .091# Patriot League Champion* Not eligible for Patriot League titleCoach of the Year: Andy Coen, Lehigh

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Women’s Volleyball

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2011 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L PCT.

American # 13-1 .929 23-11 .676Army 12-2 .857 23-8 .742Lehigh 10-4 .714 19-10 .655Colgate 8-6 .571 12-18 .400Holy Cross 6-8 .429 10-21 .323Bucknell 3-11 .214 6-17 .261Lafayette 3-11 .214 10-17 .370Navy 1-13 .071 6-23 .207 # Patriot League Champion Coach of the Year: Barry Goldberg, American

2011 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L PCT.

American 4-1 .800 9-8 .529Lafayette# 4-1 .800 11-9 .550Lehigh 3-2 .600 6-13 .316Bucknell 3-2 .400 8-12 .400Colgate 1-4 .200 6-11 .353Holy Cross 0-5 .000 1-17 .056 # Patriot League Champion Coach of the Year: Steve Jennings, American

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Chris Lum led the Patriot League in passing, completing 358-of-543 attempts (65.9 percent) for 4,378 yards and 32 TDs. He averaged 336.8 yards per game and was the runner-up for the Walter Payton Award. Lum, the League’s Offen-sive Player of the Year, ranked in the top five in the FCS in passing yards, total offense and TDs.

American senior Sara Rishell won a trio of trophies, becoming the first in League history to win the Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Patriot League Tournament MVP in same season. Rishell finished second in the League in hitting percentage (.316) with 379 kills. She also led the League with 126 blocks.

Lafayette junior Deanna DiCroce was named the Patriot League Player of the Year after scoring a League-best 14 goals and 10 assists for 38 points. She helped her team lead the League in goals (55, 2.65 per game). DiCroce scored a pair of goals in the League Champi-onship game.

Lum passes Lehigh to 11 wins

Rishell rises to the top as freshman

DiCroce leads Lafayette to League title

Lehigh wins 10th Patriot League titleLed by one of the nation’s top offenses, Lehigh went 11-2 winning the Patriot League title for the 10th time in program history. The Mountain Hawks were a perfect 5-0 in the League for the second straight season and went on to win an NCAA Tournament game for the second consecutive year. The Mountain Hawks became the first Patriot League team since 2001 to win the Lambert Cup as the top FCS team in the East. They were voted No. 1 in the final Lambert Meadowlands FCS Poll. Lehigh also finished fifth in the final Sports Network/Fathead.com top 25, and sixth in the FCS Coaches Poll.

Major Award WinnersOffensive Player of the Year: Chris Lum, Lehigh, Sr., QBDefensive Player of the Year: Andrew Schaetzke, Georgetown, Sr., DLRookie of the Year: Ross Scheuerman, Lafayette, Fr., RB/RSCoach of the Year: Kevin Kelly, Georgetown

Bucknell’s Bolte named Scholar-AthleteBucknell senior Tim Bolte was selected as the 2011 Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Bolte, a linebacker, led the NCAA in takeaways, had a career-high 64 tackles, two sacks and an interception return for a touchdown. An Asian studies (Chinese)

American claims 10th Patriot League titleSenior Rebecca Heath and freshman Sara Rishell led top-seeded American to a 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21) victory over No. 2 Army in the Patriot League Championship match at Bender Arena to give the Eagles their second straight title and 10th in the last 11 years. American finished 23-11 overall and 13-1 in the League, besting Colgate in the semifinals before beating Army to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost a hard-fought match to Delaware 3-1 (17-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23).

Major Award WinnersPlayer of the Year: Sara Rishell, American, Fr., OH/MBSetter of the Year: Mary Vaccaro, Army, Fr.Libero of the Year: Rachel Charles, Lehigh, So.Rookie of the Year: Sara Rishell, American, Fr., OH/MBCoach of the Year: Barry Goldberg, American

American’s Heath named Scholar-AthleteSenior Rebecca Heath was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned a place on the eight-member Academic All-League team. A second-team All-League selection, the senior outside hit-ter owned a 3.841 cumulative GPA majoring in anthropology. She was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District

Lafayette defeats Bucknell for Patriot League titleTwo goals from Deanna DiCroce lifted second-seeded Lafayette to its first Patriot League Championship since 2002 with a 3-1 win over fourth-seeded Bucknell at Jacobs Field. It’s the Leopards’ fourth Patriot League Tournament title (1995, 1999, 2002, 2011) to go with four consecutive Patriot League crowns (1990-93) be-fore the Tournament began. The eight overall titles are tied with American for the most in Patriot League history. The Eagles had their run of eight consecutive crowns snapped with a loss in the semifinals to Bucknell.

Major Award WinnersPlayer of the Year: Deanna DiCroce, Lafayette, Jr., FDefensive Player of the Year: Tatum Dyer, American, Sr., DGoalkeeper of the Year: Sierra Segear, Lehigh, So., GKRookie of the Year: Brittany Blass, Lafayette, Fr., MCoach of the Year: Steve Jennings, American

Lehigh’s Tilton named Scholar-AthleteLehigh senior Abby Tilton was selected as the 2011 Patriot League Field Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned one of 11 spots on the sport’s Academic All-League team. Tilton scored sev-en goals — including a League-best three game-winning goals —

and political science major, Bolte had a 3.92 cumula-tive GPA.

Hoyas post best season as League memberGeorgetown fell short of a Patriot League title, losing 34-12 to Lehigh, but the Hoyas still completed their best season in 11 years as a Patriot League member. At 8-3 overall, it was Georgetown’s first winning mark in its Patriot League era, while the Hoyas also finished above .500 in League action for the first time with a 3-2 record.

First Team and a three-time member of the Dean’s List at American. She had a perfect 4.0 GPA in two semes-ters and has appeared on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll three times. Heath is the fifth Scholar-Athlete of the Year from American in the sport of vol-leyball and is the second straight Eagle named to the award, following last year’s honoree Cassandra Rick-etts. Heath ranked in the top 10 in kills with 300 kills (2.59 per set) and hitting percentage with a .261. She also contributed with 262 digs, 29 blocks, 24 assists and 13 service aces.

and five assists to finish third in the Patriot League with 19 points. Tilton graduated with a 3.89 cumulative GPA as an IDEAS (Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts and Sciences) major at Lehigh where she has a con-centration in both mechanical engineering and product design. She has a 4.00 GPA as a graduate student ma-joring in mechanical engineering at Lehigh. Tilton is a member of the Dean’s List at Lehigh and earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll recognition in each of her first three seasons in addition to last year’s nod to the Academic All-Patriot League Team.

2011 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L-T PTS W-L-T PCT. American 5-2-0 15 7-12-2 .381Colgate # 4-1-2 14 11-5-6 .636Lehigh 4-2-1 13 8-4-6 .611Navy 3-2-2 11 7-7-5 .500Lafayette 3-2-2 11 9-5-4 .588Army 2-4-1 7 7-10-1 .417Bucknell 2-5-0 6 7-9-2 .444Holy Cross 1-6-0 3 2-13-2 .176# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Todd West, American

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Women’s Soccer

Cross Country

2011 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L-T PTS W-L-T PCT. Colgate 4-1-2 14 11-6-2 .632Lafayette 4-2-1 13 9-6-2 .588Navy 4-2-1 13 13-6-3 .659Army # 3-1-3 12 12-3-5 .725Bucknell 3-4-0 9 5-10-1 .344Lehigh 2-3-1 7 6-9-2 .412American 2-4-1 7 6-11-2 .368Holy Cross 0-5-1 1 2-12-3 .206# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Mick Statham, Lafayette

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Colgate’s Steven Miller (Offensive Player of the Year) and Jimmy McLaughlin (Rookie of the Year) collected a pair of major awards in 2011. McLaughlin signed an MLS contract with Philadelphia after the season and Miller was drafted by the Montreal Impact in the third round of the MLS Supplemental Draft.

Army did not allow a goal in the Patriot League Tournament, posting its 14th and 15th shutouts in 2011. In 21 games, Army held opponents to 0.45 goals against. Only 10 goals were scored on keeper Monica Lee, who led the Patriot League with 106 saves, including seven in the Patriot League Championship game vs. Navy.

The snow moved in and took over the cross country championship, blanketing the course with several inches of snow. Navy emerged victorious on both sides, led by Jess Pala-cio’s individual title (21:56.1). Colgate’s Chris Johnson won the men’s individual title (24:53.9). Both runners advanced to the NCAA Championship meet.

Pair of Raiders win title, off to MLS

Blanking the competition to the title

‘Winter Wonderland’ at Championship

Colgate wins fifth Patriot League ChampionshipWith a pair of second-half goals, Colgate won its fifth Patriot League Championship with a 2-0 win over top-seeded American. Mike Garzi scored the game’s first goal in the 70th minute and Mike Reidy added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute. Colgate and American both advanced to the championship game after surviving semifinal shootouts. American finished with the best League record at 5-2-0 to earn the top seed, but second-seeded Colgate had the best overall season, going 11-5-6 and 4-1-2 in the League. Colgate lost 4-2 to Rutgers in the NCAA First Round.

Major Award WinnersOffensive Player of the Year: Steven Miller, Colgate, Sr., FDefensive Player of the Year: Kevin Strunk, Lehigh, Sr., DGoalkeeper of the Year: Ciaran Nugent, Lehigh, So., GKRookie of the Year: Jimmy McLaughlin, Colgate, Fr., FCoach of the Year: Todd West, American

American’s Makowski repeats as Scholar-AthleteAmerican senior goalkeeper Matt Makowski, who helped lead the Eagles to the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. Makowski is the first back-to-back Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Army claims Patriot League titleArmy, the fourth seed, cruised to the Patriot League Tournament title with a pair of shutouts, defeating No. 1-seeded Colgate 2-0 in the semifinals and No. 3-seeded Navy 2-0 in the final. Army be-came the second team in 21 years of Patriot League history to win the title as the fourth seed. Kim An, who finished with a League-best 10 goals, and Ruthie Rosenberger each scored to hand Army its second title in four years. Joey Molacek was named the Tour-nament MVP. Army finished 12-3-5, falling 1-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to No. 13 Penn State.

Major Award WinnersOffensive Player of the Year: Jillian Kinter, Colgate, Jr., FDefensive Player of the Year: Molly McGuigan, Army, So., DGoalkeeper of the Year: Lauren Smedley, Lafayette, Jr., GKRookie of the Year: Jenna Raepple, Colgate, Fr., FCoach of the Year: Mick Statham, Lafayette

American’s Stasiewicz named Scholar-AthleteAmerican senior Jenna Stasiewicz was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s soccer. Stasiewicz is the second straight defensive player named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She started all 19 of American’s matches this season and was

Navy sweeps Patriot League ChampionshipsThe Navy women scored 53 points to edge out Bucknell by three points for the 2011 Patriot League title, while the Navy men ran away with the championship scoring 38 points. Navy senior Jess Palacio led the women, placing first with a time of 21:56.1. Team-mates Brigid Byrne and Annie-Norah Beveridge, the Rookie of the Meet, also finished in the top 14 to earn All-League honors. James Pearson was the top finisher for the Navy men, placing third. Ken Bunnell, Cody Rome, John Satterwhite and Robbie Patterson also earned All-League honors for Navy.

Men’s Major Award WinnersOutstanding Runner of the Meet: Chris Johnson, Colgate, Jr.Rookie of the Meet: John Dugan, Bucknell, Fr.Coach of the Year: Al Cantello, NavyWomen’s Major Award WinnersOutstanding Runner of the Meet: Jess Palacio, Navy, Sr.Rookie of the Meet: Annie-Norah Beveridge, Navy, Fr.Coach of the Year: Karen Boyle, Navy

Lehigh’s Kosgei, Colgate’s DeRoo named Scholar-AthletesLehigh senior Evans Kosgei (men’s) and Colgate senior Elise DeRoo (women’s) each won their second Cross Country Scholar-

in men’s soccer since Bucknell’s Jonathan Hemmert in 2003-04 and is just the third in League annals to be named to the honor in consecutive seasons. A na-tive of Quakertown, Pa., Makowski compiled a 4-10-2 overall mark in 17 appearances for the Eagles entering this weekend’s League Tournament with a 1.46 goals-against average and a .745 save percentage. He played his best during League matches, going 3-1-0 in five appearances with 16 saves, a 0.45 GAA and an .889 save percentage. Makowski, who was named a Rhodes Scholar finalist, graduated with a 3.94 GPA in biology.

a major cog in the Eagles’ defense during the season. Stasiewicz has shined in the classroom as well, posting a 3.89 cumulative GPA while majoring in public com-munication with a minor in graphic design at Ameri-can. She’s appeared on the Dean’s List in all six of her semesters and has recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA in four semesters. A three-time member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, Stasiewicz made one career appearance in the League title match, which came in 2009. She was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Second Team.

Athlete award. Kosgei, a native of Moiben, Kenya, had a 3.80 cumulative GPA in computer science. He also won in outdoor track in 2011. Kosgei finished fourth this sea-son at the Championships, and he was the runner-up in 2009 and 2010. DeRoo, a scholar-athlete in cross country last season, has won it three other times, twice in indoor track and once in outdoor track. She also was the Patriot League’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2010-11 and 2011-12. She has a cumulative GPA of 3.97 in mo-lecular biology. DeRoo finished third at the champion-ship, after individual titles in 2009 and 2010.

2012 Final StandingS Men’s Women’s1. Navy - 38 # 1. Navy - 53 #2. American - 49 2. Bucknell - 563. Lehigh - 78 3. Colgate - 984. Army - 94 4. Army - 1115. Bucknell - 108 5. Lehigh - 1286. Colgate - 167 6. American - 1397. Lafayette - 211 7. Lafayette - 1738. Holy Cross - 215 8. Holy Cross - 178# Patriot League ChampionCoaches of the Year: Men’s: Al Cantello, NavyWomen’s: Karen Boyle, Navy

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall

W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Bucknell 12-2 .857 25-10 .714Lehigh # 11-3 .786 27-8 .771American 10-4 .714 20-12 .625Holy Cross 9-5 .643 15-14 .517Lafayette 7-7 .500 13-18 .419Army 5-9 .357 12-18 .400Colgate 2-12 .143 8-22 .267Navy 0-14 .000 3-26 .103# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Dave Paulsen, Bucknell

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Indoor Track & Field

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall

W-L PCT. W-L PCT. American 14-0 1.000 23-8 .742Lehigh 9-5 .643 17-13 .567Navy # 8-6 .571 18-14 .563Army 8-6 .571 14-16 .467Holy Cross 7-7 .500 19-15 .559Colgate 5-9 .357 8-22 .267Bucknell 3-11 .214 5-25 .167Lafayette 2-12 .143 8-22 .267# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Matt Corkery, American

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After averaging 11.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game during the regular season, Navy soph-omore Jade Geif took off in the Patriot League Tournament, averaging 16.3 points over three games en route to her second straight Patriot League Tournament MVP award. She had 22 points and seven boards in the title game.

Led by 30 points from C.J. McCollum, Le-high became the sixth No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament history, up-setting Duke 75-70 to advance to the NCAA’s third round. Lehigh also became the first No. 15 seed to lead at halftime in a Round of 32 game, but lost 70-58 to No. 10 Xavier.

Navy senior Jess Palacio qualified for the NCAA Championship meet in the mile and finished 16th with a time of 4:52.66 to earn Second-Team All-America honors. Palacio is the first female Midshipman student-athlete to earn All-America honors at the Division I level in women’s track and field.

No. 15 Lehigh upsets No. 2 Duke

Geif strikes again in Tournament

Palacio earns All-America honors

Navy wins second consecutive League titleSophomore Jade Geif led all scorers with 22 points to lift third-seeded Navy over fifth-seeded Holy Cross 57-48 in the Patriot League Championship game. Following its second straight title, Navy went on to face Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, falling 59-44 to the No. 2-seeded Terps. Navy finished 18-14 overall and 8-4 in the League. American won the regular-season title, becoming the first League team to go 14-0. American lost in the League semifinals, but earned a bid to the Women’s NIT, where Villanova won 58-39 in a first-round matchup.

Major Award WinnersPlayer of the Year: Lisa Strack, American, Sr., GDefensive Player of the Year: Ebony Edwards, American, Sr., GRookie of the Year: Emily Homan, Lafayette, Fr., FCoach of the Year: Matt Corkery, American

American’s Dobbs named Scholar-AthleteAmerican sophomore guard Alexis Dobbs was named Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Dobbs, a native of Berea, Ohio, was one of several players to spark American’s run to a 23-8 overall record. She averaged 11.0 points and 3.0 assists per game. Dobbs boasts a 3.80 cumulative GPA majoring in biology at American.

Lehigh wins second Patriot League title in 3 yearsAfter Bucknell won the regular-season title for the second straight season, Lehigh, led by two-time Player of the Year C.J. McCol-lum, rolled through the Patriot League Tournament as the No. 2 seed, upending No. 1 Bucknell 82-77 in the final on CBS Sports Network. McCollum had 29 points, five assists and three steals in the final en route to being named the Tournament MVP.

Major Award WinnersPlayer of the Year: C.J. McCollum, Lehigh, Jr., GDefensive Player of the Year: Bryan Cohen, Bucknell, Sr., G Rookie of the Year: Justin Burrell, Holy Cross, Fr., GCoach of the Year: Dave Paulsen, Bucknell

Lafayette’s Willen named the Scholar-AthleteLafayette senior Ryan Willen was selected as the 2011-12 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Willen made the All-Patriot League team for the second time in his career, earn-ing first-team status while scoring 14.6 points per contest and also pulling down 5.3 rebounds per game. Willen had a cumulative 3.47 GPA and graduated with honors with a science degree in neurosci-ence. He posted a 3.77 GPA in the fall semester. Willen plans to attend medical school.

Bucknell sweeps Patriot League ChampionshipsBucknell won a pair of Indoor Patriot League titles as the men beat second-place Navy 185-176.25 and the women scored 164 points, 40 more than second-place Navy. The Bucknell men won six events, while the women won four. Justin Hicks led the way with titles in the 60 and 200 dashes, while Rob Arent (400), Tom Barr (shot put), Leonard Joseph (weight throw) and Andrew Pow-ell (heptathlon) all won titles. Caroline Tolli (1,000), Emily Ando (pole vault) and Sarah Bella (shot put) also won individual events.

Men’s Major Award WinnersTrack Athlete of the Meet: Justin Hicks, Bucknell, Jr.Field Athlete of the Meet: Stephen Tutunjian, Lehigh, Sr.Rookie of the Meet: Mark Vetere, Navy, Fr.Coach of the Year: Kevin Donner, BucknellWomen’s Major Award WinnersTrack Athlete of the Meet: Jess Palacio, Navy, Sr.Field Athlete of the Meet: Joelle Neilson, Lafayette, Sr.Rookie of the Meet: Alicia Minella, Colgate, Fr.Coach of the Year: Kevin Donner, Bucknell

Navy’s Rome, Bucknell’s Tolli win Scholar-Athlete AwardsNavy senior Cody Rome was voted the Patriot League Indoor

Bucknell wins first-round NIT gameBucknell, the eighth seed in the National Invitation Tournament, won 65-54 at top-seed Arizona in the first round, but fell to fifth-seeded Nevada in the second round. Bucknell was the third Patriot League team to participate in the NIT, and each has scored a win in the first round. It was also the first postseason win for a Pa-triot League team since the Bison claimed a first-round NCAA Tournament victory in 2006. Bucknell is the first Patriot League program to win in both the NCAA Tour-nament and NIT.

She was named to the university’s Dean’s List in both semesters as a freshman last season.

Holy Cross advances to second round of WBIFor the first time since 1991, a Patriot League women’s basketball team advanced in the postseason when Holy Cross won 63-59 over New Hampshire in the first round of the WBI Tournament. Alex Smith led Holy Cross with 20 points, while Emily Parker had 13 points and nine boards. The Crusaders’ season came to a close in the second round, falling 78-63 to Manhattan.

Track and Field Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row and Bucknell junior Caroline Tolli was voted the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Rome, who won individual titles in the 3,000 (8:17.13) and the 5,000 (14:14.43), has a 3.58 GPA in applied mathemat-ics. Tolli, who had a perfect 4.00 GPA in English and Spanish, helped the Bison win the indoor championship with her individual title in the 1,000. She finished first in a time of 2:56.37. Tolli also placed fifth in the mile with a career-best time of 4:58.62.

2012 Final StandingS Men’s Women’s1. Bucknell - 185 # 1. Bucknell - 164 #2. Navy - 176.25 2. Navy - 1243. Army - 106 3. Lehigh - 1084. Lehigh - 65 4. Holy Cross - 705. Lafayette - 41.25 5. Colgate - 566. Colgate - 29.5 5. Army - 567. American - 10 7. Lafayette - 428. Holy Cross - 7 8. American - 0# Patriot League ChampionCoaches of the Year: Men’s: Kevin Donner, BucknellWomen’s: Kevin Donner, Bucknell

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Navy # 6-0 1.000 18-3 .857Colgate 4-2 .667 6-11 .353Holy Cross 4-2 .667 10-8 .556American 3-3 .500 7-10 .412Lehigh 2-4 .333 7-9 .438Lafayette 2-4 .333 9-8 .529Bucknell 0-6 .000 5-12 .294

# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Cindy Timchal, Navy

Swimming and Diving

Men’s Lacrosse

Women’s Lacrosse

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Colgate 5-1 .833 14-4 .778Lehigh # 5-1 .833 14-3 .824Army 4-2 .667 7-8 .467Bucknell 3-3 .500 9-7 .563Navy 3-3 .500 6-6 .500Lafayette 1-5 .167 3-10 .231Holy Cross 0-6 .000 5-10 .333

# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Kevin Cassese, Lehigh

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Navy junior Laura Gorinski scored 60 points at the Championships, winning the 100 and 200 breast, 200 IM and four relays. Her times in the 200 breast (2:10.67) and 200 IM (1:59.95) were Navy, Patriot League and League Cham-pionships records. She was named the Patriot League Female Swimmer of the Meet.

Junior Peter Baum’s became Colgate’s and the Patriot League’s first Tewaaraton Award winner days after becoming the League’s first Lt. Raymond Enners Award winner (Most Outstanding Player in Division I men’s la-crosse). Baum led the nation with 67 goals and 97 points — both League records.

After a League-best 99 points in 2011, Jasmine DePompeo posted 92 in 2012 to win her second straight Offensive Player of the Year award. De-Pompeo, with 45 goals and 47 assists in 2012, now has 209 points for her career and can tie the League career mark for points in 2013 if she matches her career high of 99 points.

Navy’s Gorinski has banner year

Baum wins national awards

DePompeo piling up points for Navy

Navy sweeps Patriot League Championship MeetNavy led wire-to-wire in both competitions and swept the 2012 Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championships at Lejeune Hall. The Navy men tied Army with a League-leading nine men’s crowns, scoring 1,029.5 points. Bucknell finished in second place with 638.5 points. The Navy women won their 11th title scoring a League championship-record 933.5 points, upending the defending champion Raiders, who had 692.5 points.

Major Award WinnersMale Swimmer of the Meet: Justin Vagts, Navy, Jr.Female Swimmer of the Meet: Laura Gorinski, Navy, Jr.Male Rookie of the Meet: Will Viana Army, Fr.Female Rookie of the Meet: Ange Sawick, Navy, Fr.Male Diver of the Meet: Chris Nguyen, Army, Jr.Female Diver of the Meet: Courtney Vandament, Navy, Sr.Men’s Coach of the Year: Bill Roberts, NavyWomen’s Coach of the Year: John Morrison, NavyDiving Coach of the Year: Errol Carter, Bucknell

Bucknell’s Treat, Navy’s Gorinski named Scholar-AthletesBucknell junior Christian Treat was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Men’s Swimming and Diving for the

Lehigh wins first Patriot League titleFive players scored multiple goals and freshman goalkeeper Matt Poillon stopped 14 in the cage to lift second-seeded Lehigh to a thrilling 16-14 victory over No. 1 seed Colgate in the Patriot League Championship. It was the first tournament title in school history for Lehigh, which earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Lehigh and Colgate both qualified for the NCAA Tournament with Lehigh falling in a last-second thriller to even-tual NCAA Champion Maryland, and Colgate beating undefeated UMass before losing to Duke in the quarterfinals.

Major Award WinnersOffensive Player of the Year: Peter Baum, Colgate, Jr., ADefensive Player of the Year: Tim Henderson, Army, Sr., LSMGoalkeeper of the Year: Matt Poillon, Lehigh, Fr., GKRookie of the Year: Ryan Walsh, Colgate, Fr., ACoach of the Year: Kevin Cassese, Lehigh

Army’s Buckley named Male Scholar-AthleteArmy junior defenseman Brendan Buckley was the 2011-12 Patri-ot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. As lacrosse’s Scholar-Athlete, Buckley was selected to the First-Team All-League team, ranking 10th in the NCAA with 2.08 caused turnovers per game.

Navy wins third straight Patriot League titleBehind seven-goal performances from both Kathy Young and Aimee Gennaro, top-seed Navy defeated third-seed Holy Cross 18-11 to capture its third straight Patriot League Championship at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy is the first school to win three straight tournament titles since the event began in 2001. Young and Gennaro share the tournament record for most goals in a game. Young was named the Patriot League Tournament MVP after amassing 10 goals in two games. Gennaro set a tournament record with 11 goals. Navy finished with a school record 18 wins. After winning an NCAA Play-In game over Oregon, the Mids fell to No. 5 North Carolina 14-7 in the NCAA First Round.

Major Award WinnersOffensive Player of the Year: Jasmine DePompeo, Navy, Jr., AMidfield Player of the Year: Courtney Miller, Colgate, Sr., MDefensive Player of the Year: Catherine Furman, Holy Cross, Sr., DRookie of the Year: Loren Generi, Navy, Fr., ACoach of the Year: Cindy Timchal, Navy

Bucknell’s Miller named Scholar-AthleteBucknell sophomore Katelyn Miller was selected as the 2012 Pa-triot League Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Miller,

second straight year. Treat (3.66 GPA, animal behav-ior major) scored a career-high 47 points at the League Meet, earning First-Team All-League honors after fin-ishing second in both the 100- and 200-yard breast-stroke events. Navy junior Laura Gorinski was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Wom-en’s Swimming and Diving for the second straight year. Gorinski (3.63 GPA, physics), a CoSIDA Second-Team All-District honoree last season, was named an Honorable Mention Scholar All-American in 2010 and 2011 by the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America.

Buckley, a member of the Dean’s List in each of his five semesters at West Point, ranks 16th in the Class of 2013 with a 3.992 GPA in engineering management.

Colgate upends UMass in NCAA First RoundColgate rallied to a 13-11 win over previously unde-feated and sixth-seeded UMass in the NCAA Tourna-ment first round. Colgate fell behind 7-2 early, but the Raiders outscored UMass 11-4 in the last 35:31 of the game, ignited by a 3-0 surge in the second quarter that was sparked by their second-ranked extra-man offense.

a second-team All-League midfielder, is a double major in biology and psychology with a 3.89 cumulative GPA. She’s made the Dean’s List in every semester.

Navy finishes season ranked No. 19Navy punctuated its finest season to date with a No. 19 ranking in the final media poll of the 2012 season. Navy also finished the season at No. 14 in the RPI rankings and the team received votes in final IWLCA Coaches Poll. The Mids were ranked No. 20 in the final 2011 poll and No. 19 in 2010.

2012 Final StandingS Men’s Women’s1. Navy - 1,029.5 # 1. Navy - 933.5 #2. Bucknell - 638.5 2. Colgate - 692.53. Army - 534.5 3. Bucknell - 5934. Lehigh - 460 4. Army - 422.55. American - 271.5 5. Lehigh - 317.56. Colgate - 262 6. Lafayette - 2177. Lafayette - 164 7. American - 2138. Holy Cross - 123 8. Holy Cross - 116# Patriot League ChampionCoaches of the Year: Men’s: Bill Roberts, NavyWomen’s: John Morrison, Navy

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PTS 1. Navy # 8782. Army 8813. Lehigh 8914. Bucknell 8925. Lafayette 8956. Colgate 9057. Holy Cross 935# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Pat Owen, Navy

Baseball

Softball

Men’s Golf

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Lehigh # 18-2 .900 40-19 .678Army 14-6 .700 37-21 .638Colgate 12-8 .600 19-28 .404Lafayette 7-13 .350 14-40 .259Bucknell 5-15 .250 11-34 .244Holy Cross 4-16 .200 9-36 .200

# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Fran Troyan, Lehigh

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League Overall W-L PCT. W-L-T PCT. Army # 18-2 .900 41-15 .732Holy Cross 13-7 .650 33-22 .600Navy 9-11 .450 23-29 .442Lafayette 7-13 .350 14-37-1 .279Bucknell 7-13 .350 21-28 .429Lehigh 6-14 .300 18-31-1 .370

# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Joe Sottolano, Army

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Army junior pitcher Chris Rowley won a single-season record 11 games, going 11-1 for the Black Knights, posting a 2.40 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP. The third-year hurler struck out 80 batters and walked only 22 in 97.1 innings pitched over 15 starts. He was the Patriot League Pitcher of the Year.

Lehigh senior shortstop Jennifer Colquhoun put together an all-around senior season, lead-ing the League home runs (13), RBIs (48), runs scored (50), triples (6) and total bases (133). Colquhoun placed second in batting with a .440 average and 73 hits. She was named the Patriot League Player of the Year.

Army senior William Park finished with a 1-over 211 to win the individual crown by six shots and earn the Most Outstanding Player award at the Patriot League Championship. He had a pair of under-par rounds at the Championship. He earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals.

Rowley wins League record 11 games

Colquhoun slugs her way to the top

Park routs field at League Championship

Army wins sixth Patriot League titleTop-seeded Army won its sixth Patriot League title, scoring a 2-1 championship series win over second-seeded Holy Cross. Army swept Lafayette in the semifinals to reach the champion-ship series. Army senior second baseman Zach Price was named the Tournament MVP. The Black Knights finished with a League record 41 wins and an 18-2 mark in the League.

Major Award WinnersPlayer of the Year: Kevin McKague, Army, Sr., 1B/P Pitcher of the Year: Chris Rowley, Army, Jr., PRookie of the Year: Harold Earls, Army, Fr., 3BCoach of the Year: Joe Sottolano, Army

Army’s Price named Male Scholar-AthleteArmy senior second baseman Zach Price is the 2012 Patriot League Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Price, who was named Lowe’s Senior CLASS Second Team All-America, had a 3.732 GPA in sys-tems engineering. He was named to the Dean’s List every semester at West Point (earning 3.0 GPA or better each semester).

Five Patriot Leaguers selected in MLB DraftThe Patriot League enjoyed one of its best showings in the Major

Lehigh wins 12th Patriot League titleLehigh concluded the best pitching performance in the history of the Patriot League Softball Tournament by defeating Army 2-0 at Kaufman Field to repeat as League champion and win its 12th tournament title overall. Lehigh became the first team to not allow a run for the entire tournament. Junior pitcher Rebecca Bliss led the way, shutting out Army twice to earn the Patriot League Tour-nament MVP award. The Mountain Hawks, who finished 40-19 overall, earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals, where they fell to No. 4 Oklahoma in the opener and Oregon State in an elimination game.

Major Award WinnersPlayer of the Year: Jennifer Colquhoun, Lehigh, Sr., SSPitcher of the Year: Morgan Lashley, Army, Fr., PRookie of the Year: Morgan Lashley, Army, Fr., PCoach of the Year: Fran Troyan, Lehigh Lehigh’s Colquhoun named Scholar-AthleteLehigh senior Jennifer Colquhoun was selected as the 2012 Pa-triot League Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Colquhoun was named to her third consecutive Capital One Academic All-District Team, receiving first-team honors for the second year in a row. She

Navy edges Army for Patriot League titleRivals Navy and Army battled until the end for the second year in a row, but this time it was the Mids that came out on top by finishing three strokes ahead of the Black Knights to win the 2012 Patriot League Men’s Golf Championship at Bucknell Golf Course. Navy won its sixth Patriot League title and first since 2008. Navy’s Pat Owen received his eighth Patriot League Coach of the Year award in voting by his peers. The Mids led after each of the three rounds, and entered the final day with a seven-shot lead over Army. They needed almost all of that advantage, as the Black Knights closed it to three strokes in the final 18 rounds. Navy won with a 54-hole score of 878, just ahead of Army at 881.

Major Award WinnersMost Outstanding Player: William Park, Army, Sr.Most Outstanding Rookie: Peter Scialabba, Bucknell, Fr.Coach of the Year: Pat Owen, Navy

Bucknell’s Szmadzinski named Scholar-AthleteBucknell junior J.J. Szmadzinski was selected as the 2012 Patriot League Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Szmadzinski played in six events and led the team with a 76.3 stroke average. He tied for 19th place with an 18-over 228 (79-75-74) at the Patriot League Cham-

League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, as five student-athletes were selected all in the top 25 rounds. Navy OF Alex Azor was the highest pick as he went in the 10th round (325th overall) to the Toronto Blue Jays. Six picks later, Army C J.T. Watkins was selected by the Boston Red Sox at 331st overall. Navy RHP Preston Gainey was se-lected in the 11th round by the Milwaukee Brewers at pick 365. Holy Cross LHP Nate Koneski was taken in the 19th round (581st overall) by the Seattle Mariners and Army 1B/RHP Kevin McKague went in the 23rd round (719th overall) to the Atlanta Braves.

also was named First-Team Academic All-America with her 3.76 cumulative GPA as a biochemistry major.

Five named to NFCA All-Region TeamsFive Patriot League standouts were selected to the NFCA Division I All-Region Teams. Lehigh had three players in the Mid-Atlantic Region, with junior C Liz Lucas and senior 1B Julie Fernandez on the first team and senior SS Jen Colquhoun on the second team. Army freshman SP Morgan Lashley and sophomore OF Amanda Nguyen were named to the Northeast Region second team.

pionship, helping the Bison finish fourth. Szmadzinski is working toward a BSBA in management (3.88 GPA).

Lafayette’s Rufe named PING All-RegionLafayette’s Carter Rufe was named to the 2012 Divi-sion I PING All-Region Northeast Team announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The senior had three top-10 finishes this past spring, including a third-place mark at the Patriot League Championship. Rufe was the lone Patriot League golfer on the regional teams, which included 155 selections.

2012 Final StandingS Men’s Women’s1. Bucknell - 167 # 1. Navy - 156.5 #2. Navy - 153 2. Bucknell - 133.53. Army - 149 3. Lehigh - 1184. Lehigh - 98 4. Army - 835. Lafayette - 72 5. Lafayette - 796. Colgate - 20 5. Holy Cross - 557. American - 12 7. Colgate - 518. Holy Cross - 10 8. American - 6# Patriot League ChampionCoaches of the Year: Men’s: Kevin Donner, BucknellWomen’s: Carla Criste, Navy

Tennis

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Outdoor Track and Field

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PTS 1. Bucknell # 342. Navy 293. MIT 254. Holy Cross 205. Lehigh 96. Colgate 8

# Patriot League ChampionCoach of the Year: Stephen Kish, Bucknell

2012 Final StandingS Patriot League OverallMEN’S W-L PCT. W-L PCTNavy# 5-0 1.000 18-9 .667Lehigh 4-1 .800 13-8 .619Army 4-2 .667 16-13 .552Bucknell 2-3 .400 10-14 .417Colgate 1-4 .200 9-12 .429Lafayette 1-5 .167 3-12 .200Holy Cross 0-2 .000 1-6 .143Men’sCoachoftheYear:JohnOfficer,Navy

WOMEN’S W-L PCT. W-L PCTArmy# 5-0 1.000 22-7 .759Navy 4-0 1.000 20-3 .870Colgate 2-3 .400 7-13 .350Lehigh 2-3 .400 5-14 .263Bucknell 2-3 .400 7-17 .292Lafayette 1-5 .167 3-11 .214Holy Cross 0-2 .000 4-4 .500Women’sCoachoftheYear:PaulPeck,Army#PatriotLeagueChampions

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History was made in Patriot League men’s tennis when Bucknell’s Gregg Cohenca and Evan Zimmer accepted bids to compete as a doubles team at the NCAA Championships. Cohenca and Zimmer were the second and third League student-athletes to earn invites and they became the first two in League his-tory to take the court in the individual portion of the NCAA Championships.

Bucknell’s Jillian O’Mara and MIT’s Cath-erine Crowley both became three-time First-Team All-League honorees. O’Mara led the Bison in the varsity eight race, winning their seventh straight Patriot League title. Crowley helped the Engineers capture their best finish since joining the Patriot League.

Navy sophomore Zachary Duncavage finished 16th in the discus at the NCAA Champion-ships to earn Second-Team All-America hon-ors after posting a throw of 173-6. Bucknell junior Leonard Joseph earned an All-America honorable mention, placing 17th in the ham-mer throw (202-1).

Bucknell’s Cohenca, Zimmer make history

Pair of rowers earn third League honors

Joseph, Duncavage earn All-America honors

Navy men, Army women win Patriot League titlesThe Army women extended their Patriot League Championship streak to eight straight and 12 titles in 14 years with a 4-1 win over top-seeded Navy. The No. 1-seeded Navy men’s team won 4-1 over defending champion Army to capture the Patriot League Championship. It marks the ninth time the Mids have won the title.

Major Award WinnersMale Player of the Year: Asika Isoh, Army, So.Male Rookie of the Year: Calvin Mark, Navy, Fr.Men’s Coach of the Year: John Officer, NavyFemale Player of the Year: Jamila Paul, Army, So.Female Rookie of the Year: Natalie Allen, Army, Fr.Women’s Coach of the Year: Paul Peck, Army

Lehigh’s Krentz, Holy Cross’ Marr named Scholar-AthletesLehigh junior Andrew Krentz was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in men’s tennis. Krentz posted a 12-8 singles record for the Mountain Hawks this season, including a 3-2 mark against Patriot League opponents. Krentz owns a 3.94 GPA at Lehigh where he’s working on an integrated degree in engineering and arts and sciences. Holy Cross senior Emily Marr was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s tennis.

Bucknell wins seventh straight Patriot League titleBucknell won its seventh consecutive Patriot League Cham-pionship, coming from behind for the second straight year to win at Cooper River Park in Camden County, N.J. Bucknell scored 34 points, winning the varsity eight (6:48.54) and the varsity four (7:54.67) races. The Bison’s win in the varsity eight erased a one-point deficit to Navy, which is what they had to do last year at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Navy finished third in the varsity eight race to record a total of 29 points and finish second. Navy placed first in the second varsity eight (7:04.50) to take the short-lived lead in the championship standings. MIT had a strong showing, placing third overall with 25 points. The Engineers had a strong finish, placing second in the varsity eight race.

Major Award WinnersBoat of the Year: Bucknell Varsity EightCoach of the Year: Stephen Kish, Bucknell

MIT’s Saxton-Fox wins second Scholar-Athlete AwardSenior Theresa Saxton-Fox, a rower from the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology, won her second straight Patriot League Schol-ar-Athlete of the Year award. Saxton-Fox is a mechanical engineer-

Bucknell men, Navy women claim League titlesThe Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field Championships fea-tured several lead changes, but in the end, it was the Bucknell men and the Navy women who hoisted trophies at Hart Track at Holy Cross. It was Bucknell’s third straight men’s title and fourth overall, scoring 167 points to fend off second-place Navy (153). Navy won its second women’s outdoor title, scoring 156.5 points to beat defending champion Bucknell (133.5).

Men’s Major Award WinnersTrack Athlete of the Meet: Jerome Rudolph, Lafayette, Sr. Field Athlete of the Meet: Thomas Wagner, Army, Sr.Rookie of the Meet: Mark Vetere, Navy, Fr.Coach of the Year: Kevin Donner, BucknellWomen’s Major Award WinnersTrack Athlete of the Meet: Jess Palacio, Navy, Sr.Field Athlete of the Meet: Joelle Neilson, Lafayette, Sr.Rookie of the Meet: Lisa Junta, Army, Fr.Coach of the Year: Carla Criste, Navy

Army’s Wagner, Bucknell’s Tolli named Scholar-AthletesArmy senior Tom Wagner was selected as the 2012 Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Wag-

Marr made history as the first Crusader named Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s tennis. She posted an overall record of 11-5 on the season, including a 1-1 mark against League opposition. Marr graduated with a 3.59 GPA while double majoring in sociology and po-litical science.

ing major with a 4.9/5.0 GPA (3.92/4.00). She sat in the second seat of the varsity eight boat that finished second at the Patriot League Championship.

Ashton named CRCA Second-Team All-AmericaNavy women’s rowing sophomore Katherine Ashton was named to the CRCA Pocock All-America Second Team. The CRCA recognizes outstanding performances of rowers and coxswains on the national level in wom-en’s collegiate rowing. Ashton, a native of Austin, Tex-as, was a part of Navy’s first varsity eight boat.

ner, who was named the Patriot League Track Athlete of the Meet, won a pair of individual titles in the high jump and the triple jump, and he was the runner-up in the long jump. He had a 3.557 GPA in physics. Bucknell senior Caroline Tolli was named the 2012 Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year after winning the Indoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete award. She was a member of the Patriot League champion 3,200 relay team, helping set a Patriot League record with a time of 8:44.94. She has a 4.0 GPA as an English and Spanish major.

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• AthleticSite www.goleopards.com• School Site www.lafayette.edu• Alumni Site www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/• Twitter http://twitter.com/goleopards

• AthleticSite www.lehighsports.com• School Site www.lehigh.edu• Alumni Site www3.lehigh.edu/alumni/• Twitter http://twitter.com/lehighsports

• AthleticSite www.navysports.com• School Site www.usna.edu• Alumni Site www.usna.com/SSLPage.aspx• Twitter http://twitter.com/navyathletics

Location: Easton, Pa.Founded: 1826Enrollment: 2,360Nickname: Leopards

Location: Bethlehem, Pa.Founded: 1865Enrollment: 4,781Nickname: Mountain Hawks

Location: Annapolis, Md.Founded: 1845Enrollment: 4,500Nickname: Midshipmen

Color: Maroon and WhiteJoined Patriot League: 1990President: Dr. Daniel H. WeissDirectorofAthletics: Dr. Bruce McCutcheon

Color: Brown and WhiteJoined Patriot League: 1990President: Dr. Alice P. GastDeanofAthletics: Dr. Joe Sterrett

Color: Navy Blue and GoldJoined Patriot League: 1990Superintendent: Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, VSNDirectorofAthletics: Chet Gladchuk

• AthleticSite www.fordhamsports.com• School Site www.fordham.edu• Alumni Site www.fordham.edu/alumni_relations/• Twitter http://twitter.com/fordhamrams

Location: Bronx, N.Y.Founded: 1841Enrollment: 8,220Nickname: Rams

Color: Maroon and WhiteJoined Patriot League: 1990President: Joseph M. McShane, S.J.DirectorofAthletics: Frank McLaughlin

• AthleticSite www.guhoyas.com• School Site www.georgetown.edu• Alumni Site http://alumni.georgetown.edu/• Twitter http://twitter.com/georgetownhoyas

Location: Washington, D.C.Founded: 1789Enrollment: 7,433Nickname: Hoyas

Color: Blue and GrayJoined Patriot League: 2001President: John J. DeGioiaDirectorofAthletics: Lee Reed

• AthleticSite www.mitathletics.com• School Site web.mit.edu• Alumni Site alum.mit.edu • Twitter http://twitter.com/mitengineers

Location: Cambridge, Mass.Founded: 1861Enrollment: 4,299Nickname: Engineers

Color: Cardinal Red and Silver GrayJoined Patriot League: 2010President: Dr. Susan HockfieldDirectorofAthletics: Julie Soriero

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