Jan. 24, 2008

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's soccer team placed 10 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Thursday. Highlighting the list for the Bison were Sean King (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) and Jason Soto (Hackettstown, N.J./Morris Catholic), who both achieved 4.0 grade-point averages in the fall semester.

The 10 honorees ranked the Bison tied for fourth in the Patriot League with Army. Colgate led the way with 13, while American and Lafayette ranked second with 11 apiece. Navy (9), Holy Cross (7) and Lehigh (5) rounded out the list. A total of 76 men's soccer players appeared on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter.

Following is a list of the Bucknell men's soccer student-athletes who were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll:

Anthony Ferraro, Jr., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 3.51, West Long Branch, N.J./Shore Regional
David Harris, Sr., Biology, 3.83, Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill
Chris Hennings, So., American History, 3.75, West Chester, Pa./Henderson
Sean King, So., Economics, 4.00, Medford, N.J./Shawnee
Travis Rand, Fr., Undeclared, 3.89, Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook
Mark Schmiegel, Jr., Economics, 3.33, Toms River, N.J/Toms River North
Patrick Selwood, So., Undeclared, 3.66, Darnestown, Md./The Heights School
Jason Soto, Jr., Economics, 4.00, Hackettstown, N.J./Morris Catholic
Dirk Swaneveld, Jr., Accounting, 3.41, Blairstown, N.J./North Warren
Justin Wolf, Sr., Management, 3.75, Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett