15 Riverhawks Earn National Recognition for Academics

June 19, 2018

ARNOLD, MD – The NJCAA released the All-Academic Awards this week, with an astounding fifteen Riverhawk student-athletes earning the National Honor. With strict nomination criteria, student-athletes awarded All-Academic are praised for their commendable efforts of accomplishing the high academic standards set by the NJCAA.

NJCAA All-Academic Criteria:

- Must have completed 2 full-time semesters or 3 full-time quarters of college work

- Must have participated in at least one season at the varsity level at the college from which he/she is nominated.

- Minimum of 24 semester-hours or 36 quarter-hours completed in the current academic year.

- Minimum 3.6 grade-point average on a 4.00 scale

NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80 to 3.99 GPA on a 4.00 scale
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60 to 3.79 GPA on a 4.00 scale

AACC's 2017-18 All-Academic Team Honorees:

NJCAA All-Academic First Team:

Deanna Valerien – Women's Soccer & Women's Lacrosse

Heather Verdin – Women's Cross Country

MacKenzie Schwartz – Women's Cross Country & Women's Lacrosse

Katherine Rosati – Women's Softball

Heather Verdin – Women's Cross Country

NJCAA All-Academic Second Team:

Nicolas Renzi – Men's Lacrosse

Konstantinos Nakas – Men's Soccer

Alana Marshall – Women's Soccer

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team:

Megan Tang – Women's Volleyball

Madeline Szanyi – Women's Cross Country & Women's Lacrosse

Caitlyn Shriver – Women's Cross Country & Women's Lacrosse

Kallee O'Connor – Women's Soccer

Sofia Michael – Women's Lacrosse

Cailin Jones – Women's Volleyball & Women's Basketball

Christopher Clyde – Men's Baseball

Marcelaine Augustin – Women's Basketball

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