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25 Student-Athletes Land on BIG EAST All-Academic Team
8/3/2020 6:40:00 PM | Field Hockey
Perkins, Ruiz Martinez Earn Third Career Selection
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac field hockey team placed a program-best 25 student-athletes on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office on Monday.
Quinnipiac's 25 selections are its most on a conference all-academic team in program history as all 25 student-athletes were selected, with every member of the team posting over a 3.0 GPA.
To be eligible for the BIG EAST All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have attained a minimum 3.0 GPA for the 2019-20 academic year.
Overall, there are 2,768 BIG EAST honorees for the 2019-20 academic year. For the third-consecutive year Villanova led all schools with 370 student-athletes recognized. Georgetown was a close second with 365. Butler had 286 student-athletes receiving certificates, rounding out the top three for the second year. Affiliate student-athletes made up 214 of the honorees.
Earlier this offseason, Quinnipiac placed 18 student-athletes on the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, also a program best.
Valerie Perkins (Mohegan Lake, New York) and Inès Ruiz Martinez (Madrid, Spain) each were honored with their third BIG EAST All-Academic Team selections in their four-year careers.
Amanda Blum (Langhorne, Pennsylvania), Sarah Denion (Mountain Top, Pennsylvania), Alyssa Watson (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) and Brooke Whipkey (Charlotte, North Carolina) all received BIG EAST All-Academic Team recognition for the second time in their careers while 19 different Bobcats were honored for the first time in their careers.
For more information on Quinnipiac field hockey, visit gobobcats.com/fh or follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_FH.
2019-20 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Makayla Adams
Hedda Biermann-Ratjen
Amanda Blum
Julianna Cappello
Sarah Denion
Mikayla Dugan
Amanda Funaro
Alicia Galasso
Jess Halley
Gabby Herschell
Carly Hewes
Olivia Howard
Kaylah Igarta
Molly Jannell
Rachel Papernik
Valerie Perkins
Avery Potter
Inès Ruiz Martinez
Isabella Sinibaldi
Josie Sweeney
Eva Veldhorst
Mack Vorel
Alyssa Watson
Brooke Whipkey
Quinnipiac's 25 selections are its most on a conference all-academic team in program history as all 25 student-athletes were selected, with every member of the team posting over a 3.0 GPA.
To be eligible for the BIG EAST All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have attained a minimum 3.0 GPA for the 2019-20 academic year.
Overall, there are 2,768 BIG EAST honorees for the 2019-20 academic year. For the third-consecutive year Villanova led all schools with 370 student-athletes recognized. Georgetown was a close second with 365. Butler had 286 student-athletes receiving certificates, rounding out the top three for the second year. Affiliate student-athletes made up 214 of the honorees.
Earlier this offseason, Quinnipiac placed 18 student-athletes on the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, also a program best.
Valerie Perkins (Mohegan Lake, New York) and Inès Ruiz Martinez (Madrid, Spain) each were honored with their third BIG EAST All-Academic Team selections in their four-year careers.
Amanda Blum (Langhorne, Pennsylvania), Sarah Denion (Mountain Top, Pennsylvania), Alyssa Watson (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) and Brooke Whipkey (Charlotte, North Carolina) all received BIG EAST All-Academic Team recognition for the second time in their careers while 19 different Bobcats were honored for the first time in their careers.
For more information on Quinnipiac field hockey, visit gobobcats.com/fh or follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_FH.
2019-20 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Makayla Adams
Hedda Biermann-Ratjen
Amanda Blum
Julianna Cappello
Sarah Denion
Mikayla Dugan
Amanda Funaro
Alicia Galasso
Jess Halley
Gabby Herschell
Carly Hewes
Olivia Howard
Kaylah Igarta
Molly Jannell
Rachel Papernik
Valerie Perkins
Avery Potter
Inès Ruiz Martinez
Isabella Sinibaldi
Josie Sweeney
Eva Veldhorst
Mack Vorel
Alyssa Watson
Brooke Whipkey
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