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Bucknell Women's Swimming and Diving Leads Patriot League with 22 Academic Honor Roll Selections

Four All-Patriot League Selections Among Bison Recognized

Nikki Seaman was one of four members of Patriot League women's swimming and diving teams to achieve a 4.0 GPA this spring.

June 23, 2009

Patriot League Women's Swimming and Diving Academic Honor Roll

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's swimming and diving team led the Patriot League with 22 Academic Honor Roll selections, it was announced Tuesday. Four All-League selections were among the Bison recognized as Bucknell paced the league in number of selections to the honor roll for the fourth consecutive year.

To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's six winter or 10 spring championship sports.

Abigail Atkinson, Rebecca Bersani, Megan Mongan and Lauren Russell were the four All-Patriot League selections that also landed on the Academic Honor Roll. Additionally, Kristen Bucaria and Nikki Seaman posted perfect 4.0 grade-point averages.

A total of 112 student-athletes from women's swimming and diving teams across the Patriot League were named to the Academic Honor Roll.

The following are Bucknell's 2009 Patriot League Honor Roll members from the women's swimming and diving team:

Name, Class, Major, GPA
Abigail Atkinson, Jr., Economics, 3.91
Rebecca Bersani, Jr., Management, 3.75
Whitney Brown, Jr., Psychology/Economics, 3.83
Kristen Bucaria, Fr., Undeclared, 4.00
Allison FitzPatrick, Jr., International Relations, 3.83
Susan Horstmann, Sr., Management, 3.83
Katie John, So., Cell Biology/Biochemistry, 3.33
Jennifer Kokoska, Fr., Undeclared, 3.41
Alexandra Lovallo, Sr., Elementary Education, 3.53
Megan Mongan, Jr., Management, 3.75
Sinead O'Dwyer, So., Environmental Studies, 3.33
Meghan O'Neill, Sr., Accounting, 3.33
Abigail Paules, Jr., History/Political Science, 3.83
Sarah Pease, Jr., Biology/Sociology, 3.91
Morgan Popple, Fr., Undeclared, 3.58
Lauren Russell, Jr., Psychology, 3.33
Nikki Seaman, Sr., Elementary Education, 4.00
Christine Shepherd, Fr., Civil/Environmental Engineering, 3.85
Ellen Carter Stagg, Fr., Undeclared, 3.33
Sarah Suchoff, Fr., Undeclared, 3.75
Lisa Tostanoski, Fr., Biomedical Engineering, 3.83
Caroline Walsh, Jr., Biomedical Engineering, 3.48