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Reilly Earns Academic All-Patriot League Honors
12/6/2016 2:04:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh junior cross country runner Patrick Reilly has been named Academic All-Patriot League for the second straight year, the league announced on Tuesday.
This is the third academic all-league honor for Reilly in his career, after having earned the distinction twice last year for both cross country as well as track and field. He is a four-time member of the Dean's List at Lehigh as well as the PL Academic Honor Roll. Last year also saw Reilly land on the USTFCCCA All-Academic team for both track and cross country. A political science major, Reilly holds a cumulative GPA of 4.0 through his first four semesters.
In order to be eligible for this honor, a student-athlete must have competed in at least 50 percent of his/her team's competitions and have a minimum 3.2 grade-point average.
In competition, Reilly earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight season after finishing 14th overall at the league championships in October. He also finished 52nd out of 157 at the NCAA Regionals and was Lehigh's second place runner at the Spiked Shoe Invitational.
The complete list of award winners can be found below:
Patriot League Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ryan Speir, Sr., Navy
Men's Cross Country Academic All-Patriot League Team
Jacob Fong, Jr., Army West Point
Matti Groll, Sr. Boston U.
Alexander Seal, So., Boston U.
Luke Giugliano, Sr., Bucknell
Patrick Reilly, Jr., Lehigh
Ryan Speir, Sr., Navy
Sam Williams, Sr., Navy
Patriot League Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Hannah Jeter, Jr., Holy Cross
Women's Cross Country Academic All-Patriot League Team
Courtney Breiner, So., Boston U.
Christine Bendzinski, Jr., Bucknell
Rebecca Easly, Sr., Colgate
Hannah Jeter, Jr., Holy Cross
Emily Moore, So., Lafayette
Amanda Ruschel, Sr., Lehigh
Erin McDonnell, So., Navy
This is the third academic all-league honor for Reilly in his career, after having earned the distinction twice last year for both cross country as well as track and field. He is a four-time member of the Dean's List at Lehigh as well as the PL Academic Honor Roll. Last year also saw Reilly land on the USTFCCCA All-Academic team for both track and cross country. A political science major, Reilly holds a cumulative GPA of 4.0 through his first four semesters.
In order to be eligible for this honor, a student-athlete must have competed in at least 50 percent of his/her team's competitions and have a minimum 3.2 grade-point average.
In competition, Reilly earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight season after finishing 14th overall at the league championships in October. He also finished 52nd out of 157 at the NCAA Regionals and was Lehigh's second place runner at the Spiked Shoe Invitational.
The complete list of award winners can be found below:
Patriot League Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ryan Speir, Sr., Navy
Men's Cross Country Academic All-Patriot League Team
Jacob Fong, Jr., Army West Point
Matti Groll, Sr. Boston U.
Alexander Seal, So., Boston U.
Luke Giugliano, Sr., Bucknell
Patrick Reilly, Jr., Lehigh
Ryan Speir, Sr., Navy
Sam Williams, Sr., Navy
Patriot League Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Hannah Jeter, Jr., Holy Cross
Women's Cross Country Academic All-Patriot League Team
Courtney Breiner, So., Boston U.
Christine Bendzinski, Jr., Bucknell
Rebecca Easly, Sr., Colgate
Hannah Jeter, Jr., Holy Cross
Emily Moore, So., Lafayette
Amanda Ruschel, Sr., Lehigh
Erin McDonnell, So., Navy
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