Lehigh placed 24 student-athletes on the Patriot League’s Academic Honor Roll for football, which was announced on Friday. The academic honors capped off one of the finer seasons in school history, which included the team’s second consecutive Patriot League Championship and advancement to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs.
Four of the key catalysts in one of the finest seasons in Lehigh football history were recognized by the College Sports Journal (CSJ) when it announced its Football Championship Subdivision All-American teams. Senior quarterback Chris Lum, junior wide receiver Ryan Spadola, and senior wide receiver Jake Drwal were named All-Americans, while Jake Drwal and Mike Groome earned honorable mentions.
Effective January 11 and communicated via the Lehigh daily digest, the Athletics Ticket Office will be permanently located at Stabler Arena. The Stabler Arena ticket office staff and Athletics ticket office staff are now fully integrated as part of the Athletics Business Services team.
For the first time in ten years, the Lehigh football program has captured the Lambert Cup, awarded by the ECAC to the top team in the Football Championship Subdivision. Following a season in which they won 11 games and advanced to the NCAA FCS quarterfinals, the Mountain Hawks were voted No. 1 in the tenth and final Lambert Meadowlands Football Poll announced Monday evening.
Lehigh’s outstanding 2011 football campaign continues to garner recognition. On Tuesday, senior quarterback Chris Lum was named ECAC Football Championship Subdivision Offensive Player of the Year. Lum was also one of seven Mountain Hawks named to the ECAC Division I Football Championship Subdivision All-Star teams.