Mountain Hawks land 24 on football Academic Honor Roll
Posted: 02/03/2012
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – 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.
Fittingly senior quarterback and supply chain management major Chris Lum led the team’s honorees with a 3.92 grade point average in the fall semester. Lum was the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Year, an All-American and the runner-up for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top player in the FCS. Lum was followed closely by freshman Paul Schroeder and senior Mark Wickware, who finished with 3.91 and 3.86 GPA’s, respectively. Wickware is a finance major, while Schroeder is studying in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Sophomore business major Cody Haupt and freshman engineering major Matt Stapleford were the other team members to attain GPA’s of at least 3.70. Also on the Honor Roll were senior Tanner Rivas and junior Zach Barket, who were both named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team in November along with junior Ryan Spadola. Barket was also named to the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team in January.
To be eligible for the honor roll, student-athletes must maintain a 3.2 GPA and be listed on the team roster.
A total of 191 Patriot League football student-athletes were named to the Academic Honor Roll, including 13 members of the Academic All-Patriot League football team. Bucknell’s Tim Bolte was voted the league’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for football last November.
2011 Patriot League Football Academic Honor Roll
|
Name
|
Class
|
Major
|
Semester GPA
|
|
Zach Barket
|
Jr.
|
Accounting
|
3.49
|
|
Brandon Bialkowski
|
So.
|
Arts and Sciences
|
3.25
|
|
Tom Bianchi
|
Jr.
|
American Studies
|
3.67
|
|
Tim Divers
|
So.
|
Business
|
3.23
|
|
Jake Drwal
|
Sr.
|
Supply Chain Management
|
3.69
|
|
John Gonos
|
Fr.
|
Arts and Sciences
|
3.52
|
|
Scott Grossnickle
|
Fr.
|
Business
|
3.58
|
|
Cody Haupt
|
So.
|
Business
|
3.79
|
|
Jared Heschke
|
Fr.
|
Engineering
|
3.38
|
|
Jimmy Jefferson
|
Sr.
|
Industrial Engineering
|
3.43
|
|
Kyle Lechner
|
So.
|
Finance
|
3.31
|
|
Jim Liebler
|
Sr.
|
Political Science
|
3.25
|
|
Chris Lum
|
Sr.
|
Supply Chain Management
|
3.92
|
|
Fred Mihal
|
Sr.
|
Mechanical Engineering
|
3.35
|
|
Kyle Moore
|
Fr.
|
Engineering
|
3.64
|
|
Wenner Nunes
|
Fr.
|
Business
|
3.20
|
|
Josh Parris
|
Fr.
|
Arts and Sciences
|
3.27
|
|
Tanner Rivas
|
Sr.
|
Finance
|
3.48
|
|
Shane Ryan
|
Sr.
|
Architecture/Civil Engineering
|
3.32
|
|
Paul Schroeder
|
Fr.
|
Engineering
|
3.91
|
|
Matt Stapleford
|
Fr.
|
Engineering
|
3.74
|
|
Lex Utt
|
Jr.
|
Finance
|
3.51
|
|
Mike Vuono
|
Jr.
|
Finance
|
3.31
|
|
Mark Wickware
|
Sr.
|
Finance
|
3.86
|
Story by Antoine Williams ‘12