Recent graduate Michael Gordon ’09 represents the Mountain Hawks on the Patriot League men’s tennis Academic Honor Roll, which was announced on Tuesday. Gordon was one of three men’s tennis student-athletes to earn a 4.0 grade point average in the spring semester, doing so while majoring in finance. To be eligible for the honor roll, a student-athlete must obtain a 3.2 GPA and earn a varsity letter in his/her sport.

At the conclusion of the 2009 season, Lehigh head coach Dave Shook announced the annual team awards for the Mountain Hawks’ men’s tennis squad. Sophomores Troy List and Collin Laffey and freshman Edgars Rauza all garnered awards for the Brown and White, as a young Lehigh squad that often started six underclassmen managed to increase its win-total from six in 2008 to eight in 2009.

Lehigh sophomore Troy List has been named to the All-Patriot League first team, it was announced Wednesday as the league announced its All-League teams and major award winners. List was the Mountain Hawks top performer on the courts in 2009, as he held the No. 1 singles spot and played on Lehigh’s top doubles team, while leading the Brown and White in both singles and doubles victories. The All-League honor is the second of List’s career, as he gained second team recognition following his freshman season.

Lehigh saw its 2009 season come to an end on Friday with a 4-2 loss to Bucknell in the opening round of the Patriot League tournament at Army’s Malek Tennis Center. The Mountain Hawks won the doubles point and added a win from sophomore Collin Laffey but Bucknell picked up wins at the bottom four singles flights to move into Saturday’s semifinals against No. 1 seed Navy. Lehigh concludes its season at 8-16.

Lehigh and Bucknell will meet in men’s tennis for the second time in eight days, as the two teams will open the Patriot League tournament against one another Friday morning at Army’s Malek Tennis Center. The Bison picked up a 6-1 victory over the Mountain Hawks, April 9 in Lewisburg to earn the No. 4 seed in the tournament. Despite the loss last week Lehigh (8-15), the No. 5 seed, is looking forward to having another shot at Bucknell.