Lehigh placed eight student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, it was announced on Monday. A total of 42 student-athletes were named to the honor roll, with the Patriot League champion Mountain Hawks tied for the league-lead with their eight selections. To be eligible for the honor roll, a student-athlete must obtain a 3.2 grade point average and be awarded a varsity letter.

A pair of recently graduated Mountain Hawks were honored by the Patriot League on Thursday as Melissa Rich (women’s basketball) and Geoff Campbell (baseball) were named the 2008-09 Sportsmanship Award winners.  The pair of winners were chosen in a vote by the League’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.  Rich becomes the first female student-athlete at Lehigh to earn this award, while Campbell is the fourth consecutive male to be honored joining Joe Knight (men’s basketball – 2006), Robbie Walsh (men’s lacrosse – 2007) and Bryan White (men’s basketball – 2008).

Three Lehigh student-athletes picked up awards on Tuesday afternoon at the annual Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (LVAIAW) awards luncheon, held at Starters Riverport.  Seniors Lisa Sweeney and Sarah Serwo, along with sophomore Erica Prosser were honored for their accomplishments in their respective sports, as Sweeney earned the Outstanding Athlete Award for Lehigh University, Serwo was named the Lehigh Valley’s Outstanding Track Athlete and Prosser received the Lehigh Valley’s Outstanding Women’s Basketball Athlete award.

Lehigh celebrated its magical championship season at the Charles F. ’38 and Helen Marie Zell women’s basketball banquet on Saturday, April 25 at the University Center on the Asa Packer Campus.  Three Lehigh players captured awards on the afternoon, in a program that included dinner, presentation of four program awards, reflections from the program’s two departing seniors, and the viewing of a highlight film that looked back at the Mountain Hawks’ 2008-2009 championship season.

Just more than one month after going to the school’s second NCAA Tournament in history, the Patriot League champion Mountain Hawks are reloading with a strong incoming class of freshmen. Lehigh head coach Sue Troyan announced the class of 2013 on Wednesday, which includes three players who will join a team that recorded a school-record 26 wins in 2008-09.