Seven Lehigh student-athletes were recently recognized as recipients of the 2009 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Award.  The seven winners included Jillian Randolph (women’s track and field/cross country), Evans Kosgei (men’s track and field/cross country),Shannon Alejandro (women’s track and field/cross country), Roxy Jahangeri (women’s soccer), Quadir Carter (football), Anne Rodriguez (women’s swimming), Marquis Hall (men’s basketball).  Hall, Rodriguez and Randolph were First-Team selections, while Carter and Kosgei earned Second-Team recognition, Jahangeri earned a spot on the Third-Team, and Alejandro was an Honorable Mention selection.  The seven selections are the most Lehigh has ever had.

Lehigh Athletics recently announced the launching of the Lehigh Cross Country/Track and Field Partnership, an extension of the Lehigh Athletics Partnership.  This new organization will connect, engage and involve former cross country and track and field student-athletes in a sport-specific community that is aimed at supporting the current student-athletes at Lehigh, while also connecting former teammates with one another.

Lehigh’s men’s and women’s cross country teams earned recognition for their work in the classroom on Thursday when the USTFCCCA announced its All-Academic Teams for the 2008 season. Both the Lehigh men and women were honored on the annual list of teams. For a team to be considered for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award, they must have competed and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional Meet.  The team must also have a minimum 3.00 team cumulative grade point average.

The Patriot League placed 16 Lehigh student-athletes on this year’s Cross Country Academic Honor Roll Wednesday. The Mountain Hawks had nine women and seven men earn the academic distinction after a season where each team finished third in the Patriot League Championships. Katie McClernand, Leo Smith and Steve Sample led the way for the Brown and White, posting perfect 4.00 grade point averages in the fall semester.

The men’s and women’s cross country teams celebrated a stellar fall season where both teams finished third at the Patriot League Championships at the Eugene M. '35 and Harriet Henry Fall Sports Banquet. Coaches Debbie Utesch and Todd Etters looked back on 2008 and honored six athletes for their performances on and off the course in an event sponsored by the Lehigh Athletics Partnership.