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Matthew McGraw posted a perfect 4.0 GPA this spring.
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Bucknell Men's Swimming & Diving Leads Patriot League with 16 Academic Honor Roll Members
McGraw One of Eight PL Student-Athletes to Post a Perfect Grade-Point Average
July 2, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. -
The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team placed a league-high 16 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, it was announced on Tuesday. For a fourth-straight year, the Bison have posted the highest total of selections, followed by Lafayette in second with 15.
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's six winter or 10 spring championship sports.
Among the Bucknell student-athletes honored were First-Team All-League performers Bradford Bennett (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) and rising-senior Mark Kawczenski (Wilkes Barre, Pa./Hanover Area) along with Matthew McGraw (Penfield, N.Y./Fairport) who was one of eight individuals from around the league to post a perfect grade-point average. In his final semester at Bucknell, McGraw, who graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering, recorded a 4.0 GPA.
Behind Bucknell and Lafayette, Holy Cross had 14 honor roll selections followed by Navy with 11, American with 10, Lehigh with eight, Army with seven and Colgate with five.
The following are Bucknell's 2008 Patriot League Honor Roll members from the men's swimming and diving team:
Bradford Bennett, Sr., Electrical Engineering, 3.66, Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area
Ben Bible, So., Economics, 3.58, Inner Grove Heights, Minn./Saint Thomas Acad.
Daniel Fletcher, So., Economics, 3.50, Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove
David Iselin, So., Political Science, 3.41, Potomac, Md./Churchill
Mark Kawczenski, Jr., Civil & Environmental Eng., 3.25, Wilkes Barre, Pa./Hanover Area
Ben Leboza, So., Civil & Environmental Eng., 3.33, Green Oaks, Ill./Libertyville
Theo Leriotis, Sr., Biology, 3.83, Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional
Jeffrey Manning, Jr., Education, 3.83, Bringhurst, Ind./Carroll Jr./Sr. High
Matthew McGraw, Sr., Biomedical Engineering, 4.00, Penfield, N.Y./Fairport
Joseph Metcalf, Sr., Economics, 3.50, Knoxville, Tenn./Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)
John Peterman, Sr., Biology, 3.75, Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor
Steven Schmaltz, Jr., Neuroscience, 3.41, Waverly, Pa./Abington Heights
Tyler Sowell, Sr., Civil & Environmental Eng., 3.22, Tacoma, Wash./Charles Wright Academy
Andrew Vogl, Fr., Undeclared, 3.58, New Market, Md./Linganore
Michael Volpe, Fr., Mechanical Engineering, 3.33, Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts
Brendan Wills, Fr., Undeclared, 3.33, Plymouth Meeting, Pa./La Salle H.S.
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