Athletes Excelling Beyond the Field
Lauren Smedley ’13 Selected as Senior CLASS Award Candidate
Lauren Smedley ’13 (Hamilton, N.J.) has been selected as one of 30 candidates for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence—community, classroom, character, and competition. An acronym for [...]
Spotted on Campus With… Jason Marshalek ’13
Civil engineering major Jason Marshalek ’13 (Montoursville, Pa.) discusses academics and the importance of staying focused on the football field. What do you enjoy about your major? I would have to say getting to see the ins and outs of the infrastructure that helps make this country run. One class/professor that every Lafayette student should [...]
Spotted on Campus With…Karissa Ciliento ’14
Volleyball player Karissa Ciliento ’14 (Mahwah, N.J.) talks about finding balance between her economics major and her creativity, Lafayette as a tight-knit community, and the importance of being a role model for her teammates. What do you plan on majoring in and why? I plan on majoring in economics with a minor in film and [...]
Football Program Honored for Exceptional Academics in Patriot League
Lafayette’s football program has received recognition from the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) as a winner of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) award. The APR award recognizes one institution at each of the 14 FCS conferences that has the highest APR score. “Our association is pleased to present these awards to spotlight [...]
180 Students Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
In the College’s 13 Division I spring sports, 180 students were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for the honor roll, student athletes need to record at least a 3.20 grade point average (GPA) during the semester. Fourteen members of the baseball team were named to the honor roll. Andrew [...]
Samantha Jordan ’13 Receives Pickering Fellowship to Pursue Foreign Affairs in Grad School
When Samantha Jordan ’13 learned she had won a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, her aspirations of a career in the Foreign Service took a giant leap forward. “It’s a dream opportunity,” says Jordan (Manassas, Va.), who is majoring in international economics and commerce. As a Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow, Jordan is eligible [...]
Sarah McGorry ’12 and Jim Mower ’12 Receive Victory Scholarships to Study in Europe
Sarah McGorry ’12 and Jim Mower ’12 have each received Victory Scholarships to continue their basketball-playing careers as graduate students in Europe. The Victory Scholarship, sponsored by the nonprofit Sport Changes Lives, is an opportunity to play and coach basketball while participating in a one-year, post-graduate program at an Irish or Northern Irish university. McGorry [...]
13 Lafayette Teams Receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards
Thirteen of Lafayette’s 23 varsity teams have received 2011-12 NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program (APP) Public Recognition Awards. The NCAA is honoring 954 Division I teams for their high marks academically, based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR). These awards are given each year to teams scoring in the top 10 [...]
Spotted on Campus With… Andrew Shoop ’13
Quarterback Andrew Shoop ’13 (Danville, Pa.) discusses exploring other cultures as an anthropology and sociology major, staying in shape during the off season, and the importance of leadership. What do you enjoy most about your major? I think what I enjoy most about my major is that I constantly get to learn about other cultures [...]
Field Hockey Earns National Academic Recognition
Lafayette’s field hockey team has been named to the 2011 Gladiator SGI/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic Team. The award recognizes programs that have achieved a team GPA of 3.0 or higher during the first semester of the 2011-12 academic year. Additionally, four individuals were named to the 2011 Gladiator SGI/NFHCA [...]
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