July 21, 2009

EDISON, N.J. - For the eighth consecutive year, Marist leads the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in student-athletes selected to the conference's Academic Honor Roll. The Red Foxes placed a school-record 173 student-athletes on the Honor Roll for the 2008-09 academic year, which was announced Tuesday by the conference.

To be eligible for the MAAC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must hold a grade-point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale and be in his/her second year of athletic eligibility. A total of 990 student-athletes were named to the Honor Roll, which is open to full-time and associate members of the MAAC in the 24 sports sponsored by the conference.

MAAC Academic Honor Roll Members
Marist, 173
Iona, 126
Loyola, 106
Manhattan, 101
Niagara, 89
Siena, 85
Canisius, 73
Fairfield, 71
Rider, 71
Saint Peter's, 49
Wagner (Men's Lacrosse, Water Polo), 15
Sacred Heart (Women's Crew), 7
Saint Joseph's (Men's Lacrosse), 7
VMI (Men' Lacrosse), 5
St. Francis (N.Y.) (Water Polo), 5
Mount St. Mary's (Men's Lacrosse), 4
Villanova (Water Polo), 3