Date: April 18, 2005
Contact: Brian Laubscher (540) 458-8676
Release: Upon Receipt

A TOTAL OF 155 W&L STUDENTS EARN SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS
Thirteen Attain a 4.0 or Higher GPA for the Winter Semester

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Washington and Lee Director of Athletics Mike Walsh has announced that 155 students earned Scholar-Athlete awards during the recently completed winter term. The students are all members of W&L athletic teams and achieved a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.500.

Additionally, 13 of the students honored achieved grade-point averages of 4.0 or higher (an A+ is worth 4.330 at W&L). Among the students achieving 4.0 or higher GPA's were sophomore soccer player Emily Binns (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian), freshman All-ODAC and All-Region cross country and track athlete Tom Brower (Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy), sophomore soccer player Tyrrell Burrus (Beaumont, Texas/Monsignor Kelly Catholic), senior All-ODAC cross country and track captain Steve Chambers (Christiana, Pa./Octorara Area), junior soccer player Kerry Giblin (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional), junior field hockey player Courtney Harrison (Richmond, Va./Collegiate), sophomore All-ODAC tennis player Katie Kingsbury (Jenkintown, Pa./Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian), senior swimmer Suzie LaFleur (Natick, Mass./Montrose), senior field hockey player Kyle Meehan (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury), senior All-ODAC soccer captain Justin Mygatt (Marietta, Ga./Woodward Academy), sophomore soccer player Scot Pittman (Waxham, N.C./Charlotte Country Day), senior track athlete Casey Sharpe (Manassas, Va./Osbourn) and freshman golfer Tim Vacek (Albany, N.Y./Guilderland).

Other notable athletes to receive Scholar-Athlete awards included freshman ODAC Women's Cross Country Runner and Rookie of the Year and track athlete Lindsay Erickson (Silver Spring, Md./Stone Ridge), senior All-America tennis player Lindsay Hagerman (Wichita Falls, Texas/Highland Park), senior ODAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year and track athlete Nathan Johnson (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County), freshman ODAC Men's Cross Country Rookie of the Year Alex Mahoney (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier/Singapore American School), senior All-America tennis player Paul McClure (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School), senior All-America lacrosse player Gavin Molinelli (Northport, N.Y./Northport), senior All-ODAC and All-Region lacrosse and field hockey player Kitt Murphy (New York, N.Y./St. Catherines), senior All-America volleyball player Emily Wolfing (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll), sophomore All-America tennis player Ginny Wortham (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) and senior All-America soccer player Kelley Zagol (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga).

Twenty-two of W&L's 23 varsity athletic programs achieved a team GPA of at least 3.000, led by the field hockey team with a 3.587. The highest men's team GPA was cross country with a 3.327 and no team recorded a GPA lower than 2.957.

The women's teams combined for a 3.387 GPA, while the men's teams combined to post a 3.087 GPA. The overall student-athlete average was 3.206.

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