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DURHAM, N.H.--The University of New Hampshire announced today that Learfield Sports has selected WGIR-AM 610 to expand the coverage of Wildcat athletics in southern New Hampshire.  Beginning with the 2008-’09 athletic season, 610 AM will begin airing all regular-season and post-season men’s hockey and football broadcasts as well as a select number of men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s hockey broadcasts.  Additionally, the Clear Channel Radio-owned station will air all football and men’s hockey coaches’ show broadcasts on Monday nights during the season and “Wildcat Sports Today”.
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UNH HONOR ROLL

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A total of 201 University of New Hampshire student-athletes were named to the 2008 America East Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll for recording a grade point average of 3.0 or above in that winter/spring semester, the league announced Thursday. Of the 201 honored, 113 of those were also named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for possessing a gpa of at least 3.5, the most of any of the other institution.
      In the nine-member America East conference, only Binghamton University (251 honorees) had a higher number of student-athletes recognized. The University at Albany (198), the University of Vermont (197) and Stony Brook University (188) rounded out the top five.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS— Student-athletes at the University of New Hampshire continue to excel in the classroom and as a result the Wildcats finished second in the running for the 2007-08 America East Academic Cup with an impressive cumulative grade point average of 3.12.  UNH has won the Academic Cup twice, in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
    The University of Vermont narrowly edged out UNH to take home the hardware with a 3.14 GPA.
    The University of Maine (3.10), Stony Brook University (3.06) and Binghamton University (3.04) were the other institutions in America East to compile grade point averages of 3.00 or better in 2007-08.
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team will host its annual Wildcat Day Camp, provided for boys and girls entering grades second through nine. The camp sessions will be held July 14-July 18 and July 28-Aug. 1.
     The day camp features basketball instruction – for both the beginning player and the advanced youth – from college and high school coaches and UNH players. Campers will participate in skill development sessions, as well as two games per day. Grades second through fifth attend from 9 a.m.-noon, while grades sixth through ninth attend from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
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DURHAM, N.H. – Juniors Eric Gilchrese (Springfield, Ill.) and Colbey Santos (Onset, Mass.), of the University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team, and junior Jenelle DeVits (Malden, Mass.) and freshman Denise Beliveau (Framingham, Mass.), of the women’s squad, recently visited a pair of eighth-grade classrooms at Portsmouth Middle School to speak to students about the importance of education, as part of the UNH Life Skills program.
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DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire men’s basketball head coach Bill Herrion and his staff have announced that Russell Graham (Norristown, Pa.) and Abby Kabba (Oklahoma City, Okla.) have signed National Letters of Intent to attend UNH and play basketball beginning in the fall of 2008.
     “We are very happy to sign both Abby and Russell,” Herrion said. “They fill two needs that we really needed to address with this recruiting class. Signing these two players is going to finally give us the depth that we need to move our program forward. Along with Brian Benson (Rochester, N.Y.), we feel really good about our recruiting class.”
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STANDINGS

WESTLAKE, Ohio – The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics recently announced that the University of New Hampshire ranks 81st out of 365 Division I schools in the NACDA Directors’ Cup standings at the end of the winter sport season.
     The Wildcats have amassed 162 points, including the 25 points they tallied during the fall season. The ski team, which stands 11th overall, provided 57 points, while the third-ranked women’s hockey team supplied 55 points and the ninth-ranked men’s hockey team kicked in another 25.
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DURHAM, N.H. – Four players received awards, a trio of seniors were honored and the team and its extended staff were celebrated at the University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team’s annual season-ending banquet April 27 at Huddleston Hall.
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COLLEGEHOOPS.NET RELEASE

DURHAM, N.H. – CollegeHoops.net recently announced that freshman guard Alvin Abreu (Lynn, Mass.), of the University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team, has been named a CollegeHoops.net Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-Freshman.
     Abreu adds the honor to his America East All-Rookie Team selection, as well as the three America East Rookie of the Week awards he racked up over the course of the season (Dec. 10, Jan. 7, Feb. 25).
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