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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    The former University of New Hampshire athlete let the tears keep coming. These tears were tears of relief, tears of happiness, tears of joy. And anyway, she didn't need her eyes to see where she was going. She knew every step she took was one step closer to Beijing. Joanne (Duffley) Dow was going to the Olympics.
    On Sunday morning, the final day of the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on Dow's last chance to compete in an Olympic Games, she did exactly what she needed to do. Ten years after winning her first U.S. national title, Dow won her 10th, walking her way to Beijing.
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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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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.—The University of New Hampshire athletic department continues to excel nationally in both athletics and academics. UNH student-athletes were acknowledged this week as eight teams were honored publicly by the NCAA for their high academic achievement.

The awards are based on the NCAA’s latest multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores that were released on Thursday. These teams posted multiyear APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads nationally in their respective sports. The public recognition awards are part of the broad Division I academic reform effort.
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RESULTS

BOSTON – The 4x400 meter relay team finished ninth and set a new school record to highlight the weekend and wrap up the season for the University of New Hampshire men’s indoor track and field team at the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (ICAAAA) Championships on March 8 and 9 at Boston University’s Track and Tennis Center.
     The squad of sophomore William Brehm (Pembroke, N.H.) and seniors Ben Stein (Canton, Mass.), Matthew Begley (Brookeville, Md.) and Travis Parker (Fairfax, Va.) finished in a time of three minutes, 13.70 seconds, breaking the old school record by nearly two seconds. The old record of 3:15.49 was set Feb. 8 at the Valentine Invitational at the Track and Tennis Center when the team beat out 51 other squads to grab first place in the event.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Six student-athletes from the University of New Hampshire men’s and women’s track and field teams were recently named to the America East All-Academic team based on their athletic and academic achievements.
     Senior Jordan Horwitz (Evanston, Ill.) and sophomore Wesley Dinnan (Juneau, Alaska) were two of the 14 athletes from the men’s side to be honored based on their on and off the field success.

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RESULTS

BOSTON – Senior Robert Edgerton (Cornish, N.H.) captured a New England championship in the one mile run to lead the University of New Hampshire men’s indoor track and field team to an eighth-place finish at the 33-team New England Indoor Track and Field Championship, which was held at Boston University’s Track and Tennis Center Feb. 29-March 1.
     The Wildcats’ 38 points placed them behind the University of Connecticut (168), the University of Rhode Island (72), Southern Connecticut State University (71), Sacred Heart University (50), Stonehill College (46), Providence College (46) and UMass Lowell (40). The ‘Cats finished ahead of 25 other squads.
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RESULTS

BOSTON – Senior Robert Edgerton (Cornish, N.H.) won two individual America East championships, fellow senior Jordan Horwitz (Evanston, Ill.) captured one of his own and the 4x400 meter relay team ran to yet another, to lead the University of New Hampshire men’s indoor track and field team to a third-place finish at the nine-team America East Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Track and Tennis Center on the campus of Boston University on Feb. 22-23.
    UNH finished with 130.50 points, while the University at Albany defended its title with 186 points and Binghamton University finished second with 142 points. The University of Maryland-Baltimore County (93.50), Boston University (88), Stony Brook University (59), the University of Vermont (36), the University of Maine (28) and the University of Hartford (16) rounded out the remaining squads.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The America East conference announced Tuesday that senior Travis Parker (Fairfax, Va.), of the University of New Hampshire men’s indoor track and field team, was named America East Men’s Track Performer of the Week for the week ending Feb. 18.
     Parker grabbed two of his team’s four first-place finishes at the Dartmouth Indoor Invitational on Feb. 16. Parker finished first in both the 200 and 400 meters, finishing in times of 22.40 seconds and 49.96 seconds, respectively, to lead the Wildcats to a third-place finish at the Leverone Field House.
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