July 28, 2005

The 2005 Patriot League Men's Swimming & Diving Academic Honor Roll, released on Thursday, contains 76 student-athletes, including three with perfect 4.0 grade point averages. Bucknell had a League-high 14 selections, while 2005 champion Navy placed 10 on the list. Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich made the announcement.

2005 Patriot League Men's Swimming & Diving Academic Honor Roll
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Bucknell's 14 were followed by 11 from American, Navy's 10, and then Colgate with nine. Army, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh all had eight student-athletes qualify. AU junior Justice & History major Kevin Falkenstein (Westmont, N.J./Haddon Township) was one of the three with a 4.0 GPA, along with Colgate senior Computer Science/Economics major Gregory Jachno (Massapequa, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) and Navy sophomore Political Science major John Kennedy (Richmond, Va./Maggie L. Walker Governor's School).

The 2005 Men's Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year was Bucknell's Adam Freeman (Barrington, Ill./Barrington), who won the award for the second time in his career on Apr. 21. Freeman, a junior and Mechanical Engineering major, owns a 3.75 cumulative GPA.

To be eligible for the PL Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade point average in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the League's six winter or 10 spring championship sports.

A total of 863 student-athletes were named to the League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, including 53 with 4.0 GPAs. Bucknell led the way with 199 candidates. The Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's indoor track & field, baseball, softball, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, men's golf, women's rowing and men's and women's outdoor track & field.