Jan. 30, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Georgetown University football team placed a league-high 36 student-athletes on the Patriot League Football Academic Honor Roll, in an announcement from the league's Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich on Friday.

Senior fullback Kyle Van Fleet (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock), previously named the 2007 Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the year in November, heads up the list of Hoyas named to the honor roll. Van Fleet, a semifinalist for the Draddy Trophy, better known as the "Academic Heisman", earned a spot on the Academic Honor Roll in all four of his seasons on the Hilltop.

Ten seniors, including Darren Alberti (Atherton, Calif./Menlo), Matt Barbiasz (Shreveport, La./Loyola College Prep), Matt Bassuener (Ware, Mass./Ware), Brent Craft (Jupiter, Fla./Benjamin), Darren Craft (Jupiter, Fla./Benjamin), Michael Greene (Rockville, Md./St. John's), Michael Kallabat (Macomb, Mich./Notre Dame), Christopher MacGriff (Grosse Point Farms, Mich./Univ. Liggett School), Stephen Smith (Upper Marlboro, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) and Van Fleet made the team. The Hoyas also placed 12 juniors, eight sophomores and six freshmen on the honor roll.

To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's seven fall championship sports. A record 122 student-athletes were named to the 2007 football honor roll.

Name Class Major GPA Hometown/High School
GEORGETOWN (36)
Darren Alberti Sr. American Studies 3.33 Atherton, Calif./Menlo
Thomas Amaro Jr. Accounting 3.86 Shreveport, La./Loyola College Prep
Matt Barbiasz Sr. Government 3.25 Ware, Mass./Ware
Matt Bassuener Sr. Culture & Politics 3.67 Port Edwards, Wis./John Edwards
Brooks Caston So. Undeclared 3.34 Dallas, Texas/JJ Pearce
Richard Cosgrove So. Undeclared 3.47 Chalfont, Pa./LaSalle College H.S.
Brent Craft Sr. Marketing 3.73 Jupiter, Fla./Benjamin
Darren Craft Sr. Finance 3.27 Jupiter, Fla./Benjamin
George Cullen Fr. Undeclared 3.27 Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig
Dean Duchak Jr. Undeclared 3.50 Mahwah, N.J./St. Joseph's
Ataefiok Etukeren Jr. Undeclared 3.47 Litchfield Park, Ariz./Lawrenceville (N.J.) School
Michael Greene Sr. Finance 3.50 Rockville, Md./St. John's
Bradford Hartung Jr. Finance 3.74 Wyckoff, N.J./Bergen Catholic
Jameson Holloman Fr. Undeclared 3.50 Rye, N.Y./Rye Neck
Anthony Homsey Jr. Management 3.25 Oakdale, Conn./Montville
Richard Hussey So. Undeclared 3.20 North Arlington, N.J./St. Peter's Prep
Shane Isdaner Fr. Undeclared 3.31 Gladwyne, Pa./Episcopal Academy
Michael Kallabat Sr. Finance 3.42 Macomb, Mich./Notre Dame
Matthew Kinnan So. Undeclared 3.82 Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers
Lucas Lagera So. Undeclared 3.20 Austin, Texas/Lake Travis
Christopher MacGriff Sr. Physics 3.63 Grosse Point Farms, Mich./Univ. Liggett School
Travis Mack So. Undeclared 3.26 West Chester, Pa./The Hill School
Kenneth Mitchell Jr. Government 3.27 Atlanta, Ga./Westlake
Justin Moore Jr. Undeclared 3.42 Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit
Kelvin Moses So. Undeclared 3.20 Nashua, N.H./Lawrence Academy
Brian Newman Jr. Finance 3.94 New York, N.Y./Stuyvesant
James O'Brien So. Undeclared 3.33 White Plains, N.Y./Brunswick
Nicholas Parrish Fr. Undeclared 3.50 Irving, Texas/Jesuit College Prep
Geoffrey Schnorr Fr. Human Science 3.20 Wappinger Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham
Daniel Semler Fr. Undeclared 3.42 Annandale, Va./W.T. Woodson
Stephen Smith Sr. Finance 3.47 Upper Marlboro, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt
Torre Soderlund Jr. Physics 3.21 Simi Valley, Calif./Royal
Brent Tomlinson Jr. Undeclared 3.92 Hoffman Estates, Ill./St. Viator
Kyle Van Fleet Sr. Management 3.73 Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock
Justin Young Jr. American Studies 3.47 Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe
Travis Zorrilla Jr. Government 3.40 Lynn, Mass./St. John's Prep