June 29, 2009
EASTON, Pa. - The Lafayette softball team placed seven of its student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, announced Monday afternoon. The group consisted of four seniors and three sophomores and the team boasted an overall grade-point average (GPA) of 3.07.
Senior Emma Kline led the group with her 3.82 GPA. The International Affairs and German double major received the Foreign Languages and Literature Department's Outstanding Senior Award in May.
Classmates Sara Bussiere (Government and Law), Robyn Matchett (Government and Law) and Amanda Parker (Economics and Business and Art) joined Kline on the list. In May, Bussiere completed her thesis entitled "Great Britain as a Changing Nation State and Its Precarious Relationship with the European Nation." Matchett, meanwhile, spent the January interim session with Greenbaum and Orecchio, Inc., a wealth management firm, in New Jersey
Sophomores Kristin Garganio (Chemistry), Ali Henry (English and Art) and Christine Hilcken (Psychology and Government and Law) were also recognized. Hilcken completed a law externship in Easton during January.
The Leopards advanced to the Patriot League Championship series for the second straight season and senior Christina Giambrone was named the 2009 Patriot League Softball Player of the Year.
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To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 GPA in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's 16 winter or spring championship sports. The criteria for awarding varsity letters differs at each institution.
Player Yr. Major GPA Sara Bussiere Sr. Government & Law 3.67 Kristin Garganio So. Chemistry 3.2 Ali Henry So. English & Art 3.2 Christine Hilcken So. Psychology and Government & Law 3.5 Emma Kline Sr. International Affairs and German 3.82 Robyn Matchett Sr. Government & Law 3.5 Amanda Parker Sr. Economics & Business and Art 3.67
