Health & Fitness
Six Blue Angels Earn HVWAC All-Academic Recognition
The Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) announced its 2012-13 Winter/Spring All-Academic Team recently with six student-athletes from The College of New Rochelle earning recognition for outstanding performance in academics.
Senior Christine Biskup (Highland Falls, NY/James I. O’Neill HS) highlights the Blue Angel recipients. The three-sport student-athlete (volleyball, basketball and softball) has earned this accolade every semester since the awards inception in 2010-11 in each of three sports she competed in. This marks her sixth HVWAC All-Academic award. She earned All-Conference recognition in softball in 2013.
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Fellow softball team member Tanika Charles (Brooklyn, NY/Clara Barton HS) earned HVWAC All-Academic status for the second time.
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Biskup’s basketball teammate Kathia Williams (Jamaica, NY/Baccalaureate School of Global Education) joined Biskup as one of just five three-time All-Academic honorees in this year’s group of recipients. Sophomore Kat Sayegh (New Rochelle, NY/Maria Regina HS) earned the honor for the first time.
Junior Milagros Lugo (Bronx, NY/Walton HS) and sophomore Kathie-Lee Rickman (New York, NY/Manhattan Center for Sciences and Math) are first-time honorees. Lugo earned All-Conference status following the conclusion of her season.
In total, 40 student-athletes were named HVWAC All-Academic status from among the seven member institutions participating in the winter and spring seasons.
The All-Academic Team recognizes excellence in the classroom. The All-Academic Team consists of student-athletes who have reached sophomore academic standing and have earned a 3.5 cumulative grade point average or better at the conclusion of the spring semester, and participate in one of the conference’s winter and spring sports – basketball, swimming and softball.
The College of New Rochelle HVWAC Winter/Spring All-Academic Team Honorees
Christine Biskup **%, Sr., Basketball/Softball
Tanika Charles *, Jr., Softball
Milagros Lugo %, Jr., Swimming
Kathie-Lee Rickman, So., Swimming
Kat Sayegh, So., Basketball
Kathia Williams **, Sr., Basketball
* Denotes Winter/Spring 2012 All-Academic Team Member
** Denotes Winter/Spring 2011 and 2012 All-Academic Team Member
% Denotes Winter Spring 2012-13 All-Conference Team Member
