Long Island University Athletics

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Brooklyn, N.Y. – Senior Selma Babic was named the women’s tennis Scholar-Athlete to lead a group of 41 Long Island University student-athletes representing eight sports on the Northeast Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll. A total of 921 student-athletes were honored by the NEC, which also named a Scholar-Athlete award winner in each of the 10 spring sports. The league also announced the 207-member Commissioner’s Honor Roll, which is comprised of student-athletes who attained at least a 3.75 grade-point-average.

 

The total number of Academic Honor Roll honorees represented a 22.4 percent increase from the last year. In order to receive consideration for the list, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 or better GPA and complete at least one year in residence at an NEC institution. During the 2009-10 academic year a record 2,257 student-athletes earned their way onto the Academic Honor Roll. The figure represents more than half of the league’s competitors and stands as a 12.5 percent increase from last year.

 

All scholar-athlete award winners must have earned a minimum of 60 semester hours, maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 and participated with distinction as a member of a varsity team.

 

Long Island had student-athletes from the baseball, men’s & women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, softball, women’s tennis and men’s & women’s outdoor track & field squads named to the Academic Honor Roll. Senior Greg DeSantis (baseball), junior Andrea Staudacher (women’s golf), senior Christie Wienckowski (women’s lacrosse), sophomore Jacqueline Simonian (women’s lacrosse), freshman Lindsey Walker (softball), graduate student Jason Lakritz (men’s outdoor track & field) and junior Desiree Conley (women’s outdoor track & field) named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

 

Babic shared the Scholar-Athlete award with Bryant’s Chelsea Downing after winning the NEC Player of the Year award and leading LIU to its second straight league crown. Babic posted a 19-2 singles mark, 6-0 against league foes, and became the first woman in NEC history to earn a berth into the NCAA Singles Championship after attaining a No. 121 ranking by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

 

The complete list of LIU honor roll honorees is below.