Moon Township, Pa. – The
Robert Morris University rowing team placed a league-high 22 student-athletes on the 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Rowing All-Academic Team, it was announced by the conference Wednesday.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.20 on a 4.00 scale. Following the Colonials in the top five schools for the 2020 MAAC Rowing All-Academic Team were Sacred Heart (21), Jacksonville (19), Manhattan (18) and Marist (14). A total of 140 student-athletes across 10 institutions were honored for their academic prowess.
Three seniors, seven juniors and 12 sophomores make up the 2020 MAAC Rowing All-Academic Team for RMU. Representing the senior class for the Colonials were
Brittany Bell,
Kestra Harris and
Kalyssa Pottgeiser. Bell posted a 3.84 cumulative GPA while earning a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science, while Harris earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication while recording a 3.79 GPA.
Pottgeiser, one of 13 students, including
two from the department of athletics, to earn the 2020 RMU Signature Leadership Award, graduated with a 3.55 GPA in earning a Bachelor of Science degree in statistics and predictive analysis.
Representing the junior class for Robert Morris on the 2020 MAAC Rowing All-Academic Team were
Madelyn Green,
Rachel Gress,
Alison Ishman,
Nicole Kristof,
Mia Krolczyk and
Emma McIntosh and
Molly McGuire.
Green, a nursing major, has compiled a 3.99 cumulative GPA, while Gress studies biology and has posted a 3.90 GPA. Ishman is also a nursing major and owns a 3.73 GPA, while Kristof, who was recently
selected to take part in the FISU Forum in August, owns a 3.97 GPA while possessing a double major of marketing and sport management.
Krolczyk is an engineering major who has compiled a 3.99 cumulative GPA through three years as a student-athlete, while McIntosh is a psychology major who has posted a 3.35 GPA. McGuire is a biology major who owns a 3.82 GPA.
A total of 12 sophomores for Robert Morris were named to the 2020 MAAC Rowing All-Academic Team, including
Marissa Beck,
Harley Beckey,
Alana Eckels,
Kaitlyn Grubbs,
Alyssa King,
Madyson Orlando,
Alexis Pelfrey,
Molly Rosado,
Jayme Sanner,
Haley Stahon,
Margaret Trautz and
Mary Woods.
Beck is a mathematics major with a 3.68 cumulative GPA, while Beckey studies elementary childhood and special education while owning a 3.60 GPA. Eckels is a nursing major with a 3.23 GPA, Grubbs studies nuclear medicine technology with a 3.67 GPA and King also owns a 3.67 GPA as an elementary childhood and special education major.
Orlando studies engineering and owns a 3.80 GPA, while Pelfrey, Rosado and Sanner own GPAs of 3.42, 3.42 and 3.97, respectively, with Pelfrey studying English, Rosado owning a major of psychology and Sanner studying statistics and predictive analysis.
Wrapping up the sophomore class being named to the 2020 MAAC Rowing All-Academic Team are Stahon, Trautz and Woods. Stahon has posted a cumulative GPA of 3.74 as a nursing major, Trautz has compiled a 3.73 GPA as a mathematics major and Woods is an engineering major who has recorded a perfect 4.00 GPA.
As a program during the 2019-20 academic year, Robert Morris compiled a 3.505 team GPA. As a department, RMU recorded an overall GPA of 3.476 among its 16 intercollegiate programs.
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