BIG EAST Names 161 St. John's Student-Athletes To 2010-11 All-Academic Team

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Aug 3, 2011
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The BIG EAST Conference has selected 161 St. John's student-athletes to its 2010-11 All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office.

Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 16 member institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in a BIG EAST-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.

For the second-straight year, the Red Storm women's soccer team led all St. John's teams with 24 honorees. The cross country/track & field teams ranked second with 22. The lacrosse team was a close third with 21 student-athletes garner All-Academic Team accolades. The 161 total was an increase of 27 from the 2009-10 list of 134.

The honorees will be recognized and presented their certificates at a special halftime presentation of one of the men’s basketball games at Madison Square Garden during the 2011-12 season.

There were 3,236 student-athletes from all of the 16 BIG EAST schools who were selected, an increase of 66 student-athletes from the 3,170 named for the 2009-10 season.

Below is a complete list of the student-athletes honored by the conference and broken down by team.

Women’s Soccer - 24

Sarah Ashmore – Chemistry Emily Brandon – Biology Kerry Cummings – Biology Lauren Ferris – Environmental Studies Kathy Gualotuna – Biology Lindsey Hall – Biology Hailey Hemmer – Chemistry Rachel Hoffman – Marketing Michelle Iannacchino – Undeclared Meredith Kenyon – Hospitality Management Jen Leaverton – Sport Management Raelynne Lee – Environmental Studies Casey Marks – Speech Pathology & Audiology Amy Marron – Childhood Education Michelle Murino – Liberal Studies Francisca Okoko – Criminal Justice Sandra Osborn – Childhood Education Nicole Pasciolla – Government and Politics Madison Pellegrino – Spanish Kristina Quan – Chemistry Morgan Ritter – Communication Arts Kristin Russell – Advertising Communication Runa Stefansdottir – Adolescence Education Anna Torregiano – Communication Arts