July 14, 2006

Patriot League 2006 Golf Academic Honor Roll Release
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Center Valley, Pa. - For the third time in five years a Cadet will take home the Patriot League's top academic honor in the sport of golf, as Army sophomore Patrick Beverly was named the 2006 Patriot League Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Beverly was one of 32 Patriot League student-athletes named to the 2006 Patriot League Golf Academic Honor Roll, announced Friday by Patriot League Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich.

Beverly, an economics major from Humble, Texas, joins former Black Knights' teammate Scott Manley as the second-straight Cadet recipient of the Patriot League Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Pete Mangold is the only other member of Army's golf program to be named Patriot League Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2002.

A two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection in golf, Beverly posted a 3.59 grade point average (GPA) while assisting Army to its third-straight NCAA Golf Championships appearance. Beverly was also selected to the 2005-06 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Men's At-Large Second-Team as well as the 2006 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine University Division At-Large Academic All-District I First-Team.

On the links, Beverly turned in his second-straight eighth-place performance at the Patriot League Golf Championships in April, carding a 229.

Navy sophomore Chris Renninger recorded the highest GPA by a Patriot League golf student-athlete in 2006, as the chemistry major finished the spring semester with a 4.00 GPA. Bucknell placed the most student-athletes on the Patriot League Golf Academic Honor Roll with eight student-athletes - including sophomore Rahul Desai (accounting) and junior Patrick Yingling (management), both of whom posted the second-highest GPAs by golf student-athletes in 2006 with a 3.83.

The complete list of the 32 members of the 2006 Patriot League Golf Academic Honor Roll can be found below or on the attached PDF of this release.

One thousand, four hundred and sixty-nine (1,469) student-athletes were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the 2005-06 season. A total of 974 student-athletes were named to the Patriot League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, which includes the sports of men and women's basketball, men and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, men and women's swimming and diving, baseball, men's golf, men and women's lacrosse, softball, men and women's lacrosse and rowing

To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the seven League-sponsored fall championship sports

"Today's Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow's Leaders" - The Patriot League continually demonstrates that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing its high standards. The Patriot League's athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.