MAAC Announces 2008 Volleyball All-Academic Team

11/22/2008 5:00:00 AM

MAAC Sports

EDISON, N.J. ? A total of 48 athletes comprise the 2008 MAAC Volleyball All-Academic Team, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced today.

To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale. Iona College, Manhattan College and Marist College led all schools with seven members each named to the team. Saint Peter’s College added six members, while Loyola College and Rider University both had five athletes named to the team. Canisius College added four players, while Siena College had three named to the squad. Fairfield University and Niagara University rounded out the team with two athletes apiece.

Name	School	Yr.	Major	GPA	Hometown
Morgan Ammons	Canisius	Sr.	Childhood Education	3.45	Findley, Ohio
Jasmine Brennan	Canisius	So.	Psychology	3.32	Bay Shore, N.Y.
Nicole Fafard	Canisius	Sr.	Special Education	3.56	East Setauket, N.Y.
Renee Lettow	Canisius	So.	Physical Education	3.48	Lindenhurst, N.Y.
Katie Mann	Fairfield	Jr.	Finance	3.26	Del Mar, Calif.
Karlie Urbaniak	Fairfield	Sr.	Marketing	3.58	Canton, Minn.
Alyssa Erickson	Iona	So.	Undecided	3.78	San Marcos, Calif.
Laura Fojanesi	Iona	So.	Undecided	3.45	Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.
Angie Mifsud	Iona	So.	Undecided	3.90	Canajoharie, N.Y.
Allison Nieters	Iona	So.	Undecided	3.45	St. Charles, Mo.
Kendall Paulus	Iona	Sr.	Mass Communications	3.60	Lincoln, Ill.
Bethany Schornack	Iona	So.	Undecided	3.75	Plano, Texas
Sarah Wiener	Iona	Jr.	Mass Communications	3.58	Kingwood, Texas
Brittany Born	Loyola	So.	Elementary Education	3.50	Ellicott City, Md.
Nina Camaioni	Loyola	So.	Undecided	3.73	Williamstown, N.J.
Samantha Greenbaum	Loyola	Sr.	Classical Civilization	3.66	Maple Glen, Pa.
Rachel Schillinger	Loyola	Sr.	Biology	3.43	Wexford, Pa.
Karlee Woodward	Loyola	Jr.	Writing/Psychology	3.23	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Alyssa Getzel	Manhattan	Sr.	Education	3.85	Richmond, Va.
Jen Haggerty	Manhattan	So.	Business	3.74	Springfield, Pa.
Lindsay Haley	Manhattan	So.	Communications/French	3.33	Middletown, N.Y.
Katie Kerbstat	Manhattan	So.	Communications	3.78	Saddle River, N.J.
Andrea Reiff	Manhattan	Sr.	Education	3.97	Hawthorne, N.Y.
Diane Struter	Manhattan	So.	Business	3.30	San Jose, Calif.
Rita Welsh	Manhattan	Jr.	Education	3.41	Collegeville, Pa.
Allison Burke	Marist	So.	Business Admin./Marketing	4.00	Alpharetta, Ga.
Joanna Foss	Marist	So.	Undecided	3.94	Northville, Mich.
Raenna Gutkowski	Marist	So.	Business Administration	3.97	Long valley, N.J.
Dawn Jan	Marist	Jr.	Communications /Public Relations	3.71	Belleville, N.J.
Jordan Rowe	Marist	Sr.	Communications/Radio, TV, Film	3.42	Friendswood, Texas
Kelsey Schaefer	Marist	Sr.	Communications /Public Relations	3.54	Maria Stein, Ohio
Alexandra Schultze	Marist	Jr.	Fashion Design	3.86	Austin, Texas
Lauren Costello	Niagara	So.	Academic Exploration	3.63	Webster, N.Y.
Shannon Ryan	Niagara	So.	Education	3.70	Fairport, N.Y.
Elyse Grassmuck	Rider	So.	Business	3.29	San Antonio, Texas
Tara Hansen	Rider	Jr.	Accounting	3.31	Beachwood, N.J.
Kristy Love	Rider	So.	Liberal Arts	3.44	Pittsford, N.Y.
Amanda Piccolini	Rider	So.	Advertising	3.22	St. Clairsville, Ohio
Katelyn Thompson	Rider	So.	Elementary Education/Psychology	3.26	Tucson, Arizona
Renata Bauer	Saint Peter’s	Jr.	Nursing	3.32	Fairview, N.J.
Kelly Blanchfield	Saint Peter’s	Sr.	Criminal Justice	3.54	Lodi, N.J.
Shannon Doheny	Saint Peter’s	So.	Psychology	3.71	Chicago, Ill.
Kathleen McFadden	Saint Peter’s	So.	Undecided	3.29	Orefield, Pa.
Kimberly Mendoza	Saint Peter’s	So.	Undecided	3.41	Anaheim, Calif.
Katherine Sura	Saint Peter’s	Sr.	Psychology	3.70	Bogota, N.J.
Blair Atkins	Siena	So.	English	3.74	Pittsford, N.Y.
Aimee Gosse	Siena	So.	Undecided Arts	3.82	Oakdale, N.Y.
April London	Siena	Sr.	Marketing and Management	3.87	Woodbury, Minn.