MAAC Announces 2009 Men's Swimming and Diving All-Academic Team

2/12/2009 5:00:00 AM

MAAC Sports

Edison, N.J. ? A total of 46 athletes comprise the 2009 MAAC Men’s Swimming and Diving 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. Loyola College and Marist College both led all schools with eight members each named to the team. Niagara University had seven student-athletes. Manhattan College added five members, while Fairfield University, Iona College and Rider University all had four members, while Canisius College and Saint Peter’s College rounded out the team with three athletes apiece.

Name	School	Yr.	Major	GPA	Hometown
Carl Anderson	Canisius	Jr.	Chemistry	3.70	Clarence, N.Y.
John Kennon	Canisius	So.	Anthropology	3.87	Yonkers, N.Y.
John Morphis	Canisius	Jr.	History	3.40	Williamsville, N.Y,
Brett Carisio	Fairfield	So.	Business	3.86	Cheshire, Conn.
Alex Connaughton	Fairfield	Jr.	Biology	3.54	Wayland, Mass.
Jonathan O’Connor	Fairfield	So.	English	3.66	Norwalk, conn.
Boris Romanovsky	Fairfield	Jr.	Finance	3.65	Marblehead, Mass.
David Gartman	Iona	Jr.	Finance	3.35	Campbell Hall, N.Y.
Karim Mabrouk	Iona	Sr.	French	3.37	Tunis, Tunisia
Michael O’Connor	Iona	So.	Undecided	3.85	Rockaway Beach, N.Y.
Daniel Pflager	Iona	Jr.	Information Systems	3.54	Waynesboro, Pa.
Benjamin DiFranco	Loyola	So.	International Business	3.53	Philadelphia, Pa.
William Jackson	Loyola	So.	History	3.47	Claremont, Calif.
Zach Oster	Loyola	Jr.	Biology	3.73	Emmaus, Pa.
Benjamin Schwartz	Loyola	So.	International Business	3.40	The Woodlands, Texas
Matthew Shaw	Loyola	Jr.	Finance	3.37	Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Oswaldo Torres	Loyola	So.	General Business	3.47	Bridgeport, Conn.
Ernest Verrico	Loyola	Sr.	Business Management	3.42	Stamford, Conn.
Greg Yelovich	Loyola	Jr.	Biology/Physics	3.22	West Chester, Pa.
Matt Kaftanski	Manhattan	Jr.	Accounting/Economics	3.68	Everett, Wash.
Daniil Kalyuzhny	Manhattan	Sr.	Accounting/Finance	3.28	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Nick LaBanca	Manhattan	Jr.	Finance	3.26	Neptune, N.J.
Justin Logerfo	Manhattan	So.	Business	3.22	New Windsor, N.Y.
Chris Tucci	Manhattan	So.	International Studies	3.89	Midland Park, N.Y.
Thomas Alaimo	Marist	So.	Information Technology & Systems	3.31	Blauvelt, N.Y.
Leo Draham	Marist	So.	Psychology	3.34	Blue Bell, Pa.
Matt Marrington	Marist	So.	Biomedical Sciences	3.49	Farmington, Conn.
Keith Miller	Marist	So.	History	3.46	Missoula, Mont.
Gregory Pfeifer	Marist	Jr.	Business Administration/Finance	3.53	Middle Village, N.Y.
Kevin Quinn	Marist	Jr.	Psychology	3.77	Neponsit, N.Y.
Joshua Sklanka	Marist	So.	Business Administration/Finance	3.60	Watertown, Conn.
Steven Vendetta	Marist	So.	Applied Mathematics	3.74	South Windsor, Conn.
Justin Delecki	Niagara	So.	Education	3.26	West Seneca, N.Y.
Ray Dewire	Niagara	Sr.	Sport Management	3.99	Tamaqua, Pa.
Dan Killin	Niagara	Jr.	Marketing	3.27	Edmonton, Alb.
Ryan O’Laughlin	Niagara	Jr.	Biochemistry	3.67	Lewiston, N.Y.
Ian O’Rourke	Niagara	So.	Business	3.34	Grand Island, N.Y.
Scott Page	Niagara	So.	Business Law	3.35	Rochester, N.Y.
Matt Wagner	Niagara	Jr.	Education	3.48	Indianapolis, Ind.
Arthur Arciszewski	Rider	So.	Liberal Arts	3.39	Phillipsburg, N.J.
Scott Player	Rider	Jr.	Political Science	3.21	Chino Hills, Calif.
Thomas Smallwood	Rider	So.	Finance	3.30	Sayville, N.Y.
Michael Tubb	Rider	So.	Secondary Education/Liberal Studies	3.40	Swedesboro, N.J.
Donald Knaus	Saint Peter’s	Sr.	Marketing Management	3.21	Randolph, N.J.
Joseph LaCava	Saint Peter’s	So.	Accounting	3.27	Milltown, N.J.
Sukhmeet Singh	Saint Peter’s	Jr.	Biology	3.46	Rahway, N.J.