Thirty Lacrosse Student-Athletes Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team

7.28.16 | Women's Lacrosse

NEW YORK - The BIG EAST Conference has announced its 2015-16 All-Academic Teams, and 30 student-athletes from Temple lacrosse have earned the honor for the past school year. The Owls are affiliate members of the conference in both field hockey and lacrosse. The awards come on the heels of the team being honored for a 10th year in a row as an IWLCA Academic Honor Squad.

Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 10 member and seven affiliate 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 3.00 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.

The nominations are reviewed and approved by the BIG EAST Academic Affairs Committee. There are 2,333 honorees for the 2015-16 academic year, the most in the three years since conference realignment. The BIG EAST honored 2,091 in 2013-14 and 2,197 in 2014-15. Villanova led all schools with 302 student-athletes recognized, edging Georgetown (288) which had led the league the last two years.

BIG EAST All-Academic Team (Name, Class Year in 2015-16)
Rachel Barile, Sophomore
Nicole Barretta, Sophomore
Quinn Benintende, Freshman
Kirstie Connor, Senior
Carly Demato, Junior
Anna Frederick, Junior
Krissy Gallivan, Junior
Kira Gensler, Sophomore
Morgan Glassford, Junior
Taylor Gooch, Freshman
Kelsea Hershey, Freshman
Haile Houck, Sophomore
Summer Jaros, Senior
Jaqi Kakalecik, Senior
Amber Lambeth, Freshman
Nicole Latgis, Sophomore
Avery Longstaff, Senior
Kari Longstaff, Senior
Brenda McDermott, Senior
Maddie McTigue, Senior
Megan Pinkerton, Senior
Rachel Schwaab, Senior
Kathryn Skahan, Senior
Kara Stroup, Senior
Kaitlin Suzuki, Sophomore
Gabby Szczepanek, Junior
Megan Tiernan, Senior
Nicole Tiernan, Senior
Brooke Williams, Junior
Toni Yuko, Sophomore