Bucknell University

LEWISBURG, Pa.- Bucknell men’s track & field continued its long history of academic and athletic success by placing three student-athletes on the 2025 Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-League Team as announced Tuesday by the conference office. Keenan LaMontagne, Wade Shomper, and Braden Stryker received the honor. 

LaMontagne, an electrical engineering major, notched an impressive 3.88 GPA. The junior thrower delivered a fourth-place finish in the discus as part of the Bison’s 3-4-5-6-7 placement at the 2025 Patriot League Outdoor Championships. His fling went 48.30m (158-5). LaMontagne delivered six top five finishes this spring. 

Shomper, an International Relations and Economics major, starred with a 3.77 GPA and was Bucknell’s nominee for Scholar Athlete of the Year. The junior superman won two medals at the Outdoor Championships. He mined gold in the shot put, throwing 17.48m (57-4.25), a mark which set the school record. Shomper now owns the school record in both the indoor and outdoor shot put. He followed up his gold medal with a bronze in the discus throw. His toss went 48.38m (158-9), a personal best for the junior. Shomper became the first Bison since Connor McMenamin (2021) to win gold at the PL Outdoor Championships and the first Bison since Timothy Medlock (2009) to finish first in the shot put. 

Stryker, a Management & Organizations major, has obtained a 3.71 GPA. The senior thrower supplied two top five finishes at the Outdoor Championships. He placed fourth in the shot put, throwing 16.79m (55-1), and fifth in the discus, tossing 48.05m (157-8). Stryker moved into fourth all-time in the shot put this season with his 17.05m (55-11.25) mark at the Bucknell Team Challenge. 

2025 Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Karsen Vesty, Boston University, So.

2025 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Patriot League Team 

Brian McSweeney	(Army West Point)
Javan Guevara-Cragwell	(Army West Point)
Jaxon Hammond	(Army West Point)
Nathan Davis	(Army West Point)
Karsen Vesty	(Boston University)
Owen Faulha	(Boston University)
Ryan Rosenberger	(Boston University)
Shamiso Sikaneta	(Boston University)
Steven Franco	(Boston University)
Braden Stryker	(Bucknell)
Keenan LaMontagne	(Bucknell)
Wade Shomper	(Bucknell)
Cole Blair	(Colgate)
Ethan Eisner	(Colgate)
Brian Fennelly	(Holy Cross)
Titan Casey	(Lafayette)
Jonathan Bennett	(Lehigh)
Patrez Thomas	(Lehigh)
Caleb Walker	(Navy)
Joe Hurt	(Navy)
Sheldon Ulmer	(Navy)