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Liberty League All-Academic Team honors for 99 Skidmore spring student-athletes
Story Links TROY, N.Y. – Liberty League commissioner Tracy King has announced that 1,226 spring sport student-athletes have qualified for the league’s All-Academic Teams in their respective sports, marking highest total for the spring season in the league’s 30-year history. The mark surpasses the previous high of 1,123 set last spring (2024). […]
TROY, N.Y. – Liberty League commissioner Tracy King has announced that 1,226 spring sport student-athletes have qualified for the league’s All-Academic Teams in their respective sports, marking highest total for the spring season in the league’s 30-year history. The mark surpasses the previous high of 1,123 set last spring (2024). It also marked the fifth consecutive year that more than 1,000 spring sport student-athletes have qualified for the All-Academic Teams.
Skidmore was well represented by 99 student-athletes from nine teams. Men’s Lacrosse led the way with 22, while the women’s lacrosse team had 21.
“The fact that we saw an increase of more than 100 student-athletes qualifying for our all-academic teams is remarkable,” said King. “Our student-athletes are incredibly well-rounded individuals, excelling in the classroom and on the playing field while also engaging with their local communities. The academic achievement of our student-athletes has always been a great source of pride for our member institutions. I applaud our students for their outstanding work in the classroom.”
To be recognized as a member of the All-Academic Team a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30. The spring championship sports include baseball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field.
For the 2024-25 academic year, 756 fall sport student-athletes and 410 winter sport student-athletes also qualified for Liberty League All-Academic Teams. Combined with 1,226 spring-sport student-athletes, a total of 2,392 student-athletes in the league’s 27 sports have achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade point average or better.
2024-25 LIBERTY LEAGUE SPRING ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS:
Baseball (170)
Men’s Golf (38)
Women’s Golf (28)
Men’s Lacrosse (175)
Women’s Lacrosse (172)
Men’s Rowing (44)
Women’s Rowing (112)
Softball (71)
Men’s Tennis (38)
Women’s Tennis (52)
Men’s Track & Field (163)
Women’s Track & Field (163)