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June 8, 2007 - General Athletics

106 Seahawks Named to the CAC All-Academic Team

St. Mary's City, MD - The Capital Athletic Conference released its 2006-07 All-Academic Team numbers today. The squad contained 942 student-athletes, or 40.97% of those eligible, from the 10 member institutions. To earn All-Academic honors from the CAC, a student-athlete must compile a 3.2 or higher grade-point average (GPA) for an entire school year and be a member in good standing of a CAC-sponsored team. For the second consecutive year, Goucher College had the highest percentage of student-athletes with at least a 3.2 GPA as 55.45% achieved that mark. York (Pa.) College placed 161 student-athletes on this year's All-Academic Team, the most by any league college or university. Salisbury and Catholic followed with 148 and 116 All-Academic performers, respectively. St. Mary's (Md.) College was second by percentage with 48.62% (106 of 218), while the Seahawks ranked sixth in the total number of student-athletes making the mark with 106.

Ranking by Total Number of Student-Athletes with at least a 3.2 GPA

York (Pa.).................................... 161

Salisbury .................................... 148

Catholic....................................... 116

Goucher ..................................... 112

St. Mary's (Md.) .......................... 106



Mary Washington ........................ 100



Marymount (Va.)........................... 71



Gallaudet ...................................... 57



Hood*........................................... 39



Villa Julie**.................................... 32



Ranking by Percentage of Student-Athletes with at least a 3.2 GPA



Goucher .............................................. 112 of 202 athletes (55.45%)



St. Mary's (Md.).................................... 106 of 218 athletes (48.62%)



York (Pa.)............................................ 161 of 346 athletes (46.53%)

Gallaudet............................................... 57 of 133 athletes (42.86%)





Salisbury .............................................. 148 of 366 athletes (40.44%)

Marymount (Va.) ..................................... 71 of 181 athletes (39.23%)

Villa Julie**............................................... 32 of 83 athletes (38.55%)

Catholic ................................................ 116 of 315 athletes (36.83%)

Hood*...................................................... 39 of 123 athletes (31.71%)

Mary Washington .................................... 100 of 332 athletes (30.12%)

Overall Conference Percentage: 942 of 2,299 athletes (40.97%)

NOTE:

*Hood participated in men's & women's cross country, men's soccer, men's basketball, men's & women's swimming, men's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track & field.

**Villa Julie participated in field hockey, men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse.

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