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American Men’s Cross Country Places 10 on PL Academic Honor Roll
Two Eagles earn perfect 4.00 grade-point averages

Matt Seymour was one of 10 Eagles to earn a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

February 10, 2003

WASHINGTON -- American University’s men’s cross country team had 10 student-athletes named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll as announced by the league office today. Senior Jose Morales (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel) and sophomore Matt Barresi (Laurel, Md./Atholton) both earned perfect 4.00 grade-point averages (GPA) this fall.

To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average (GPA) in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the seven league-sponsored fall championship sports. A total of 510 student-athletes were named to the fall Academic Honor Roll.

Junior Matt Seymour (Rockville, Md./Magruder) earned a 3.75 GPA while also finishing second in the Patriot League Cross Country Championships this fall and earning a spot on the All-League First-Team. Senior Sean O’Brien (Tewksbury, Mass./Winnisquam Regional), junior Frank Malpigli (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) and sophomore Patrick MacAdie (Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxboro Regional) all earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll accolades while also making the Patriot League All-League First Team.

Also earning a spot on the Academic Honor Roll were sophomores Danny Maurer (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs) and Chris Repka (East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown) and freshmen Pat Burford (Bellmore, N.Y./John F. Kennedy) and Phillip Turner (Reedsburg, Wis./Reedsburg Area).

The Eagles captured their first Patriot League Men’s Cross Country title this fall, winning the meet with six finishers in the top-10. Head coach Matt Centrowitz earned Patriot League Men’s Coach of the Year awards and seven runners were named to the Patriot League All-League squads.

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, is in its second year of membership in the Patriot League. Since joining the Patriot League, the University has captured league championships in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, and regular-season titles in men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse.

Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.