261 Named to 2008 CWPA Men's Scholar-Athlete Team

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- 261 student-athletes have been named to the 2008 Collegiate Water Polo Association Scholar-Athlete Team. Previously named the All-Academic Team, the program honors varsity and club student-athletes who have achieved grade point averages of 3.2 or higher and competed during the 2008 men's season.

Overall, 66 athletes were honored with Outstanding (3.71-4.0) recognition, while 108 earned Superior (3.41-3.7) and 87 were recognized with Excellent (3.2-3.4) accolades.

Among varsity athletes, 111 earned distinction with 26 Outstanding, 47 Superior and 38 Excellent honorees.  Brown University topped the team grade point average race as the Bears turned in a 3.523 GPA, three-thousandths of a point ahead of St. Francis College (N.Y.), in a virtual dead-heat between the two programs.  Harvard University (3.33), Princeton University (3.28), Bucknell University (3.18), Johns Hopkins University (3.15) and Iona College (3.0) follow as each of the program's exceeded the 3.0 barrier.

In the clubs, 150 athletes were honored with 40 Outstanding, 61 Superior and 49 Excellent recipients.  Among the teams, Rice University led the team GPA race at 3.873.