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Developing Academically<br />
• Canisius College emphasizes developing its student-athletes academically<br />
and socially as well as athletically.<br />
• Golden Griffin student-athletes have access to a computer lab<br />
moderated by a full-time academic counselor in the Koessler Athletic<br />
Center. Student-athletes also have the ability to check out lap<br />
top computers to use when traveling to competitions.<br />
• Canisius student-athletes graduate from the college at a rate five<br />
percent higher than the general undergraduate student population.<br />
• The women’s basketball team and the volleyball team received<br />
NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program public recognition<br />
awards for 2006-07. The public recognition awards are presented<br />
to the best academically performing teams that rank in the top<br />
10 percent within their sport in the NCAA Division I Academic<br />
Progress Rate (APR). The volleyball team scored a perfect score of<br />
1,000 in the latest results, while the women’s hoops team posted a<br />
score of 984.<br />
• Since 1980, 14 Canisius student-athletes have collected 23<br />
CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.<br />
• Six former student-athletes – Tom Schott (football), Colleen<br />
Sandor (softball), Diane Nowak (tennis), Anthony Zitnik (lacrosse),<br />
Josh Zavitz (hockey) and Jamee Paoloemilio (synchronized swimming)<br />
– have received NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships for their<br />
tremendous work in the classroom and on the field of play.<br />
• Basketball player Kevin Thompson served a two-year term on the<br />
prestigious NCAA Student Advisory Committee. Aimee Claypool<br />
(volleyball) represented Canisius at the 2001 NCAA Foundation<br />
Leadership Conference, Rachelle Held (women’s lacrosse and soccer)<br />
earned the honor in 2002, Mark Persick (ice hockey) attended<br />
in 2003, Rob Krajewski (golf) represented the school in 2004 as did<br />
Katie Scanlon (synchro swimming) in 2005 and Kiel Illg (men’s<br />
lacrosse in 2006). Most recently, ice hockey goaltender Bryce Luker<br />
represented the school at the annual summer conference.<br />
• Six Griffs have been named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference<br />
Scholar Athletes of the Year for their respective sport, and 68 student-athletes<br />
were named to the MAAC All-Academic Honor Roll<br />
in 2006-07.<br />
Above (top row): Aimee Claypool, Rachelle Held, (bottom row)<br />
Rob Krajewski and Bryce Luker have all held the honor of representing<br />
Canisius College at the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference.<br />
Canisius College CoSIDA Academic All-Americans<br />
NAME SPORT YEAR TEAM MAJOR<br />
Pat Aronson W. Basketball 1980 Second Physical Education<br />
Tom Schott Football 1982 First Management<br />
Tom Schott Football 1983 First Management<br />
Mike Christel Track/X-Country 1983 First Math/Computer Science<br />
Diane Nowak W. Tennis 1988 Second History/Economics<br />
Mike Panepinto Football 1985 Second Management<br />
Mike Panepinto Football 1986 First Management<br />
Colleen Sandor Softball 1985 Honorable Mention Psychology<br />
Colleen Sandor Softball 1986 Second Psychology<br />
Ann Woloszynski Softball 1989 Third Mathematics<br />
Ann Woloszynski Softball 1990 Second Mathematics<br />
Jason Rausch Baseball 1991 Second Finance<br />
Jason Rausch Baseball 1992 Second Finance<br />
Jason Rausch Baseball 1993 Third Finance<br />
Michelle Corrigan Softball 1993 Second Marketing-Mgt-Pre Law<br />
Michelle Corrigan Softball 1994 Second Marketing-Mgt-Pre Law<br />
Thais Alexander W. Basketball 1996 Third Political Science/English<br />
Lori Graham Softball 1996 Third Physical Ed/Exercise Science<br />
Lori Graham Softball 1997 Second Physical Education<br />
Jeremy Ross Baseball 1997 Third Physical Ed/Exercise Science<br />
Jake Coppola Football 1999 Second Mathematics<br />
Jake Coppola Football 2000 First Mathematics<br />
Lynn Stoczynski Softball 2001 Second Political Science<br />
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