July 9, 2007
2007 Patriot League Golf Academic Honor Roll
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Center Valley, Pa. - Navy's Chris Renninger was voted the 2007 Patriot League Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was one of 42 student-athletes named to this year's Patriot League Golf Academic Honor Roll, announced Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich Monday. Renninger, along with Bucknell's Jeff Pike and Charlie Waddell, earned 4.0 grade-point averages during the spring semester.
Renninger, a junior chemistry major, has posted a 4.0 grade-point average in seven consecutive semesters, including summer 2006, to hold a perfect cumulative GPA. The three-time Patriot League honor roll member is first in his class of 1,073 members at the Naval Academy. He has been named to the Commandant's List five times, the Dean's List four times and the Superintendent's List twice.
The First-Team All-Patriot League selection finished second at the 2007 Patriot League Golf Championship. Throughout the season he was Navy's top finisher four times, including two top-five finishes, and owned the team's low average (75.6).
This season marked the third time the Patriot League Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year award went to Navy with previous winners including Brian Crum (2003) and Billy Hurley (2004).
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the spring semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's six winter or 10 spring championship sports.
A total of 989 student-athletes were named to the Patriot League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, which includes the sports of men and women's basketball, men and women's swimming and diving, men and women's indoor track and field, baseball, golf, men and women's lacrosse, rowing, men and women's outdoor track and field, softball and men and women's tennis.
