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4/8/08
American Field Hockey Coach Aims for 2008 Olympics
American University head field hockey coach Steve Jennings is hoping to add a couple stamps to his passport in the next few months. An assistant coach to the United States Women's National Team, Jennings will be heading to an Olympic qualifying tournament in Kazan, Russia on April 12, with sights set on helping to lead the U.S. women to a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Jennings, whose tenure with the women's national team began in 2001, had his first Olympic experience as a player for the United States Men's National Team in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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3/10/08
Patriot League Field Hockey Teams and Student-Athletes Honored For Academic Success
The National Field Hockey Coaches Association announced its 2007 ZAG/NFHCA Division I National Academic Team Award and Squad on Monday. As a team American was tied for second among Division I squads with a 3.51 grade point average. Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh were also honored as programs with a team GPA of 3.0 and higher. Fifty-four student-athletes coming from all six of the League's teams were named to the ZAG/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
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2/11/08
From Across The World
The academic reputations of Patriot League institutions attract prospective students from all across the nation, especially when combined with Division I athletic opportunities. By now, word on the Patriot League's schools has not only spread to all edges of the United States, but has broken through the international barriers as well. In fact, Bucknell was discussed at length close to 8,000 miles from Lewisburg, Pa., by two of its current field hockey student-athletes when deciding on where to attend college. Jacquie Kataneksza and Rudo Mawema are from Harare, Zimbabwe and just completed their junior season for the Bison. Both are majoring in international relations.
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2/8/08
The Art Of The Two-Sport Athlete
The glaring difference between high school and intercollegiate athletics for many student-athletes is the level of commitment that must be devoted. At the high school level, many student-athletes play multiple sports, some even one per season during the academic year. In college, however, the time demands placed on a student-athlete playing one sport makes being a multi-sport student-athlete all but impossible nowadays. In the age of single-sport athletes, then, how does a rare breed of student-athletes find the time to play more than one sport? For three Lehigh female student-athletes, it is all about time management and having passion for what you do.
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