Mount Holyoke Rowers Named to ECAC/NIRC All-Academic Team

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (May 10, 2010) – The Eastern College Athletic Conference National Invitational Rowing Championships (ECAC/NIRC) Board of Stewards recently announced their 2010 All-Academic Team. Nine members of the Mount Holyoke College women’s crew team were honored.

Representing the Lyons were sophomore Hannah Blackmer, junior Emily Carol, sophomore Sarah Friedman, senior Amanda McGrosky, senior Caitlin Parsley, junior Cleo Schneider, junior Ellen Shaw, senior Jessica Suhowatsky and sophomore Rebekah Wieland.

To be honored, student-athletes must have reached sophomore academic standing and be a varsity letterwinner with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.35. A transfer student must have completed one year of study at the institution.