United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Women's Cross Country - Bears Place Trio on NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(10/31/07)--The Coast Guard Academy placed three student athletes on the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Academic All-conference team.

Junior Gwen English (Operations Research/Computer Analysis) and sophomores Tessa Knott (Mechanical Engineering) and Bryce Van Cleef (Marine and Environmental Science) were the three runners honored for Coast Guard.

Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2007 spring semester, achieved second year academic status at her institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.

The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference consists of 10 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.