Cody Guerrero
Equinox Staff
For student athletes, having the ability to budget time between both academics and sports is highly important and the athletes of Keene State College have exhibited that ability.
Forty-three KSC fall athletes were named to the Little East Conference All-Academic Team.
Eight athletes were selected from the men’s soccer team, ten from women’s cross country, five from men’s cross country, nine from field hockey, eight from women’s soccer, and three from volleyball.
KSC Athletic Director John Ratliff said that it is a credit to both the athletic program and the athletes themselves to have so many athletes honored for their efforts inside the classroom.
“It’s really indicative of the excellence of the overall program both athletically and academically,” Ratliff said.
“Our numbers have always been high in regards to the number of athletes selected and it’s a big credit to them for performing so highly both in their sports and their academics.”
KSC Athletics also brought home the Little East President’s Cup for the second consecutive year.
Ratliff said that the cup is the highest honor of academic excellence in the conference and anytime the program is honored at such a high level is very significant.
“I’m very proud of our athletes and our program for contributing to this achievement,” Ratliff said.
KSC junior and women’s soccer player, Hayley Kenyon said that it is an accomplishment to be recognized for work done in the classroom.
“It’s a great honor to be recognized for the hard work that’s done academic wise,” Kenyon said.
“I certainly wasn’t expecting it so any time you receive that kind of recognition is great.”
Ratliff also said that KSC has always had a high number of its student athletes record a 3.3 GPA or higher which leads to a lot of All-Academic honorees and a high standing for the conference’s President’s Cup trophy.
“It’s around 50 or 60 percent of our athletes who record those GPAs and it’s a credit to them and to the program of their dedication on the playing field and off it,” Ratliff said. “We have consistently set the bar high for ourselves which is a great tribute to the hard work of all those involved.”
“It’s huge for the program and it’s a token of how hard all the teams work both on the field and off,” Foyle added.
Cody Guerrero can be contacted at
cguerrero@keene-equinox.com.