AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's outdoor track & field team was named an East Coast Conference Academic Team of Excellence Award recipient for the 2024-25 academic year. The honor is presented to the team with the highest cumulative grade point average in their respective sport. The women's track & field program is the second consecutive Daemen team to earn the award as the men's cross country team collected the honor during the 2023-24 campaign.
This past season, the Wildcats posted a cumulative GPA of 3.57 for the 2024-25 academic year. Individually, the squad also featured five athletes who collected CSC Academic All-District honors as
Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.)
Samantha Kabel (Alexander, N.Y.),
Christa Oates (Tonawanda, N.Y.),
Patsy Oberholzer (Greece, N.Y.) and
Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.) all earned the accolade.
Additionally, six teams saw each member of their squad earn a 3.25 GPA or higher in the Daemen women's cross country team, District of Columbia women's tennis team, D'Youville women's bowling and women's tennis teams, Mercy women's volleyball team, and Molloy women's cross country team.
Additional ECC Team of Excellence Award recipients include:
Baseball: D'Youville
Esports: Molloy
Men's Basketball: Staten Island
Men's Cross Country: Molloy
Men's Lacrosse: Roberts Wesleyan
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Georgian Court
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Molloy
Men's Soccer: Mercy
Men's Tennis: District of Columbia
Men's Volleyball: St. Thomas Aquinas
Women's Basketball: Molloy
Women's Bowling: Roberts Wesleyan
Women's Cross Country: Roberts Wesleyan
Women's Lacrosse: Mercy
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Georgian Court
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Daemen
Women's Soccer: Staten Island
Softball: Molloy
Women's Tennis: District of Columbia
Women's Volleyball: Mercy
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