EDISON, NJ – Seven student-athletes from the Saint Peter's University outdoor track and field teams have been named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Academic Team, released by the conference office today.
The MAAC honored a total of 260 student-athletes to the 2020 Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams across the conference, with Saint Peter's boasting four individuals to the women's squad and three on the men's side.
The quartet of women's all-academic honorees included junior sprinter/mid-distance runner
Lovely Francois (sport management major), junior mid-distance runner
Grace Proctor (health physical education major), sophomore mid-distance runner
Maleny Cajamarca (accounting major) and sophomore jumper
Iria Paz (pre-elementary education major).
The trio of men's all-academic recipients were senior hurdler
Joshua Okaro (finance major), junior javelin thrower
Daniel Lodato (criminal justice major) and sophomore jumper/sprinter
Daniel Jn-Baptiste (computer science major).
To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 39
th year of competition during the 2019-20 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.
