(04-17-08)
WEST HAVEN, Conn. -- University of New Haven men's volleyball student-athletes Austin Michalski and Ryan Sterling (photo) each earned spots on the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association's 2008 All-Academic Team.
For Sterling, a senior, it was the second year in a row that he earned the honor. Michalski, a sophomore, captured a spot in his first year of eligibility for the award.
Sterling carries a 3.87 cumulative grade point average while majoring in criminal justice. Michalski has a 3.87 GPA in Nutrition & Dietetics.
To be eligible for the EIVA's All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's games for the season. Freshmen are not eligible because the award is based on cumulative grade point average.
2008 EIVA All-Academic Team
Name - School, Year, Pos., GPA, Major, Hometown
Burik, Mark - George Mason, Sr., Outside, 3.55, Exercise Science, Queens, NY
Efstathiou, Kalani - Sacred Heart, So., Outside, 3.97, Math, Beaverton, OR
Correa, Rodrigo - NJIT, Jr., Setter, 3.96, Business, Sau Paulo, Brazil
Crooks, Jamie - Harvard, Sr., Opposite, 3.50, Economics, San Diego, CA
Foltz, Travis - Penn State, Sr., Setter, 3.51, Finance, Westlake Village, CA
Lipsitz, Max - Penn State, So., Middle, 3.51, Finance, Williamsville, NY
Michalski, Austin - New Haven, So., Middle, 3.87, Nutrition & Dietetics, Voorheesville, NY
Paludo, Leonardo - NJIT, Sr., Opposite, 3.60, Business, Balnéario Camboriú, Brazil
Ribeiro, Mark - Springfield, Jr., Outside, 3.58, General Studies, New York, NY
Sherrick, Jon - Penn State, Jr., Middle, 3.77, Economics, Mountville, PA
Shoemaker, Eric - Springfield, So., Setter, 3.54, Computer Graphics, Mount Wolf, PA
Stauffer, Jay - Penn State, Jr., Outside, 3.71, Finance & Economics, Columbia, PA
Sterling, Ryan - New Haven, Sr., Middle, 3.87, Criminal Justice, Braintree, MA
Tener, David - NYU, Sr., Libero, 3.86, Psychology, Merrick, NY
Wagner, Greg - NJIT, Sr., Middle, 3.75, Computer Science, Wilbraham, MA
Weissbourd, Brady - Harvard, Sr., Middle, 3.65, Human Evolutionary Biology, Chicago, IL
Welter, Eduardo - NJIT, Sr., Outside, 3.86, Business, Balnéario Camboriú, Brazil
Zolnowski, Devin - NYU, Jr., Outside, 3.59, Economics, Bridgewater, NJ
