NYU-Poly Places 23 on Skyline Scholar-Athlete List

Freshmen lead the way for Fall season


Clifton Park, NY - The Skyline Conference has announced its 2009 fall sport Scholar-Athlete List (3.30 semester GPA or higher).  All totaled, the Skyline Conference had a total of 353 scholar-athletes in the fall, up from 316 last fall.  The fall sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year are the individuals with the highest semester GPAs among first-team all-conference selections per each sport. 

NYU-Poly placed 23 student-athletes on the Scholar Athlete List. Women's Cross Country led the way with seven student-athletes, followed by Men's Soccer (6), Women's Volleyball (5), Men's Cross Country (3), and Golf (2).

Twelve freshmen made the list for the Fighting Blue Jays, representing more than half of the NYU-Poly contingent. Compared to the rest of the conference, NYU-Poly was tied for 7th out of 11 member schools.