Jan. 22, 2008

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Navy women's cross country team led the Patriot League with five runners earning a 4.0 grade-point average last semester as a total of nine Midshipmen were named to the league's academic honor roll, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday morning.

Team captain Kyleigh Millhouse (Sr./Boiling Springs, Pa.), Arwyn Becker (Sr./Vail, Colo.), Vicki Moore (Sr./Burke, Va.), Jenny Rubin (So./Papillion, Neb.) and Erica Ziel (So./Saginaw, Mich.) all produced a 4.0 grade-point average during the fall. In total, nine Patriot League runners produced a perfect grade-point average during the 2007 fall semester.

Millhouse, an ocean engineering major, produced her first-career 4.0 semester grade-point average while serving as the team captain to earn academic honor roll distinction for the third time in her career. The product of Boiling Springs, Pa., will serve as a Marine Corps pilot following graduation in May. During her final cross country season, she earned Second-Team All-Patriot League honors and scored in all-seven of her meets.

Becker emerged as one of Navy's top runners in the fall while producing a 4.0 grade-point average for the fourth time in her career. The honors economics major will join the surface warfare community following commissioning this May. Becker, a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member, boasted Navy's top time in four meets this past fall, including three top-10 finishes. At the Patriot League Championship, she placed 13th overall to earn second-team all-league kudos.

Moore was named to league's academic honor roll for the third time in her career after earning Superintendent's List recognition with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average for the seventh-straight semester. The information technology major ranks first in her class of 1,064 midshipmen in academic and overall order of merit. Following graduation in May, Burke will join the surface warfare community. Athletically, she competed in five meets during her senior year, placing among the team's top-seven runners on two occasions.

Rubin earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll recognition for the first time in her career after posting a 4.0 grade-point average for the third time in as many semesters in Annapolis. The mechanical engineering major has been distinguished on the Superintendent's List in each of her three semesters at the Academy. On the cross country trails, she ran in six races and twice placed among the top-20 competitors.

Ziel, a first-time league academic honor roll selection, rounded out the Navy contingent that produced a 4.0 grade-point average last fall. The oceanography major also has earned Superintendent's List honors in each of her three semesters in Annapolis. With the cross country team, she scored in all-seven of her meets and placed among the overall top-20 runners on five occasions.

Maureen Dooley (Jr./Durham, Conn.) made her way onto the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second time in her career. She earned a 3.65 grade-point average in the fall while majoring in international relations. In athletic action, she finished among the team's top-seven runners in all-seven meets and recorded four top-25 performances.

Three other Midshipmen worked their way onto the league's academic honor roll for the first time in their career. Katherine Wirtz (Jr./Willoughby Hills, Ohio) produced a 3.63 grade-point average last semester while majoring in mechanical engineering. She ran in seven meets during the 2007 season, scoring once and finishing among the top-25 twice.

Amy Watson (So./Hampstead, Md.) delivered in both the classroom and athletically last fall. The international relations major earned a 3.47 grade-point average while having a banner sophomore cross country season. She paced all runners in the Star Meet at Army and produced the team's fastest time at the Patriot League Championship to capture first-team all-league accolades.

In just her first season at the Academy, Katie Rentz (Fr./San Diego, Calif.) earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. She produced a 3.50 grade-point average while racing in six meets during her rookie campaign. She scored in the team's first-three meets of the year, highlighted by posting Navy's second-best time in the Salty Seadog Invitational.

In order to be eligible for the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average during the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter. A total of 104 student-athletes were named to this year's women's cross country honor roll.

The Midshipmen tied for the Patriot League title with Bucknell this past fall, their first since joining the league in 2003. Navy finished the year with a 4-0 dual-meet record, claimed the N-Star with a 23-38 win at Army and placed 10th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championship.

2007 Patriot League Women's Cross Country Academic Honor Roll (Navy Only)  Name Cl.  Major GPA  Hometown/High School   Arwyn Becker Sr.   Honors Economics 4.00   Vail, Colo./Mountain View   Maureen Dooley Jr.   International Relations 3.65   Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional   Kyleigh Millhouse Sr.   Ocean Engineering 4.00   Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs   Vicki Moore Sr.   Information Technology 4.00   Burke, Va./James W. Robinson Jr.   Katie Rentz Fr.   n/a 3.50   San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel   Jenny Rubin So.   Mechanical Engineering 4.00   Papillion, Neb./Papillion-La Vista South   Amy Watson So.   International Relations 3.47   Hampstead, Md./North Carroll   Katherine Wirtz Jr.   Mechanical Engineering 3.63   Willoughby Hills, Ohio/Laurel School   Erica Ziel So.   Oceanography 4.00   Saginaw, Mich./Swan Valley