The honorees are voted on by the sports information offices of the 29 area institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area. In order to be eligible for Academic All-Area honors, an athlete must be in at least his or her second year at the institution and hold a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better.
The Haverford College Athletic Department will induct its eighth class into the Thomas Glasser ’82 Hall of Achievement in the spring of 2018. The deadline for submission of nominees for the 2018 Hall of Achievement is August 1, 2017.
Haverford sent multiple athletes to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2009 and had its most conference championships since the 2010 season.
Sullivan placed eighth in her 1,500 meter heat (16th overall) while Giannetti improved on her national seed with a 10th place finish in the steeplechase heat (21st overall).
Katie Sullivan will get the weekend started with the 1,500 meter trials on Thursday which begin at 2:30 p.m. Nicole Giannetti will compete in the steeplechase trials on Thursday at 4 p.m.
Katie Sullivan (left) and Nicole Giannetti (right) each earned All-Mideast Region recognition in their respective events they will represent the Fords in at the NCAA Division III Championship this weekend.
The Fords had a Centennial Conference-leading 101 student-athletes recognized with men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, and men's tennis each earning the most in their respective sports.
The Fords sent two entrants to Widener's Mideast Invitational on Thursday and will now await the list of accepted entrants to the NCAA Championships which are unveiled this Saturday.
Claire Sargent (pictured) set a new school record during her shot put victory, while Katie Sullivan (1,500 meters) and Taylor Murphy (100 meter hurdles) also won conference gold.
Nicole Giannetti placed second in the steeplechase while Emily Anderson was third in the discus. Both will earn All-Centennial Conference recognition with those performances.
Unique Tuberville (pictured in discus) broke the school record in hammer on Friday as the Fords had a total of three scoring performances in the meet's first day.
The Fords have finished among the top three teams in 19 of the conference's first 23 outdoor championships and have several highly seeded entrants once again this weekend.
Nicole Giannetti (steeplechase), Elizabeth Reikowski (triple jump), Sophia Nelson (long jump), Unique Tuberville (hammer), and the Fords' 4x100 relay all finished first on Wednesday afternoon.
Katie Sullivan turned in the 11th fastest time in the 1,500 meters at the Division III level on Friday night as she competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational.
The Fords return multiple All-Americans and All-Centennial Conference performers to a team that looks to continue its presence near the top of the Centennial Conference.
Molly Sheehan, a former cross country and track & field member at Haverford, is the recipient of the 2016 World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) Young Investigator Award.
Over 200 student-athletes across multiple varsity teams took part in the 28th annual Special Olympics Pennsylvania Festival at Villanova this past weekend.
Former women’s track & field and cross country standout Jen Maranzano ’94 recently completed the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:49:21. That time placed her second overall in her age group and was the highest American finisher in her age group.
"I wanted a school where I could be both a serious student among inspiring peers and a serious athlete among inspiring teammates. During my overnight visit I met the team and got a taste of what it's like to be a student here, and it felt right."