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Colgate's Deroo Wins Scholar-Athlete Award

Sat, Feb 26, 2011

Colgate's Deroo Wins Scholar-Athlete Award

Colgate University junior Elise DeRoo of Newtown, CT was voted the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned one of the 10 spots on the Women's Indoor Track and Field Academic All-Patriot League Team, announced Friday. The awards were voted on by indoor track and field sports information directors in the Patriot League.

A molecular biology major, DeRoo has posted a 3.93 GPA thus far in her career and has won this award four straight times, each time that she was eligible for it. She was last season’s indoor and outdoor award winner, as well as this year’s cross country Female Scholar-Athlete.

DeRoo won the 1,000-meter run and was a member of the distance medley relay (DMR) team that captured a title for the Raiders at the Patriot League Indoor Championship. DeRoo won the 1,000-meter title with a school- and Patriot League record time of 2:52.37, earning all-Patriot League first team honors. DeRoo's time topped the previous records held by Maura McCusker set in 2002.

DeRoo was also a member of the DMR team that set a new school and Patriot League record time of 11:58.26. The time broke the previous record set by Colgate in 1998.

To be eligible for the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen are not eligible for this honor.

The Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for each individual sport comprises the pool of nominees for the Patriot League Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards given out over the summer. One male and one female are selected for this honor.

Source: Colgate

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