Four Brown Student-Athletes Named Academic All-America
6/21/2019 12:08:00 PM | General, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Crew, Women's Lacrosse
AUSTIN, Texas – Brown juniors Phil Goss (San Francisco, Calif.) and Coley Sullivan (Louisville, Ky.) and seniors Amy Tarczynski (Oakland, Calif.) and Zoe Verni (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) were named to their respective 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® At-Large Teams on Friday as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The Academic All-America Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom, as only student-athletes who maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 and are significant contributors to their team's success are eligible for nomination.
Goss, a First Team honoree from the men's lacrosse team, earned USILA-Warrior All-American Honorable Mention and Second Team All-Ivy honors this past season for the Bears and was on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List. The USILA Preseason Second Team All-American made 16 saves in a win over Princeton and 17 saves vs. Villanova. Concentrating in Economics and Political Science, Goss also had 15 saves versus #12 Virginia and #5 Yale.
Tarczynski, a Second Team honoree from the women's crew team, helped the Bears finish second in both the team standings and the 1V8 at the Ivy League Championships. She also guided the team to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Rowing Championships. Over the course of the season, the team captain helped the 1V8 earn ranked wins over #6 Ohio State, #9 Yale, #12 USC, #15 Radcliffe. The Economics concentrator received CoSIDA Academic All-District honors in 2017-18 and helped the Bears win Ivy League team titles in 2016 and 2017.
Verni, a Second Team honoree from the women's lacrosse team, was named Second Team All-Ivy in 2019 after ranking third on the team in ground balls (29) and fourth in caused turnovers (18). She caused a career-high four turnovers in an upset win at No. 9 Princeton. The Economics and International Relations concentrator started every possible game of her career (60).
Sullivan, a Third Team honoree from the men's swimming & diving team, broke six school records at the 2019 Ivy League Championships, two individual and four relays, and earned Second Team All-Ivy laurels in the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle relay. The Applied Mathematics-Economics concentrator was named Academic All-Ivy at the conclusion of the season.
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
The Academic All-America Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom, as only student-athletes who maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 and are significant contributors to their team's success are eligible for nomination.
Goss, a First Team honoree from the men's lacrosse team, earned USILA-Warrior All-American Honorable Mention and Second Team All-Ivy honors this past season for the Bears and was on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List. The USILA Preseason Second Team All-American made 16 saves in a win over Princeton and 17 saves vs. Villanova. Concentrating in Economics and Political Science, Goss also had 15 saves versus #12 Virginia and #5 Yale.
Tarczynski, a Second Team honoree from the women's crew team, helped the Bears finish second in both the team standings and the 1V8 at the Ivy League Championships. She also guided the team to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Rowing Championships. Over the course of the season, the team captain helped the 1V8 earn ranked wins over #6 Ohio State, #9 Yale, #12 USC, #15 Radcliffe. The Economics concentrator received CoSIDA Academic All-District honors in 2017-18 and helped the Bears win Ivy League team titles in 2016 and 2017.
Verni, a Second Team honoree from the women's lacrosse team, was named Second Team All-Ivy in 2019 after ranking third on the team in ground balls (29) and fourth in caused turnovers (18). She caused a career-high four turnovers in an upset win at No. 9 Princeton. The Economics and International Relations concentrator started every possible game of her career (60).
Sullivan, a Third Team honoree from the men's swimming & diving team, broke six school records at the 2019 Ivy League Championships, two individual and four relays, and earned Second Team All-Ivy laurels in the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle relay. The Applied Mathematics-Economics concentrator was named Academic All-Ivy at the conclusion of the season.
The at-large teams for the Google Cloud Academic All-America program include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as beach volleyball, bowling, field hockey and rowing for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
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