May 30, 2012

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -

Senior rower Emily Boucher was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic team on Wednesday. Boucher was also named the UMass Female Spring Scholar athlete at the senior banquet earlier this month.

The Atlantic 10 announced Wednesday that it has named 10 women's rowers to the Academic All-Conference team for 2012. The team was selected by a vote of the league's rowing media relations directors.

Six rowers that were previous selected for 2012 All-Conference honors were chosen for the award, which honors student-athlete for their combined prowess in both the classroom and in the boat.

Rhode Island, the 2012 A-10 Rowing Champions and Dayton each had three student-athletes honored. Temple had two selections and George Washington and Massachusetts each had one.

2012 Atlantic 10 Rowing Academic  All-Conference
Michelle Baeder                      Dayton                            Sr.        Dublin, Ohio                       Pre-Physical Therapy
Katherine Bruening*              Dayton                            Sr.        Beachwood, Ohio             Pre-Medicine
Sadie Wonders*                      Dayton                            Jr.        Bronson, Mich.                   Accounting    
MacKenzie Hovermale        George Washington    Sr.        Springfield, Ill.                    International Affairs
Emily Boucher*                      Massachusetts              Sr.        Lee, N.H.                              Anthropology
Zoe Gentes                              Rhode Island                   Sr.        San Diego, Calif.               Geological Oceanography
Megan O’Brien*                    Rhode Island                   Gr.       Whitefish Bay, Wisc.       Marine Biology
Kelley Woodacre                   Rhode Island                   Sr.        Wellesley, Mass.             Landscape Architecture
Joanna Sutor*                         Temple                              Jr.        Northfield, N.J.                  Nursing
Taylor Wasserleben*           Temple                              Sr.        Willow Grove, Pa.           Kinesiology