Salisbury places 148 on CAC All-Academic squad

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - The Capital Athletic Conference released the All-Academic Team numbers for the 2006-07 season. The student-athletes must achieve a 3.2 grade-point average (GPA) for the 2006-07 academic school year. Salisbury University had 40.44 percent (148-of-366) of its student-athletes meet or exceed the mark of 3.2. The mark of 148 was good enough to place SU second in the CAC behind York (Pa.) College (161).

Salisbury won the 2006-07 CAC All-Sports Award for the second year in a row as the maroon and gold won nine out of 18 CAC championships.

Ranking by Total Number of Student-Athletes with at least a 3.2 GPA for the 2006-07 Academic Year
York (Pa.) ...................................161
Salisbury .....................................148
Catholic .......................................116
Goucher ......................................112
St. Mary's (Md.) ...........................106
Mary Washington .........................100
Marymount (Va.) ..........................71
Gallaudet .....................................57
Hood*..........................................39
Villa Julie**..................................32

Ranking by Percentage of Student-Athletes with at least a 3.2 GPA for the 2006-07 Academic Year
Goucher ............................................112 of 202 athletes (55.45%)
St. Mary's (Md.) .................................106 of 218 athletes (48.62%)
York (Pa.) ..........................................161 of 346 athletes (46.53%)
Gallaudet ...........................................57 of 133 athletes (42.86%)
Salisbury ...........................................148 of 366 athletes (40.44%)
Marymount (Va.) ...............................71 of 181 athletes (39.23%)
Villa Julie**.......................................32 of 83 athletes (38.55%)
Catholic ............................................116 of 315 athletes (36.83%)
Hood*...............................................39 of 123 athletes (31.71%)
Mary Washington ..............................100 of 332 athletes (30.12%)

NOTE:
* Hood participated in men's and women's cross country, men's soccer, men's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track & field.
** Villa Julie participated in field hockey, men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse.