Canton, NY – Five fall SUNY Canton student-athletes have been named to their respective Academic All-District teams. The all-district teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC – formerly CoSIDA), recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on their respective playing surfaces and in the classroom.
To be eligible for the honor student-athletes need to maintain at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA, have participated in at least 90 percent of their team's contests (or sets) or started 66% of their team's matches. Select Academic All-District honorees will advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot.
Brennan Harmer and
Owen Kwong from the men's soccer team,
Sammie Frank from the women's volleyball team, and
Hanlon Crane and
Alexis Sullivan from the women's soccer team, all earned the recognition.
Harmer is a senior Sports Management major and a two-sport athlete who has competed in four years of basketball and two years of soccer. He is a two-time captain of the men's soccer team in his two years with the program. Harmer started all 16 games logging over 1,300 minutes leading the team in shots on goal (12) as a defender. He paced the team with three assists and was third with five points. The Madrid, NY native is a five-time member of the NAC All-Academic Team. Harmer has spent four years working in the athletic communications office and served as the softball team's primary contact during their 2023 spring break trip. Harmer earned the Athletic department's Make-A-Difference award for the 2022-23 academic year. He has also assisted with numerous basketball and soccer youth clinics. Harmer has also organized a Sports Management golf tournament and Special Olympics event and wrote stories for the 2023 FISU World University Games hosted by SUNY Canton.
Kwong is a senior Business Management major who started 12 of the team's 16 games in goal posting a 5-4-3 record with a 1.05 goals against average and .818 save percentage with three shutouts. He finishes his career with nine total shutouts tying the D-III program career shutout record initially set by Mouhammed Thiam '19. Kwong has been involved with numerous youth clinics.
Frank, a sophomore Nursing major, led the team in assists (608), aces (64), was second in digs (239) and third in kills (113) as a setter. In her first year with the program she finished third in the NAC in assists and sixth in aces.
Crane is a senior Homeland Security major with a Criminology minor. She started 13 of the 15 games she appeared in for the Roos logging nearly 1,000 minutes at defense. She is also the Student Athlete Advisory Committee President. Crane is a three-time member of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) All-Academic Team.
Sullivan is a senior Nursing major who has played four years of soccer and two years of basketball for the Roos. She has previously been involved with basketball and soccer youth clinics. Sullivan started all 14 games she appeared in logging nearly 1,000 minutes of action. She is also a three-time member of the NAC All-Academic Team.
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