New York, N.Y. – In addition to their prowess on the field, the Mount Saint Mary College Athletic Department featured 84 student-athletes named to the Skyline Conference Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll it was announced on Tuesday. To earn a spot on the Honor Roll student-athletes in Men's and Women's Basketball and Men's and Women's Swimming needed to meet or exceed a 3.3 cumulative grade point average for the academic year, while student-athletes in the sports of Baseball, Men's Golf, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field need to meet a 3.3 grade point average during the spring semester.
 
In total, 799 student-athletes were honored for academic excellence across the conference. Said Commissioner Linda Bruno, "The Skyline Conference student-athletes continue to balance academics and athletics at an extremely high level. Their experience at our member institutions epitomizes what the NCAA Division III philosophy is all about."
 
Mount Saint Mary featured four programs with at least 12 student-athletes earn academic recognition on the league's Honor Roll. The Baseball team boasted 14 selections, followed by 13 selections from the Men's Lacrosse program. Both the Women's Basketball and Softball programs featured 12 selections for the Knights.
 
Women's Outdoor Track and Field saw eight student-athletes earn recognition, followed by seven picks from Women's Lacrosse and six selections from the Men's Basketball program.
 
Men's Golf, Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis each had two selections with John Del Bene and Patrick Shea making the list in both Golf and Tennis. Women's Swimming checked in with four picks on the heels of earning CSCAA Spring Academic All-American team honors. The Mount's Men's Swimming program added a single selection to the mix.
 
The 84 selections for the Knights, tops last year's Winter/Spring total of 76 for the spring 2020-21 semester.