For Immediate Release
December 4, 2003

Ten Maroons Earn UAA Academic Distinction

Chicago -- Ten members of the University of Chicago men's cross country team were honored as the University Athletic Association announced the fall recipients of the conference's All-Academic Recognition award.

The 10 recipients were:

Senior Tom Haxton (Seattle, Wash./ Shorecrest)
Senior Patrick Sullivan (Wilmette, Ill./ Loyola Academy)
Junior David Barr (Mancelona, Mich./ Kalkaska)
Junior Sam Jacobson (Queens, N.Y./ Stuyvesant)
Junior Ethan Jewett (Minneapolis, Minn./ Southwest)
Junior James Mestichelli (Indianapolis, Ind./ Central Bucks West)
Junior Joe Tonna (Santa Rosa, Calif./ Santa Rosa)
Sophomore Pat Hogan (Seattle, Wash./ Shorecrest)
Sophomore Nicholas Juravich (Amherst, Mass./ Amherst)
Sophomore Leo Mizuhara (Chicago, Ill./ Choate Rosemary Hall)

The 10 men's harriers were among 59 Chicago fall sport student-athletes to receive UAA All-Academic Recognition, which is awarded to student-athletes who have completed at least one full year of college study and who carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.20.

The UAA Presidents Council established the All-Academic Recognition award in 1998 to recognize the high level of academic achievement demonstrated by Association student-athletes who effectively balance their significant commitment of time, effort, and energy in athletic endeavor with their highly challenging academic responsibilities.