Jan. 22, 2008
Patriot League Women's Cross Country Academic Honor Roll 
Center Valley, Pa. - Bucknell's Gillian Nordquist was named the 2007 Patriot League Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year and is one of 85 student-athletes named to this year's Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, announced Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich Tuesday. Eight student-athletes achieved at least a 4.00 GPA for the fall academic term, including American's Greta Wicklund, Bucknell's Colleen Gavigan, Colgate's Jessica Kielty, and Navy's Arwyn Becker, Kyleigh Millhouse, Vicki Moore, Jenny Rubin and Erica Ziel.
Nordquist, a junior who double majors in English Creative Writing and Spanish, posted a 3.91 GPA for the fall academic term, and this marks her second-consecutive year on the Patriot League Women's Cross Country Academic Honor Roll.
At the 2007 Patriot League Cross Country Championship, Nordquist placed ninth in the 6k women's race, finishing with a time of 21:50.00. Nordquist has been named Second-Team All-Patriot League twice (2006, 2007), and also competed at the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. She has been one of the most consistent runners for the Bison this year, finishing 25th of 147 at the Western Ontario International Invitational and 14th of 122 at the Lafayette Invitational.
Nordquist joins three former Bison as Patriot League Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Kelly Marsh won the award in 1990, Julie Sweitzer won the award three times from 1996-98 and Becki Marshall took home the award from 1999-2001.
To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the Patriot League's seven fall championship sports.
