May 2, 2011

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Rowing Academic All-Conference team was announced on Monday, May 2, recognizing 10 student-athletes for their performance in the classroom and during competition.

Massachusetts' Samantha Schnoerr headlined this year's team as she was named the A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year, as voted on by the league's Sports Information Directors. The senior coxswain led the Minutewomen Varsity 8 squad to a third place finish at the A-10 Rowing Championships back on April 16. She was named to the 2011 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team while serving as team co-captain. A native of Norwalk, Conn., Schnoerr is a three-time member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and will graduate from UMass with a degree in Legal Studies. Schnoerr will attend Michigan State College of Law next year.

Dayton led all schools with three student-athletes named to the 2011 academic team, while Massachusetts and Rhode Island each placed two members. Duquesne, George Washington and Saint Joseph's all had one student-athlete on this year's squad.

Joining Schnoerr on this year's academic team are Dayton's Michelle Baeder, Katherine Bruening and Erin Quinn; Duquesne's Taylor Shannon; Anna Kaminski of George Washington; UMass' Emily Boucher; Rhode Island's Megan O'Brien and Jenessa Redfern; and Saint Joseph's Danielle Brady.

Brady, Bruening and Redfern are all repeat honorees from a season ago, while Redfern becomes just the 10th student-athlete in league history to be named to the academic team three times.

2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Rowing Academic All-Conference Team
Student-Athlete, School, Year, Hometown, Major
Michelle Baeder, Dayton, Jr., Dublin, Ohio, Pre-Physical Therapy
Emily Boucher, Massachusetts, Jr., Lee, N.H., Anthropology
Danielle Brady, Saint Joseph's, Sr., Palermo, N.J., Elementary/Special Education
Katherine Bruening, Dayton, Jr. Beachwood, Ohio, Pre-Medicine
Anna Kaminski, George Washington, So., Seattle, Wash., International Affairs
Megan O'Brien, Rhode Island, Sr., Whitefish Bay, Wisc., Marine Biology
Erin Quinn, Dayton, Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind., History
Jenessa Redfern, Rhode Island, Sr., Wilmington, Mass., Pharmacy
Samantha Schnoerr, Massachusetts, Sr., Norwalk, Conn., Legal Studies
Taylor Shannon, Duquesne, Sr., Bethlehem, Pa., Communication Studies

A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year
Samantha Schnoerr, Massachusetts, Sr., Norwalk, Conn., Legal Studies

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