Rommel First SU Lacrosse Academic All-American

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Former Orange lacrosse player Greg Rommel (Syracuse, N.Y.) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Men’s At-Large Academic All-America Third Team on Tuesday, June 12. Rommel is the first men’s lacrosse player in school history to earn national academic All-America honors. During his career, Rommel was also a three-time, first-team, academic all-district choice.

Rommel, pursuing a master’s degree in bio-engineering, started all 13 games in the midfield for the Orange. He tallied 15 goals and six assists for 21 points in 2007, and paced SU with four man-up goals. Off the field, was one of 10 finalists for the first Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for lacrosse and was a Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup honorable mention honoree. In addition, he participated in a variety of community service events, including an appearance at Morgan Road Elementary School to help students string lacrosse sticks and SU’s equipment and canned food drive, which benefited the Syracuse Boys and Girls Club and the Food Bank of Central New York.

Rommel was one of seven lacrosse players from around the country to be named to one of the three national academic All-America at-large teams. Mitch Belisle (Cornell), Nick Bonacci (Dartmouth), and Matt McMonagle (Cornell) were picked to the first team. Ed Douglas (Duke) was selected to the second team, and Rommel, Paul Rabil (Johns Hopkins) and Ben Rubeor (Virginia) were third-team choices.

To be eligible for consideration for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America status, student-athletes must achieve sophomore standing at their current school and possess a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.2. Participants in fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling are eligible for the men’s at-large program.

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