Feb. 7, 2007

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DAYTON, Ohio - Junior Brandon Cramer from football and senior Ellie Malchow from softball earned the first annual Presidential Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award from the Office of Academic Services of Student-Athletes and the Office of the Provost.

Malchow, a secondary education and mathematics major from Kettering, Ohio, participated at the USA Athletes International Tournament in Oldenzaal, Holland.

Last year on the diamond, Malchow played 39 games and started 35 of them. Of her 17 hits, seven were doubles, one triple, and eight RBI for the season. Defensively, Malchow showcased a .957 fielding percentage at second base.

Cramer, a native of Toledo, Ohio, was named to the First Team, 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team. The junior defensive back was the only Pioneer Football League student-athlete to be named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America this year. He has a 4.0 cumulative grade point average majoring in Pre-Med.

On the field, Cramer started the remaining nine games for the Flyers this season. He was third on the team in tackles for the second straight season with 52. He led UD interceptions (3, tied) and fumbles recovered (1, tied) and was second on the team in passes broken up (3).

The Presidential Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award is designed to be the most prestigious honor presented by the Office of Academic Services for Student-Athletes and the Office of the Provost. It serves to recognize two student-athletes, one male and one female, who have demonstrated academic excellence, qualities of leadership and service to the University of Dayton community.

The Office of Academic Services for Student-Athletes also honored the members of the 4.00 Flyers Award, All-Academic Team and 3.50 honorees.

All-Academic Team - Recognizes student-athletes who earned the highest cumulative grade point average on their respective teams.

Brian Roberts, Men's Basketball Walter Boneau, Baseball Eric Contreras, Men's Cross Country Brandon Cramer, Football John Zaller, Men's Golf Ian Mulligan, Men's Soccer David Peyton, Men's Tennis Karah Cloxton, Women's Basketball Emily Haas, Women's Cross Country Jeanna Heink, Rowing Melissa Gaus, Women's Golf Amanda Gallow, Women's Soccer Erin Lafayette, Women's Softball Megan Gray, Women's Tennis Jessica Schulte, Track and Field Nicole Bateman, Volleyball

4.00 Flyers Award - Given to those who achieved a perfect grade point average during the winter or fall semesters of 2006.

Walter Boneau, Baseball Michael DeLuca, Baseball Phil Ernst, Baseball Adam Miller, Cross Country Brandon Cramer, Football William Falk, Football John Zaller, Golf Gary Long, Soccer Anne Oltman, Cross Country Allison Smith, Cross Country Kristin Terry, Cross Country Allison Gates, Rowing Jeanna Heink, Rowing Allison Lohse, Rowing Cari DeAngelis, Golf Elaine English, Golf Amanda Gallow, Soccer Allysa Detroy, Tennis Megan Gray, Tennis Amanda O'Connell, Tennis Sarah Allen, Track and Field

3.50 Honorees - Student-Athletes who have achieved a grade point average above a 3.5 during either the fall or winter 2006 terms.

Baseball - Jonathan Castine, Scott Dunwoody, Quinn Haselhorst, Kyle Lindsay, Joe McSoley, Frank Tedesco

Men's Cross Country - Bradley Boyd, Eric Contreras, Matthew Danis, Brian Gilchrist, Derek Henderson, Anthony Holtvoigt, Thomas Middleton, Matthew Peters, Michael Peters

Men's Football - Bart Bergfeld, Blake Bikowski, Tyler Blue, Chad Burton, James Croghan, Matthew Gray, Joseph Gulick, Kevin Hoyng, J. Michael Jonard, Brian Kelly, William Knight, Brian Kucia, John McCormick, Ryan Pollock, Joseph Ries, Austin Roseberry, Matthew Smyth, Matthew Swartz, Chris Vermillion, Scott Vossler, David Walbright, Theodore Watt, Zach Whitten, Brandon Wingeier, Ryan Zerante

Men's Golf - Rob Chappell, Nicholas Miller, Sam Morton

Men's Soccer - Alex Davis, Eric Dempsey, Zach Gibbens, Tyler Imbrongo, Ian Mulligan, Benjamin Murray, Joseph Olwig, Joshua Paulus

Women's Cross Country - Bridget Conlon, Olivia Conlon, Emily Deet, Colleen Donovan, Emily Haas, Sydney Hubbard, Amy Kempf, Alexandra Miles, Ellen Nienhaus

Rowing - Allison Bogenschutz, Lydia Caldwell, Kacy Carmichael, Emily Darin, Whitney Fields, Anna Heink, Allyson Holsinger, Anne Hulefeld, Melissa Kemper, Kathleen Kennedy, Susan Leopold, Chelsy Lutz, Laruen Monahan, Maria Otte, Meghan Riley, Elizabeth Rintz, Kate Sanders, Raechelle Smith, Stephanie Smith, Grace Tita, Allison Walden, Allison Weis, Bridget Wood

Women's Golf - Sarah Burpo, Melissa Gaus, Lindsey Greuter, Mary Kane, Casey Peterson, Paige Smith

Softball - Christine Eggers, Chelsea Grozenski, Erin Lafayette, Ellie Malchow, Laura Matthews, Kathryn O'Brien

Women's Soccer - Lauren MacCormick, Annette Bonasso, Kim Sacher, Stacy Chew

Men's Tennis - Wesley Hartig, David Peyton, Joshua Vance

Women's Basketball - Ashley Armstrong, Karah Cloxton, Brittney Holterman, Kiki Lund, Amber Peterink

Women's Tennis - Nicole Dzubay, MacKenzie Hoops, Kara Metzger, Andrea Muresan

Women's Track and Field - Lisa Aubry, Liz Forster, Jessica Schulte, Emma Steinmetz, Megan Sweeney, Brittney Thomas

Volleyball - Nicole Bateman, Margo Moeller, Amanda Robbe