Release Date: 07-25-2002
George Deane, Michele Palmer Named America East
Scholar-Athletes
Author: Gordon
W Woodworth
Email: Gordon.Woodworth@uvm.edu
Phone:
(802)656-1110 Fax: (802)656-8328
For Immediate Release Contact: Gordon Woodworth July 25, 2002
802/656-1110 Michele Palmer, George Deane Honored As America East
Scholar-Athletes
BURLINGTON, Vermont – Two of the University of Vermont's
finest student-athletes have been honored as the America East
Scholar-Athlete in their sport in a vote of the league’s athletic
administrators.
Sophomore cross country and track and field standout Michele
Palmer (Plymouth, MA) and track and field captain George
Deane (Springfield, VT) were both honored as the top
scholar-athlete in their sports, Palmer in cross country and Deane
in track and field.
The America East Scholar-Athlete Award is just the latest in a
string of honors Palmer has received. One of the top runners in New
England, she was named to the Verizon Academic All-District Second
Team in a vote of the region’s sports information directors in May,
and was also selected as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Black
Issues in Higher Education magazine. Palmer has competed in the last
two NCAA Cross Country Championships for the Catamounts, and is an
all-conference runner in indoor and outdoor track and field.
Palmer finished third in the 10,000 meters at the 2002 America
East Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She has a 3.74
grade-point average in Environmental Studies, and is a two-time
member of the America East Academic Honor Roll.
Deane, an all-conference performer in both cross country and
track and field, finished his standout career at UVM in
record-breaking fashion, winning the conference outdoor
championships in the 1,500 meters and then setting the school record
in the event in his final race as a Catamount at the IC4A
Championships in Princeton, NJ. Deane finished the 1,500 meters in
3:51.03, breaking his old record by less than a half a second. He
holds four school records and won numerous America East titles while
establishing himself as one of the top middle-distance runners in
New England. A top student-athlete, Deane just is pursuing his
Master’s degree in Educational Studies at UVM.
Deane and Palmer are now eligible to win the America East
Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Those winners will be announced later
this summer.