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TROY, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) placed three student-athletes on the 2016 Academic All-America Division III Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Junior Maddie Dery earned Second Team, while sophomore Jaime Lord and senior Andrea Ukleja were both Third Team selections. Only one other school, Washington University (Mo.), matched Rensselaer's three honorees.

Below is a capsule look at the academic and athletic accomplishments of Dery, Lord and Ukleja, all of whom are making their debuts as National Academic All-Americas.  

MADDIE DERY (Jr.) from Mahopac, N.Y., majoring in Chemical Engineering (4.0)
Indoor: 2016 NCAA All-America in 3000 (6th)…Ninth in Distance Medely Relay…New York State Meet DMR champion…All-Liberty League Second Team in 3000…All-Region in 3000 and DMR… Cross Country: Captain…Team was school record ninth at NCAAs, third at Atlantic Regional and first at Liberty League Championship (1st in school history)…All-Region (12th) and All-Liberty League First Team (7th)…68th at NCAAs…Outdoor: Competed at NCAA Championship in 5000 meters...Held school record in 3k steeplechase …New York State Meet champion and Liberty League runner-up...Team won Liberty League championship…2015 NCAA qualifier in 3000 steeple chase…Resident Assistant… Chemistry Mentor…Two engineering honor societies…Intern at Akzo Nobel.


JAIME LORD (So.) from Stony Point, N.Y. majoring in Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (3.80)
Two-time NCAA All-America…Third in indoor 3000…Fifteenth at NCAA Cross Country Championship…Ninth in NCAA Indoor Championship Distance Medely Relay…Competed in NCAA outdoor championship in 1500 and 5000…Numerous school records…Three-time Liberty League champion…Liberty League Indoor Track Performer of the Year…Liberty League Track Performer of the Week five times…New York State Meet champion in 1500 and DMR... All-Region three times...Cross country team was school record ninth at NCAAs, third at Atlantic Regional and first at Liberty League Championship (1st in school history)…All-Region (5th) and All-Liberty League First Team (2nd)…2014: All-Region (25th) and All-Liberty League (8th)...Women's Mentor…Engineering Ambassadors…Three Honor Societies.

ANDREA UKLEJA (Sr.) from Wayne, N.J., majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Design, Innovation & Society (3.93)
Captain…Two-time Liberty League Field Performer of the Week…Outdoor: Liberty League hammer champion…Three-time All-Liberty League Second Team…2013 New York State Meet discus champion… Two-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week…Indoor: Liberty League champion in weight throw once…Runner-up once...Founder's Award of Excellence…Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Enginginer Honor Society)…Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)…Third in RPI Business Plan competition…New York State Business Plan competition…Re:Design Scholarship competition committee…Project Engineering Co-Op with Hasbro, Inc…Co-Op with Mercury Systems, Inc…Design for America Co-Founder & Co-Studio Lead.