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TROY, N.Y. - For the second consecutive year, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes
Maddie Dery and
Jaime Lord have both earned National Academic All-America recognition in track & field/cross country, as presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Dery was a repeat choice to the First Team, while Lord earned Third Team honors for the second straight year.
MADDIE DERY
Senior
Chemical Engineering (3.99)
Mahopac, N.Y.
Captain 3x…2017 OUTDOOR: First in 3000 meter steeplechase 2x…NCAA Championship Meet qualifier...Finished 11th...Liberty League champion…Competed at Penn Relays…Team won Liberty League title…2016-17 INDOOR: Third in mile at Utica and DMR at Dartmouth…2016 CROSS COUNTRY: Sixth at Liberty League Championship and Saratoga Invite…Was 23rd at Regional and 151st at NCAAs…Team was 18th at NCAA Meet…First in Liberty League Meet and third in Regional… 2016 NCAA Indoor All-America in 3k (6th)…Ninth in Distance Medley Relay…New York State DMR champ…XC team was school-record ninth at 2015 NCAA Meet, third at Regional & first at Liberty League Meet (first in school history)…68th at NCAAs…School record in 3000S in 2015…NCAA Outdoor Championship Meet qualifier in 2015 (15th)…CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team in 2016… 2017 Leopold L. Balleisen Prize (senior student-athlete with highest academically)…Liberty League All-Academic…Dean's List…Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)…Omega Chi Epsilon (Chemical Engineering Honor Society)…Undergraduate mentor (chemistry)…Resident Assistant…Interned at Akzo Nobel.
JAIME LORD
Junior
Aeronautical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering (3.78)
Stony Point, N.Y.
NCAA All-America 3x: (19th in 2016 cross country, third in 2016 indoor 3000, 15th in 2015 XC)…2016 CROSS COUNTRY: Won Saratoga Invite, second in Liberty League Meet, third in Regional, eighth at Rowan, 19th at NCAAs…Liberty League Runner of Year…Team was 18th at NCAA Meet…2017 INDOOR: Four top four finishes before injury…Won 3k at Dartmouth…2015 CROSS COUNTRY: Second in Liberty League Meet and Vassar, third at Rowan, fifth in Regional, 15th at NCAAs…Team was school-record ninth at 2015 NCAA Meet, third at Regional and first at Liberty League Meet (first in school history)...2016 Liberty League Indoor Track Performer of Year…Seven wins, two seconds…third in 3000 at NCAAs, ninth in Distance Medley Relay…NCAA Outdoor Championship Meet qualifier in 1500 & 5000…CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team…Numerous school records… Women's Mentoring…Engineering Ambassadors…Three Honor Societies.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America program recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. RPI men's team boasts three national honorees with Sam Keller, Michael Pesanello and Matthew Vitagliano.
