America East Honors Ryan, Lohr at Annual Meetings
June 13, 2007 | Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field
PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. -- The America East Conference honored its top team and individual accomplishments Tuesday night at the league's annual awards dinner at Port Jefferson Country Club, and Boston University was well represented. Senior Marisa Ryan (Farmington, Conn.) was named America East Woman of the Year and classmate Ross Lohr (Newton, Mass.) was named an America East Sportsmanship Award winner.
Additionally, Boston University was officially honored for winning the 2007 Stuart P. Haskell Commissioner's Cup, which was announced earlier this spring.
Ryan of the Boston University cross country and track and field teams, was named the America East Woman of the Year. The accolade honors the senior female athlete in the conference who best exemplifies a commitment to service, leadership, athletics and academics during her career. Ryan, the first student-athlete to be accepted into Boston University's seven-year Liberal Arts/Medical Education program, holds a 3.78 grade-point average and is on schedule to receive her M.D. in three years. She had three top-five finishes at the America East Cross Country Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2006 and 2007. She holds the conference indoor mark in the 3,000 meters (9:40.21), an event she won twice in her career. She also won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2007 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Ryan is involved in nine different community service activities in Boston.
Lohr helped transform the philosophy toward competition, creating a team, rather than individual atmosphere, with the Boston University tennis team. In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Lohr is also active in the community, having founded the Newton Tanzania Collaborative in his hometown of Newton, Mass. With help from a high school economics teacher, Lohr established an exchange program between Newton North and Newton South High School and several secondary schools in Tanzania. The goal of the program is to engage the schools in cultural exchange activities, raise cultural awareness, and focus on issues, such as global poverty.
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