Assumption : Greyhounds Jenny Mongeau Named Northeast-10 Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year; Wins N.C.A.A. Postgraduate Scholarship

Greyhounds Jenny Mongeau Named Northeast-10 Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year; Wins N.C.A.A. Postgraduate Scholarship

July 7, 2006

WORCESTER, Mass. --- Assumption College senior women's lacrosse midfielder/captain JENNY MONGEAU (Westboro, MA/Westboro) has been selected by the Faculty Athletic Representatives as the Northeast-10 Conference Female Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year. The announcement was made by Commissioner David Brunk.

In addition, she has earned one of 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 as sponsored by the N.C.A.A. She was graduated from the College summa cum laude in May with a 3.76 cumulative grade point average as one of rare group of triple majors, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics with a minor in Physics.

Mongeau is the fifth Assumption College student-athlete to earn conference scholar-athlete of the year since 2001. Previous winners have included: 2001, Stacy Mattioli (basketball); 2002, Heather Schlesinger (field hockey); 2003, Sean Kenney (tennis) and 2005, James Newman (tennis, golf).

And, she was recently honored as a CoSIDA-ESPN The Magazine academic all-America (second-team). She is the twelfth Greyhound student-athlete to have earned an N.C.A.A. scholarship grant---and the ninth in the last eight years!

To qualify for a postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) or its equivalent and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team(s) in the sport(s) in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to continue work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

She won the 2006 Rev. Armand Desautels, A.A. Memorial Award as the premier female senior student-athlete at the College and earned all-Northeast-10 Conference all-star team honors four times, three times on the first-team. She was recently named to the all-America team as selected by laxpower.com for the second straight year.

She finished her career with 188 goals, 33 assists for 221 points---joining just 33 other student-athletes in N.C.A.A. Division II history with as many as 200 points. Her 188 goals is the 20th-best career total in Division II history. The only Greyhound with two 50-goal seasons and three 40-goal seasons, she is ranked fourth in Northeast-10 Conference history in goals and fifth in points. She scored 36 goals with three assists for 39 points this past season.

Academically, she earned a Director's Citation from the athletics department for achieving at least a 3.5 grade-point average in each of her eight semesters. She also was on the Northeast-10 Conference and IWLCA all-academic teams in both 2005 and 2006. She was named an IWLCA Division II Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year in 2005 (the 2006 honorees have yet to be announced).

In 2005 she was named to the IWLCA/US Lacrosse second-team, insidelacrosse.com first-team and laxpower.com second-team all-America teams. She won the Assumption College Andrew Laska Award as its female athlete-of-the-year.

She is the daughter of Peter and Patty Mongeau of Westboro, MA. A former two-time Mid-Wachusett League all-star, she earned all-star honors from both the MetroWest News and Worcester Telegram & Gazette while playing for Coach Melissa Callender at Westboro High.

Mongeau has been accepted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA) to pursue a doctorate in Neuroscience and is scheduled to begin her studies this fall.

GREYHOUNDS WITH N.C.A.A. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

1974-75, Paul BRENNAN, basketball

1976-77, Bill WURM, basketball

1979-80, Larry MEHALL, basketball, baseball

1997-98, Derek MOHAMED, hockey

1998-99, Stephanie DE LUCIA, softball

1999-00, Kristen LADEBAUCHE, softball

2001-02, Heather SCHLESINGER, field hockey

2002-03, Sean KENNEY, tennis

2003-04, Shahar GOLAN, basketball

2004-05, Ali REYELL, soccer and James NEWMAN, tennis/golf

2005-06, Jenny MONGEAU, lacrosse

OF PARTICULAR NOTE: Greyhound student-athletes have now earned 12 N.C.A.A. Postgraduate Scholarships. The rest of the Northeast-10 Conference has a total of 18, no other college has more than four! Of the 285 Division II institutions nationwide the Greyhounds are now eighth in total recipients. They are ninth of all the institutions in New England (regardless of division) and first among the Division II schools.



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Postgraduate Scholarship July 7, 2006 WORCESTER, Mass. --- Assumption College senior women's lacrosse midfielder/captain JENNY MONGEAU (Westboro, MA/Westboro) has been selected by the Faculty Athletic Representatives as the Northeast-10 Conference Female Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year. The announcement was made by Commissioner David Brunk. In addition, she has earned one of 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 as sponsored by the N.C.A.A. She was graduated from the College summa cum laude in May with a 3.76 cumulative grade point average as one of rare group of triple majors, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics with a minor in Physics. Mongeau is the fifth Assumption College student-athlete to earn conference scholar-athlete of the year since 2001. Previous winners have included: 2001, Stacy Mattioli (basketball); 2002, Heather Schlesinger (field hockey); 2003, Sean Kenney (tennis) and 2005, James Newman (tennis, golf). And, she was recently honored as a CoSIDA-ESPN The Magazine academic all-America (second-team). She is the twelfth Greyhound student-athlete to have earned an N.C.A.A. scholarship grant---and the ninth in the last eight years! To qualify for a postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) or its equivalent and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team(s) in the sport(s) in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to continue work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student. She won the 2006 Rev. Armand Desautels, A.A. Memorial Award as the premier female senior student-athlete at the College and earned all-Northeast-10 Conference all-star team honors four times, three times on the first-team. She was recently named to the all-America team as selected by laxpower.com for the second straight year. She finished her career with 188 goals, 33 assists for 221 points---joining just 33 other student-athletes in N.C.A.A. Division II history with as many as 200 points. Her 188 goals is the 20th-best career total in Division II history. The only Greyhound with two 50-goal seasons and three 40-goal seasons, she is ranked fourth in Northeast-10 Conference history in goals and fifth in points. She scored 36 goals with three assists for 39 points this past season. Academically, she earned a Director's Citation from the athletics department for achieving at least a 3.5 grade-point average in each of her eight semesters. She also was on the Northeast-10 Conference and IWLCA all-academic teams in both 2005 and 2006. She was named an IWLCA Division II Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year in 2005 (the 2006 honorees have yet to be announced). In 2005 she was named to the IWLCA/US Lacrosse second-team, insidelacrosse.com first-team and laxpower.com second-team all-America teams. She won the Assumption College Andrew Laska Award as its female athlete-of-the-year. She is the daughter of Peter and Patty Mongeau of Westboro, MA. A former two-time Mid-Wachusett League all-star, she earned all-star honors from both the MetroWest News and Worcester Telegram & Gazette while playing for Coach Melissa Callender at Westboro High. Mongeau has been accepted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA) to pursue a doctorate in Neuroscience and is scheduled to begin her studies this fall. GREYHOUNDS WITH N.C.A.A. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS 1974-75, Paul BRENNAN, basketball 1976-77, Bill WURM, basketball 1979-80, Larry MEHALL, basketball, baseball 1997-98, Derek MOHAMED, hockey 1998-99, Stephanie DE LUCIA, softball 1999-00, Kristen LADEBAUCHE, softball 2001-02, Heather SCHLESINGER, field hockey 2002-03, Sean KENNEY, tennis 2003-04, Shahar GOLAN, basketball 2004-05, Ali REYELL, soccer and James NEWMAN, tennis/golf 2005-06, Jenny MONGEAU, lacrosse OF PARTICULAR NOTE: Greyhound student-athletes have now earned 12 N.C.A.A. Postgraduate Scholarships. The rest of the Northeast-10 Conference has a total of 18, no other college has more than four! Of the 285 Division II institutions nationwide the Greyhounds are now eighth in total recipients. They are ninth of all the institutions in New England (regardless of division) and first among the Division II schools.