BOSTON – On Tuesday, the America East announced its list of Presidential Scholar-Athletes for the Fall 2020 semester.  Six total student-athletes from three of the America East's member institutions satisfied the criteria for the honor.  Three of the student-athletes were Great Danes.
 
To qualify as a Presidential Scholar-Athlete, an individual must be graduating and have accumulated a career undergraduate GPA of 3.75 or higher.
 
Three Great Danes programs were represented among this year's class of America East Presidential Scholar-Athletes: Adam Lulka from men's basketball, Jakob Patterson from men's lacrosse, and Hailey Summers from women's soccer.
 
Lulka graduates this December with a degree in Psychology and a 4.00 GPA.  Patterson graduated in the summer with a degree in Sociology and a 3.86 GPA.  Summers graduates this December with a degree in Criminal Justice and a 3.97 GPA.  Lulka and Summers had the two highest GPA marks of the six honorees.
 
The Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award was approved by the America East Board of Presidents in June of 2013 and was implemented for the 2013-14 academic year. In total, 350 elite student-athletes have been honored as part of the program.