Fisher's Murphy, Stevens' LaRochelle Headline Trio from E8 Tabbed Academic All-Americans

6/5/2019 12:00:13 PM

Three Empire 8 Conference student-athletes were recognized as Google Cloud Academic All-Americans recently by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). St. John Fisher's Allen Murphy and Stevens' Christine LaRochelle were recognized as First Team Academic All-Americans, while Utica's Tim Quinlan earned Third Team honors.

The award recognizes student-athletes that excelled on the highest level in both the classroom and the playing field. 

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Allen Murphy - 1st Team Academic All-American
Murphy is one of only nine student-athletes from across Division III baseball to carry a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average to be recognized. He's the 24th Academic All-American selection in school history and is the sixth player from the baseball program to be named to an Academic All-America Team. The junior is the College's second honoree this year after Tony Silvanic from the Fisher football program was honored in the fall. 

Murphy, who was named the Empire 8 Player of the Year and was a First-Team All-Conference selection this season, scored 47 runs on the year, drove in 42 and led the E8 in total bases (113), slugging percentage (.665) and OPS (1.145). The 4.0 student-athlete is majoring in Biology. He was also recognized as an All-American by multiple publications for his performance on the field this season in helping lead Fisher to the E8 Championship.
 
Christine LaRochelle - 1st Team Academic All-American
LaRochelle recently graduated from Stevens with a 4.0 GPA and earned both a bachelor's degree in Engineering Management and a master's degree in Systems Engineering. She also earned master's certificates in systems engineering, data exploration and visualization for risk and decision making. 

On the field, LaRochelle ended her final season in a Ducks' uniform with 71 strikeouts over 120 innings pitched and an ERA of 2.74. She ranks second in program history in both innings pitched (401.6) and ERA (2.75), and is third in Stevens history with 224 career strikeouts.
 
Tim Quinlan - 3rd Team Academic All-American
Quinlan recently finished his career having played in 128 career games for Utica. He set new program records for hits (176), RBI's (125) and doubles (47) during his time on campus. He scored 95 career runs (second all-time) and added 14 home runs (third). He capped his career with a .369 batting average. Quinlan was a four-time E8 All-Conference selection and a 2018 D3baseball.com All-Region pick as well.

Off the field, he carried a 3.93 GPA in the classroom, majoring in both Health Studies and Physical Therapy. 
 

ABOUT THE GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA PROGRAM
The 2019 Division III Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 Division III Academic All-America® teams.
 
For more information regarding the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.

- Additional information for this release provided by the athletic communications staffs at St. John Fisher, Stevens, and Utica - 

ABOUT THE EMPIRE 8 CONFERENCE
The members of the Empire 8 Conference are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and the league is regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership has distinguished itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the E8. For more on the Empire 8 visit www.empire8.com and https://youtu.be/wzL4HcDoUUQ