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AMY Di MICCO AND EDDIE SCOTT AWARDED ECAC MERIT MEDALS Contact: Brian DePasquale, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations (518) 442-3072 ALBANY, N.Y. (May 8, 2002) -- University at Albany Director of Athletics and Recreation Lee McElroy announced today that Amy Di Micco and Eddie Scott have been chosen to receive Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Merit Medals. The awards are annually given to the school�s top senior female and male student-athletes who have shown excellence in the classroom and as competitive athletes during the current academic year. Di Micco, a captain on the women�s field hockey team, posted a 3.82 cumulative grade point average in communication with a minor in business administration. She was chosen to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Team for the third straight year, and received the Merlin Hathaway Scholarship and Presidential Undergraduate Leadership Award. Di Micco served as president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Di Micco was voted to the NFHCA All-Mideast Region second team, and the America East Conference second team. She played in the 2001 NFHCA Division I North-South Senior All-Star Game. Di Micco led the Great Danes in scoring with six goals and four assists, and finished her career tied for second on the school�s all-time scoring list with 99 points (41 goals, 17 assists.) A center fielder and captain on the baseball squad, Scott has a 3.65 GPA in psychology with a minor in sociology. A two-time Verizon District I All-Academic selection, Scott has received the Spellman Award for four years and earned the Top Honoree Award with the highest GPA for an African-American in his class. He is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and has worked with the Whitney Young Reading Program. Scott is currently hitting .327 with 13 extra-base hits and 25 RBI. He is second on the team in runs (37) and stolen bases (14). Scott has appeared in 144 games for the Great Danes, and has a .325 career batting average. He ranks second on the school�s all-time stolen base chart with 51, and is among UAlbany�s top 10 in runs (110), RBI (74) and doubles (23).
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