Wide receiver Chris Looney 鈥13 has a 3.90 GPA and is majoring in international relations and history.
新澳彩开奖结果 wide receiver Chris Looney capped an amazing senior season by being named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division I Football Team.
Looney was selected for first-team honors by the College Sports Information Directors of America. It is 新澳彩开奖结果鈥檚 first Academic All-America recipient since John Frieser in 2003.
Looney, like Frieser in his senior year, also was named Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Last month, Looney was named to the Capital One Academic All-District I Team.
An and major with a 3.90 grade-point average, Looney led the Raiders to a 8-4 record and the Patriot League championship. He earned All-Patriot League second-team honors after leading 新澳彩开奖结果 in all three receiving categories 鈥 43 receptions, 776 yards, and six touchdowns.
Looney was joined on the Academic All-America first team at wide receiver by Liberty鈥檚 Pat Kelly. The second-team wideouts were Montana State鈥檚 Tanner Bleskin and Central Michigan鈥檚 Cody Wilson.
Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones was named 2012 Capital One Academic All-America of the Year.
Looney, a Verona, N.J., native, has received the 新澳彩开奖结果 Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence and been placed on the school鈥檚 Athletics Honor Roll four times apiece. He is a Charles A. Dana Scholar for 鈥渟uperior achievement as well as demonstrated leadership in the college community.鈥
He also has done plenty of work off the field in his time in Hamilton.
Looney has been part of the 新澳彩开奖结果 Leadership Academy for three years and is an executive board member for Uplifting Athletes, helping to raise more than $15,000 for ependymoma research. He also participated in events for St. Jude鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Hospital, breast cancer research, and served as a mentor for fifth-grade students on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.