YORK, Pa. - The Capital Athletic Conference announced that 920 student-athletes from the nine full-member institutions competing in 19 championship sports were named to the 2008-09 All-Academic Team.

Student-athletes in one or more CAC championship sports that attain a 3.20 grade point average (GPA) for the academic year earn a berth on the 2008-09 All-Academic Team.

It's the third-straight year the CAC totaled at least 900 on the All-Academic Team.  In 2006-07, 10 institutions, including Hood College and Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College) during a transition year, combined for 942 student-athletes on the CAC All-Academic Team.  Last year, there were 900 members on the All-Academic Team.

St. Mary's College of Maryland led the way with 54.1 percent of its student-athletes (132 out of 244) in the 13 CAC championship sports sponsored earning a berth on the 2008-09 All-Academic Team.

York College of Pa., the only CAC institution to sponsor all 19 championship sports, placed a conference-best 187 student-athletes on the 2008-09 All-Academic Team.  YCP was also second in the percentage of student-athletes on the All-Academic team (42.5%).

Salisbury University edged St. Mary's for second place in the total number of student-athletes (136).  In the percentage of total student-athletes category, York (46.2%),  Gallaudet University (45.6%) and Marymount University (42.9%) ranked second through fourth, respectively.

Stevenson University (110) and the University of Mary Washington (108) gave the CAC five member institutions with at least 100 student-athletes on the 2008-09 All-Academic Team.  York, Mary Washington, Stevenson, Marymount University (76) and Gallaudet University (62) all increased in total number of student-athletes on the All-Academic Team compared to 2007-08.

Gallaudet, Marymount, Stevenson and Wesley College also showed significant increases in the percentage of student-athletes on the CAC All-Academic Team.  Gallaudet improved more than 10 percentage points, from 35.2% of its student-athletes in 2007-08 to 45.6 this season.  Stevenson had the next best imprqwdovement, increasing more than seven points from 29.2% to 36.7%.  Marymount's improvement was just under seven percentage points, from 36.1% last year to 42.9% this year.  Wesley improved nearly six percentage points from 20.0% to 25.9%.

Total Student Athletes
York, Pa.               187
Salisbury              136
St. Mary's, Md.      132
Stevenson            110
Mary Washington 108
Marymount             76
Gallaudet              62
Hood                      61
Wesley                   48
Total                     920

Percentage of Student Athletes
St. Mary's, Md.         54.1
York                         46.2
Gallaudet                45.6
Marymount               42.9
Salisbury                  37.3
Stevenson                36.7
Hood                        29.3
Mary Washington     28.3
Wesley                     25.9