VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - Howard had 75 student-athletes named to the 2009 MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic team, the league announced on Friday.

A total of 593 student-athletes from the conference's 12 member institutions were honored for their academic success during the 2008-09 academic school year. The list acknowledges sophomores to seniors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Howard's total ranked second highest amongst member schools. Delaware State University led the list with 78.

Leading the way on the women's side was the women's basketball team with seven honorees. On the men's side, the football team had 11 players garner the distinction.

Bowling - 3
Shayla Haynes
Alesyn McCall
Brianna Uzzell

Lacrosse - 6
Nyla Funderburk
Sakita Holley
Xiomara Okonkwo
Ivy Pierce
Lauren Rivers
Janelle Williams

Softball - 5
Jennifer Bien-Aime
Kristina Cordova
Jessica Hurston
Emily Johnson
Sondra Jones

Women's Track - 6
Lillian Daniels
Ashley Hodges
Krystal Jenkins
Nomi-Kaie Bennett
Brittany Stephens
Janelle Wallace

Volleyball - 4
Nicole Brown
Janel James
Elyssa Lee
Nia Moore

Women's Basketball - 7
Evelena Cousin-Peterson
Amanda Edwards
Lonice Kenley
Jasmine Lipford
Ashley Marshall
Morgan Neal
Josephine Young

Women's Soccer - 6
Beatrice Charles
Rachael Lee
Elizabeth McDaniel
Brittany Miner
Jessamyn Perkins
Camryn Triplett

Women's Swimming - 4
Polo Edwards
Monique Major
Uche Monu
Aminah Murphy

Women's Tennis - 3
Whitney Ambush
Amber Cuff
Alyssa Works

Men's Basketball -3
Paul Kirkpatrick
Kandi Mukole
Kyle Riley

Football - 11
Theodore Graham
Michael Hicks
Vincent Hill
Patrick Jean-Mary
Lanny Kelly
John Mendoza
Brandon Sherman
Dennis Wiehberg
Patrick Wolff
Sean Woolford
Chatman Young

Men's Soccer - 9
Sid Banks
Ian Clarke
Jamil Devers
Ray Ekobena
Guilherme Fonseca
Anderson Haynes
Rotimi Iziduh
Harvey Livingston
Matt Marshall

Men's Swimming - 2
Kevin MacIntyre
Omar McKenzie

Men's Tennis - 1
Chad Jones

Men's Track - 5
Tyler Dragon
George Johnson
Daniel Kinney
Mikael LaRoche
Kimery William