BOSTON – Fourteen UMass Lowell student-athletes have been named America East Presidential Scholar-Athletes, one of the conference's highest honors, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon.

This award recognizes all student-athletes who graduated with a 3.75 GPA or higher from their respective institutions after having attended a minimum of two years.

Field hockey's Cate Kleeman (Gibbsboro, N.J.) and Jillian Loebs (Acton, Mass.), men's lacrosse's Nolan Perkins (Harwood, Md.) and Trevor Tismo (Centerville, Ohio), men's soccer's Shunnosuke Nakajima (Yokohama, Japan), softball's Emily Tow (North Kingstown, R.I.), Fleur Balogh de Galantha (Grafton, Mass.), Mia Jones (Blacksburg, Va.), and Sarah Ross (Agawam, Mass.) of the women's cross country/track and field program, women's lacrosse's Jade Catlin (Middletown, Md.), Daia Hansford (Bowie, Md.), Elsa Skinner (Annapolis, Md.) and Kendall Whalen (Belmont, Mass.), and women's soccer's Laerke Niklasson (Roskilde, Denmark) were this year's recipients representing the River Hawks.

The Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award was approved by the America East Board of Presidents in June of 2013 and implemented for 2013-14 academic year. In total, 1105 student-athletes have been honored as part of the program.