Chris Renninger Named Patriot League's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Renninger is the second Navy golfer to earn the award within the last-four years

	Chris Renninger, 2006-07 Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

July 17, 2007

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Navy golfer Chris Renninger (Darnestown, Md.) has added another honor to his trophy case, as he has been selected the 2006-07 Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was released by the league office on Tuesday morning.

The product of Darnestown, Md., joins Navy's Billy Hurley (2003-04) as the only other golfer to receive Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year kudos in league history. Renninger is the fourth Navy male student-athlete to earn the award in school history, alongside Hurley and former baseball players Toby Moore (1994-95) and Trevor Thompson (2004-05).

Renninger, an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American this spring, becomes just the third non-senior in Patriot League history to win the award, entering the select class of Colgate basketball player Adonal Foyle (So., 1995-96) and Colgate cross country/track runner Ray Appenheimer (Jr., 1992-93).

Navy is the third school in Patriot League history to sweep the league's male and female scholar-athlete of the year award, as women's track & field competitor Kirsten Andrews' was recognized as the Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Monday morning. Prior to the 2006-07 Midshipmen, only Colgate in 1993-94 and Bucknell in 1999-00 captured both honors in the same year.

Majoring in chemistry, Renninger stands No. 1 in his class of more than 1,000 students. He has earned a 4.00 GPA in seven-consecutive semesters, while being named to the Commandant's List five times, the Dean's List four times and the Superintendent's List twice.

Renninger earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors last April after turning in a 3-over par 213 at the Patriot League Championship to finish second, just a stroke behind medalist Matt Czarnecki of Holy Cross. The two-time All-Patriot League selection finished the year with team's low average, posting a 75.6 over 21 rounds. He finished among the top 20 in five of the 10 events in which he played, while posting three top-10 finishes and a pair of top-five marks. Renninger was Navy's top finisher in four events, including his second-place finish at the Patriot League Championship and a fourth-place mark at the Navy Fall Invitational.

To be eligible for the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, a student-athlete must have a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, been a starter or key reserve for his team and been selected the sport's scholar-athlete of the year. This year's other sport scholar-athletes included American's Conor Lanz (men's cross country), Army's Bill Watts (men's soccer), Bucknell's Joshua Kaehler (men's outdoor track & field), Chris McNaughton (men's basketball), David Mante (men's indoor track & field) and Ira Reibeisen (men's tennis), Lafayette's James Conrad (baseball) and Brad Maurer (football), Lehigh's Tom Gilbert (men's swimming & diving), and Navy's Colin Finnegan (men's lacrosse).