Navy Squash Pair Honored for Academic Achievement

Dan Hellier and Tucker George received the College Squash Association's Scholar-Athlete Award for their success in the classroom.

	Senior Dan Hellier will graduate in May with a degree in electrical engineering.

Feb. 28, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy senior Dan Hellier (Modesto, Calif.) and junior Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) were the recipients of the College Squash Association's Scholar-Athlete Award given out at last Saturday's CSA Team Championship banquet held at Yale University. To be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have reached its junior or senior year, be a letterwinner and have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or higher.

Hellier, who will graduate in May with a degree in electrical engineering, owns a 3.57 GPA. He has been named to the Superintendent's List six times and the Commandant's List seven times, while he stands 198th among his class of 1056 in academic order of merit.

Hellier came to the Academy as a tennis recruit, but switched racquets following his freshman campaign. He spent his sophomore year as a member of the JV squash team and a year ago he turned in an 8-2 record in the 10 varsity matches in which he saw action. Hellier turned his attention to honing his skills and focusing in on making Navy's ladder last summer. He did just that and helped lead the Mids to a 10th-place finish at the CSA Team Championship last weekend , Navy's highest finish in Craig Dawson's seven-year coaching career. Hellier finished his senior campaign as one of seven players on the roster to reach 20 wins, as he turned in a 21-10 record, including a pair of wins at the CSA Team Championship.

George is ranked 40th in his class of 1093 in academic order of merit where he has earned a 3.91 GPA in Applied Mathematics. He has recorded three-straight 4.00 GPA semesters and earned his way onto the Superintendent's List three times, the Commandant's List four times and the Dean's List once.

George spent the season as the Mids' No. 1 player and the 38th-ranked player in the country. Navy's team captain, George produced a 14-8 record this winter, all at the No. 1 position where he picked up a trio of wins over opponents ranked in the top 50. Included in that list was a 9-5, 10-8, 9-7 victory over Brown's Daniel Petrie (No. 49) in the opening round of the CSA Team Championship. George will be back in action this weekend representing Navy at the CSA Individual Championship in Philadelphia, Pa.

### Go Navy ###