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TROY, N.Y. - Five Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes have been selected to the 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ 3 Division III Team in men's and women's track & field/cross country. Maddie Dery, Jaime Lord, Erik Trinkle, Matt Vitagliano and Andrea Ukleja were each chosen and are all now on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, from which first-, second- and third team National Academic All-America honorees will be selected in June.

MADDIE DERY (Jr.) from Mahopac, N.Y., majoring in Chemical Engineering (4.0)
Indoor: 2016 NCAA All-America in 3000 (6th)…Ninth in Distance Medely Relay…New York State Meet DMR champion…All-Liberty League Second Team in 3000…All-Region in 3000 and DMR… Cross Country: Captain…Team was school record ninth at NCAAs, third at Atlantic Regional and first at Liberty League Championship (1st in school history)…All-Region (12th) & All-Liberty League First Team (7th)…68th at NCAAs…Outdoor: Competed at NCAA Championship in 5000 meters...Held school record in 3k SC…New York State Meet champion and Liberty League runner-up,,,Team won Liberty League championship…2015 NCAA qualifier in 3000 steeple chase…Resident Assistant… Chemistry Mentor…Two engineering honor societies…Intern at Akzo Nobel.
 
JAIME LORD (So.) from Stony Point, N.Y. majoring in Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (3.80)
Two-time NCAA All-America…Third in indoor 3000…Fifteenth at NCAA Cross Country Championship…Ninth in NCAA Indoor Championship Distance Medely Relay…Competed in NCAA outdoor championship in 1500 and 5000…Numerous school records…Three-time Liberty League champion…Liberty League Indoor Track Performer of the Year…Liberty League Track Performer of the Week five times…New York State Meet champion in 1500 and DMR... All-Region three times...Cross country team was school record ninth at NCAAs, third at Atlantic Regional and first at Liberty League Championship (1st in school history)…All-Region (5th) and All-Liberty League First Team (2nd)…2014: All-Region (25th) & All-Liberty League (8th)...Women's Mentor…Engineering Ambassadors…Three Honor Societies.

ERIK TRINKLE (Jr.) from Watervliet, N.Y., majoring in Biomedical Engineering (3.78)
High jump…Personal best of 1.93m (6'4")…2016 Liberty League indoor champion…All-Liberty League First Team…Outdoor runner-up…All-Liberty League Second Team… Team won 2016 Liberty League Outdoor Championship, eighth straight…Third at indoor New York State Meet…Fourth in outdoor…2015 Liberty League outdoor runner-up…All-Liberty League Second Team…Liberty League All-Academic…Multiple Dean's List…Research assistant in Hahn Tissue Lab…Student Orientation advisor…Volunteer at Samaritan Hospital.
 
MATT VITAGLIANO (So.) from Clear Brook, Va., majoring in Electrical Engineering (4.0)
Triple Jump… All-Liberty League First Team three times… Liberty League Field Athlete of the Week twice…Indoor: Liberty League champion in long jump…Liberty League champion in triple jump…Outdoor: Liberty League champion in triple jump…Team won Liberty League Championship for eighth straight year…New York State Meet runner-up…Liberty League All-Academic…Dean's List every semester.

ANDREA UKLEJA (Sr.) from Wayne, N.J., majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Design, Innovation & Society (3.93)
Captain…Two-time Liberty League Field Performer of the Week…Outdoor: Liberty League hammer champion…Three-time All-Liberty League Second Team…2013 New York State Meet discus champion… Two-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week…Indoor: Liberty League champion in weight throw once…Runner-up once...Founder's Award of Excellence…Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Enginginer Honor Socieyt)…Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Socieyt)…Third in RPI Business Plan competition…New York State Business Plan competition…Re:Design Scholarship competition committee…Project Engineering Co-Op with Hasbro, Inc…Co-Op with Mercury Systems, Inc…Design for America Co-Founder & Co-Studio Lead.