Aug. 9, 2004

EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - Meghan Ramsey, a member of Lafayette's Class of 2004, has collected the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award for the second-straight year. A Neuroscience major and four-year starter on the women's soccer team, Ramsey graduated in May with a 3.92 grade-point average. She plans to attend Stanford Medical School in the fall. Ramsey is just the second two-time winner of the award, joining former Connecticut basketball standout Rebecca Lobo. Presented annually, the Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award honors the outstanding academic and athletic achievements of student-athletes representing ECAC schools in NCAA Divisions I, II and III. One male and one female athlete from each division have been selected by three committees comprised of athletics administrators. Votes are based on extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics and community service. The honorees will be presented with the awards during the ECAC Fall Convention Honors Dinner on Sept. 26. Ramsey's accomplishments in the classroom are second-to-none. The 2003 Patriot League Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Ramsey received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and advanced past the initial stages of Rhodes Scholarship consideration. A Goldwater Scholarship recipient and Phi Beta Kappa inductee, Ramsey was a Lafayette EXCEL Scholar as well as a Trustee Scholar. Ramsey was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America Second-Team selection, as well as a two-time Academic All-District First-Team selection. Ramsey won the Maroon Club Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior, claimed the Lafayette James F. Bryant Excellence Award as a junior and made the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll each of her four years. Ramsey was also one of 60 students from a pool of more than 600 applicants chosen to participate in the Mayo Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2003. Through her EXCEL Scholar research, Ramsey co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry and presented research at the Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention in Annville, Pa. in 2003. She was a Lafayette Leadership Student Intern, a tutor and completed externships with an oncologist and pediatric anesthesiologist. On the soccer field, Ramsey started all 73 matches of her four-year career, establishing school records for matches started and played. While serving as a tri-captain in 2003, Ramsey led the Leopards in points (17) and assists (7) and tied for the team lead in goals (5). She is tied for second all-time at Lafayette in single-season assists, third in career assists (12) and sixth in career points (30). Ramsey was an All-Patriot League Second-Team selection as a junior and senior.