Maine football players are honored

A pair of University of Maine football players have been named to the Atlantic 10 Football Academic All-Conference Team first team.

Senior wide receiver Phil McGeoghan and sophomore offensive tackle Justin Szwejkowski were among the 21 players named to the team

McGeoghan, of Feeding Hills, Mass., is a marketing major and has a 3.01 grade point average. Szwejkowski, of East Meadow, N.Y., is a kinesiology/physical education major and carries a 3.00 gpa.

UMaine redshirt freshman Fred Lazo and senior Jeff Whitney were named to the conference’s second team.

Lazo, a linebacker from East Patchaque, N.Y., is also majoring in kinesiology/physical education has a 3.22 gpa, while Whitney, a linebacker from Silver Spring, Md., is majoring in electrical engineering and has a 3.28 gpa.

Student-athletes must have a minimum gpa of 3.00 and be a starter or key reserve on their teams to be eligible for the all-academic team.