Felician Athletics - 7/11/07 MEN'S SOCCER - Gonzalez Awarded Degree-Completion Scholarship

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Former Felician College men’s soccer student-athlete Mariano Gonzalez of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been awarded a 2007 NCAA Division II Degree-Completion Scholarship.

The NCAA established the Division II Degree-Completion Award Program in 2001 to provide financial assistance to deserving student athletes with completion of a first baccalaureate degree. To be eligible, candidates must have exhausted their athletic eligibility and at one time received athletics financial aid. Gonzalez is one of 89 Division II student-athletes honored in 2007, including two from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.

Gonzalez, a defender, played at Felician for three years after transferring from Essex County College. He started all 17 games in 2006, helping the Golden Falcons to their eighth consecutive CACC Tournament berth. He earned his third CACC All-Academic Team selection and was named an Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar for the second time. He also became the first student-athlete in Felician history to be named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team. Gonzalez carries a 3.87 grade-point average as a biology major.

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