Feb. 7, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senior cross-country and track & field members Matt Debole (Winston Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor) and Elizabeth Maloy (Loudonville, N.Y./The Academy of Holy Names) were selected as Georgetown University's recipients of the 2007-08 BIG EAST/Aeropostale Institutional Male and Female Scholar-Athlete Awards, when selections were announced by the conference on Wednesday, February 6.

During his career, Debole has earned All-American honors in two of the last three seasons, achieving All-American status in cross country in 2007 after placing 55th at the NCAA Championships and in 2006 as part of the Hoyas' distance medley relay squad that finished in a time of 9:39.9 at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Over his career, Debole has earned All-BIG EAST honors in cross country each of his four years, while receiving All-BIG EAST honors in the 4X800m relay in his first three indoor track seasons.

Debole is carrying a 3.309 cumulative grade-point-average (GPA), as a psychology major. Debole has been involved with The Students of Georgetown Inc. (The Corps), a non-profit corporation with the goal of providing options to students with low-cost goods and services.

During her career, Maloy has received All-BIG EAST honors six times in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. In 2006, Maloy earned All-American honors with a seventh place finish in the 1500m, posting a time of 4:18.86.

Maloy, a psychology major & english minor, earned her bachelor of arts degree with a 3.459 GPA, on May 19, 2007. Currently, she is pursuing a master of arts in liberal studies, carrying a GPA of 3.89

The BIG EAST/Aéropostale Scholar-Athlete Awards were established to recognize student-athletes who have achieved success in the classroom and on the field. Aéropostale sponsors all of the conference's academic awards for graduate or professional school studies and has provided apparel items to all participants at men's and women's BIG EAST Championship events. In addition, the BIG EAST/Aéropostale Administrative Fellowship Program provides a qualified former student-athlete the opportunity to work at the BIG EAST Conference office to learn the essential elements of athletics administration. Aéropostale and the BIG EAST have been partners since 1999.