RPI senior Amanda Lynch was named to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-America® Women's Basketball first team. She was the lone Liberty League Women's Basketball representative and RPI's first-ever Women's Basketball player to be awarded with the honor.
2015 CoSIDA/Capital One Acacemic All-America Basketball Teams
TROY, N.Y. -
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Amanda Lynch has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Women's Basketball First Team. Lynch, a senior, is the first women's basketball player in school history - and just second ever in basketball - to be named a National Academic All-America.
The Middletown, N.Y., native led the team in scoring (16.0 points per game), rebounding (7.9 per game) and minutes per game (34.5) while starting all 25 games. She shot 39.5% (134 for 339) from the floor and 75.3% (122 for 162) from the free throw line. Lynch also has 38 assists, 40 steals and 16 blocks in helping the Engineers to a 14-11 overall record and a 9-6 mark in the Liberty League. She is currently third in the league in scoring average and eighth in rebounds per game.
A captain, Lynch led the team in scoring in 14 games, including nine of the last 10 games. She had the team-high in rebounding in eight games and four times had the most steals, including six in a win at William Smith College (45-42) in early February. She has had four double-doubles of points and rebounds, including 21 points and 10 rebounds in a win over the University of Southern Maine (12/30) and 20 points and 13 boards in a 73-59 win over Rochester Institute of Technology (1/3).
A member of several All-Tournament Teams throughout her career, Lynch started all 25 games as a junior, averaging 13.7 points and 6.9 rebounds. She also had a team-best 57 assists with 30 steals and 14 blocked shots. As a sophomore she averaged 8.4 points per game with 5.8 rebounds - both second on the team - with 47 assists, 25 steals and four blocks.
Lynch played 21 games as a freshman, averaging 2.4 points and 1.7 rebounds.
A graduate of John S. Burke High School, she finished her career with 1,004 points, 554 rebounds, 150 assists, 105 steals and 35 blocked shots in 96 games.
Also a member of Rensselaer's lacrosse team as well as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Lynch is a two-time Capital One
Academic All-District® First Team selection and a three-time Liberty League All-Academic honoree.
A biomedical engineering major with a 3.88 cumulative grade point average, she is a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She has won a Differential Equations Math Award and held internships with Siemens Healthcare Research & Development Point of Care as well as in the Orange County Health Department and the Orange Regional Medical Center Biomedical Engineering Department. A chemistry tutor, Lynch is also active as a volunteer, joining her teammates in numerous opportunities.
Rensselaer's only other
Capital One Academic All-America® in basketball was Tom Juknis '74, who was selected following his junior and senior seasons.