PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It was announced on June 17 that Providence College senior Gladys Ganiel (Harrington, Maine) earned 1999 First-Team GTE Academic All-America Spring At-Large honors. It marks the sixth time in her career at Providence that she has earned GTE Academic All-America honors and the third time she was named to the first team.

Ganiel, a political science major, earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.99 in her four years at Providence. Ganiel helped the PC cross country team capture one NCAA Championship (1995) and three BIG EAST and three New England titles in four years with the Friars. This spring, she concluded her track career at Providence by capturing her second consecutive 10,000 meter title at the 1999 ECAC Championship. In the fall, Ganiel will pursue a doctorate at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

In her four years at Providence, Ganiel earned a number of honors. Some of her more prestigious accolades this year include being named the female recipient of the 1999 NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship, being named a state finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship and earning the BIG EAST/Target Female Scholar Athlete Award as the top graduating female athlete in the Conference.

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