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Saturday, April 07, 2007
McNaughton threepeats
His Bucknell team could not win a third straight Patriot League title on the court, but McNaughton has defended his classroom title for the second time, becoming the first basketball player in league history to win the league's Scholar Athlete of the Year award three times.

The award was announced Friday by the league officce.

McNaughton, who carries a 3.35 cumulative GPA as a senior electrical engineering major, is the fifth Bison basketball player to win the award. The only others in league history to win it more than once were former Bison Valter Karavanic (1999 and 2000) and Dan Blankenship (2002 and 2003). All together, Bucknell players have won the awar nine times, tops in the league.

In addition to his academic credentials, McNaughton led the League in field goal percentage (56.7 percent) while averaging 12 points per game (10th in the league). He also ranked third in rebounding with 5.9 boards per game.

McNaughton got off to a slow start to the season, but came on in the Bison's last 15 games, averaging 14.3 points on 60.9 percent shooting, with just under 8 rebounds per game down the stretch. His other postseason honors included selection to the first team all-league team for the third time and a third straight selection to the league's all-tournament team.

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