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Harkness, Zarcone Tabbed Student-Athletes of the Month for August

Women's soccer senior midfielder Lizzy Harkness and men's soccer junior midfielder AJ Zarcone have been named the Milk for Life Canisius Student-Athletes of the Month for August, the athletic department announced on Tuesday.

A native of Bolton, England, Harkness was named to the Preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference squad after starting all 19 games for the Golden Griffins last season, recording a career-best three goals and one assist for seven points. The two-time All-MAAC Third Team honoree has started all four games this season, registering two shots in those contests.

A dual major in finance and economics, Harkness is a two-time MAAC All-Academic Team honoree who has been named to the Dean's List in all six of her semesters at Canisius.

Zarcone, meanwhile, has started all three games in the middle of the park for Canisius this season. The Wheatfield, N.Y., product has started all 35 games played during his collegiate career, amassing two goals.

The dual major in finance and economics was tabbed both a MAAC All-Academic Team honoree and was a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection in 2024. He has been named to the Dean's List at Canisius on three occasions.

The spring 2025 semester saw all 20 of Canisius' varsity intercollegiate athletic programs posted a cumulative grade point average of 3.10 or higher. A total of 18 programs recorded a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, while the school's 401 active student-athletes combined to post a cumulative GPA of 3.46 for the term.

The previous semester also saw a total of 64 student-athletes earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The 64 student-athletes highlighted a group of 354 student-athletes to post a term GPA of 3.0 or higher, representing 88.0 percent of the University's student-athlete population.

In May, the NCAA announced that all 20 Canisius varsity athletic programs were in good academic standing while 13 teams posted perfect single-year scores in the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics.

In all, 19 of Canisius' 20 varsity intercollegiate athletic teams scored 970 or better out of a possible 1,000 points.
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Players Mentioned

Lizzy Harkness

#8 Lizzy Harkness

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5' 9"
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AJ Zarcone

#6 AJ Zarcone

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6' 1"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Lizzy Harkness

#8 Lizzy Harkness

5' 9"
Senior
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AJ Zarcone

#6 AJ Zarcone

6' 1"
Junior
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