TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology student-athletes combined for four ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American awards this spring, including one first-team honoree.

Rose-Hulman's Academic All-American history now includes 76 total awards, including at least one honoree for 23 consecutive years to mark the sixth longest current streak nationally.

Track and field standout Thomas Reives (Indianapolis/Arsenal Tech) paced the effort with first-team Academic All-American honors in Men's Cross Country/Track and Field after earning HCAC Most Valuable Field Athlete honors this season.

Softball standout Ashley Montgomery (Plainfield) earned second-team honors for the first softball award in school history.  Third-team honorees included cross country national qualifier Rachel Krasich (Westfield) and baseball All-American Michael Matsui (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield South).

Ashley Montgomery -- second-team Academic All-American

Reives became just the third athlete in school history to claim three Academic All-American awards in his Rose-Hulman career.  He joins Ed Huonder (football, 1988-90) and Greg Kremer (football, 1986-88) as a three-time honoree.

On the track this spring, Reives was named the HCAC Field Events Most Valuable Athlete at this year's league championships.  He claimed HCAC titles in the triple jump (46' 6") and the long jump (22' 5 3/4") to help lead Rose-Hulman to its first team conference title since 1989. 

His triple jump mark measured a conference record, and Reives was the top scorer in the 2008 league meet with fourth-place efforts in the high jump and 100-meter dash.  In the classroom, Reives compiled a 3.98 grade point average in mechanical engineering and was the athletic department John Logan Award Winner for the highest grade point average among male student-athletes.   

Rachel Krasich -- third-team Academic All-American

Montgomery, who also earned all-region honors this season, recorded a .377 batting average with 40 hits, 24 runs scored, six doubles, three triples and a team-high .519 slugging average.  She also recorded 11 stolen bases to graduate with a career school record mark of 37. 

Other career school records for Montgomery include most hits (149), runs scored (103), triples (6) and total bases (202). 

Montgomery completes her career ranked in the statistical top five in 15 Engineer categories.  The Engineers finished with a school record mark of 25-12 during the 2008 campaign. 

Krasich became the first women's national qualifier in Rose-Hulman sports history with her cross country efforts last fall.  She placed in the top half of the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships after finishing 11th in the Division III Regional.  Her cross country efforts include school records for the five (18:54) and six (22:06) kilometer races.

In track and field, Krasich has established seven school records and was the 3,000-meter steeplechase champion at the 2008 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference meet.

Michael Matsui -- third-team Academic All-American

Matsui compiled a 10-2 record and a 2.08 earned run average on the mound this season to rank first in the HCAC in each category.  He was also recently named a third-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association. 

Matsui's 10 victories rank third on the Engineer single-season list and his earned run average of 2.06 stands sixth in school history. He was also named the Rose-Hulman Varsity R Club Senior Athlete of the Year for his efforts in 2008. 

Rose-Hulman finished the baseball season with a 32-15 record for the second most victories in school history, including the team's first NCAA Division III Tournament win during last month's Mideast Regional at Art Nehf Field.