Twenty-Three Student-Athletes Named To 2009-10 Winter/Spring NECC All-Academic Team

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ATTELEBORO, Mass. – Elms College had a total of 23 student-athletes from five teams named to the 2009-10 Winter/Spring New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) All-Academic Team as announced by the league office on Friday.

To be eligible for the NECC all-academic team, a student athlete must post a minimum grade point average of 3.40 on a scale of 4.00 and must be a sophomore or higher in class standings.

A total of 95 student athletes from the conference's nine member institutions made up the 2009-10 winter/spring squad.

Below is a list of Elms’ student-athletes who were named to the team:

2009-10 Winter/Spring NECC All-Academic Team

Men’s Basketball
Arsenio Avant (Southwest Ranches, Fla.)

Women’s  Basketball
Katie Condon (Sandy Hook, Conn.)
Annie Dunnack (Mansfield Center, Conn.)
Jessica Jurkowski (Belchertown, Mass.)
Christina Korney (Feeding Hills, Mass.)
Maryanne Overmyer (Mattapoisett, Mass.)
Carolyn Talmadge (Wilbraham, Mass.)

Baseball
Albert Betances (Springfield, Mass.)
Brendan Cordeiro (Berkley, Mass.)
Nick Cordeiro (Berkley, Mass.)
Daniel Ingraham (Granby, Mass.)

Softball
Kaylyn Conroy (Pittsfield, Mass.)
Marlene DiRaimo (Cranston, R.I.)
Allyson Graffum (Ipswich, Mass.)
Courtney Hampton (Westfield, Mass.)
Jennifer Killion (Cambridge, Mass.)
Kimberly Lastowski (Turners Falls, Mass.)
Destinee Meeker (Bantam, Conn.)
Andrea Ramsdell (Gardner, Mass.)
Tiffany Williams (Berlin, Conn.)

Men's Volleyball
Yonalvy Acosta (Holyoke, Mass.)
Michael Martin (Enfield, Conn.)
Michael Ryan (Ludlow, Mass.)