Twenty-Six Student-Athletes Named To 2009 Fall NECC All-Academic Team

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ATTELEBORO, Mass. – Elms College had a total of 26 student-athletes from five teams named to the 2009 Fall 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 153 student-athletes from the conference's nine member institutions made up the 2009 fall squad.

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

2009 Fall NECC All-Academic Team

Men’s Cross Country
Ben Kronlund (Longmeadow, Mass.)
Nick Whitman (Florence, Mass.)

Women’s Cross Country
Jennifer Cicero (Chicopee, Mass.)
Amanda Koch (Williston, V.T.)
Chantal Wakefield (East Longmeadow, Mass.)

Field Hockey
Danielle Boyer (South Hadley, Mass.)
Kaitlyn Graham (Paxton, Mass.)
Emily McInerney (Glastonbury, Conn.)
Melissa Pava (Springfield, Mass.)
Andrea Ramsdell (Gardner, Mass.)

Men’s Soccer
Nick Bamford (Ludlow, Mass.)
Ben Masse (Chicopee, Mass.)
Chris Silva (Chicopee, Mass.)

Women’s Soccer
Kelsey Battige (Monson, Mass.)
Alison Couture (Chicopee, Mass.)
Sarah Donais (Granby, Mass.)
Stephanie Magalhaes (Granby, Mass.)
Vanessa Pare (Belchertown, Mass.)
Maggie Rivers (Dalton, Mass.)
Shannon Schickler (Adams, Mass.)

Women’s Volleyball
Melissa Clark (Chicopee, Mass.)
Annette Dzidek (Chicopee, Mass.)
Ana Gonzales (Springfield, Mass.)
Laura Kulig (Holyoke, Mass.)
Anne Norton (Westfield, Mass.)
Kim Phillips (Randolph, Mass.)