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Fifty Student Athletes Named to the Fall NECC All-Academic Team

Fifty Student Athletes Named to the Fall NECC All-Academic Team

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Fifty Elms College student athletes were named to the 2013 Fall New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) All-Academic Team as announced by the league organization on Thursday.

A total of 198 student athletes received the honor following their performances in the classroom during the fall semester and that number has increased by 28 student athletes since last season.

To be eligible for the NECC Academic All-Conference, 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. Student athletes who competed in men's and women's cross country, men's golf, field hockey, men's and women's soccer,  women's tennis and women's volleyball were eligible for fall NECC academic honors.

The Blazers placed 50 student athletes on the all-academic team with Bay Path College receiving the next closest number at 27 (female only institution), followed by Lesley University with 23 student athletes.

Here is the list of recipients for Elms broken down by sport:

Men’s Cross Country
Adam Kuzdzal (Chicopee, Mass.) – Accounting 

Women’s Cross Country
Devon DeGrazia (Westport, Mass.) – Computer Information Technology
Stephanie Konstantinidis (Holyoke, Mass.) – Secondary Education and English
Gabrielle Calvanese (Agawam, Mass.) – Nursing
Rachel Lehouillier (Belchertown, Mass.) – Nursing
Shirley Ryan (Brimfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Emma Bernard (Springfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Jacqueline Quetti (Pittsfield, Mass.) – Undeclared 

Men’s Golf
Tyler Cudnik (Hampden, Mass.) – Accounting
Henry Fall (Harpswell, Maine) – Math
Alison Cowles (East Longmeadow, Mass.) – Accounting
Nick Smith (Enfield, Conn.) – Accounting and Math
Brian Benson (Agawam, Mass.) – Business Administration 

Field Hockey
Julie Hurley (Palmer, Mass.) – Nursing
Meghan Goodrow (Sunderland, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Alyssa LaMonica (Salem, Mass.) – Biology
Kayla Narey (South Hadley, Mass.) – Nursing
Hannah O’Brien (Granby, Conn.) – Healthcare Management and Accounting
Elizabeth Patient (Leicester, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jaclyn Soderquist (Enfield, Conn.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Samantha Alvino (Holtsville, N.Y.) – Early Childhood Education
Colleen Carbonneau (Manchester, N.H.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Allison Masi (West Springfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Haleigh Varieur (Winchendon, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders 

Men’s Soccer
Alex Rodriguez (Fitchburg, Mass.) – Business Management and Marketing
Josh DiNoto (Branford, Conn.) – Elementary Education and English
Anthony Nitri (Feeding Hills, Mass.) – Sports Management
Conor Rieker (Agawam, Mass.) – History
Roger Conklin (Chicopee, Mass.) – Accounting
Patrick Goonan (Chicopee, Mass.) – Nursing
Connor O’Grady (Somers, Conn.) – Accounting and Marketing
Joe Pellegrini (Somers, Conn.) – Criminal Justice
Brendan Reynolds (Springfield, Mass.) – Undeclared
Richard Vanasse (Somers, Conn.) – Criminal Justice 

Women’s Soccer
Chelsea Carroll (Meriden, Conn.) – Nursing
Victoria Cebula (Granby, Mass.) – Nursing
Ashley Venancio (Ludlow, Mass.) – Nursing
Hayley Zisk (Baldwinville, Mass.) – Sports Management and English
Delina deVillier (Springfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Gina DiGiovanni (Springfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Carmen Marino (Granby, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jillian Pirog (Ludlow, Mass.) – Legal Studies and Criminal Justice
Alexa Rinaudo (Bellmore, N.Y.) – Education
Hannah Spring (South Hadley, Mass.) – Nursing
Melissa Welch (Westfield, Mass.) – Nursing 

Women’s Volleyball
Caitlyn Larvey (Greenfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Christine Searles (Tolland, Mass.) – Nursing
Shannon Bolton (Shelton, Conn.) – Secondary Education and History
Joanna Krupa (Chicopee, Mass.) – Nursing
Alex Mack (Wilbraham, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders