Twenty-Seven Student Athletes Named to the Winter Spring NECC All-Academic Team

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Twenty-seven Elms College student athletes were named to the 2014 Winter/Spring New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) All-Academic Team as announced by the league organization on Tuesday.

A total of 136 student athletes have been named to the NECC Academic all-conference team for the 2014 winter/spring semester. The Blazers placed 27 student athletes on the all-academic team.

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 basketball, men's volleyball, baseball, softball, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse and men's tennis were eligible for spring NECC academic honors.

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

Men’s Basketball
Isaiah Odunlami (Providence, R.I.) – Accounting and Healthcare Management 

Women’s Basketball
Ellen Donohue (Southington, Conn.) – Nursing 

Men’s Volleyball
Kordel Latimer (Lynn, Mass.) – Computer Information Technology
Roger Conklin (Chicopee, Mass.) – Accounting 

Baseball
Kyle Bartlett (Huntington, Mass.) – Sports Management
Tyler Emet (East Longmeadow, Mass.) – Sports Management
Alex King (Lebanon, Conn.) – Sports Management
Derron Simpson (Hempstead, N.Y.) – Criminal Justice
Andrew Sadowski (Northampton, Mass.) – Sports Management
Thomas Weldon (Springfield, Mass.) – Criminal Justice 

Softball
Gina DiGiovanni (Springfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Jennifer Bouvier (Mashpee, Mass.) – Nursing
Taylor Skinner (South Windsor, Conn.) – Undeclared
Hayley Zisk (Baldinville, Mass.) – Sports Management and English
Elizabeth Patient (Leicester, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Kellie McLaughlin (Pittsfield, Mass.) – Nursing
Jessica Colson (Agawam, Mass.) – Sports Management
Bethany Grimes (Terryville, Conn.) – Elementary Education
Abigail Capone (Fitchburg, Mass.) – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Samantha Alvino (Holtsville, N.Y.) – Early Childhood Education 

Women’s Lacrosse
Melissa Welch (Westfield, Mass.) – Nursing and Coaching Minor
Kayla Narey (South Hadley, Mass.) – Nursing
Sarah Carpenter (Vernon, Conn.) – Nursing
Ashley Cava (Wilbraham, Mass.) – Nursing
Nora McDonough (South Hadley, Mass.) – Nursing
Jillian Pirog (Ludlow, Mass.) – Legal Studies and Criminal Justice
Kieran Ramsey (Easthampton, Mass.) – Elementary Education