Posted: Jan 17, 2019

Seahawks land 18 on CCC Football Academic All-Conference Squad

18 student-athletes from the Salve Regina football team made the Academic All-Conference team.

NEWPORT, R.I. - One hundred eleven student-athletes were named to the Commonwealth Coast Football (CCC Football) Academic All-Conference Team as announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon. Salve Regina University had 18 members of its football team make the squad.

In order to be recognized as a member of the Academic All-Conference Team an athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale) and must also have attained sophomore academic status.

Among the 18 was Brandon O'Neil (Madison, Conn.) who distinguished himself this fall by earning a selection to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) All-District® Team.

O'Neill notched 46 tackles, 16 for a loss of 80 yards. He forced three fumbles, recovered one for a touchdown (at Curry), and had nine sacks that dropped the opposing quarterback 54 yards in 2018. He ranked second in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) for sacks. O'Neill currently holds a 3.68 GPA while studying business administration.

"Academic All-Conference is the definition of the type of student athlete we love here at Salve Regina," said head coach Kevin Gilmartin. "These are the men that lead us to be champions, on and off the field."

The full list of Academic All-Conference honorees can be found HERE.

The list of Salve Regina student-athletes to earn a spot on the Commonwealth Coast Conference Football Academic All-Conference team includes:

Name	Sport	Class	Major	Hometown
Name	Sport	Class	Major	Hometown
Balestrieri, Drew	Football	Junior	Business Administration	Lynnfield, Mass.
Brooks, Bobby	Football	Sophomore	Business Administration	Pembroke, Mass.
Broschardt, Justin	Football	Junior	Business Administration	East Meadow, N.Y.
Carver, Zan	Football	Senior	Business Administration	Old Tappan, N.J.
D'Errico, Tyler	Football	Senior	Business Administration	Cheshire, Conn.
Fernandes, Justin	Football	Sophomore	Accounting	Wolcott, Conn.
Hoffman, Danny	Football	Sophomore	Business Administration	Trumbull, Conn.
Klaus, Stephen	Football	Junior	Administration of Justice	Freeport, N.Y.
Mello, Mike	Football	Senior	Biology	Tiverton, R.I.
Messner, Matt	Football	Sophomore	Biology	Midland Park, N.J.
Nagy, Dylan	Football	Sophomore	Administration of Justice	Franklin Square, N.Y.
Noonan, Pete	Football	Sophomore	Political Science	Ardmore, Pa.
O'Neill, Brandon	Football	Senior	Business Administration	Madison, Conn.
Perez, Tristen	Football	Senior	Administration of Justice	Framingham, Mass.
Poillucci, Nicholas	Football	Junior	Accounting	Hopkinton, Mass.
Singh, Sukhi	Football	Junior	Financial Management	Arlington, Mass.
Verre, Andrew	Football	Senior	Financial Management	Wethersfield, Conn.
Wisniewski, Kyle	Football	Junior	Accounting	Harwich, Mass.