Posted: Jun 04, 2014

Seahawks land 38 on two-season academic team

38 Seahawk athletes from eight winter/spring sports are represented on the 2013 CCC Fall All-Academic Team; the individuals in this composite photo own the highest grade point average on their respective teams (l-r) - Abigail Tepper (women's lacrosse), Joshua Hohlfelder (men's basketball), Dominique Burnham (softball), Paul D'Anneo (men's lacrosse shared with Michael Bell), Victoria Luerssen (women's track and field), Nicholas Dell'Anno (baseball), Monaf Awwa (men's tennis), Laura Anne Dinan (women's basketball).

NEWPORT, R.I. – Salve Regina University has landed 38 student-athletes on the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) 2013-14 Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Team, announced Wednesday, June 4 by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye.

The Academic All-Conference Team consists of any starter or significant reserve who has attained at least sophomore status and has maintained an overall minimum GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00. This is the second time the honor has been separated into two seasons - fall and winter/spring. In total, 385 student-athletes representing all 10 member institutions were selected for the Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Team.

Of the honorees, 76 were either first team, second team, or honorable mention All-CCC selections in their sport these past two seasons.

Also noteworthy is that he Athlete(s) of the Year and/or the Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year in seven of the eight CCC winter and spring sports received Academic Al-Conference laurels, including baseball Pitcher of the Year, JJ Branch (Endicott), and Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Sean Boyle (Roger Wiliams), men's basketball Player and Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Ryan Sheehan (Nichols), and Defensive Player of the Year, Hans Miersma (Gordon), women's basketball Player of the Year, Kaitlyn Bove (Roger Wiliams), Defensive Player of the Year, Lauren Hayden (University of New England), and Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Kendra Kerr (Wentworth), men's golf Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Andy Emery (University of New England), men's lacrosse Short-Stick Specialist of the Year, Peter Erickson (Endicott), and Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Jese DeLuca (Western New England), women's lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year, Callie Murphy (Endicott), and Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Casidy Ruocco (University of New England), and softball Player of the Year, Amanda Vaudreuil (University of New England), Pitcher of the Year, Nell O'Conor (Endicott), and Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Ali Stanley (University of New England).

Please click here for a complete list of the entire 2013-14 Winter/Spring CCC All-Academic Team.

Please note the following representations for all sports:
! – First Team All-CCC
@ - Second Team All-CCC
% - Honorable Mention All-CCC
* - Player of the Year
$ - Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year (for respective sport)
# - Highest grade point average on Seahawk squad

BASEBALL
Alex Croce, Sophomore, Business Studies, Rumford, R.I.
Nicholas Dell'Anno #, Senior, Business Studies, Reading, Mass.
Daniel Donohue, Junior, Marketing, Westbury, N.Y.
Kyle Pheland !, Junior, Marketing, No. Scituate, R.I.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jeff Bielefeld @, Senior, Business Studies, Littleton, Mass.
Barrett Hanlon !, Sophomore, Business Studies, Hopkinton, Mass.
Joshua Hohlfelder #, Senior, Business Studies, Noank, Conn.
John King, Junior, Education, Cranston, R.I.
Eric MacKinnon, Junior, Education, Queens, N.Y.
Chris O'Keefe, Sophomore, Political Science, Queens, N.Y.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Laura Anne Dinan #, Junior, Education, Monterey, Mass.
Marissa Pendergast !, Senior, Education, Medfield, Mass.
Cortney Rosenlund, Junior, Education, Whitinsville, Mass.

MEN'S LACROSSE
Michael Bell #, Sophomore, Math, Harwich, Mass.
Paul D'Anneo #, Sophomore, Business, Centerport, N.Y.
Dan Parks, Senior, Math/Education, Nesconset, N.Y.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Ashley Donelan, Junior, Business Administration, Upton, Mass.
Grace Kelly %, Senior, Nursing, Auburn, N.Y.
Karley Malenczak, Senior, Business Studies, Sayville, N.Y.
Katherine Miele, Sophomore, Undecided, North Reading, Mass.
Taylor Robertson, Junior, Business Administration, Annapolis , Md.
Abigail Tepper #, Sophomore, Education, Foxboro, Mass.
Gina Tortorici, Junior, Education, Deer Park, N.Y.
Sarah Woods, Junior, Education, East Lyme, Conn.

SOFTBALL
Dominique Burnham #, Sophomore, Accounting, Scarborough, Maine.
Kelly Davin, Sophomore, Marketing, Northbridge, Mass.
Jennifer Edine @, Senior, Education, Warwick, R.I.
Nicole Parry !, Sophomore, Nursing, Quincy, Mass.
Marissa Simpson, Senior, Biology, Brimfield , Mass.

MEN'S TENNIS
Monaf Awwa, Junior, Biology, Old Lyme, Conn.

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Rylee Candon, Sophomore, Administration of Justice, Warwick, R.I.
Taylor Donaldson, Sophomore, Nursing, Clinton, Conn.
Chrissy Fraga, Sophomore, Nursing, Milford, Mass.
Kaitlin Goy, Sophomore, Nursing, Bethlehem, Pa.
Victoria Luerssen #, Sophomore, Biology, Miller Place, N.Y.
Victoria Maxson, Sophomore, Education, Old Saybrook, Conn.
Jackie Ofria, Sophomore, Education, Manchester, Conn.
Caitlyn Rioux, Senior, Education, Bristol, Conn.