Posted: Jun 11, 2018

Seahawks land 80 on Spring All-CCC Academic Team

Top cumulative grade point averages on their respective teams: Tyler Benjamin (men's basketball), Katie Kline (women's lacrosse), Holly Kathios (softball), Nick Battista (men's lacrosse), Olivia Pierce (women's basketball), Madison Stanley (women's track and field), Colton Eremian (baseball), Kevin Brocks (men's tennis), Brandon Yee (men's ice hockey)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A record-setting 579 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) student-athletes were honored on Monday morning as the league announced its Spring Academic All-Conference Team. The spring list includes participants from each of the CCC's member institutions who participated in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's golf, men's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, men's tennis, and women's track and field. Competitors in the men's and women's swimming and diving and men's track and field invitationals were also honored.

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.

Included among the honorees are the 10 winners of the Senior Scholar-Athlete awards in their respective sports. Three of the Senior Scholar-Athletes on this spring's list came from Wentworth with Tim Elrick (Plymouth, Mass.) being recognized in baseball, Sam Knollmeyer (Hampton, N.H.) in men's basketball, and Rachel Willcutt (Tilton, N.H.) in softball. Meanwhile, Roger Williams and Western New England each had two of this year's award winners. The Hawks' Anna Walther (Northhampton, Mass.) and Makayla D'Urso (Londonderry, N.H.) were the honorees in women's basketball and women's track and field, respectively. Golfer John Abbott (Higganum, Conn.) and men's ice hockey player Matt Audet (Campbell, Calif.) represented the Golden Bears. Gordon's Michael D'Antuono (Mapleville, R.I.) was the honoree in men's tennis, Nichols' Steven Moutsoulas (Salem, Mass.) was the winner in men's lacrosse, and Salve Regina's Katie Kline (Brookfield, Conn.) was selected in women's lacrosse.

Salve Regina placed 80 individuals on the team, second-most in the conference, including junior Kerri Beland (No. Attleboro, Mass.) who represented the Seahawks on two sports (women's basketball and women's lacrosse). Two spring sport athletes - Kevin Brocks (Albany, N.Y.) and Katie Kline (Brookfield, Conn.) - also earned the Salve Regina honor for highest grade point average for a male and female senior Seahawk, respectively.

Name	Sport	Class	Major	Hometown
Name	Sport	Class	Major	Hometown
Barlok, Zack	Baseball	Sophomore	Marketing	Cheshire, Conn.
Beliveau, Tom	Baseball	Sophomore	Administration of Justice	West Newbury, Mass.
Brito, Sam	Baseball	Senior	Administration of Justice	Lincoln, R.I.
Coppinger, Seth	Baseball	Sophomore	Business Administration	Medway, Mass.
Dionne, Zach	Baseball	Sophomore	Financial Management	Tolland, Conn.
Eremian, Colton	Baseball	Junior	Financial Management	Boca Raton, Fla.
Gozzo, Anthony	Baseball	Junior	English - Literature	Windsor, Conn.
Lynch, Jonathan	Baseball	Senior	Administration of Justice	Cumberland, R.I.
Maybach, Patrick	Baseball	Sophomore	Education	Saunderstown, R.I.
Parker, Hunter	Baseball	Sophomore	Business Administration	Marion, Mass.
Smith, Zack	Baseball	Junior	Business Administration	New Canaan, Conn.
Wilkes, Brett	Baseball	Junior	English - Communications	Franklin Lakes, N.J.
Benjamin, Tyler	Men's Basketball	Junior	Business Administration	Fitchburg, Mass.
Bronstein, Andrew	Men's Basketball	Sophomore	Economics	Needham, Mass.
Granberry, Gabe	Men's Basketball	Sophomore	Business	Dorchester, Mass.
King, Kory	Men's Basketball	Sophomore	Global Business and Economics	Branford, Conn.
Mannix, Kevin	Men's Basketball	Junior	Education	Barrington, R.I.
Qian, Junda	Men's Basketball	Junior	Business Administration	Saitama, Japan
Beland, Kerri	Women's Basketball	Junior	Accounting	Attleboro, Mass.
Esielionis, Ally	Women's Basketball	Senior	Psychology	Shirley, Mass.
Pierce, Liv	Women's Basketball	Junior	Education	Tyngsboro, Mass.
Billings, Jack	Men's Ice Hockey	Sophomore	Business Administration	Oak Lawn, Ill.
Brinich, Mason	Men's Ice Hockey	Sophomore	Business Administration	Jupiter, Fla.
Clare, Kevin	Men's Ice Hockey	Junior	Business Administration	Chicago, Ill.
Lipa, Eric	Men's Ice Hockey	Sophomore	Business Administration	Lockport, N.Y.
Patry, Shaun	Men's Ice Hockey	Junior	Business Administration	Penfield, N.Y.
Thompson, Pat	Men's Ice Hockey	Senior	Biology	Hellertown, Pa.
Yeadon, Joseph	Men's Ice Hockey	Senior	Business Administration	Burlington, Mass.
Yee, Brandon	Men's Ice Hockey	Senior	Business Management	Franklin, Mass.
Battista, Nick	Men's Lacrosse	Junior	Financial Management	Cranston, R.I.
Bruno, Vincent	Men's Lacrosse	Junior	Business Administration	Shoreham, N.Y.
D'Amore, Matt	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Business Administration	Duxbury, Mass.
Heeter, Matt	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Business Administration	Wading River, N.Y.
Huber, Doug	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Business Administration	Mahopac, N.Y.
Makoske, Alex	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Accounting	Shoreham, N.Y.
Makoske, Zach	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Accounting	Shoreham, N.Y.
McDermott, Danny	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Nursing	Franklin, Mass.
Mongelli, Mike	Men's Lacrosse	Junior	Accounting	Roslyn, N.Y.
Sheehan, Mike	Men's Lacrosse	Senior	Business Administration	Wading River, N.Y.
Beland, Kerri	Women's Lacrosse	Junior	Accounting	Attleboro, Mass.
D'Aurio, Alexandra	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Education	West Haven, Conn.
Duda, Sydney	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Psychology	Goffstown, N.H.
Hanley, Allyssa	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Nursing	South Paris, Maine
Kline, Katie	Women's Lacrosse	Senior	Education	Brookfield, Conn.
Majenski, Gabrielle	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Elementary Education	Hanson, Mass.
Newbury, Bridget	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Nursing	Bridgewater, Mass.
Sakamoto, Ayu	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Art	Tokyo, Japan,
Slysz, Olivia	Women's Lacrosse	Junior	Nursing	South Hadley, Mass.
Smith, Lindsey	Women's Lacrosse	Junior	Education	North Attelboro, Mass.
Tilton, Madison	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Business Administration	Ledyard, Conn.
Villareal, Maddie	Women's Lacrosse	Sophomore	Nursing	Portsmouth, R.I.
Wilcox, Brianna	Women's Lacrosse	Senior	Nursing	Somers, Conn.
Bushey, Karena	Softball	Sophomore	Nursing	Waterford, Conn.
Florent, Lindsey	Softball	Junior	Biology	New Bedford, Mass.
Guest, Megan	Softball	Junior	Nursing	Meriden, Conn.
Gusmano, Allie	Softball	Sophomore	Nursing	Orange, Conn.
Hickey, Kristen	Softball	Senior	Nursing	New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Kathios, Holly	Softball	Junior	Education	Pelham, N.H.
Riley, Amanda	Softball	Junior	Psychology	Barrington, N.H.
Bisaillon, DJ	Men's Tennis	Junior	Business Administration	Watertown, Conn.
Brocks, Kevin	Men's Tennis	Senior	Economics	Albany, N.Y.
Hunt, Kevin	Men's Tennis	Junior	Philosophy	Haddam, Conn.
Jones, Trevor	Men's Tennis	Sophomore	English - Communications	South Hamilton, Mass.
Masse, Will	Men's Tennis	Senior	Financial Management	Wyoming, R.I.
Cipkas, Alexa	Women's Track and Field	Senior	Business Administration	Granby, Conn.
Conway, Olivia	Women's Track and Field	Senior	Business Administration	Jefferson, N.H.
Demeo, Alex	Women's Track and Field	Junior	Psychology	Burlington, Mass.
Gunther, Erin	Women's Track and Field	Junior	Education	Sayville , N.Y.
Guzman, Mabelitza	Women's Track and Field	Senior	Biology	Waterbury, Conn.
Jenkins, Megan	Women's Track and Field	Senior	Nursing	Walpole, Mass.
Kopiec, Natalie	Women's Track and Field	Junior	Nursing	Manchester, Conn.
Lynch, Cianna	Women's Track and Field	Sophomore	Education	Cranston, R.I.
Mozzer, Annie	Women's Track and Field	Junior	Biology	Agawam, Mass.
Nemirow, Elicia	Women's Track and Field	Sophomore	Administration of Justice	Warwick, R.I.
Owen, Olivia	Women's Track and Field	Sophomore	Nursing	Weymouth, Mass.
Polson, Ashley	Women's Track and Field	Junior	Nursing	Middletown, Conn.
Silva, Athena	Women's Track and Field	Junior	Administration of Justice	West Warwick, R.I.
Smith, Devin	Women's Track and Field	Senior	Nursing	Ipswich, Mass.
Stanley, Madison	Women's Track and Field	Sophomore	Administration of Justice	Warwick, R.I.
Vargo-Willeford, Grace	Women's Track and Field	Sophomore	Sociology and Anthropology	Wood River Jct., R.I.
Walsh, Courtney	Women's Track and Field	Sophomore	Administration of Justice	Dedham , Mass.

Abbott and Knollmeyer were also two of 11 Academic All-Conference honorees that were major award winners in their sports this season. Abbott was the Golfer of the Year, while Knollmeyer took home men's basketball Defensive Player of the Year honors. The men's basketball Player of the Year Marcos Echevarria (Lynn, Mass.) from Nichols also earned a spot on this spring's Academic All-Conference team, as did women's basketball Defensive Player of the Year Emily Irwin (Billerica, Mass.) from Curry. The softball and baseball Pitchers of the Year also earned a spot on the list with Eastern Nazarene's Elisabeth Schaffer (Benton, Pa.) and WNE's Bob Hamel (Southwick, Mass.) both being named. Roger Williams had four award winners on the list. Women's lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Kaelin Hogan (Bethel, Conn.) and Defensive Player of the Year Emily Stoeppel (Brookline, Conn.) were two of the representatives. The other two were the inaugural CCC Women's Track and Field Runner of the Year Sarah Mawdsley (Sandy Hook, Conn.) and Field Performer of the Year Savannah Fox Tree-McGrath (Billerica, Mass.). Fox Tree-McGrath shared the Field Performer of the Year with the Seahawks' Erin Gunther (Sayville, N.Y.), who was also an Academic All-Conference selection.

Each of the major award winners were also First Team All-CCC members. Overall there were 44 Academic All-CCC members who were also All-CCC First Teamers. Additionally, 34 Second Team and 33 Third Team performers were recognized.

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