LEWISTON, Maine -- John Mieszczanski and Bridget Thompson received the Lindholm Scholar-Athlete Awards on Tuesday, May 24, while 90 classmates received Senior Scholar Awards at the seventh annual Bates College Senior Athlete Recognition Ceremony, held in-person for the first time since 2019. 

Ninety-two student-athletes from the Class of 2022 received the Senior Scholar Award at the ceremony, headed by Mieszczanski (men's cross country and track & field), and Thompson (field hockey), recipients of the 46th Milton L. Lindholm Scholar-Athlete awards as the varsity letter-winning athletes from a men's team and a women's team with the highest cumulative grade point averages. Both winners graduate from Bates with perfect 4.0 GPAs. Thompson was also chosen as this year's senior speaker and delivered an in-person address on the Library Quad to her peers after two years of virtual ceremonies.

The Bates Senior Scholar Award makes clear the Bates Department of Athletics' commitment to the scholar-athlete ideal. The award honors graduating Bates seniors who have participated in varsity sports for four years and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above.

The graduating honorees also include Natalie Bachman (women's squash), Nathaniel Badger (men's Nordic skiing), Max Bartley (men's cross country and track & field), Ellie Bauer (field hockey), Jenna Beagle (women's cross country and track & field), Sarah Bennett (women's basketball), Lauren Berube (women's soccer), Caleb Bolden (football), Alexander Burbelo (men's rowing), Riley Burns (field hockey), Maxwell Cavallaro (men's rowing), Mary Corcoran (women's cross country and track & field), William Corcoran (men's rowing), Pieter Cory (men's swimming), Emily-Claire Duffy (women's track & field), Jackson Elkins (men's cross country and track & field), Tara Ellard (women's cross country and track & field), Garrett Evans (football and men's track & field), Liam Evans (men's track & field), John Everett (men's track & field), Xavier Fallone (men's rowing), John Farrell (men's lacrosse), Nick Florio (football), Thomas Formus (football), Jack Fruechte (men's rowing), Sarah Gillis (women's alpine skiing), Darby Glenn (women's rowing), Emily Graumann (women's track & field), Virginia Guanci (women's swimming), Jesse Hagy (men's swimming), Andrew Hall (men's swimming), Charlie Hansen (men's track & field), Carly Harris (women's cross country and track & field), Grace Hoehl (field hockey), Jack Howard (men's golf), Amelia Ingersoll (women's cross country and track & field), Grant Iuliano (baseball), Daphne James (women's alpine skiing), Jack Johnson (men's swimming), Natasha Jones (women's squash), Amanda Kaufman (women's track & field), Owen Keleher (men's soccer), Lillian Kinder (women's rowing), Kyung Phil Ko (men's lacrosse), Peter Koenigsbauer (men's squash), Elise Lambert (women's cross country and track & field), Meghan Lapar (field hockey), Jack Lousararian (men's lacrosse), Sophia Marota (women's rowing), Sophie Matt (women's soccer), Eliza McNulty (softball), Owen McShane (men's soccer), Taylor McVeigh (women's basketball), Isabel Mohammadi-Hall (women's swimming), Thomas Monahan (men's rowing), Aleah Pagan (softball), Rachel Paradis (field hockey), James Peter (men's soccer), Jesper Phillips (men's squash), Sydney Phillips (volleyball), Danielle Polirer (softball), Pierson Rambusch (men's lacrosse), Anna Reaman (women's lacrosse), Simon Redfern (football), Maya Reynoso Williams (women's swimming), Nicholas Reznik (men's cross country and track & field), Kathryn Richards (women's rowing), Mary Richardson (women's cross country and track & field), Mia Roy (women's basketball), Anna Rozin (women's tennis), Bart Rust (men's cross country and track & field), Suzy Ryckman (women's swimming), Evan Saltman (men's rowing), Janell Sato (softball), Jackson Sell (men's lacrosse), Joost Sheehan (men's soccer), Lily Simmons (women's track & field), Olivia Skillings (women's Nordic skiing), Robert Sobolewski (men's rowing), Alex Stigall (men's swimming), Owen Straley (football), Dana Swartz (women's lacrosse), Caroline Sweeney (women's swimming), Kaley Swintak (women's swimming), Alec Szwarcewicz (men's soccer), Jasper Tucker (men's rowing), Arie van Vuuren (men's alpine skiing), Amaari Williams (women's basketball), Rebecca Willis (women's track & field), and Saskia Wong-Smith (women's swimming).

The Athletes of the Year will be awarded this fall.