HADLEY, Mass. -- 116 student-athletes from Bates College's varsity winter teams have received 2023 NESCAC Winter All-Academic honors, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Over 1,400 student-athletes have been named to the Winter All-Academic Team. To be honored, an individual must have reached sophomore academic standing, and be in good standing in their sport with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 or equivalent on a 4.0 scale at the end of the Fall 2022 semester. Transfers must have completed one year of study at an institution.

Bates' women's swimming & diving junior, Grace Wenger (Hanover, N.H.), was one of only seven on this prestigious list to earn a spot on the NESCAC All-Academic Team, the All-Sportsmanship Team, and an All-NESCAC squad this winter.

Six of Bates' honorees (including Wenger) also won All-NESCAC honors in their sport this season, including: Nathan Berry (Sr.-Augusta, Maine), Edmond Giang (Sr.-Wayland, Mass.), Mark Gregory (Jr.-Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), and Nate Sommer (Sr.-Terre Haute, Ind.) of men's swimming & diving; and Meghan Graff (Sr.-South Portland, Maine) of women's basketball.

Seniors winning NESCAC Winter All-Academic honors for the maximum third time include: Peter Ackley (New Albany, Ohio), Beth Annese (Needham, Mass.), Wyatt Bates (Yarmouth, Maine), Berry, Eli Boesch Dining (Concord, N.H.), Alice Cockerham (Kingfield, Maine), Gabe Coffey (Bangor, Maine), Sam Delamere (Fairbanks, Alaska), Rebecca Feist (Concord, Mass.), Giang, Abigail Gibbons (Westtown, N.Y.), Owen Glover (Andover, Mass.), Rowan Hassman (Coppell, Texas), Madison Jandreau (Caribou, Maine), Crawford Jones (Killington, Vt.), Frieda Kickliter (Mobile, Ala.), Evan Koch (Brattleboro, Vt.), Megan Lacey (Jackson, Miss.), Elizabeth LaCroix (Richmond, R.I.), John Marcolina (Mystic, Conn.), Maggie Marsh (Straham, N.H.), Daniel McConnell (Tewksbury, N.J.), Abbey Otterbein (Beverly, Mass.), Erika Parker (San Salvador, El Salvador), Emme Pike (York, Maine), Jillian Richardson (Auburn, Maine),  Grace Schierwagen (North Hampton, Pa.), Sommer, Paul Southern (Virginia Beach, Va.), Colby Stakun-Pickering (Wellesley, Mass.), Megan Strynar (Lexington, S.C.), Wenger, Jordan Wilson (Medfield, Mass.), and Ilana Zeilinger (Washington, D.C.)

Founded in 1971, the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) consists of 11 liberal arts colleges and has consistently reflected its commitment to the values of athletics and academic achievement. The member colleges of the conference are Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Connecticut College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, Trinity College, Tufts University, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.

Bates' complete list of honorees is as follows:

Men's Alpine Skiing (7)
Rob Gillis (Jr.) Guilford, Conn.
Buey Grossman (So.) Ketchum, Idaho
Wyatt Hoffman (So.) Lyme, Conn.
Nic Hotermans (So.) Weston, Mass.
Crawford Jones (Sr.) Killington, Vt.
Kyle Kagan (So.) Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Dylan Thomas (So.) Truckee, Calif.

Women's Alpine Skiing (5)
Sequoia Anstine (So.) Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Kenzie Arnott (So.) Stowe, Vt.
Jaelie Hovey (So.) Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Avery Leonard (Jr.) Madison, Wis.
Grace Schierwagen (Sr.) North Hampton, Pa.

Men's Basketball (3)
Aydan Gedeon-Hope (So.) Norton, Mass.
Trace Gotham (Jr.) Medfield, Mass.
Grant Nadeau (So.) Gorham, Maine

Women's Basketball (4)
Brianna Gadaleta (Sr.) Chappaqua, N.Y.
Meghan Graff (Sr.) South Portland, Maine
Caroline Keating (So.) Brookline, Mass.
Cecilia McQuaid (So.) San Francisco, Calif.

Men's Indoor Track & Field (22)
Peter Ackley (Sr.) New Albany, Ohio
Wyatt Bates (Sr.) Yarmouth, Maine
Eli Boesch Dining (Sr.) Concord, N.H.
Nicholas Brown (So.) Hopkinton, Mass.
Calvin Capelle (So.) San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Gabe Coffey (Sr.) Bangor, Maine
Luke Dai (So.) West Hartford, Conn.
Owen Glover (Sr.) Andover, Mass.
Matthew Hamilton (So.) Sudbury, Mass.
Ben Huston (So.) Vergennes, Vt.
Sam Kartsonis (Jr.) Narberth, Pa.
Victor Kering (Jr.) Eldoret, Kenya
Evan Koch (Sr.) Brattleboro, Vt.
Daniel Maass (Jr.) Manhasset, N.Y.
Daniel McConnell (Sr.) Tewksbury, N.J.
Andrew Mottur (So.) Rumford, R.I.
Jason Nahigian (Jr.) Needham, Mass.
Kevin O'Connor (So.) Milford, Mass.
Colby Stakun-Pickering (Sr.) Wellesley, Mass.
Colin Thoman (Jr.) Westport, N.Y.
Henry Welch (So.) Istanbul, Turkey
Truman Williams (So.) Montclair, N.J.

Women's Indoor Track & Field (29)
Chrissy Aman (Jr.) Hanover, N.H.
Rebecca Anderson (Jr.) Boone, N.C.
Beth Annese (Sr.) Needham, Mass.
Julia Brophy (So.) Waitsfield, Vt.
Phoebe Chace (So.) Bristol, R.I.
Alice Cockerham (Sr.) Kingfield, Maine
Kahryn Cullenberg (Jr.) Farmington, Maine
Sophie Demeritt (So.) Acton, Mass.
Rowan Hassman (Sr.) Coppell, Texas
Madison Jandreau (Sr.) Caribou, Maine
Inez Johnson (So.) Dallas, Texas
Julia Kenderov (Jr.) San Francisco, Calif.
Frieda Kickliter (Sr.) Mobile, Ala.
Celia Kirk (So.) Weston, Mass.
Livia Kozick (Jr.) Portsmouth, N.H.
Megan Lacey (Sr.) Jackson, Miss.
Elizabeth LaCroix (Sr.) Richmond, R.I.
Maddie Lee (Jr.) Providence, R.I.
Maggie Marsh (Sr.) Straham, N.H.
Avery Mathias (Jr.) Needham, Mass.
Isabel May (Jr.) Erving, Mass.
Rosemary McKerley (So.) Coventry, Conn.
Lily Miller (So.) Claremont, Calif.
Abbey Otterbein (Sr.) Beverly, Mass.
Phoebe Pohl (So.) Wayland, Mass.
Jillian Richardson (Sr.) Auburn, Maine
Julia White (So.) Orono, Maine
Jordan Wilson (Sr.) Medfield, Mass.
Ilana Zeilinger (Sr.) Washington, D.C.

Men's Nordic Skiing (4)
Sam Delamere (Sr.) Fairbanks, Alaska
David King (So.) Wilson, Wyo.
Aidan McGaugh (Jr.) Needham, Mass.
Cal Schrupp (Jr.) Gilford, N.H.

Women's Nordic Skiing (7)
Sierra Aponte Clarke (So.) Portland, Maine
Olivia Cuneo (Jr.) St. George, Vt.
Rebecca Feist (Sr.) Concord, Mass.
Eva McDonough (So.) Aspen, Colo.
Julia Oliver (So.) Montpelier, Vt.
Eliza Skillings (So.) North Yarmouth, Maine
Katie Watt (So.) Concord, N.H.

Men's Squash (4)
Max Good (So.) Shaker Heights, Ohio
Philip Han (So.) Seoul, South Korea
Theodore Koenigsbauer (Jr.) Seattle, Wash.
Tasker Peacock (Jr.) Wilmette, Ill.

Women's Squash (5)
Cordelia Dotson (Sr.) Prides Crossing, Mass.
Caroline Grady (Sr.) Westwood, Mass.
Dani Levy (So.) Brookline, Mass.
Erika Parker (Sr.) San Salvador, El Salvador
Caroline Taggart (So.) Concord, Mass.

Men's Swimming & Diving (14)
Ethan Bean (Jr.) Oakton, Va.
Nathan Berry (Sr.) Augusta, Maine
Will Dewey (Jr.) Ithaca, N.Y.
Edmond Giang (Sr.) Wayland, Mass.
Mark Gregory (Jr.) Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Jaewoo Kim (So.) San Ramon, Calif.
Quinn Macauley (Jr.) Wilmington, Del.
John Marcolina (Sr.) Mystic, Conn.
Dylan Nordstrom (Jr.) Pelham, N.Y.
Connor Sahs (Jr.) Miami, Fla.
Nate Sommer (Sr.) Terre Haute, Ind.
Mark Southern (So.) Virginia Beach, Va.
Paul Southern (Sr.) Virginia Beach, Va.
Tom White (So.) Duxbury, Mass.

Women's Swimming & Diving (12)
Julia Bisson (Sr.) North Yarmouth, Maine
Abigail Danko (Jr.) Newtown, Pa.
Abigail Gibbons (Sr.) Westtown, N.Y.
Julia Johnson (Jr.) Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Angelina Moncrieffe (Jr.) Secaucus, N.J.
Emme Pike (Sr.) York, Maine
Peyton Pivec (Jr.) Houston, Texas
Talia Skaistis (So.) New York, N.Y.
Megan Strynar (Sr.) Lexington, S.C.
Amy Townend (Jr.) Chester Heights, Pa.
Grace Wenger (Jr.) Hanover, N.H.
Natalie Young (Jr.) Windham, N.H.