LEWISTON, Maine -- Eli Boesch Dining and Sophie Martens received the Lindholm Scholar-Athlete Awards, while 87 classmates received Senior Scholar Awards at the eighth annual Bates College Senior Athlete Recognition Ceremony, held Tuesday, May 23 at Alumni Gym.  

Eighty-nine student-athletes from the Class of 2023 received the Senior Scholar Award at the ceremony, headed by Boesch Dining (men's cross country and track & field), and Martens (women's soccer), recipients of the 47th 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.

Director of Athletics Jason Fein emceed the event, and Deputy Director of Athletics Celine Cunningham recognized the 30 All-NESCAC honorees and 10 All-Americans in the Bates class of 2023. Men's swimming and diving senior captain Nathan Berry (Augusta, Maine) was chosen as this year's senior speaker, and he encouraged his peers to go into the world seeking to change hearts, not minds. 

Softball senior Amanda Taylor (Fair Lawn, N.J.) and baseball senior Tyler Attal (Los Angeles) presented athletics business manager Tracy Fabrizio with a surprise gift of appreciation, thanking her for all she does to help the Bobcats succeed.  

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.

In addition to Boesch Dining and Martens, the graduating honorees also include: Peter Ackley (men's track & field), Beth Annese (women's cross country and track & field), Joanna Atwater (women's tennis), Timothy Bates (men's rowing), Wyatt Bates (men's track & field), Sylvia Battye (women's golf), Patrick Bergin (men's golf), Nathan Berry (men's swimming and diving), Grace Biddle (field hockey), Julia Bisson (women's swimming and diving), Eloise Botka (women's rowing), Aidan Braithwaite (men's rowing), Sarah Bussell (field hockey), Joanna Cloutier (women's soccer), Alice Cockerham (women's track and field), Gabe Coffey (men's cross country and track & field), Molly Connors (women's rowing), Paige Cote (field hockey), Chase Crawford (women's soccer), Cam Davis-Kania (men's tennis), Sam Delamere (men's Nordic skiing), Cordelia Dotson (women's squash), Liam Dun (men's tennis), Emma Eide (volleyball), Chris Euston (men's soccer), Drew Fallon (baseball), Rebecca Feist (women's Nordic skiing), Nick Florio (football), Thomas Formus (football), Brianna Gadaleta (women's basketball), Edmond Giang (men's swimming and diving), Abigail Gibbons (women's swimming and diving), Owen Glover (men's cross country and track & field), Caroline Grady (women's squash and field hockey), Meghan Graff (women's basketball), Courtney Gray (women's soccer), Allison Greuel (women's lacrosse), Rowan Hassman (women's cross country and track & field), Jackson Hayes (football), Tony Hooks (football), Shelby Howard (women's lacrosse), Jacob Iwowo (men's soccer), Madison Jandreau (women's cross country and track & field), Crawford Jones (men's alpine skiing), Grace Kennedy (women's tennis), Frieda Kickliter (women's cross country and track & field), Quinn Kieselowsky (football), Malcolm Klingbeil (men's lacrosse), Zoe Knauss (women's lacrosse), Evan Koch (men's track & field), Teddy Koide (men's tennis), Alex Kovacs (men's soccer), Megan Lacey (women's track & field), Elizabeth LaCroix (women's cross country and track & field), Cammie Lavoie (women's lacrosse), Darya Lee (women's rowing), Laura Littlefield (women's tennis), Benjamin MacDonald (men's rowing), John Marcolina (men's swimming and diving), Maggie Marsh (women's cross country and track & field), Daniel McConnell (men's cross country and track & field), Max McKersie (men's soccer), Maeve Mikulski (women's rowing), Abbey Otterbein (women's track & field), Erika Parker (women's squash), Elizabeth Patrick (women's soccer), Emme Pike (women's swimming and diving), Cece Pilgrim (women's soccer), Mack Reynolds (men's cross country), Jillian Richardson (women's cross country and track & field), Grace Schierwagen (women's alpine skiing), Will Schinabeck (men's lacrosse), Sophie Scola (women's lacrosse), Isabella Sobolewski (women's rowing), Nate Sommer (men's swimming and diving), Paul Southern (men's swimming and diving), Colby Stakun-Pickering (men's track & field), Josephine Stevens (women's rowing), Stella Stone (women's lacrosse), Owen Straley (football), Megan Strynar (women's swimming and diving), Alec Szwarcewicz (men's soccer), Amanda Taylor (softball), Jordan Wilson (women's cross country and track & field), Casey Winter (women's rowing), Ollie Young (women's rowing), and Ilana Zeilinger (women's cross country and track & field).

The Athletes of the Year will be awarded this fall.