HADLEY, Mass. -- Ninety-seven (97) student-athletes from Bates College's varsity fall teams have received 2024 NESCAC Fall All-Academic honors, announced Tuesday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

A total of 1,145 student-athletes have been named to the 2024 NESCAC Fall 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 2023-24 academic year. Transfers must have completed one year of study at an institution.

All-Academic honorees Sergio Beltran (football), Anna Cote (field hockey), Maria Femia (field hockey), Ryan Lynskey (football), Ryan Rozich (football), and Amanda Zerbib (field hockey) also earned All-NESCAC recognition in their sport this season. Mollie Franklin (women's soccer), Katie Kortekaas (volleyball), Andrew Mottur (men's XC), and Phoebe Pohl (women's XC) were garnered with both All-Academic and All-Sportsmanship honors this fall.

Seniors winning NESCAC Fall All-Academic honors for the third time include: Nick Brown, Calvin Capelle, Luke Dai, Ben Huston, Andrew Mottur, and Henry Welch of men's cross country; Sophia Demeritt, Inez Johnson, and Julia White of women's cross country; Anna Cote, Maria Femia, and Amanda Zerbib of field hockey; Eli Dawson, Paul Larrabee, and Johnny Walker of football;  Mollie Franklin, Lily Houser, Heidi Nydam, and Adriana Varea of women's soccer; and Chrissy Chu, Kate Hansen, Katie Kortekaas, and Julia Neumann of volleyball.

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:

Women's Cross Country (12)

Gwendolyn Anderson (So.) Boone, N.C.
Kayla Burnham (Jr.) Hartland, Vt.
Sophie Demeritt (Sr.) Acton, Mass. 
Meadow Gregory (So.) Exeter, N.H.
Inez Johnson (Sr.) Bozeman, Mont.
Annie Menden (Jr.) Helena, Mont.
Lily Miller (Sr.) Claremont, Calif.
Lucy Paynter (Jr.) Hillsborough, Calif.
Phoebe Pohl (Sr.) Wayland, Mass.
Livi Sonne (So.) Bethesda, Md.
Ashley Taylor (So.) Lexington, Mass.
Julia White (Sr.) Orono, Maine

Men's Cross Country (17)

Nathaniel Aronson (So.) West Hartford, Conn.
Nick Brown (Sr.) Hopkinton, Mass.
Sam Buckley (So.) Somerville, Mass.
Calvin Capelle (Sr.) Laguna Beach, Calif.
Daniel Cassata (So.) Annandale, Va.
Nikhil Chavda (So.) Nottingham, N.H.
Luke Dai (Sr.) West Hartford, Conn.
Andrew Hoffman (Jr.) Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Ben Huston (Sr.) Vergennes, Vt.
Miles Logan (So.) Brunswick, Maine
Jackson Monz (Jr.) Logan, Utah
Andrew Mottur (Sr.) Rumford, R.I.
Callahan Porter (So.) Chester, N.J.
Alexander Sandulli (So.) Salt Lake City, Utah
Evan Skufca (Jr.) Schenectady, N.Y.
Liam Thomson (So.) Arlington, Va.
Henry Welch (Sr.) Istanbul, Turkey

Field Hockey (7)

Anna Cote (Sr.) New Gloucester, Maine
Haley Dwight (So.) West Newbury, Mass.
Maria Femia (Sr.) Canton, Mass.
Summer Gordon (Jr.) North Andover, Mass.
Lucy Norris (Jr.) Chicago, Ill.
Sophie O'Sullivan (So.) Wellesley, Mass.
Amanda Zerbib (Sr.) Larchmont, N.Y.


Football  (20)

Sergio Beltran (Jr.) East Palo Alto, Calif.
Marcus Davis (So.) Waltham, Mass.
Eli Dawson (Sr.) Montclair, N.J.
Damien DiGiovine (Jr.) Westford, Mass.
Michael Donahue (Jr.) Cohasset, Mass.
Ryan Gleason (So.) Millbury, Mass.
Cole Higgins (So.) South Windsor, Conn.
Paul Larrabee (Sr.) Gloucester, Mass.
Zach Louvat (So.) West Paris, Maine
Ryan Lynskey (So.) Cranford, N.J.
Kevin McDonald (So.) Atlanta, Ga.
Jack Morrall (Jr.) Hopkinton, N.H.
Dylan Roberts (Jr.) Swampscott, Mass.
Ryan Rozich (So.) Cromwell, Conn.
Chris Scotti Jr. (So.) Bronxville, N.Y.
Maverick Selementi (Jr.) Montclair, N.J.
Adam Steinberg (Jr.) Westborough, Mass.
Domenic Virelli (Jr.) Melrose Park, Ill.
Johnny Walker (Sr.) Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jake Walters (So.) West Lafeyette, Ind.


Men's Soccer (13)

Beckham Alderucci (So.) Newington, Conn.
Benny Bogyo (So.) Redwood City, Calif.
Craddock Bridge (So.) Celina, Ohio
Isaiah Brown (So.) Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gerard Costa Farré (Sr.) Barcelona, Spain
Lane Foushée (Jr.) Brunswick, Maine
Andrew Goddard (So.) Enfield, Conn.
Trevor Hammond (So.) Canton, Mich.
Mauro Kalaora (Jr.) Istanbul, Turkey
Antonio Mesa (So.) Bogota, Columbia
Luc Parr (So.) New Fairfield, Conn.
Ollie Schiff Stein (So.) Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wilson Smith (Jr.) Seattle, Wash.


Women's Soccer (19)

Olivia Becker (So.) Woodbridge, Va.
Samantha Bunar (Jr.) Lynnfield, Mass.
Olivia Faucera (Jr.) Portland, Ore.
Mollie Franklin (Sr.) Framingham, Mass.
Grace Gesmondi (Sr.) Narragansett, R.I.
Tess Griffith (Jr.) Londonderry, N.H.
Ruby Hill (So.) Berkeley, Calif.
Lily Houser (Sr.) Los Angeles, Calif.
Sydney Litney (So.) Schaumburg, Ill.
Kylie Musante (Jr.) Brentwood, Tenn.
Katie Nogueiro (So.) Ross, Calif.
Heidi Nydam (Sr.) Ithaca, N.Y.
Ruby Reimann (Sr.) Oak Bluffs, Mass.
Kayte Rourke (So.) Cleveland, Ohio
Nadia Schwartz (Jr.) Portland, Ore.
Rachel Suh (So.) Bellevue, Wash.
Nicole Tandetnitskiy (So.) Newton, Mass.
Ellie Tyska (Sr.) Hudson, Mass.
Adriana Varea (Sr.) Bethesda, Md.

Volleyball (9)

Sofia Castiglioni (So.) Berkeley, Calif.
Chrissy Chu (Sr.) Old Tappan, N.J.
Ami Evans (Jr.) Honolulu, Hawaii
Kate Hansen (Sr.) Menlo Park, Calif.
Katie Kortekaas (Sr.) Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Bella Lomet (Jr.) Burbank, Calif.
Julia Neumann (Sr.) Norwell, Mass.
Kendall Ng (Sr.) Dix Hills, N.Y.
Emma Patard (Jr.) Outremont, Quebec