HADLEY, Mass. -- 164 student-athletes from Bates College's varsity spring teams have received NESCAC All-Academic honors, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Over 1,600 student-athletes have been named to the 2024 NESCAC Spring 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. Transfers must have completed one year of study at an institution. Lists of All-Academic honorees are provided by the athletic departments at each institution. The cumulative GPA on record as of April 1, 2024 was used to determine eligibility for the honor.
Chrissy Aman (Women's Track & Field),
Charlie Berman (Men's Rowing),
Livia Bernhardt (Women's Rowing),
Isabel May (Women's Track & Field),
Kevin O'Connor (Men's Track & Field), and
Emma Yen (Softball) also collected All-NESCAC honors in their respective sport this season.
Noah Ackerman (Baseball),
Nicky Desai (Men's Tennis),
Emily Everett (Women's Rowing),
Jake Johnson (Men's Lacrosse),
John Kawakami (Men's Golf),
Rachel Liazos (Softball),
Isabella Saul (Women's Tennis), and
Mira Shind (Women's Golf) earned both All-Academic and All-Sportsmanship accolades this spring season.
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:
Baseball (12)
Noah Ackerman (Sr.) Armonk, N.Y.
Dylan Azcárate (Sr.) Tiburon, Calif.
Joe Bianchi (Jr.) Scituate, Mass.
Chris Cimino (Sr.) Scarborough, Maine
Andrew Fortunato (So.) Fairfield, Conn.
Corbin McAlpine (Sr.) Boxborough, Mass.
Teddie Nelson (Sr.) Marshfield, Mass.
Micah Sheats (Jr.) Niwot, Colo.
Matthew Shrake (Jr.) Chicago, Ill.
Gibby Sullivan (So.) Yarmouth, Maine
Noah Timmer (Sr.) Keene, N.H.
Liam Yardley (So.) Keene, N.H.
Men's Golf (6)
Freddie Curtis (Jr.) Harvard, Mass.
Paul Detre (Sr.) Morristown, N.J.
Nate Frank (Jr.) Mahwah, N.J.
Sam Gerry (Sr.) Woburn, Mass.
John Kawakami (Sr.) Northport, N.Y.
Will Phillips (Jr.) Portland, Ore.
Women's Golf (5)
Grace Acton (Sr.) Harvard, Mass.
Nerea Barranco Aramburu (Jr.) Zarautz, Spain
Ruby Haylock (So.) Hartford, Maine
Kendall Reed (So.) Newtown, Conn.
Mira Shind (Sr.) Wellesley, Mass.
Men's Lacrosse (19)
Tyler Chang (Jr.) Manhasset, N.Y.
Aidan Cunningham (So.) Rye, N.Y.
Colton Curtis (Jr.) Charlotte, N.C.
Jack Daoust (Sr.) Westport, Mass.
Tyler Drake (Sr.) Delaware County, Pa.
Colin Eaton (So.) Acton, Mass.
Jamo Eigel (So.) Northfield, Ill.
Denzel Evans (Jr.) Baltimore, Md.
Connor Hartman (So.) Hingham, Mass.
Luke Heafey (Jr.) San Francisco, Calif.
Alex Horowitz (Sr.) Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Jake Johnson (Sr.) Lake Forest Park, Wash.
Jacob Kodjababian (So.) Seattle, Wash.
Wil Masterson (Sr.) York, Maine
Owen Palmieri (Sr.) Franklin, Mass.
Max Patterson (Sr.) Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Sam Scola (So.) San Mateo, Calif.
Eli Sherbakov (Sr.) Baltimore, Md.
Spencer Wood (Sr.) Los Altos Hills, Calif.
Women's Lacrosse (18)
Emma Austin (Sr.) Norwich, Vt.
Isla Cotter (Sr.) Hanover, N.H.
Sarah Jane Gavin (So.) Boston, Mass.
Kailah Greenberg (So.) Acton, Mass.
Olivia Hall (Jr.) Boston, Mass.
Olivia Joaquin (Jr.) Washington, D.C.
Caroline Keating (So.) Rye, N.Y.
Avery Lehman (Jr.) Portsmouth, N.H.
Clare McGeever (So.) Berlin, Conn.
Emily Mueller (Jr.) Alexandria, Va.
Sadie O'Neil (Sr.) Concord, Mass.
Julia Roelofs (So.) Rye, N.Y.
Maddy Roelofs (Sr.) Rye, N.Y.
Zoe Schaedle (So.) Philadelphia, Pa.
Caroline Taggart (Jr.) Concord, Mass.
Raegan White (So.) Duxbury, Mass.
Lauren Wong (So.) Walpole, Mass.
Grace Yonchak (So.) Needham, Mass.
Men's Rowing (12)
Izzy Beck (Jr.) Upper Montclair, N.J.
Charlie Berman (Sr.) Merion Station, Pa.
Sean Christiansen (Jr.) Roxbury, Mass.
Luke Desmaison (So.) New York, N.Y.
George Fauver (So.) Bedford, N.Y.
Micah Johnson (Jr.) Brentwood, N.H.
Isaac Levinger (Sr.) Rockville, Md.
Conor McGuckin (So.) New Hope, Pa.
Drod Rodriguez (Sr.) Lonboat Key, Fla.
Micah Shimizu (So.) Methuen, Mass.
Jimmy Staller (Jr.) Exeter, N.H.
Ian Van Loo (Jr.) Seattle, Wash.
Women's Rowing (21)
Lydia Barker (Jr.) Wellesley, Mass.
Livia Bernhardt (Sr.) Leicester, Vt.
Hannah Burdick (Jr.) Lyme, N.H.
Olivia Dekker (Sr.) Bethesda, Md.
Lucy Del Col (Sr.) Wellesley, Mass.
Katarina Dickson (Sr.) Princeton, Mass.
Rylee Eaton (Jr.) Little Deer Isle, Maine
Emily Everett (Sr.) Fair Haven, N.J.
Quinn Gleason (So.) Wayland, Mass.
Elizabeth Gramley (Jr). New York, N.Y.
Tatum Holley (Jr.) Bedford, Mass.
Miryam Keller (Jr.) Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Madeline Kemp (Jr.) Bethesda, Md.
Maggie Kornfeind (Jr.) Ringoes, N.J.
Isabelle Martin (So.) Roslyn, Wash.
Claire Scott (Sr.) Vancouver, Wash.
Oli Seline (Sr.) Delaware, Ohio
Olivia Smith (So.) Lafayette, Ind.
Abigail Somosky (Sr.) Wethersfield, Conn.
Hope Stamp (Sr.) Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Olivia Szachta (Jr.) Duxbury, Mass.
Softball (10)
Mattea Baumgardner (So.) Media, Pa.
Sarah Cooke (Jr.) Wenham, Mass.
Lily Freedman (So.) Larchmont, N.Y.
Sophie Garber (So.) Wellesley, Mass.
Grace Householter (So.) Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Kennedy Jones (So.) Ocean Springs, Miss.
Rachel Liazos (Sr.) Westborough, Mass.
Ella Maher (So.) Newton, Mass.
Delaney Rankin (So.) Harrison, Maine
Emma Yen (So.) Alberston, N.Y.
Men's Tennis (4)
Ben Adey (Jr.) Falmouth, Maine
Eli Criss (Jr.) Winchester, Mass.
Matthew Danielson (Sr.) St. Petersburg, Fla.
Nicky Desai (Sr.) Hopkinton, Mass.
Women's Tennis (4)
Lizzie Frekko (Jr.) Lake Forest, Ill.
Liv Gidlow (Jr.) Shaker Heights, Ohio
Isabella Saul (So.) Brooklyn, N.Y.
Drew Williams (Jr.) Guilford, Conn.
Men's Track & Field (24)
Nick Brown (Jr.) Hopkinton, Mass.
Calvin Capelle (Jr.) Laguna Beach, Calif.
Luke Dai (Jr.) West Hartford, Conn.
Aydan Gedeon-Hope (Jr.) Norton, Mass.
Matt Hamilton (Jr.) Sudbury, Mass.
Andrew Hoffman (So.) Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Ben Huston (Jr.) Vergennes, Vt.
Walter Joachim-DelPoio (Sr.) Barrington, R.I.
Sam Kartsonis (Sr.) Narberth, Pa.
Victor Kering (Sr.) Eldoret, Kenya
Sebenele Lukhele (So.) Manzini, Eswatini
Dan Maass (Sr.) Manhasset, N.Y.
Evan Migdole (So.) Westbrook, Conn.
Carson Moellering (So.) Natick, Mass.
Jackson Monz (So.) North Logan, Utah
Andrew Mottur (Jr.) Rumford, R.I.
Jason Nahigian (Sr.) Needham, Mass.
Kevin O'Connor (Jr.) Milford, Mass.
Fletcher O'Donnell (So.) Cambridge, Mass.
Alec Pawlowicz (So.) Branford, Conn.
Evan Skufca (So.) Niskayuna, N.Y.
Colin Thoman (Sr.) Westport, N.Y.
Henry Welch (Jr.) Istanbul, Turkey
Truman Williams (Jr.) Montclair, N.J.
Women's Track & Field (29)
Chrissy Aman (Sr.) Hanover, N.H.
Maggie Amann (Jr.) Scarborough, Maine
Rebecca Anderson (Sr.) Boone, N.C.
Julia Brophy (Jr.) Waitsfield, Vt.
Kayla Burnham (So.) Hartland, Vt.
Phoebe Chace (Jr.) Bristol, R.I.
Carli Ciavarelli (So.) Ridgefield, Conn.
Chase Conrad (So.) Ivoryton, Conn.
Jen Coseno (Sr.) Sutton, Mass.
Kahryn Cullenberg (Sr.) Farmington, Maine
Sophie Demeritt (Jr.) Acton, Mass.
Gianna Ferrara (So.) Kent, Ohio
Kylee Fuller (So.) Lovelock, Nev.
Dargan Harris (Sr.) Smithfield, N.C.
Inez Johnson (So.) Dallas, Texas
Celia Kirk (Jr.) Weston, Mass.
Livia Kozick (Sr.) Portsmouth, N.H.
Maddie Lee (Sr.) Providence, R.I.
Evelyn Marchand (So.) Trumbull, Conn.
Avery Mathias (Sr.) Needham, Mass.
Isabel May (Sr.) Erving, Mass.
Jennifer McKay (So.) Rye Brook, N.Y.
Rosemary McKerley (Jr.) Coventry, Conn.
Annie Menden (So.) Helena, Mont.
Lily Miller (Jr.) Claremont, Calif.
Kylie Musante (So.) Brentwood, Tenn.
Lucy Paynter (So.) Hillborough, Calif.
Phoebe Pohl (Jr.) Wayland, Mass.
Julia White (Jr.) Orono, Maine