SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Five Bates men's lacrosse seniors earned a place on the 2025 NEILA All-Academic Team, as announced Friday by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

Members of the teams are nominated by head coaches in Divisions I, II and III, and are student-athletes who have excelled both in the classroom and on the field over the course of their men's lacrosse career. Nominees must have senior or graduate student standing, a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, and be an impact player for their team.

Bobcats on the 2025 NEILA All-Academic Team include:

Tyler Chang (Midfield, Manhasset, N.Y., Economics)
(3x NESCAC All-Academic, Bates Senior Scholar, Digital And Computational Studies minor)

Colton Curtis (Defense, Charlotte, N.C., Environmental Studies)
(3x NESCAC All-Academic, Bates Senior Scholar, College Sports Communicators (CSC) Men's At-Large Academic All-District® Team ('24), SAAC Co-President, Team Captain)

Denzel Evans (Midfield, Baltimore, Md., Biology)
(3x NESCAC All-Academic, Bates Senior Scholar, 2x Team Captain, Public Health minor)

Ben Miller (LSM, Scarsdale, N.Y., Psychology)
(USILA Honorable Mention All-America, USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-America, Concentration in the Human Body minor)

Javi Werner (Midfield, Brookline, Mass., Politics/Sociology double major)