BUZZARDS BAY — A total of 756 collegiate student-athletes were named this week to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Spring 2015 All-Academic Team, with 72 from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy alone and 16 student-athletes who hail from Cape Cod.
Athletes must achieve a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester to be eligible for selection to the Spring All-Academic Team. The sports recognized are baseball women’s lacrosse, softball and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field. The team also includes student-athletes that competed in winter sports during the spring semester.
Massachusetts Maritime freshman Brianna Pingree, 2015 MASCAC All-Academic Team
Photo courtesy of MMA Athletics
Westfield State University closed out the spring semester with the most student-athletes on the 2015 MASCAC Spring All-Academic Team with 194 total while Bridgewater State University was next with 149. Worcester State placed 100 student-athletes on the list and Fitchburg State finished with 99 student-athletes
on the team.
“Once again, the numbers continue to rise among the honorees on the MASCAC All-Academic Team which shows the amount of hard work the student-athletes put in while in the classroom,” MASCAC Commissioner Angela Baumann said. “The student-athletes in the MASCAC are showing that they not only work hard on game day but when it comes to academics as well.”
The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s oldest Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University. Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men’s ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as an affiliate member in football beginning in 2014.
Cape Cod collegiate student-athletes who earned a spot on the 2015 MASCAC Spring All-Academic Team, which is broken down by member institution, were as follows:
Bridgewater State University
Justin Clark, Men’s Basketball, Sr., Management, Yarmouth Port, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth
Jennie Lindland, Women’s Basketball, So., Criminal Justice, Edgartown, MA/Martha’s Vineyard
Jillian Sedlier, Women’s Basketball, Sr., Criminal Justice, Oak Bluffs, MA/Martha’s Vineyard
Justin Haley, Men’s Tennis, So., Management, South Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth
Kaitlin Delaney, Women’s Track & Field, Sr., Communications, Centerville, MA/Barnstable
Tori O’Dea, Women’s Track & Field, Fr., Athletic Training, South Dennis, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth
Fitchburg State University
Amanda Remie, Women’s Track & Field, Fr., Business Administration, Marstons Mills, Mass. /Barnstable
Everett Walsh, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
2015 MASCAC All-Academic Team
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Everett Walsh Baseball, Jr., Marine Engineering, Marstons Mills, MA/Barnstable
Brianna Kearney, Women’s Lacrosse, So., Energy Systems Engineering, Sandwich, MA/Sandwich
Brianna Pingree, Women’s Lacrosse, Fr., Marine Engineering, Mashpee, MA/Mashpee
Ryan Davis, Sailing, Jr., Energy Systems Engineering, North Falmouth, MA/Falmouth
Tyler Aldrich, Men’s Track & Field, So., Marine Safety/Environmental Protection, Mashpee, MA/Mashpee
Westfield State’s Pete Liimatainen – 2015 MASCAC All-Academic Team.
Dave Caspole photo/courtesy of WSU Athletics
Westfield State University
Daniel DiMatteo, Baseball, Jr., Criminal Justice, Dennis, MA/Cape Cod Tech
Peter Liimatainen, Baseball, Jr., Business Management, West Barnstable, MA/Barnstable
Sophie Sylvia, Women’s Golf, Fr., Undeclared, Centerville, MA/Barnstable
Julia Sullivan, Softball, So., Nursing, Sandwich, MA/Sandwich
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