FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Six Different Institutions Represented.
MANSFIELD, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference recognized seven outstanding student-athletes from the fall season as Sport Excellence Award winners on Thursday afternoon, honoring their remarkable achievements in both athletic and academic settings.
Among the 102 student-athletes named to the NE10 Academic All-Conference Teams last week, the Sport Excellence Award is given to one top individual from each of the league's seven fall sports. Six different institutions were represented in the announcement, with only American International earning multiple honors.
Among the winners of one of the Conference's most prestigious awards are three student-athletes that won NE10 Player of the Year recognition: AIC's Andrea Serra Rosa (Volleyball Player of the Year), New Haven's Connor Degenhardt (Football Offensive Player of the Year) and Southern New Hampshire's Ashley Corcoran (Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year).
Additional honorees are American International's Jason Beaver (men's cross country), Franklin Pierce's Bernardo Prego (men's soccer), Saint Anselm's Jackie Gaumer (field hockey) and Saint Rose's Mia Klammer (women's soccer). Each athlete was an All-Conference selection following the fall season.
For Beaver and Corcoran, it is their third time winning a Sport Excellence Award. Beaver has won it twice for men's cross country and once in men's indoor track & field, while Corcoran has won it once in women's cross country, women's indoor track & field and women's outdoor track & field.
Three of the seven winners - Gaumer, Klammer and Serra Rosa - earned All-America honors in 2022.
To be eligible for Academic All-Conference and Sport Excellence honors, a student-athlete must have started at least half or played in two-thirds of all contests while making significant contributions and maintaining a 3.3 grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale.
For more information on each Sport Excellence honoree, please see below.
FIELD HOCKEY
Name: Jackie Gaumer
School: Saint Anselm
GPA: 3.89 (Undergraduate) /4.00 (Graduate)
Major: Criminal Justice
Notes: NFHCA Second Team All-America...Synapse Sports Second Team All-America...First Team All-Conference...Led Saint Anselm's defense to the nation's fourth-fewest goals against average (0.77) and the country's eighth-best winning percentage (0.737)...2021-22 NFHCA Division II National Academic Team...2021-22 Second Team All-Conference...2021-22 Academic All-Conference...2019-20 NE10 Elite 24 Award winner.
FOOTBALL
Name: Connor Degenhardt
School: New Haven
GPA: 3.47 (Undergraduate) / 3.98 (Graduate)
Major: MBA
Notes: NE10 Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference...Led the NE10 with 2,251 total yards and was second in the league in yards per game average at 204.6...Led all NE10 quarterbacks with 29 passing touchdowns and added six rushing scores...Finished the season with a 59% completion percentage...Ranked 10th in passing touchdowns nationally...2021 All-Conference Second Team.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Name: Jason Beaver
School: American International
GPA: 3.826
Major: Biology
Notes: All-Conference Second Team after eighth-place finish at the NE10 Championship...Finished ninth at the NCAA East Regional to earn All-Region honors...Four-time Academic All-Conference selection between the sports of men's cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field...2022 USTFCCCA All-American (Distance Medley Relay).
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Name: Ashley Corcoran
School: Southern New Hampshire
GPA: 3.812 (Undergraduate) / 4.0 (Graduate)
Major: MBA (Concentration in Marketing)
Notes: Won four meets in seven tries this fall, including the NE10 Championship (21:26.7) and the NCAA East Regional (21:55.4)...Placed 88t at the NCAA Championships (21:57.0)...Helped SNHU capture its first NE10 and NCAA East Region titles...USTFCCCA East Region Athlete of the Year...NE10 Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year...All-Conference First Team...USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2020 and 2021...NE10 Academic All-Conference in 2021...First Team All-Conference in 2019 and 2021...USTFCCCA All-East Region in 2019 and 2021...USTFCCCA All-American in 2019.
MEN'S SOCCER
Name: Bernardo Prego
School: Franklin Pierce
GPA: 3.73
Major: Marketing
Notes: Started in 25 games for Franklin Pierce, which won the 2022 NCAA Division II national championship...Tallied six points (six assists) throughout the season...Served as a key component in the second-ranked defense in the nation (.346 goals against average)...NE10 Elite 24 Award recipient...CSC Academic All-District...D2CCA All-East Region Second Team...First Team All-Conference.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Name: Mia Klammer
School: Saint Rose
GPA: 3.34
Major: Childhood and Special Education
Notes: NE10 Championship Most Outstanding Player...First Team All-Conference...United Soccer Coaches First Team All-East Region...D2CCA First Team All-East Region...D2CCA East Region Player of the Year...United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American...Tallied 39 points (12 goals and 15 assists) this season, ranking her ninth in the nation in total points and second in assists...2021 NE10 Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Conference...2021 D2CCA First Team All-East Region...2021 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team...2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America.
VOLLEYBALL
Name: Andrea Serra Rosa
School: American International
GPA: 3.918 (Undergraduate) / 4.0 (Graduate)
Major: MBA
Notes: AVCA All-America Honorable Mention...AVCA East Region Player of the Year...NE10 Player of the Year for the third time in her career...Helped AIC to its second-straight NE10 Championship title...Ranked third in the NE10 with 353 kills and sixth in kills per set at 3.30...Three-time AVCA All-America mention...Three-time AVCA East Region Player of the Year...Fourth all-time in kills in NE10 history...Two-time Academic All-Conference.
ABOUT THE NE10
The NE10 is an association of 13 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.
Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
