Northeast-10 Announces Winter Academic All-Conference Teams

Posted: Apr 15, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference has announced its Academic All-Conference teams for the 2009-2010 winter athletic season in the sports of men’s and women’s basketball, men’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s swimming & diving and men’s and women’s indoor track & field. A total of 62 student-athletes representing the seven sports have been named.

Highlighted among the 62 academic all-conference selections are three student-athletes that excelled at a high level not only in the classroom, but on the field of play as well, earning Northeast-10 Player of the Year accolades. These student-athletes include Franklin Pierce University women’s basketball standout senior Johannah Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England) who was also named the Division II National Player of the Year, University of New Haven junior track & field athlete Shannon Gagne (Meriden, Conn.) who was this year’s indoor track & field Athlete of the Year and Southern Connecticut State University sophomore diver Amanda Burden (Orange, Conn.) who earned Diver of the Year honors.

Also among those recognized are five student-athlete s that have been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams and include men’s basketball player A.J. Rudowitz (Monroe Township, N.J.) from Stonehill College and women’s basketball players Elise Caira (Wakefield, Mass.) from Bentley University, Cynthia Gaudet (Coventry, R.I.) and Leedham from Franklin Pierce and Emily Rousseau (Biddeford, Maine) from Stonehill.

To be eligible for selection to the academic all-conference teams, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: 1) participated in at least half of the team’s competitions and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale); and 3) completed at least one academic year at his/her current institution. The Northeast-10 Academic All-Conference teams are chosen by a vote of a committee of athletic administrators and Faculty Athletic Representatives (FAR).

With 16 member institutions the Northeast-10 shares the distinction of being the largest Division II conference in the country along with the PSAC and WVIAC. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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2009-2010 Winter Academic All-Conference Teams

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Mike Baldarelli - Assumption
Mike Quinn - Bentley
Kinard Dozier - Franklin Pierce
Thomas Baudinet - Saint Anselm
A.J. Rudowitz - Stonehill

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Ashley Caiafa - Adelphi
Kristin Boesenberg - American Int'l
Kim Brennan - Bentley
Elise Caira - Bentley
Cynthia Gaudet - Franklin Pierce
Johannah Leedham - Franklin Pierce
Alexis Keller - Saint Michael's
Logan Lentz - So. Connceticut
Emily Rousseau - Stonehill

ICE HOCKEY

Phil LaBreck - Franklin Pierce
Sean Woodring - Franklin Pierce
Tim Geverd - Saint Michael's
Dave Vorozilchak - Saint Michael's
John Frey - So. New Hampshire
Brendan Connors - Stonehill

MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

Tory Cozzi - Adelphi
Corey McKee - Adelphi
Joe Frantel - Bentley
Eric Stricker - Bentley
Matt Wessels - Bentley
Andrew Acquaviva - Le Moyne
John Fletcher - Le Moyne
Allen Hubbard - Saint Michael's
Bryan Shaver - Saint Rose
Miguel Nesrala - So. Connecticut

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

Susie Boretti - Bentley
Carolyn Connolly - Bentley
Emily Travers - Bentley
Mary Chidsey - Le Moyne
Callie Grace - Pace
Christine Amoresano - Saint Michael's
Mary Beth Casey - Saint Michael's
Alicia Robinson - Saint Rose
Stephanie Schuyler - Saint Rose
Amanda Burden - So. Connecticut

MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

Kevin Dabrieo - Assumption
Steve Bergantino - Bentley
Steven Long - Bentley
Sean Reagan - Bentley
Angus MacDonald - UMass Lowell
Kyle Lambert - New Haven
Tyler Gantz - Saint Rose
Kevin Jackson - Saint Rose
Jason Polakowski - So. Connecticut
Corey Donahoe - Stonehill
Stephen Polito - Stonehill

WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

Bidemi Balogun - American International
Lauren Lesniak - Bentley
Jacqui Barrett - UMass Lowell
Haley Catarius - UMass Lowell
Lyra Clark - UMass Lowell
Sharikka Finley-Moise - UMass Lowell
Shannon Gagne - New Haven
Laura Brustolon - So. Connecticut
Letecia Taylor - So. Connecticut
Maura Ferrarini - Stonehill
Lindsey Pinkham - Stonehill