FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2014
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – The Northeast-10
Conference is pleased to announce its institutional nominees for
its 2013-14 Male and Female Outstanding Scholar-Athlete of the Year
awards, both of which will be announced at the conference’s
annual yearend banquet next month in Burlington, Vt.
For the complete list of male and female nominees, please see
below.
A committee comprised of faculty members and athletic
administrators from Northeast-10 schools votes on the Outstanding
Scholar-Athlete awards. The criteria for nomination states that a
student-athlete must be in his or her final year of athletic
eligibility in 2013-14, must be graduating with a degree this May
(unless in a master’s program), must be enrolled in a
full-time course load and must have a minimum final cumulative GPA
of 3.30.
The male nominees are Adelphi University’s Aidan
Bennardo (lacrosse), American International
College’s Cassio Schwab (tennis),
Assumption College’s Michael Bates
(football), Bentley University’s Kent
Kozar (football), Franklin Pierce University’s
Cody Kelley (lacrosse), Le Moyne
College’s Patrick Wiese (baseball),
Merrimack’s Eddie Newton
(baseball), University of New Haven’s Frank
Vilacha (baseball), Pace University’s
William Scioscia (lacrosse), Saint Anselm
College’s Nicholas Dries (ice
hockey), Saint Michael’s College’s Chris
George (soccer), The College of Saint Rose’s
Dominykas Milka (basketball), Southern
Connecticut State University’s Paul
Ryskowski (cross country/track & field), Southern
New Hampshire University’s Derrick
Sylvester (baseball) and Stonehill College’s
James Lanier (football).
The female nominees are Adelphi’s Devan
Crimi (lacrosse), American Int’l’s
Alison Fitzsimmons (soccer),
Assumption’s Tanya Robidoux
(softball), Bentley’s Lauren
Battista (basketball), Franklin Pierce’s
Natasha Ray (volleyball), Le
Moyne’s Sarah Harrison (softball),
Merrimack’s Keaira Monet Perry
(softball), New Haven’s Monica
Yanez (soccer/track & field), Pace’s
Kaitlyn Lynch (swimming & diving),
Saint Anselm’s Monique Gauthier
(softball), Saint Michael’s’ Elena
Bilodeau (cross country), Saint Rose’s
Sydney Bond (soccer), So.
Connecticut’s Anna Pleban (swimming
& diving), So. New Hampshire’s Phoebe
Clark (lacrosse) and Stonehill’s
Devin Ingersoll (field hockey).
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division
II colleges and universities located in New England and New York
that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic
opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year,
4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships
in 23 sports, making the NE-10 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 Northeast-10
is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it
provides student-athletes.
2014
Northeast-10 Male Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Nominees
Adelphi – Aidan Bennardo, Lacrosse (3.74,
Biology/Chemistry)
American International – Cassio Schwab, Tennis (3.59,
Political Science)
Assumption – Michael Bates, Football (3.50, Accounting)
Bentley – Kent Kozar, Football (3.66, Economics/Finance)
Franklin Pierce – Cody Kelley, Lacrosse (3.34, Accounting
& Finance)
Le Moyne – Patrick Wiese, Baseball (3.49, Communications)
Merrimack – Eddie Newton, Baseball (3.46, Sports
Medicine)
New Haven – Frank Vilacha, Baseball (3.50, Political
Science)
Pace – William Scioscia, Lacrosse (3.51, Criminal
Justice)
Saint Anselm – Nicholas Dries, Ice Hockey (3.54, Financial
Economics)
Saint Michael’s – Chris George, Soccer (3.69,
Accounting/Economics)
Saint Rose – Dominykas Milka, Basketball (3.65,
Accounting)
Southern Connecticut – Paul Ryskowski, Cross Country/Track
& Field (3.61, English)
Southern New Hampshire – Derrick Sylvester, Baseball (3.91,
Psychology)
Stonehill – James Lanier, Football (3.51,
Criminology/Business)
2014
Northeast-10 Female Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Nominees
Adelphi – Devan Crimi, Lacrosse (3.70,
Business Management)
American International – Alison Fitzsimmons, Soccer (3.64,
Accounting)
Assumption – Tanya Robidoux, Softball (3.61, Biology/Business
Management)
Bentley – Lauren Battista, Basketball (3.95, Marketing &
Liberal Studies)
Franklin Pierce – Natasha Ray, Volleyball (3.90, Business
Administration/Public Relations)
Le Moyne – Sarah Harrison, Softball (3.78, Psychology)
Merrimack – Keaira Monet Perry, Softball (3.36, Business
Administration/Accounting)
New Haven – Monica Yanez, Soccer/Track & Field (3.64,
Political Science)
Pace – Kaitlyn Lynch, Swimming & Diving (3.68, Applied
Psychology)
Saint Anselm – Monique Gauthier, Softball (3.32, Nursing)
Saint Michael’s – Elena Bilodeau, Cross Country (3.89,
History)
Saint Rose – Sydney Bond, Soccer (3.56, Criminal Justice)
Southern Connecticut – Anna Pleban, Swimming & Diving
(3.88, Exercise Science)
Southern New Hampshire – Phoebe Clark, Lacrosse (3.96,
Business Administration)
Stonehill – Devin Ingersoll, Field Hockey (3.84,
Environmental Science/Business Administration)
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