DUDLEY, Mass. - Nichols College recognized 131 of its student-athletes for their excellence in academics as well as in athletics on Wednesday as part of National Student-Athlete Day. The students honored at the special ceremony, held in Nichols' Auditorium, have maintained a cumulative grade-point average of over 3.0 and are members of at least one of the Bison's 15 varsity programs. Nichols Director of Athletics Charlie Robert was the keynote speaker for the event.
In addition, 18 juniors and seniors were inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma. Nichols is the ninth local chapter in Massachusetts to honor members based on outstanding scholarship (a minimum 3.4 grade point average based on a 4.0 scale), earned athletic letter winner, and excellent character and citizenship.
Robert remarked on Nichols' student-athletes incredible achievements already this year, illustrating that 43% of Nichols' student-athletes were being recognized at the ceremony. Robert continued, adding that 64 student-athletes had received honors from various conferences, ranging from The Commonwealth Coast Conference Women's Basketball Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, to six All-New England Football Conference and All-Worcester Area honorees.
National Student-Athlete Day has been an annual event since 1987. It is America's day to celebrate outstanding student-athletes who have achieved excellence in academics and athletics while having made significant contribution to the community. It is also a time to recognize those parents, teachers, coaches and school systems which make it possible for young people to find the balance between academics and athletics.
Below is a list of all of the student-athletes honored.
National College Athlete Honor Society: Kristin Andrews, Sara Bailey, Eric Cremer, Anthony Freni, Marie Kauker, Margaret Lilly, Melissa Mansfield, Molly McGuire, Kevin Pittz, Jeffrey Powers, Chelsea Blair, Christopher Brock, Brittney Case, Giulian Correia, James Fritz, III, Jeffrey Lindgren, Adam Schremser, MaryLynn Skarzenski
Seniors: Jeffrey Bieber, Chelsea Blair, Thomas Bozek, Christopher Brock, Glenn Cacaro, Brittney Case, Giulian Correia, John Costello, Jacqueline Dwyer, Keith Fink, James Fritz, III, Ryan Gervais, Kaila Gray, Joshua Harris, Christopher Healy, Sarah Levesque, Jeffrey Lindgren, Thomas Mulligan, Allison Peters, Jason Pino, Jessica Porter, Cole Ruwe, Adam Schremser, MaryLynn Skarzenski, Jonathan Snediker, Kara Trzasko, Erik Valentine, Deirdre Watkins
Juniors: Kristin Andrews, Sara Bailey, Melisa Bianchi, Beverly Burrill, Valeri Calcagni, Zeke Costello, Eric Cremer, Candice Ellis, Anthony Freni, Melissa Hicks, Steven Hutchinson, Alena Jasinski, Marie Kauker, Margaret Lilly, Melissa Mansfield, Molly McGuire, Alexander Montalto, Ashley Nolan, Pat Pio, Kevin Pittz, Brittany Pope, Jeffrey Powers, Loren Rozanski, John Sielawa, Timothy Smith, Ashley Wyland
Sophomores: Timothy Ahern, Jojo Bojanowski, Kara Buckley, Daniel Cafasso, Vincent Caprio, Joshua Clark, Patrick Coakley, Amber Cottrell, Andrea Ferris, Brian Filburn, Courtney Flagg, MaryKate Frodema, Brian Gattie, Lindsay Hassett, Garrett Hill, Zachary Johnson, Gretchen Lange, Scott Leecock, William Munson, Matthew Nash, Jessica Nelson, Ryan Pandolfi, Sarah Rhodes, Christine Rigosi, John Rivers, Ashley Robidoux, Michael Schell, Daniel Taylor, Holly Ventura, Daniel Vreeland, Brandon Wallace, Shannon Weeks, Matthew Whitman, Ryan Wytrych
First Year: Daniel Blodgett, Stephen Carella, Courtney Carey, Chelsea Correia, Lauren Correia, Michael Davis, Kaitlyn DiBuono, Katelyn Dobbs, Jessica Douglass, Kyle Fishwick, Nicholas Gaeta, Brandon Haddad, Samantha Hardigan, Zachary Hendrickson, Christopher Kerrigan, Kylie Langton, Mandy Manopla, Christine Mazza, Jeremy McAuley, Elwin McCarthy, Chelsey Miller, Brittany Nardone, Jamison O'Neill, Andrew Palmer, Cheryl Pitts, Kevin Richardson, Kayla Robidoux, Michael Rubalcaba, Michael Salis, Michael Sannicandro, Daniel Saucier, Daniel Smith, Rachel Storey, Hannah Tardif, Alex Tavares, Jeffrey Thomas, Ashley Tolman, Sean Vail, Ari Viera, Jermel Walker, Eliot Wuhrmann, Emily Yourie, John Zona
