78 named to NEC Academic Honor Roll

Bulldogs excel in the classroom as 78 fall student-athletes earn Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll recognitions

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – A total of 78 Bryant University student-athletes were named to the Northeast Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll, including 13 who earned Commissioner's Honor Roll distinctions, as announced by league officials Tuesday.

The NEC Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or above, and the league saw a two percent increase with 849 fall student-athletes qualifying for the distinction in 2011. Of those 849 student-athletes, 215 were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll, an accolade that recognizes those who have maintained a GPA of 3.75 or above.

The Commissioner's Honor Roll saw a staggering 22 percent increase from the fall of 2010, and of the 13 Bulldog student-athletes earning the prestigious distinction, at least one came from each of the seven fall programs. Bryant's list of Commissioner's Honor Roll honorees features seven freshmen, four sophomores, a junior and one senior.

Men's soccer led the way with three qualifiers in sophomore Terence Morrissey, and freshmen Lucas Guerriero and Seth Wing. Men's cross country (Michael DiTocco and Colin Gannon), women's cross country (Eimear Black and Brooke Tomasetti), football (Richard Casiello and Julien Dumont), and volleyball (Marisa Ebli and Mikayla LaRosa) all had a pair on the exclusive roll call, while rookies Emily Clark and Samantha Shaw represented field hockey and women's soccer, respectively.

Bryant football placed 21 student-athletes on the NEC Academic Honor Roll to lead the pack, while women's soccer saw 16 and men's soccer saw 10 make the list. Field hockey earned nine selections, while men's cross country took eight and both women's cross country and volleyball saw seven make the grade.

The full list of all Bryant's 78 fall student-athletes named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll is below.

2011 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FALL ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

Men's Cross Country (8)
Ryan Busby (Derry, N.H. / Pinkerton)
Michael DiTocco (Pembroke, Mass. / Pembroke)
Jeffrey Dorosh (Naugatuck, Conn. / Naugatuck)
Blake Fenwick (Thomaston, Conn. / Thomaston
Colin Gannon (Litchfield, Conn. / Litchfield)
David Hurley (Ashaway, R.I. / Chariho)
Raymond Lapinski (New Hartford, Conn. / Northwestern Regional)
Ben Polichronopoulos (Berwick, Maine / Marshwood)

Women's Cross Country (7)
Eimear Black (Glengormley, Ireland / Dominican College Fortwilliam)
Lauren Ganim (Trumbull, Conn. / Trumbull)
Allison Pavao (Swansea, Mass. / Coyle Cassidy)
Megan Robertson (Sewell, N.J. / Washington Township)
Brooke Tomasetti (Waterford, Conn. / Waterford)
Kara Walsh (Waltham, Mass. / Waltham)
Kimberly Warner (Shrewsbury, Mass. / Shrewsbury)

Field Hockey (9)
Katherine Andrusin (North Andover, Mass. / North Andover)
Rachel Blitz (Riverwoods, Ill. / Deerfield)
Emily Charpentier (Walpole, Mass. / Walpole)
Emily Clark (Vienna, Va. / George C. Marshall)
Jennifer Gullotti (Waltham, Mass. / Waltham)
MaKayla Hancock (Skowhegan, Maine / Skowhegan)
Olivia Jankins (West Brookfield, Mass. / Quaboag Regional)
Courtney Landi (Kingston, N.Y. / Kingston)
Haley Young (Northbridge, Mass. / Northbridge)

Football (21)
Patrick Armenti (West Boylston, Mass. / St. John's Prep)
Cody Aughney (Henderson, Nev. / Green Valley)
Juan Aviles (Bayamon, Puerto Rico / Colegio Marista)
Jack Barons (Lexington, Mass. / Lexington)
Ian Bonner (Wayland, Mass. / Wayland)
Richard Cassiello (Pawtucket, R.I. / Saint Raphael's Academy)
Julien Dumont (Saint Hubert, Quebec / Phillips Exeter)
Robert Edwards (Damascus, Md. / Damascus)
Bryan Egolum (Forestville, Md. / Forestville)
Iman Farimani (Naugatuck, Conn. / Naugatuck)
Paul Hanley (Leicester, Mass. / Leicester)
Antione Hudson (District Heights, Md. / Landon)
Matt Llewellyn (Gales Ferry, Conn. / Ledyard)
Samuel Morgan (Pottstown, Pa. / Owen J. Roberts)
Justin Robinson-Howe (East Longmeadow, Mass. / East Longmeadow)
Daniel Simon (Franklin, Mass. / Franklin)
Adrian Simpson (Bridgeport, Conn. / Central Magnet)
Brandon Soderstrom (Sykesville, Md. / Century)
Sam Sammons (Cypress Creek, Texas / Cypress Creek)
Colin Sullivan (Swansea, Mass. / La Salle Academy)
Robert Wallace (Succasunna, N.J. / Roxbury)

Men's Soccer (10)
Christian Balestrieri (Mar Del Plata, Argentina / Mar Del Plata Day School)
Christopher Bronski (Trumbull, Conn. / Trumbull)
Tony Flaim (Fort Lee, N.J. / Bergen Catholic)
Lucas Guerriero (Pickering, Ontario / St. Mary Catholic)
Frankie Hand (Lynbrook, N.Y. / Lynbrook)
Kyle Jester (San Diego, Calif. / Scripps Ranch)
Ben Lawrence (Amherst, N.H. / Souhegan)
James Lineberger (Warwick, R.I. / Warwick Veterans Memorial)
Terence Morrissey (Hingham, Mass. / Hingham)
Seth Wing (Gorham, Maine / Gorham)

Women's Soccer (16)
Katy Biagi (Natick, Mass. / Natick High)
Alex Bengston (Andover, Mass. / Andover)
Michelle Durand (Sudbury, Mass. / The Rivers School)
Kaitlyn Fare (Millstone Township, N.J. / St. John Vianney)
Ari Goldberg (East Bridgewater, Mass. / East Bridgewater)
Mary Green (Merrick, N.Y. / Calhoun)
Evelyn Hurwitz (Newton, Mass. / Newton North)
Krista Johnstone (Dover, N.H. / Dover)
Alyssa Kozlowski (Ellicott City, Md. / Howard)
Jessica MacAndrew (Coventry, R.I. / Coventry / CCRI)
Katy MacAndrew (Coventry, R.I. / Coventry  / CCRI)
Regan Marin (Bedford, N.Y. / Byram Hills )
Stephanie Morse (Warwick, R.I. / Warwick )
Whitney Rogers (Tyngsboro, Mass. / Bishop Guertin)
Samantha Shaw (Irvine, Calif. / Mater Dei)
Suzane Sanders (West Chester, Pa. / B. Reed Henderson)

Volleyball (7)
Marisa Ebli (Green Bay, Wis. / Ashwaubenon)
Kendall Gaffney (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Cheyenne Mountain)
Kaitlyn Klein (Modesto, Calif. / Modesto)
Mikayla LaRosa (Marysville, Wash. / Marysville-Pilchuck)
Maria Scocca (Melrose, Mass. / Arlington Catholic)
Jazmin Stoner (Durango, Colo. / Durango)
Jocelyn Taylor (Marlborough, Conn. / RHAM)