45 Bulldogs earn All-NEC Academic Honor Roll distinction this winter

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – A total of 45 Bryant University student-athletes were named to the 2014-15 Northeast Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll, including nine who earned Commissioner's Honor Roll distinctions.

The NEC Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or above with 420 fall student-athletes qualifying for the distinction in the winter of 2014-15. Of those 420 student-athletes, 132 were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll, an accolade that recognizes those who have maintained a GPA of 3.75 or above.

Women’s track and field led the way with five of its own earning the Commissioner’s Honor Roll distinction including Brittany Sarza, Jocelyn Davies, Staci Rezendes, Brooke Tomasetti, and Rebecca Nunez, while the men’s side added two more with Alexander Evans and Justin Patterson. Women’s swimming (Nicole Salzano) and women’s basketball (Morgan Olander) rounded out the list of nine Bulldogs who achieved a 3.75 GPA or higher this winter.

The full list of all Bryant's 45 winter student-athletes named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll is below.

2014-15 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE WINTER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

Men’s Basketball (2)
Joe O’Shea (Burlington, Vt. / Burlington)
Gus Riley (Nelson, New Zealand / Nayland College)

Women’s Basketball (3)
Morgan Olander (Mansfield, Conn. / Pomfret School)
Chanel Ramcharren (Pickering, Ont. / Dunbarton)
Leigha Tacey (Foxboro, Mass. / Foxboro)

Women’s Swimming (12)
Erin Daly (Reading, Mass. / Reading Memorial)
Kailey Frye (Lakeville, Mass. / Apponequet Regional)
Caitlin Hanahoe (Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie)
Shannon Hickey (Bel Air, Md. / Patterson Mill Middle High)
Samantha Hilton (Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Ludlowe)
Mackenzie Kirk (San Jose, Calif. / Presentation)
Kelley Murphy (Salisbury, Md. / Parkside)
Sara Osinski (Naples, Fla. / Gulf Coast)
Nicole Salzano (Elmwood Park, N.J. / Bergen County Technical)
Jamie Schaefer (Pelham, N.Y. / Pelham Memorial)
Mara Valenzuela (Bridgewater, N.J. / Bridgewater-Raritan)
Dana Yu (Bridgewater, N.J. / Bridgewater Raritan)

Men’s Track and Field (16)
Mike Cooke (Wrentham, Mass. / King Phillip Regional)
Arturo Cruz (Westfield, Mass. / Westfield)
Nicholas Douglas (Shelton, Conn. / Shelton)
Alexander Evans (Bow, N.H. / Bow)
Blake Fenwick (Thomaston, Conn. / Thomaston)
Andrew Franco (Ridgefield, Conn. / Ridgefield)
Jacob Gesin (Shirley, Mass. / F W Parker Essential School)
Benjamin Jackson (Enosburg Falls, Vt. / Enosburg Falls)
Zachary LaClair (North Attleboro, Mass. / North Attleboro)
Thomas Mullally (Mastic Beach, N.Y. / Williams Floyd)
Ademitokunbo Oremule (Mansfield, Conn. / Edwin O. Smith)
Justin Patterson (Marshfield, Mass. / Marshfield)
Joseph Schwab (North Haven, Conn. / Choate Rosemary Hall)
Antonio Siracusa (Bridgewater, Mass. / Cardinal Spellman)
Russell Stevens (Colchester, Conn. / Xavier)
Hayes Watson (Glastonbury, Conn. / Glastonbury)

Women’s Track and Field (12)
Jocelyn Davies (Yarmouth, Maine / Yarmouth Jr.-Sr.)
Rebecca Goulet-Martel (Montreal, Quebec / Ipswich)
Sarah Lapham (Greenwich, N.Y. / Greenwich Central)
Emily McNeil (Shelton, Conn. / Shelton)
Rebecca Nunez (Greenwich, R.I. / East Greenwich)
Staci Rezendes (Ludlow, Mass. / Holyoke Catholic)
Brittany Sarza (Uxbridge, Mass. / Mount Saint Charles)
Brooke Tomasetti (Waterford, Conn. / Waterford)
Annmarie Tuxbury (New Hartford, Conn. / Northwestern Regional)
Rebecca Varney (East Longmeadow, Mass. / East Longmeadow)
Kara Walsh (Waltham, Mass. / Waltham)
Elizabeth Willmonton (Rowley, Mass. / Triton)