92 Bulldogs earn NEC Academic Honor Roll distinction this fall

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – A total of 92 Bryant University student-athletes were named to the 2015 Northeast Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll, including 14 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 656 fall student-athletes qualifying for the distinction in the fall of 2015. Of those 656 student-athletes, 171 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 total represents a 22.1 percent increase from a year ago.

Football and women's volleyball led the way with four of its own earning the Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction including football's Tucker Beirne, Andrew Jones, Alexander Plotkin and Joel Schaefer, while women's volleyball added Sara DePouw, Debora Magalhaes, Viktoria Nesterov and Erica Vendituoli. Alexander Evans of the men's cross country team joined Staci Rezendes, Brittany Sarza and Emma Washo of women's cross country on the list of honorees. Women's soccer (Cayla D'Amico) and men's soccer (Chrisopher Knaub) rounded out the list of 14 Bulldogs who achieved a 3.75 GPA or higher this fall.

The full list of all Bryant's 92 fall student-athletes named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll is below.

2015 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FALL ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

Men's Cross Country (5)
Alexander Evans (Bow, N.H./Bow)
Matthew McGovern (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach)
Thomas Mullally (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd)
Brian Salit (Seekonk, Mass./Seekonk)
Russell Stevens (Colchester, Conn./Xavier)

Women's Cross Country (6)
Sarah Lapham (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central)
Melissa Lodge (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton)
Staci Rezendes (Ludlow, Mass./Holyoke Catholic)
Brittany Sarza (Uxbridge, Mass./Mount Saint Charles Academy)
Emma Washo (Montrose, Pa./Montrose Area)
Elizabeth Willmonton (Rowley, Mass./Triton)

Football (37)
Thomas Agne (Lexington, Mass./Lexington)
Andrew Barton (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield)
Tucker Beirne (Coral Gables, Fla./Christopher Columbus)
Kyle Cook (Middletown, N.J./Bergen Catholic)
Peter Corbett (Wantagh, N.Y./Saint Anthony's)
Patrick Danner (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North)
Elorpheton Deneus (Cambridge, Mass./Cambridge Rindge and Latin)
Zach Devlin (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai)
Joel Diaz (North Providence, R.I./Wilbraham and Munson)
Kieran Elmore (Huntington Station, N.Y./Walt Whitman)
Joe Fine (Cumberland, R.I./Cumberland)
Matt Forst (Manasquan, N.J./Chesire Academy)
Aaron Gilmer (North Easton, Mass./Thayer Academy)
Taylor Janoskie (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield)
Kyle Jennings (Mount Airy, Md./Linganore)
Andrew Jones (Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville)
Kevin Kersey (New London, Conn./Saint Bernard)
Dom Kozlowski (Westford, Mass./Cushing Academy)
Quinton Law (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown)
Abe M'Bodj (North Beach, Md./Northern)
Vincent Nisivoccia (Nutley, N.J./Seton Hall Prep)
Marko Piedmont (Wilton, Conn./Wilton)
Alexander Plotkin (Columbia, Md./Archbishop Spalding)
Kyle Presti (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon)
Matt Rega (Scituate, Mass./Buckingham Brown & Nichols)
Justin Robinson-Howe (East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow)
Alec Ruden (Arnold, Md./Broadneck)
Patrick Scanlon (Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury)
Joel Schaefer (Granger, Ind./Penn)
Chris Schultz (Bethesda, Md./Gonzaga College High)
Matt Steeves (Southington, Conn./Southington)
Brian Taylor (Millersville, Md./Severna Park)
Paul Taylor (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytechnic)
Scott Tibert (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake)
Matt Twerago (West Roxbury, Mass./Catholic Memorial)
Joe Usher (Fulton, Md./Reservoir)
Nolan Wilson (Wenham, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham Regional)

Men's Soccer (9)
Marco Addonizio (Lynnfield, Mass. / Lynnfield)
Derek Blanchette (Hope, R.I. / La Salle)
Chrisopher Knaub (Yarmouth, Maine / Yarmouth)
Jake Lamar (New Haven, Conn. / Cheshire Academy)
Brett Larocque (Ottawa, Ont. / Ecole Jean Vanier)
Vasil Matsur (Millburn, N.J. / Millburn)
Jason Norat (Wilmington, Del. / Salesianum)
Brendan Robinson (Medway, Mass. / Medway)
Theodore Spanos (Garden City, N.Y. / Garden City)

Women's Soccer (20)
Rachel Benz (Stamford, Conn. / Westhill)
Claire Bergh (Calgary, Alberta / Ernest Manning)
Rachel Brightman (Rochester, N.Y. / Greece Olympia)
Marley Christian (Fulton, Md. / McDonogh School)
Kaylan Conrad (Avon, Conn. / Avon)
Hannah Crofut (East Amherst, N.Y. / Williamsville North)
Cayla D'Amico (Grafton, Mass. / Grafton)
Brigitte Donaghy (Toronto, Ontario / Birchmount Park)
Alison Guilmette (Coventry, R.I. / Bay View)
Caitlin Hannagen (Richboro, Pa. / Council Rock North)
Caitlin Lodi (Peabody, Mass. / Peabody Veterans Memorial)
Katie Nugent (Newton, Mass. / Newton North)
Alexandra Ralph (Peterborough, Ont. / St. Peter's Catholic)
Haley Reddish (Natick, Mass. / Natick)
Sarah Schucker (Nanuet, N.Y. / Nanuet)
Abigail Smith (Kingston, N.H. / Sanborn Regional)
Alexandra Spangler (Acton, Mass. / Acton-Boxborough)
Kaitlyn Spangler (Acton, Mass. / Acton-Boxborough)
Amber Thomas (Rochester, N.Y. / Aquinas Institute)
Kianna Woods (Stafford Springs, Conn. / Stafford) 

Women's Volleyball (15)
Sara DePouw (Oconto, Wis. / Oconto)
Carissa Gould (Woonsocket, R.I. / Mount St. Charles)
Sophia Hoekstra (Millersville, Md. / Severna Park)
Alexandra Lunsford (Minneola, Fla. / Lake Minneola)
Debora Magalhaes (Belo Horizonte, Brazil / Colegio Magnum Agostiniano)
Julia Malet (San Rafael, Calif. / Marin Catholic)
Maya Miosga (Sonthofen, Germany / Gymnasium Sonthofen)
Viktoria Nesterov (Kfar Saba, Israel / Wingate Academy for Sports Excellence)
Taylor Onoyan (Crystal Lake, Ill. / Prairie Ridge)
Grace Richmeyer (DeSoto, Mo. / St. Pius X)
Kiley Robbins (Garland, Texas / L.V. Berkner)
Margot Ruffieux (Cary, N.C. / Green Hope)
Kirstyn Sperry (Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Vista)
Cassandra Sulmeisters (Centennial, Colo. / Cherry Creek)
Erica Vendituoli (Nashua, N.H. / Nashua North)