NEFC Names 12 From Football To All-Academic Team

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NEFC Names 12 From Football To All-Academic Team

DUDLEY, Mass. (Feb. 1) – Twelve Nichols College student-athletes have been named to the 2009-2010 New England Football Conference All-Academic Team. A total of 254 student-athletes from the league’s 16 teams were selected to the squad.

Two seniors, DL Anthony Freni (Norton, Mass.), a human resource management major, and OL/TE John Sielawa (Dudley, Mass.), a sport management major, were honored for a third straight year. Senior WR Anthony Pillari (Lumberton, NJ), a sport management major, ended his career with his first nomination.

A sport management major, junior DB Ryan Pandolfi (North Smithfield, R.I.), and classmate DB Brandon Wallace (Windsor, Conn.) who majors in management and economics, were also named to the All-Academic squad for the second consecutive year.

Seven sophomores were named to the team including K Bill Crory (Townsend, Mass.), an accounting major, OL Nick Gaeta (East Boston, Mass.), who double majors in accounting and finance, WR Brandon Haddad (Pascoag, R.I.), a sport management major, LB Christopher Kerrigan (Hyde Park, Mass.), a criminal justice major, DB Mike Rubalcaba (Barre, Vt.), an accounting major, DB Alex Tavares (Pawtucket, R.I.), a general business major and LB John Zona (Shrewsbury, Mass.) who majors in finance.

Full List of Bison Honorees

Bill Crory	So.	K	Townsend, MA/ North Middlesex Regional	Accounting
Anthony Freni	Sr.	DL	Norton, MA/ Norton	Human Resource Management
Nick Gaeta	So.	OL	East Boston, MA/ Boston Latin Academy	Finance/ Accounting
Brandon Haddad	So.	WR	Pascoag, RI/ Ithaca College	Sport Management
Christopher Kerrigan	So.	LB	Hyde Park, MA/ Catholic Memorial	Criminal Justice Management
Ryan Pandolfi	Jr.	DB	North Smithfield, RI/ North Smithfield	Sport Management
Anthony Pillari	Sr.	WR	Lumberton, NJ/ Westwood Regional	Sport Management
Mike Rubalcaba	So.	DB	Barre, VT/ Spaulding	Accounting
John Sielawa	Sr.	OL/TE	Dudley, MA/ Shepherd Hill Regional	Sport Management
Alex Tavares	So.	DB	Pawtucket, RI/ Shea	General Business
Brandon Wallace	Jr.	DB	Windsor, CT/ Windsor	Management/ Economics
John Zona	So.	LB	Shrewsbury, MA/ Shrewsbury	Finance

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