DUDLEY, Mass. (April 9) – Nichols College recognized 130 of its student-athletes for their excellence in academics and athletics on Friday 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. Keynote speaker Bill Pieczynski, Associate Vice President for Advancement, addressed the group prior to the awards ceremony.
In addition, Director of Athletics Charlyn Robert inducted 26 juniors and seniors into the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, joining seven two-year honorees. 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.
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 Two-Year Honorees: Sara Bailey, Anthony Freni, Marie Kauker, Melissa Mansfield, Molly McGuire, Kevin Pittz, Jeffrey Powers
National College Athlete Honor Society Inductees: Gerald Bojanowski, Kara Buckley, Joshua Clark, Amber Cottrell, Kaitlyn DiBuono, Kate Dyson, Candice Ellis, Andrea Ferris, Courtney Flagg, Mary Kate Frodema, Brian Gattie, Lindsay Hassett, William Munson, Matthew Nash, Jessica Nelson, Sarah Rhodes, Kevin Richardson, Ashley Robidoux, Michael Schell, Timothy Smith, Alicia Stott, Anthony Vadala, Holly Ventura, Daniel Vreeland, Brandon Wallace, Ryan Wytrych
Seniors: Sara Bailey, Lindsay Barbo, Melisa Bianchi, Beverly Burrill, Ezekiel Costello, Eric Cremer, Candice Ellis, Anthony Freni, Brian Gattie, Steven Hutchinson, Alena Jasinski, Marie Kauker, Molly McGuire, Melissa Mansfield, Alexander Montalto, William Munson, Ashley Nolan, Matt Partridge, Anthony Pillari, Pasquale Pio, Kevin Pittz, Jeffrey Powers, Loren Rozanski, Shawn Santos, John Sielawa, Timothy Smith
Juniors: Timothy Ahern, Gerald Bojanowski, Kara Buckley, Daniel Cafasso, Joshua Clark, Amber Cottrell, Kaitlyn DiBuono, Brett Distasio, Andrea Ferris, Courtney Flagg, Mary Kate Frodema, Lindsay Hassett, Zachary Johnson, Scott Leecock, Matthew Nash, SueEllen Nault, Jessica Nelson, James Prentiss, Sarah Rhodes, Kevin Richardson, Christine Rigosi, Ashley Robidoux, Michael Schell, Alicia Stott, Daniel Taylor, Anthony Vadala, Holly Ventura, Daniel Vreeland, Brandon Wallace, Shannon Weeks, Matthew Whitman, Ryan Wytrych
Sophomores: Alexa Boucher, Jennifer Brigham, Stephen Carella, Courtney Carey, Haylie Carter, Chelsea Correia, William Crory, Michael Davis, Kate Dyson, Nicholas Gaeta, Lindsay Gustafson, Brandon Haddad, Samantha Hardigan, Jennifer Hess, Zach Hendrickson, Christopher Kerrigan, Mandy Manopla, Chelsay Miller, Andrew Palmer, Cheryl Pitts, Michael Rubalcaba, Michael Salis, Michael Sannicandro, Daniel Saucier, Sean Smith-Vaughn, Hannah Tardif, Alex Tavares, Eliot Wuhrmann, Emily Yourie, John Zona
First Years: Andrea D’Antuono, John Bakopolus, Christopher Barchard, Anthony Benvenuti, Sean Brown, Alexandra Cifone, Andrew Conklin, Scott Coderre, Kimberly Cummings, Max Curto, Peter Curto, Steven Delahanty, Nicholas Deni, Erin Desmarais, Joseph Ferle, Ryan Flavin, Raymond Furr, Nicholas Gable, Steven Galgano, Brian Gardner, David Gonzalez, Jason Gove, Daniel Greiner, Catherine Jaworski, Zachary Kohn, Nicholas Kokich, Justin Kuntz, Emily Larosa, Kristina Lindgren, Matthew Lynch, Maureen Lynch, Kyle Mascilak, Stacey McGrath, Andrew Pfeffer, Darcey Russell, Samuel Scott, Robert Serafini, Dustin Timm, Erica Tolman, Emily Widdison, Megan Woodruff, John Zable