DUDLEY, Mass. (Feb. 3) – Eight members of the Nichols College football team have been named to the 2011 New England Football Conference All-Academic Team, it was announced recently. Four honorees were named to the squad for the third time, one earned the honor for the second time, and three were first-time selections.

Seniors Bill Crory, Brandon Haddad, Christopher Kerrigan and Alex Tavares were three-time honorees. Senior John Zona  was named to the team for the second time after honors in 2009. Juniors David Gonzalez and Jacob Shoup and sophomore Michael Merjuste  were first-time honorees.

Eight different majors were represented across Nichols' honorees, running the gamut of the College's offerings from information technology management to criminal justice management; from international business to sport management. Crory headlined the honorees with a dual major in business management and accounting.

A total of 214 student-athletes from 16 institutions earned a spot on the 2011 NEFC All-Academic Team. To qualify for the team a player must have completed three semesters at the same institution with a cumulative of 3.0 or better grade point average (based on a 4.0 scale).

Bill Crory+* '12	K	Townsend, Mass./No. Middlesex Regional	Business Mgmt. and Accounting
David Gonzalez '13	WR	Springfield, Mass./ Springfield Central	Information Technology
Brandon Haddad +*'12	WR	Pascoag, R.I./Ithaca College	Sport Management
Christopher Kerrigan+* '12	DB	Hyde Park, Mass./Catholic Memorial	Criminal Justice
Michael Merjuste '14	DL	Norwich, Conn./Norwich Free Academy	Undeclared
Jacob Shoup '13	QB	Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Comm. HS	International Business
Alex Tavares+* '12	DB	Pawtucket, R.I./Shea HS	General Business
John Zona +'12	LB	Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury	Finance

*2010 Honoree
+2009 Honoree