ENC Places 17 Student-Athletes on NECC Fall Academic All-Conference Team

MARSHFIELD, Mass.- The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) announced the Fall Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday. Eastern Nazarene earned a total of 17 recipients as the NECC honored a record 211 student-athletes.

The men's soccer team and women's volleyball team led the way for Eastern Nazarene by landing four student-athletes to the Academic All-Conference team each.

The Lions' women's cross-country, men's golf, and women's soccer programs all garnered three honorees.

Headlining the Academic All-Conference honorees were All-NECC first team selections Courtney McCarthy (Merrimack, N.H.) and Jacob Waldroop (Newland, N.C.) as well as All-NECC second team performer Connor Hudson-Bryant (Weymouth, Mass.).

Among the student-athletes earning the distinction were five NECC Del Malloy Sportsmanship Team members: Anson Thibault (Durham, N.H.), Samantha Caldwell (Quincy, Mass.), Michaela Connors (Norwell, Mass.), and Sam Danis (Uxbridge, Mass.).

To qualify for the NECC Fall Academic All-Conference team, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing and post a minimum grade point average of 3.40 (on a 4.00 scale). The Fall Academic All-Conference Team includes student-athletes who competed in men's and women's cross country, men's golf, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball.