WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Aug. 16, 2021) – The East Coast Conference (ECC) has recognized two Mercy College teams and 148 student-athletes for their academic success. Men's Soccer and Women's Lacrosse earned ECC Academic Team of Excellence awards and 148 student-athletes were tabbed to the ECC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Mercy men's soccer and women's lacrosse produced the highest cumulative GPAs in the conference in their respective sports. Men's Soccer carries a 3.47 cumulative GPA and women's lacrosse posted a 3.61 cumulative GPA.
The Academic Team of Excellence award is the second earned by men's soccer and the first for women's lacrosse. The department has now earned six Academic Team of Excellence awards with men's lacrosse earning three, men's soccer earning two and women's lacrosse taking home one.
Student-athletes on the ECC Commissioner's Honor Roll must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher to be included. The 148 Mercy honorees are:
Women's Lacrosse (25): Allie Bigilin, Taylor Bishop, Micayla Brady, Erin Chalich, Briana Corace, Sydney Corley, Kerri Cummings, Carly Diolosa, Madeline Garvalosa, Kaitlyn Grzelaczyk, Ryleigh Hostinsky, Emma Jacobsen, Katie Jelliffe, Jules Keenan, Christina Lopreato, Mary Mackie, Gianna Maffei, Olivia Maute, Gianna Mott, Kayla Reese, Kelly Rosenfeld, Hunter Savino, Erin Shimborske, Savanna Spadalik, Kellie Znaniecki
Baseball (22): Anthony Burgio, Paul Cozzolino, Ryan Dieguez, James Dieguez, Osvaldo Encarnacion, Nolan Giblin, John Gillespie, Justin Glennerster, Zak Kain, Jack Kelly, JJ Lantigua, Brandon Maravi, Ivan Martinez Jr., James Mattutat, Erick Miranda, Jean Carlos Morillo, Isaiah Ortiz, Miguel Ortiz Sanchez, Nicholas Pellegrino, Max Rank, Kevin Seckler, Robert Wootten
Men's Lacrosse (18): Vincent Campbell, Brody Caskenette, Mustapha Daffeh, Anthony DeVito, James Distefano, Jake Fitzgerald, Greg Gibbons, Jack Kipnes, Jason Kuehner, Augustine Longhitano, Robert LoRicco, Tommy McPartland, Michael Morra, Bobby Norton, Tyler Pjatak, Antonio Rey, Sean Rigley, Tyler Vassell
Men's Soccer (16): Kevin Aguilar, Vasco Baptista, David Breitenbach, Isaí Carrillo, Archie Jones, Hamza Khan, Matthias Kuhn, Filip Malmgren, Javier Mangado, Jens Ovreseth, Marco Passera, Francisco Ricci, Rainiero Salas, David Sassano, Tormod Simonsen, Benjamin Van Buren
Women's Soccer (16): Tyra Anderson, Marlene Avalos, Alexa Billingham, Kayla Camacho, Fernanda Castro, Sydney Cooper, Jessica Hoyt, Carla Jooste, Carli LoNigro, Claudia McKail, Madison Rosa, Skyler Schwenkler, Casey Shimborske, Jennifer Silva, Toni Valadez, Genesis Vargas
Field Hockey (14): Taylor Durkin, Christy Falisi, Savanna James, Flynn Kirk, Katie Kreider, Rachel Palladino, Kyra Reyes, Kate Ringstad, Kelly Rosenfeld, Alyssa Sacco, Lily Sherry, Briannagh Smith, Cydney Wolff, Kellie Znaniecki
Softball (14): Jessica Becchetti, Alexi Benson, Alexis Crawford, Samantha Franck, Sabrina Gonzalez, Mia Harris, Sydney Johnston, Alexandra Karavias, Hannah Mueller, Angelina Oquendo, Hailey Puglia, Katelyn Shephard, Nicole Smart, Catherine Zucker
Volleyball (9): Tynesha Adams, Marietherese Angounou, Sophia Flanders, Ayzaline Garay, Natalia Garcia, Stéphanie Lankhorst, Adriana Lopez-Soto, Nilka Rivera Maldonado, Nichole Rivera Maldonado
Men's Basketball (8): Jeremiah JeanPierre, Garrett Kirkland, Jonathan Lapierre, AJ Morales, Justinas Norkus, Abdul Seck, Jay Turner, Brandon Wilson
Women's Basketball (8): Briana Barnard, Taysha Bender, Asya Brandon, Amber Brown, Patrice Harding, Kellie Nudd, Brianne Santos, Maria Tedesco
