Sixty-two Emerson Athletes Earn NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Honors

If baseball games were decided based upon GPAs, no team would’ve beaten Emerson College this year. An amazing 24 members of Emerson’s baseball team were named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team for the spring athletic season.

But it wasn’t just the Lions’ baseball team that excelled in the classroom this spring. Eleven men’s lacrosse players, 10 softball players, nine women’s lacrosse members, four women’s tennis players, and four men’s tennis players earned all-academic honors. 

To achieve Academic All-Conference status, student-athletes must have earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or 4.35 on a 5.0 scale after the 2025 spring semester; achieved second-year academic status at their institution; and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.

The following 24 players earned Academic All-Conference status for the baseball team:

• Blake Benway ’24, graduate student (Sports Communication)
• Logan Braden ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Ethan Chanthompalit ’27 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Ezra Charles ’25 (Sports Communication)
• Chris Ferara ’23, MA ’25 (Sports Communication)
• Justin Fields ’26 (Sports Communication)
• Huon Fitzpatrick ’26 (Sports Communication)
• Nick Hubbe, graduate student (Strategic Marketing Communication)
• Eric Ladd ’25 (Media Arts Production)
• Briggs Loveland ’25 (Journalism)
• Oliver Low ’27 (Political Communication)
• Torin McCann-Braun ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Tyler Metcalf ’27 (Media Arts Production)
• Shane Moriarty ’27 (Marketing Communication)
• Jake Morvillo ’25 (Communication Studies)
• Braeden O’Connell ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Jake Okamoto ’24, graduate student (Sports Communication)
• Robby Posio ’25 (Journalism)
• Aidan Rice, MA ’25 (Sports Communication)
• Tobey Roberts ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Paxton Silas ’26 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Russell Silverman ’26 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Avery Smith ’24 (Public Relations), graduate student (Political Communication)
• Jake Smith ’25 (Sports Communication)

The following 10 softball players earned all-academic honors:

• Grace Beaulieu ’25 (Communication Disorders)
• Riley Caiazza ’27 (Media Arts Production)
• Jessica Gomez ’25 (Creative Writing)
• Ally Lacey ’25 (Communication Disorders)
• Kate Regan ’27 (Marketing Communication)
• Mackenzie Rice ’25 (Writing, Literature and Publishing)
• Carly Rosenberger ’25 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Izzi Shaffer ’27 (Media Arts Production)
• Caleigh Sheehan ’27 (Communication Disorders)
• Sam Zannotti ’25 (Sports Communication)

The following 11 men’s lacrosse players earned all-academic honors:

• Jack Burns ’25 (Journalism)
• Quinn Gardiner ’27 (Creative Writing)
• Aedan Kiniry ’26 (Marketing Communication)
• Owen Lotti ’26 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• John Marcone ’26 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Benson Offit ’25 (Political Communication)
• Benjamin Redlener ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Landon Segal ’27 (Media Arts Production)
• Zachary Stern-Hayes ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Elijah Turbow ’25 (Sports Communication)
• Grant Wilson ’25 (Sports Communication)

The following nine members of the women’s lacrosse team earned all-academic honors:

• Ava DelliCompagni ’27 (Writing, Literature and Publishing)
• Vani Hanamirian ’26 (Journalism)
• Callie Krosin ’25 (Journalism)
• Sydney O’Hara ’27 (Media Arts Production)
• Holland Rutter ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Ava Selby ’25 (Media Arts Production)
• Ellie Spotts ’26 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Miranda Tanguay ’27 (Media Arts Production)
• Lindsey Wettstein ’27 (Theatre Design/Production)

The following four members of the women’s tennis team earned all-academic honors:

• Jayden Beverly ’27 (Writing, Literature and Publishing)
• Kendi Bispham ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Carlson Jones ’26 (Media Arts Production)
• Chase Stinson ’25 (Public Relations)

The following four members of the men’s tennis team earned all-academic honors:

• Finn Leeves-Coben ’27 (Business of Creative Enterprises)
• Noah Mesaros ’26 (Media Arts Production)
• Filippo Nocchi ’27 (Sports Communication)
• Pete Sevikul ’25 (Media Arts Production)