Nine Student-Athletes Earn Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference

A total of nine Newbury College winter and spring student-athletes were named New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Academic All-Conference, announced by Commissioner Del Malloy on Tuesday.  In addition to their tremendous improvement on the diamond, baseball headlined the winter and spring sports with four named Academic All-Conference. Women’s basketball followed up with two while softball, men’s tennis and men’s volleyball each had one representative.

To be eligible for the NECC Academic All-Conference, a student-athlete must post a minimum grade point average of 3.40 on a scale of 4.00 and must be sophomore or higher in class standings. Student-athletes who compete in men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s tennis and men’s volleyball were eligible for the winter and spring NECC Academic All-Conference.

Baseball (4)

James Languirand, senior, Accounting
Patrick Curry, junior, Accounting & Business Management
Andrew Lundebjerg, junior, Accounting
Christopher Ninteau, sophomore, Information Technology Management

Women’s Basketball (2)

Amy Chen, senior, Communications
Felicia Jones, junior, Culinary Management

Softball (1)

Rebecca Roach, sophomore, Sports Management

Men’s Tennis (1)

Benjamin Weiner, junior, Pre-Law

Men’s Volleyball (1)

Matt Talamantes, senior, Psychology