BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Two hundred Bridgewater State University student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) with selection to the league’s Fall/Winter 2019 All-Academic Team that was released today by MASCAC Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Student-athletes who compete in championship varsity sports offered by each of the MASCAC institutions during the course of the Fall and Winter 2019 athletic season and have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester are eligible for selection to the Fall/Winter All-Academic Team.
Worcester State University placed the most student-athletes on the Fall/Winter 2019 MASCAC All-Academic Team with 208 total. Bridgewater State is second with 200 student-athletes and Westfield State University rounds out the top three with 170. Fitchburg State University is fourth with 136 while Framingham State University and Salem State University both have 104 student-athletes recognized, respectively.
"Congratulations to the 1,244 student-athletes who were named to the 2019 MASCAC Fall/Winter All-Academic team,” Commissioner Baumann said. “This list is a testament to the hard work of our student-athletes not only in the classroom but in their respective field of play.
"The conference is excited to see the growth of student-athletes recognized on this year’s team," Baumann added.
The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s oldest Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University.
Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men’s ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as a football affiliate member in 2013.
Click here for a list of BSU student-athletes on the Fall/Winter 2019 MASCAC All-Academic Team (PDF)