BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Forty-four Bridgewater State University student-athletes have been named to the Little East Conference (LEC) Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester.
The 44 BSU student-athletes include 20 members of the women's swimming & diving team, 14 representatives from the men's swimming & diving squad, five members of the women's tennis team and five men's tennis players.
To be named the LEC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a fall 2023 semester GPA of 3.00 or better and have been an active member of the team at the conclusion of the season.
Reprsenting the women's swimming & diving team are seniors Camryn Beals (Middleboro, Mass.), Hannah Geoffrion (Barnstable, Mass.) Jenna Maxim (Lakeville, Mass.) and Lily Morrison (Marshfield, Mass.); juniors Jenna Fiebiger (Johannesburg, South Africa), Brianna Matte (Cumberland, R.I.), Brynn Murray (Chelmsford, Mass.), Evelyn Olson (Phillipston, Mass.), Olivia Pelletier (East Kingston, N.H.) and Samantha White (Plymouth, Mass.); sophomores Emily Bradford (Pittsfield, Mass.), Gillian Costa (Fall River, Mass.), Ava Fenton (Monument Beach, Mass.), Hannah Flockton (Plymouth, Mass.), Olivia Quintin (Fairhaven, Mass.), Julie Remson (Norwalk, Conn.) and Cailey Simard (Haverhill, Mass.); and freshmen Ava Anderson (Lynn, Mass.), Nellie Peecher (Barrington, R.I.) and Riley Steinman (Pittsfield, Mass.).
Men's swimming & diving student athletes to earn the accolade are seniors Cooper Castellone (South Windsor, Conn.), Brennan Gravanda (Wilbraham, Mass.) and Joseph Pervier (Baldwinville, Mass.); juniors Owen Lasbury-Casey (Mansfield, Mass.), Thomas Roch (Chelmsford, Mass.), Chase Simao (Stonington, Conn.) and Cameron Srebnick (Chelmsford, Mass.); sophomores Brendan Goff (Plainville, Mass.), Ryan McKenzie (Charlton, Mass.), Richard Palanza (Mansfield, Mass.) and Cooper Sever (Edgewater, Md.); and freshman Aaron Fowler (Brookline, Mass.), Drew Lawrence (Winchendon, Mass.) and Sean Taylor (South Dennis, Mass.).
The five women's tennis student-athletes on the academic honor roll are graduate student Mackenzie Silveira (Middletown, R.I.); seniors Allison Carter (Raynham, Mass.) and Erin Lally (Danvers, Mass.); junior Meghan Lotti (Stoneham, Mass.); and freshman Samantha Bettencourt (Tiverton, R.I.).
Rounding out the Bears' LEC Academic Honor Roll selections from the men's tennis team are senior Nicolas Levine (Raynham, Mass.); juniors Matthew Krampf (Littleton, Mass.) and Charles Malinowski (East Bridgewater, Mass.); and sophomores Tyler Barros (Somerset, Mass.) and Adam Beatrice (Rockland, Mass.).
All told, 1,977 Little East Conference student-athletes competing in the conference’s 21 championship sports were named to the LEC Academic Honor Roll in recognition of their academic performance in the Fall 2023 semester.
The Academic Honor Roll was one of two new academic recognition programs (along with the LEC Team Academic Awards) introduced by the Little East prior to the 2019 fall season. While the majority of Bridgewater State varsity squads are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), women's swimming & diving, mens swimming & diving, women's tennis and men's tennis call the Little East home.