BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Fifty-seven Bridgewater State University student-athletes have been named to the Little East Conference (LEC) Academic Honor Roll for the spring 2023 semester.
The 57 BSU student-athletes include 16 members of the men's swimming & diving team, 15 representatives from the women's swimming & diving squad, 14 field hockey players, eight members of the women's tennis team and four men's tennis players.
To be named the LEC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a spring 2023 semester GPA of 3.00 or better and have been an active member of the team at the conclusion of the season.
Men's swimming & diving student athletes to earn the accolade are graduate student Shawn Driscoll-Gomez (Medford, Mass.); seniors Chris Anastasiades (Wakefield, Mass.), Thomas Scalese (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Eric Silva (Dighton, Mass.); juniors Cooper Castellone (South Windsor, Conn.), Luc Durand (Marblehead, Mass.), Brennan Gravanda (Wilbraham, Mass.) and Joseph Pervier (Baldwinville, Mass.); sophomores Owen Lasbury-Casey (Mansfield, Mass.), Thomas Roch (Chelmsford, Mass.), Chase Simao (Stonington, Mass.), Cameron Srebnick (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Cameron Stringfellow (Wrentham, Mass.); and freshmen Alexander Arpin (Worcester, Mass.), Brendan Goff (Plainville, Mass.) and Ryan McKenzie (Charlton, Mass.).
Representing the women's swimming & diving team are seniors Alex Molinari (Chelmsford, Mass.), Gabriella Rivera (Hanover, Mass.) and Danielle Vissering (North Andover, Mass.); juniors Camryn Beals (Middleboro, Mass.), Jenna Maxim (Lakeville, Mass.), Lily Morrison (Marshfield, Mass.) and Olivia Ranck (Wilbraham, Mass.); sophomores Brianna Matte (Cumberland, R.I.), Savannah Lavigne (Bridgewater, Mass.), Brynn Murray (Chelmsford, Mass.), Olivia Pelletier (East Kingston, N.H.), Evelyn Olson (Phillipston, Mass.) and Samantha White (Plymouth, Mass.); and freshmen Julie Remson (Norwalk, Conn.) and Cailey Simard (Haverhill, Mass.).
Receiving the honor as members of the field hockey team are seniors Sophia Morse (West Bridgewater, Mass.), Jordyn Perry (Nantucket, Mass.) and Hannah Rolfe (Easton, Mass.); juniors Zoe Bergeron (Blackstone, Mass.), Alexis Giesta (Fall River, Mass.), Carolyn Greendale (Natick, Mass.), Charlotte McElroy (Carver, Mass.) and Kelly Sharkey (Salisbury, Mass.); sophomore Abigail Massarelli (Stoughton, Mass.); and freshmen Noelle Cornetta (Hanson, Mass.), Madelyne Guidaboni (Hanson, Mass.), Lexi James (Ipswich, Mass.), Irianny Solorin (Methuen, Mass.) and Emelia Westwater (Attleboro, Mass.).
The eight women's tennis student-athletes on the academic honor roll are senior Mackenzie Silveira (Middletown, R.I.); juniors Allison Carter (Raynham, Mass.) and Abigail Ramer (Sherwood, Ore.); sophomores Rebecca Hamel (Windham, Maine), Meghan Lotti (Stoneham, Mass.) and Madeline Von Ruden (Ashley Falls, Mass.); and freshmen Breanna Cole (East Sandwich, Mass.) and Hannah Higgins (Rockland, Mass.).
Rounding out the Bears' LEC Academic Honor Roll selections from the men's tennis team are graduate student Sean Nutter (Mattapoisett, Mass.), senior Charles Fiske (Taunton, Mass.), sophomore Charles Malinowski (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and freshman Tyler Barros (Somerset, Mass.).
All told, 1,943 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 Spring 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), field hockey, women's swimming & diving, mens swimming & diving, women's tennis and men's tennis called the Little East home in 2022-2023.