BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- One hundred fifty-seven Bridgewater State University student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) with selection to the league’s Winter/Spring 2021 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 Winter and Spring 2021 athletic season, and have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester, are eligible for selection to the Winter/Spring All-Academic Team.
A total of 881 student-athletes earned recognition on the MASCAC Winter/Spring 2021 All-Academic Team. Westfield State University placed the most student-athletes on the all-academic squad with 158 while Bridgewater State finished a very close second. Worcester State University is close behind in third with 141, and Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Salem State University rounded out the top five with 87 student-athletes apiece.
"Congratulations to the 881 student-athletes who were named to the 2021 MASCAC Winter/Spring All-Academic team,” Commissioner Baumann said. “Despite the challenges of this year, our student-athletes persevered through the adversity and the number of honorees on the team is a testament to that.”
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. Dean College, Eastern Nazarene College, Elms College, Mitchell College and Springfield College joined as men’s golf affiliates in 2019.