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Somerset, NJ -- The Northeast Conference (NEC) honored its best and brightest from the 2021-22 spring season with the announcement of its Scholar-Athlete award winners on Wednesday.
All scholar-athlete award winners must have earned a minimum of 60 semester hours at their institution, maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.20 and participated with distinction as a member of a varsity team.
It was announced that Wagner women's golf senior
Heather McLean was named Northeast Conference (NEC) scholar-athlete of the year for women's golf, marking the 31st time in Seahawks history a student-athlete has received this recognition from the NEC, dating back to the Winter 2004-05 season. Players from 11 different Wagner sports have received this honor. McLean is the first Seahawks golfer to earn the award since Pascalle Tego did so in the spring of 2019.
Along with the scholar-athletes, the NEC announced its Spring Academic Honor Roll, consisting 1,570 student-athletes with a 3.20 or better grade point average. There were also a record 528 student-athletes named to the spring Commissioner's Honor Roll, recognizing those superior student-athletes with a 3.75 or better grade point average.
Over the course of the 2021-22 academic year, a league record 3,826 NEC student-athletes landed a spot on the Academic Honor Roll, a 2.1 bump from last year's all-time mark. That figure also represents over two-thirds of NEC competitors. Likewise, a record 1,473 student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll, an astronomical 26.0 percent jump from the previous standard set in 2020-21.
The Seahawks had a total of 179 student-athletes named to the Spring Academic Honor Roll while 56 earned Commissioner Honor Roll accolades.
Both the baseball and women's lacrosse teams had a total of 28 student-athletes named to the honor roll while men's lacrosse followed with 26. Both the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams had 24 athletes earned honor roll distinction. Women's water polo was next with 16 followed by softball with 11. Men's tennis (7), women's tennis (6), men's golf (5) and women's golf (4) rounded out the spring honor roll for the Green & White.
Baseball led the way with 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll selections while women's lacrosse garnered eight selections. Men's lacrosse, men's outdoor track and field and women's water polo had seven athletes named to the list followed by women's track and field with six. Softball and women's tennis each had three student-athletes tabbed to the Commissioner's Honor Roll while men's tennis and women's golf each had two while men's golf had one athlete.
2022 Northeast Conference Spring Scholar-Athletes
| Sport |
Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Baseball |
Joshua Loeschorn |
LIU |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Computer Science |
| Men's Golf |
Marc-Antoine Hotte |
Saint Francis U |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Finance |
| WOMEN'S GOLF |
HEATHER MCLEAN |
WAGNER |
SR. |
3.98 |
Biology |
| Men's Lacrosse |
Dan Ryan |
Hobart |
Gr. |
3.69 (under)
3.93 (grad) |
Economics
Management |
| Women's Lacrosse |
Margaret Lonergan |
Mount St. Mary's |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Sport Management |
| Softball |
Mekenzie Saban |
Saint Francis U |
Gr. |
3.98 (under)
4.00 (grad) |
Accounting
MBA |
| Men's Tennis |
Mehdi Dhouib |
FDU |
Sr. |
3.67 |
Business Administration |
| Women's Tennis |
Leanne Kendall |
Bryant |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Data Science |
| Men's OTF |
Ben Clay III |
FDU |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Sport Management |
| Women's OTF |
Angie Rafter |
Central Connecticut |
Gr. |
3.96 (under)
4.00 (grad) |
English
Psychology |
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 41st season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout seven states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to a number of the largest markets in the United States including New York (#1), Boston (#9), Baltimore (#26), Hartford/New Haven (#33) and Providence (#53). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 24 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 16 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions in 2022-23 will include Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary's, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U, Stonehill and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, all @NECsports.
