37 Franklin Pierce Student-Athletes Receive NE10's Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence
MANSFIELD, Mass. (6/23/23) – The Northeast-10's third annual Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence is out, and dozens of Franklin Pierce University Ravens made the list.
This year, thirty-seven Franklin Pierce Athletes were named, a number that ranks second among the seventeen schools eligible for the award. At Pierce, softball racked up the most awards with five, while the Football, women's lacrosse, and men's tennis programs each earned four.
In total, 252 student-athletes were named from the NE10's thirteen member institutions and four of its associated members.
The Northeast-10 Commissioner Julie Ruppert says, "This is the third year of the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence and the incredible commitment our honorees exhibit in their academic pursuits continues to amaze me. Congratulations to them all on this prestigious achievement."
To be considered for the NE10's Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, a graduating student-athlete must attain a GPA of 3.8 (Latin honor of Magna Cum Laude) or better, must have participated in at least two full seasons of NE10 competition, and is an active student-athlete at their time of graduation. Each award recipient receives a commemorative NE10 medallion for their accomplishments.
The Northeast-10 Conference's official release and full list of recipients can be found here. The list of Franklin Pierce's thirty-seven senior honorees is as follows (by sport).
Baseball (1)
Jose Savinon (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Softball (5)
Alexis Briggs (Lockport, N.Y.)
Melissa Konopinski (Butler, N.J.)
Madison Labrie (New Ipswich, N.H.)
Hailey Melchert (Lake Orion, Mi.)
Arianis Rodriguez (Clinton, Mass.)
Football (4)
Andrew Dolan (Saco, Maine)
Lawson Laurent (Charlestown, R.I.)
Eric Pilcher (Berwick, Maine)
Luke Winslow (Lansing, N.Y.)
Field Hockey (2)
Christine Jarowicz (Kennebunk, Maine)
Meghan Winn (Newburyport, Mass.)
Men's Ice Hockey (3)
Jackson Dobek (Natick, Mass.)
Jason Ladzinski (Norcross, Ga.)
Dominic Norris (Thurmont, Md.)
Men's Golf (2)
Jack Hogan (Westfield, Mass.)
Michael Sosik (Fiskdale, Mass.)
Women's Golf (1)
Alia Godek (Feeding Hills, Mass.)
Women's Lacrosse (4)
Erin Blake (Southborough, Mass.)
Amelia D'Urso (Katonah, N.Y.)
Samantha Gallant (Ipswich, Mass.)
Gabrielle Oswald (Nedrow, N.Y.)
Women's Soccer (3)
Marissa Gordon (Albany, N.Y.)
Maria Pacheco Martinez (Bogota, Columbia)
Tess McKenzie (Warren, R.I.)
Men's Tennis (4)
Joshua Arnold (Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago)
Paul McLellan (Nairobi, Kenya)
Alejandro Ortiz (Madrid, Spain)
Alex Wakai (Fujisawa, Japan)
Women's Tennis (1)
Jillian Pagliuca (Taunton, Mass.)
Women's Track & Field (3)
Alexis Collins (Monroe, N.H.)
Kelsey Gregorio (New Boston, N.H.)
Destiny Hill-Edwards (Paget, Bermuda)
Men's Track & Field (1)
Connor Everidge (Baldwinville, Mass.)
Volleyball (3)
Tessa Brandt (Foster, R.I.)
Brittany Lloyd (Coppell, Texas)
Mariah Robles (West Covina, Calif.)