27 Corsairs Earn LEC Winter All-Academic Team Honors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Little East Conference (LEC) has released its 2024-25 Winter All-Academic Team featuring 27 student-athletes from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth across four winter sports.

UMass Dartmouth had the fifth-highest number of fall student-athletes to be selected to the Winter 2024-25 All-Academic Team among institutional members. The Corsairs men's and women's indoor track & field teams each had nine honorees, followed by women's basketball with six selections. Swimming & Diving rounded out the honorees with three total.  
 
To be named the LEC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must be at least in sophomore standing in the classroom, have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the previous semester, and have been at their current institution for at least one full academic year prior to the start of the competitive season. 
 
The LEC's announces its All-Academic Teams following the conclusion of their respective championship seasons. Below are the honorees from each of the winter teams.
 

MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Name	Year	Hometown
Elan Ben Yosef	Junior	Plainview, N.Y.
James Carriere	Sophomore	Woburn, Mass.
Fernando Gaspar Rodriguez	Junior	Weymouth, Mass.
Nico LaCortiglia	Senior	Upton, Mass.
Xavier Manuel	Senior	Mansfield, Mass.
Jake Paris	Fifth Year	Pittsfield, Mass.
RJ Stone	Sophomore	Falmouth, Mass.
Ethan Sylvia	Junior	Attleboro, Mass.
Cameron Thompson	Sophomore	Sherborn, Mass.

 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Name	Year	Hometown
Teja Andrews	Graduate Student	Plymouth, Mass.
Shelby Companion	Sophomore	Hinesburg, Vt.
Melanie DeMeo	Junior	Mahopac, N.Y.
Cristina Negron	Junior	Easthampton, Mass.
Kasey Oliver	Junior	Dartmouth, Mass.
Carly Whiteside	Graduate Student	Barnstable, Mass.

   

WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Name	Year	Hometown
Serena Carnes	Sophomore	Dartmouth, Mass.
Lauren Donlan	Junior	Plymouth, Mass.
Bee Greenberg	Senior	Mansfield, Mass.
Emily Hesketh	Sophomore	Kingston, Mass.
Kate Hockenbury	Graduate Student	Hopedale, Mass.
Sarah Lynch	Sophomore	Dumont, N.J.
Grace Russell	Junior	Bourne, Mass.
Tori Schweitzer	Junior	Ledyard, Conn.
Emma Steedman	Graduate Student	Eastbourne, U.K.

   

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Name	Year	Hometown
Isabella Gerardi	Junior	Seekonk, Mass.
Skye Peters	Sophomore	Albuquerque, N.M.
Kylie Winer	Junior	Derry, N.H.

   
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