PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Little East Conference recently announced a pair of fall academic awards, honoring student-athletes throughout the league with the All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll.
 
The Spartans had 44 student-athletes across the LEC's eight fall sports receive All-Academic recognition, while a total of 156 Castleton student-athletes that compete in the LEC earned a spot on the Academic Honor Roll.
 
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. For the Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must earn a semester GPA of 3.00 or better and have been an active member of the team at the conclusion of their fall semester season.
 
The All-Academic Team was highlighted by 12 women's soccer players making the list: Alex Benfatti, Loren Henderson, Julia Carone, Liz Bell, Ashlee Meczywor, Haley Hodgdon, Stephanie Burkhammer, Bella Varisco, Callie Miltenberger, Krista Girroir, Jamie Ledoux and Rylee Nichols. Men's soccer was second with seven student-athletes recognized: Andres Soto-Burgos, Alex Fernald, Noah Swainbank, Jacob Godfrey, Mason Thompson, Chris Ciccarelli and Jacob Henderson.
 
Men's cross country had six student-athletes make the All-Academic Team, with Dakota Garrow, Gannon McKearin, Andreas Oleinyk, Joe Ouimet, Oliver Rodgers and Levi Williams making the list, while Field Hockey and Volleyball had five each. Field hockey's honorees were Kaitlin Bardellini, Gabriella Hunt, Anna Ploof, Allison Lowell and Loretta Blakeney. Volleyball was represented by Lena Soehnle, Lizzie Goodrich, Madison Hamelink, Meghan Zawatsky and Machaila Arjavich.
 
Women's cross country had four student-athletes earn All-Academic Team recognition in Martina Comas-Altland, Emerald Fagan-Trapeni, Charlotte Morrison and Erin Sulva, while women's tennis had three—Aliza Bogner, Megan Hunt and Regina Marchese—and men's golf had two—Nicholas Gravina and A.J. Tatton.
 
Of Castleton's 156 honorees for the Academic Honor Roll in the Fall 2020 semester, 31 posted a perfect 4.0 semester-based GPA. Women's soccer had the most representatives on the Honor Roll with 20, followed by men's lacrosse and softball with 17 each. Men's soccer had 16 represented on the list, while baseball had 15, women's track and field had 12 and women's lacrosse had 10. Field hockey had nine players earn Honor Roll recognition, followed by volleyball, women's basketball and men's track and field with eight each. Five women's tennis players received the award, while four men's basketball players and four men's tennis players made the list also. Men's golf rounded out the list with three honorees.
 
To view the full list of Castleton student-athletes on the Academic Honor Roll, click here.