TROY, NY – Nearly 100 Union College student-athletes were recognized for academic success this year, earning spots on the all-academic Liberty League Spring teams, the conference announced last week.
Liberty League spring championship sports include baseball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field. To be recognized as a member of the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, have one year of residency at the school, and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30.
The 98 spring honorees are just three shy of the record 101 honorees last season and, when combined with the 80 athletes recognized in the fall and the 26 honored in the winter, add up to the total number of student-athletes honored by the Liberty League this year. to 204, marking the fourth consecutive year that at least 200 student-athletes have been recognized for academic success.
More than 58 percent (57 of 98) of Union honorees are repeat selections to the all-academic team, while nearly a fifth (19 of 98) were selected for the customary third consecutive season at most. The nationally ranked men’s lacrosse team led all spring sports with 17 selections, followed by the baseball team, which set a team record for the second consecutive season, and the men’s track and field team with 14 each.
All of Union’s spring 2023 All-Academic Team honorees are listed below:
Men’s lacrosse
*Clayton ArcuriMr.
**Sam BrosnanMr.
*Chris ConnollyJr.
*Zach DavisMr.
**Zach DiMuccioMr.
Seamus FoleyThen.
**Justin GreenMr.
**Pedro KipMr.
**Jake MabardyMr.
**Liam McGovernMr.
*Luke McHughJr.
**Matthew PaolattoMr.
*Henry QuaintanceMr.
*michael shawMr.
**Jack ThompsonMr.
Lucas TranterThen.
Chris WeitzelThen.
Baseball
Cooper AmesThen.
Will CollinsThen.
*Nick HiltsleyJr.
Andrew KeaveneyThen.
Jack KleinThen.
Liam McIlroyThen.
**Kobe MentzerMr.
Caleb MillerThen.
**Kyle PatloveMr.
JT PsirogianesThen.
**Antonio RuzzoMr.
*Dan SheeranJr.
*Sam StrazzaJr.
Chris SuterJr.
Men’s Track
*Sam AhernJr.
*Charlie AlexsonMr.
Chris BrandrethJr.
*Thomas BreimerJr.
*Chris BulmerJr.
Tony CocchiaroThen.
*Kyle CollinsJr.
*Marcos D’AlessandroMr.
*Nick DeBaiseJr.
Adam HeckerThen.
Mason LangThen.
*Ben NeffJr.
Will PlanteThen.
Ronnie Rosa BenícioThen.
Female Crew
Khadija AmirThen.
*Olivia AndersonJr.
*Julia ColeJr.
Melina McGovernThen.
*Lena NowellJr.
**Katie RileyMr.
*Claire SchroderJr.
*Ella TyczMr.
Sadie WhiteThen.
Ann ZhangMr.
Women’s Track
Grace ArditoThen.
*Lauren ArmstrongJr.
Gabi BakerJr.
*Dacey CatJr.
*Caroline KellyJr.
**Allison MalatestaMr.
*Gloria Moncion AllenMr.
*Carolina StantonMr.
Keelin VirgultoJr.
Women’s lacrosse
Rosie CrookerThen.
Cristina GuanciThen.
Emily MooreThen.
*Sarah MurphyJr.
**Dana NelsonMr.
Claudia PatzThen.
*Ana SmithMr.
**Nicole TurpinMr.
Abbi UhlThen.
Male Crew
**Cole AbdinoorMr.
*Sarah De RosaJr.
*Mileage rateJr.
SamFlynnThen.
Bodhi KundaMr.
Erik RobertsThen.
Benjamin SternThen.
*Josh VaidmanJr.
Ladies Shoes
Kennedy AlexisThen.
Sydney alphabetThen.
*Gabby GattoJr.
**Kate HirnakMr.
**Gracie NicolMr.
Skylar SemonThen.
*Paige TrombléeJr.
Men’s Tennis
Dimitris BinopoulosMr.
*Austin GregoryJr.
*Ben JacobsJr.
**Khai TonMr.
Softball
Riley CallahanJr.
Haley GibbonsThen.
*Tatum PerkinsJr.
Women’s Golf
*Liz BentsianovaJr.
Katerina DimacopoulosJr.
** Three times fully academic selection
*Twice All-Academic Selection
