BOSTON, Mass. – The NEWMAC recently announced its 2017 Fall Academic All-Conference Teams and 39 student-athletes from Mount Holyoke College have been selected. Those chosen were recognized for their achievements in their respective sports, as well as in the classroom from four sports, including cross country, field hockey, soccer and volleyball.
Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2015 spring semester, achieved second year academic status at her institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.
The Lyons field hockey team posted the most Academic All-Conference selections among the nine institutions with the sport, coming in with 12 overall this fall. MHC's soccer team had 14 selections to this year's team, surpassed only by MIT amongst the conference's 11 teams, who had 17 selections. Additionally, the Lyons cross country team also finished with the second-most selections, garnering nine overall. They were second only to MIT, which had 11 honorees.
The NEWMAC consists of 11 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, the United States Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
| Cross Country | ||
| Mia Barnes | Sr. | Thornville, Ohio/Monteverde Friends School |
| Julia Criscione | Sr. | Bernardsville, N.J./Villa Walsh Academy |
| Emsie Cronin | Jr. | Ledyard, Conn/Ledyard |
| Kayla Dillon | So. | Great Barrington, Mass./Monument Mountain Reg. |
| Corrin Moss | Jr. | Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Alternative HS |
| Victoria Parrish | Jr. | Pleasantville, N.Y./Burnam Hills |
| Michelle Serrano | So. | Los Angeles, Calif./West Adams Preparatory |
| Maya Sterett | So. | Alexandria, Va./Washington-Lee |
| Brigit Wolf | So. | New Providence, N.J./Union County Magnet |
| Field Hockey | ||
| Anna Ballou | So. | South Deerfield, Mass./South Deerfield |
| Kaitlin Braz | Sr. | Tolland, Conn./East Catholic |
| Liz Delorme | Jr. | Florence, Mass./Bellingham |
| Mirjam Keochakian | Jr. | Hamburg, Germany/Deerfield Academy (MA) |
| Julia Lankin | Sr. | West Hartford, Conn./Conard |
| Lia Messersmith | So. | Asheville, N.C./Asheville |
| Colby Newsham | Jr. | Harvard, Mass/Broomfield School |
| Sophie Perekslis | Sr. | Millerton, N.Y./Berkshire School |
| Micaela Pierce | So. | Newton, Mass./Beaver Country Day School |
| Kristina Ramsden | Jr. | Florence, Mass/Northampton |
| Kathryn Rawson | Sr. | Old Town, Maine/Old Town |
| Morgan Turner | So. | Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham |
| Soccer | ||
| Nicole De Araujo | Sr. | Brooklyn, N.Y./Beacon |
| Hannah Finn-Erb | So. | Northampton, Mass./Northampton |
| Molly Hershkowitz | Sr. | Boston, Mass./Beaver Country Day School |
| Alex Kenoian | Jr. | Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park & River Forest |
| McKenna Lamb | So. | Redland, Calif./The Webb Schools |
| Dale Leonheart | Jr. | Petaluma, Calif./St. Vincent de Paul |
| Amanda Manaster | Jr. | Beverly Hills, Calif./Beverly Hills |
| Sophie Manum | Sr. | Seattle, Wash./Garfield |
| Cora Melcher | So. | Portland, Maine/Casco Bay |
| Liz Rose | Sr. | South Hamilton, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham Regional |
| Suz Rose | Sr. | South Hamilton, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham Regional |
| Sara Sanaú Ruiz | Sr. | Zaragoza, Spain / P.P. Dominicos - Cardenal |
| Lilydahn Stewart | So. | Hanover, N.H./Hanover |
| Abby Tuckett | So. | Cambridge, Mass./The Newman School |
| Volleyball | ||
| Jamesa Allen | Jr. | Orlando, Fla./Lake Nona |
| Sarah Caggiano | Jr. | Leonardtown, md./Leonardtown |
| Joy Maran | Jr. | Sante Fe, N.M./Sante Fe Prep |
| Sasha Simine | So. | Kitchener, Ont./Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute |
