Twenty Wellesley Student-Athletes Named Academic All-Conference
BABSON PARK,
Mass. -- The New England Women’s and Men’s
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) has named twenty Wellesley College
student-athletes to the Academic All-Conference Team for the fall.
Eight cross country athletes received the honor, along with four
from soccer, four from field hockey, two from tennis, and two from
volleyball.
From the cross country team, Skye Roberts (Grand
Rapids, MI), Sarah Roundy (Hamilton, MA), and
Anna Tupper-Bridges (Walla Walla, WA) are
sophomores receiving the award for the first time. The three
members of the class of 2014 have not yet declared majors. Winning
the award for the second year in a row are juniors Cristina
Lucas (Glendale, CA), Sara Putterman
(Bethesda, MD), and Ada Smith (Stoughton,
WI). Lucas is majoring in Political Science, Putterman is a
double major in Art History and Religion, and Smith is a double
major in Anthropology and Environmental Science. Being awarded
Academic All-Conference for the first time is senior Cailey
Stevens, an Economics major from Kodiak, AK.
Finally, senior Amy Wolkin, a Biological Sciences
major from Atlanta, GA, is receiving the award for the third year
in a row.
Representing the soccer team, sophomores Ava
Mokhtari (Eden Prairie, MN) and Emily
Wilson (Portland, OR) who are both undeclared majors
have received the award for the first time. Also receiving
the award for the first time is senior S.J.Gray, a
Peace and Justice Studies major from Montclair, VA. Finally,
junior Megan Turchi, a double major in American
Studies and Spanish from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, earned the
honor for the second year in a row.
On the field hockey team, sophomores Alex Azzi
(Rye, NH) and Kaitlyn Kirkaldy (Middlebury, VT)
who are both undeclared majors are first-time Academic
All-Conference athletes. Junior Emily Lewis,
a Biological Sciences major from Weston, CT, is a second-time
recipient, while senior Whitney Reid (Bensalem,
PA) is a Biological Sciences major receiving the award for the
third time.
From tennis, sophomores Kendall Tada (Hilo, HI)
and Raji Nagalla (Hillsboro, OR) are both
undeclared majors and first-time Academic All-Conference award
winners.
The recipients from the volleyball team are sophomores
Julia Adams (South Pasadena, CA) and Kira
Jordan (Franklin Lakes, NJ). Adams is an undeclared
major, while Jordan is a Chemistry major.
In order to be named to the Academic All-Conference team, a
student must have, along with completing an entire season as a
member of her varsity team, earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 or
4.35/5/0 after the spring 2011 semester and achieved second-year
academic status.
The ten members of the New England Men’s and Women’s
Athletic Conference are Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast
Guard Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke
College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College,
Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Julia Adams |
Alex Azzi |
S.J. Gray |
Kira Jordan |
Kaitlin Kirkaldy |
Emily Lewis |
Cristina Lucas |
Ava Mokhtari |
Raji Nagalla |
Sara Putterman |
Whitney Reid |
Skye Roberts |
Sarah Roundy |
Ada Smith |
Cailey Stevens |
Kendall Tada |
Anna Tupper-Bridges | Megan Turchi | Emily Wilson | Amy Wolkin |