Wellesley College Soccer Sees 12 Receive NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Honors

WESTWOOD, Mass. - The NEWMAC revealed the 2023 Women's Soccer Academic All-Conference Team on Friday. 12 members of Wellesley College soccer were among the 151 total honorees.

Selections 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 2023 spring semester, achieved second year academic status at their institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.

Seniors Remi Fernandez (Valencia, Spain), Alyssa Ing (Irvine, Calif.), Paige Sangston (Greenwich, Conn.), and Cindy Zeng (Mill Creek, Wash.) all earned their third trip to the Academic All-Conference Team, while classmate Thea Feldgoise (Brookline, Mass.) received the honor for a second time. Also being named to the Academic All-Conference Team for a second time was junior Carrie Huang (Seattle, Wash.). Classmate Juliana Mytko (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) made the team for the first time. In their first year of eligibility, sophomores Ella Hong (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Reika Ishibe (Guilford, Conn.), Riley McNair (Cupertino, Calif.), Kyra Narunatvanich (Naperville, Ill.), and Elina Saab-Sundén (Stockholm, Sweden) were each honored.

The complete list of Blue honorees can be found below (* indicates the number of times named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team):

• Remi Fernandez '24 (Valencia, Spain) ***
• Alyssa Ing '24 (Irvine, Calif.) ***
• Paige Sangston '24 (Greenwich, Conn.) ***
• Cindy Zeng '24 (Mill Creek, Wash.) ***
• Thea Feldgoise '24 (Brookline, Mass.) ** 
• Carrie Huang '25 (Seattle, Wash.) **
• Juliana Mytko '25 (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) *
• Ella Hong '26 (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) *
• Reika Ishibe '26 (Guilford, Conn.) *
• Riley McNair '26 (Cupertino, Calif.) *
• Kyra Narunatvanich '26 (Naperville, Ill.) *
• Elina Saab-Sundén '26 (Stockholm, Sweden) *

NEWMAC Releases 2023 Women's Soccer Academic All-Conference Honorees

The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) consists of 12 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.