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July 18, 2012

Athletics: NU places 48 student-athletes on GNAC All-Academic Team

BOSTON – Norwich University had 48 student-athletes listed on the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Academic Team that was released earlier this month.

The squad consists of 618 student-athletes from the 14 GNAC member institutions that have met the following criteria in maintaining a 3.25 cumulative grade point average, completed at least one full season of competition at a GNAC institution and is of sophomore status academically.

The Norwich representatives were as follows sorted alphabetically by team:

Men’s Cross Country
Frank Fox                    (Soph.)            Birdsboro, Pa.
Robert Gendron          (Soph.)            Whitehall, N.Y.
Samuel Spinard           (Sr.)                 Ross, Calif.
Richard Well               (Soph.)            Fort Polk, La.

Women’s Cross Country
Meghan Campbell       (Sr.)                 Lowesville, Va.
Mallory Clark              (Jr.)                  Homer City, Pa.
Arielle Eaton               (Soph.)            Waynesville, Miss.
Meghan Grenier          (Soph.)            Voluntown, Conn.
Rachel Negri               (Sr.)                 Woodbridge, Conn.

Women’s Soccer
Kacey Abbriano          (Sr.)                 Hicksville, N.Y.
Brittany Casey            (Jr.)                  Pointe-Claire, Quebec
Liz Chapdelaine          (So.)                Somerset, Mass.
Lisa Esparza                (Jr.)                  Dover, N.H.
Stacey Flint                 (Sr.)                 Jay, N.Y.
Meghan Kennedy       (Sr.)                 Lowell, Mass.
Julia Lovely                 (So.)                Auburn, Mass.
Courtney Parisot         (Jr.)                  Watertown, Conn.
Nicole Szczepanski     (Sr.)                 Auburn, N.Y.
Caitlyn Trepess           (Soph.)            Scotia, N.Y.

Volleyball
Ivana Batur                 (Sr.)                 Zadar, Croatia
MaryRose Meany         (Jr.)                  Goshen, N.Y.
Haley Vermes              (Jr.)                  Westborough, Mass.

Women’s Basketball
Kristine Brammer        (Soph.)              Littleton, N.H.
Kristin Brown              (Soph.)              Williamstown, Vt.
Kelsey Knapp                (Sr.)                 Brandon, Vt.
Tara Stevenson            (Sr.)                 Watertown, Conn.

Women’s Swimming & Diving
Bria Polacek                (Soph.)            Cross Plains, Wis.
Victoria Sabel              (Soph.)            Plainville, Conn.
Giovanna Stein           (Soph.)            Sao Paulo, Brazil
Stephanie Ulrich          (Jr.)                  Dillsburg, Pa.

Baseball  
Stephen Beardsley      (Jr.)                  Olney, Md.
Devin Cilley                (Soph.)            Tunbridge, Vt.
Don DiBastiani           (Sr.)                 White Hall, Md.
Nicholas Gendron       (Soph.)            Alstead, N.H.
Seth Knihtila               (Sr.)                 Westminster, Mass.
John Losco                  (Jr.)                  Wakefield, Mass.
Devin Robbins            (Sr.)                 Monmouth, Maine
Dustin Shimkus           (Jr.)                  Collinsville, Ill.

Men’s Lacrosse
Nate Fortezzo           (Jr.)                  Branford, Conn.
Zachary McMillan       (Soph.)            Brunswick, Maine
Josh Menge                 (Jr.)                  Hagaman, N.Y.
Patrick Sikora              (Gr.)                Montpelier, Vt.
Patrick Tommins         (So.)                Fairfield, Conn.

Women’s Lacrosse
Kacey Abbriano          (Sr.)                 Hicksville, N.Y.
Jillian Balasco             (Sr.)                 Barrington, R.I.
Liz Chapdelaine         (Soph.)            Somerset, Mass.
Mollie Fitzpatrick        (Sr.)                 Falmouth, Maine
Meghan Grenier          (Soph.)            Voluntown, Conn.
Meghan Kennedy       (Sr.)                 Lowell, Mass.
Caitlyn Trepess           (Soph.)            Scotia, N.Y.
Suzanne Whitaker       (Sr.)                 Chelmsford, Mass.

Softball
Pamela Dubey             (Soph.)            Campton, N.H.

Men’s Tennis
Joseph Dvorak            (Soph.)            De Soto, Kan.

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