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19 student-athletes receive Saint Thomas Aquinas Medals for having highest cumulative GPA on their respective teams
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EASTON, Mass. (April 12, 2024) – Stonehill College held its annual Academic Excellence Recognition Breakfast at the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex this morning. It marks the signature event for the College in recognition of National Student-Athlete Day as administrators, faculty and athletic staff presented St. Thomas Aquinas medals to the Skyhawks with the highest cumulative grade point average on their respective teams through the fall 2023 semester and have completed at least one year at the College.
Of the 20 medal recipients this morning, five are repeat honorees, including senior Aidan Byrne who is the lone three-time medalist in that group for having the highest cumulative GPA for both the Stonehill men's cross country and track & field programs. Byrne is an accounting major enrolled in the College's Moreau Honors Program, with a minor in Data Analytics.
Seniors Jentry Allen of the volleyball program, and Kelly Morrissey from the regional champion equestrian program, along with juniors Nathan McGill from the men's basketball program and Marissa Such from the women's tennis program each received medals for the second time in their careers.
Also notable among the group of St. Thomas Aquinas medalists this morning is men's soccer senior Carlos Dias Neto and men's tennis sophomore Mark Kröll who both have achieved perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs, with Dias Neto an economics major, and minors in political science and international studies, and Kröll a marketing major. Sophomore Hannah Squires, a biology major, made history as the first St. Thomas Aquinas Medal recipient for the women's ice hockey program, which recently completed its second season as Stonehill's 23rd varsity program and captured the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) championship and NCAA Tournament bid.
Earning St. Thomas Aquinas Medals were:
Jentry Allen (Lucas, Texas/Lovejoy), Senior, Volleyball**
Aidan Byrne (Danbury, Connecticut/Danbury), Senior, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field***
Cameron Collins (Raynham, Massachusetts), Sophomore, Men's Ice Hockey
Ava Cote (Wenham, Massachusetts/Hamilton Wenham Regional), Sophomore, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Carlos Dias Neto (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Senior, Men's Soccer
Ryan Douglas (Bellingham, Massachusetts/Xaverian Brothers), Junior, Baseball
Morgan Gangi (Waltham, Massachusetts/Waltham), Senior, Women's Swimming
Emersyn Kelter (Severna Park, Maryland/Severna Park), Junior, Women's Lacrosse
Mark Kröll (Hollabrunn, Austria), Sophomore, Men's Tennis
Paige Marjanski (South Hadley, Massachusetts/South Hadley), Junior, Women's Soccer
Nathan McGill (Dillsburg, Pennsylvania/Northern), Junior, Men's Basketball**
Kelly Morrissey (Pembroke, Massachusetts/Pembroke), Senior, Equestrian**
Hannah Pignato (Foxborough, Massachusetts/Bishop Feehan), Senior, Women's Golf
Cody Ruff (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy), Sophomore, Football
Hannah Squires (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts/Lawrence Academy), Sophomore, Women's Ice Hockey
Makayla Strickulis (Goffstown, New Hampshire/Goffstown), Sophomore, Field Hockey
Marissa Such (Cranston, Rhode Island/Cranston West), Junior, Women's Tennis**
Isabella Therrien (Auburn, Massachusetts/Auburn), Junior, Softball
Cameron Ward (Bound Brook, New Jersey/Bound Brook), Senior, Women's Basketball
Number of years honored marked with asterisks
Stonehill currently offers 23 varsity intercollegiate athletic programs currently in transition to NCAA Division I status as members of the Northeast Conference, while women's ice hockey competes as a member of the NEWHA and equestrian as part of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA).
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