McShane is just the third Academic All-District® honoree for the men's soccer program
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2021 Men's Soccer CoSIDA Academic All-District Announcement
Stonehill's All-Time Academic All-District List
EASTON, Massachusetts (June 7, 2021) – Stonehill College men's soccer forward Michael McShane, a recent graduate, has been selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® first team in District I, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in the East Region. McShane is now eligible for Academic All-America® honors, selected by CoSIDA's Academic All-America® committee, as well as voters from Division II, to be announced in early July.
McShane, who graduated in May with a 3.94 cumulative grade-point average majoring in economics and minoring in business administration, earns Academic All-District® honors for the first time in his career. It marks the first time since 2017, when Adam Branco '17 earned the distinction, and just the third time in program history that Stonehill has had a men's soccer honoree. He is one of eight Northeast-10 Conference student-athletes among the 11 All-District® selections this year.
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The Needham, Massachusetts native started in 23 of the 44 games played during his four years in the Purple & White. He scored five goals and registered one assist for 11 points, scoring two game-winning goals. McShane most recently was named the Stonehill Athletic Department Fr. John McCarthy, C.S. C. Male Leadership Award recipient and was Co-Chair of Stonehill's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He is also the president of the College's Student-Alumni Association and financial coordinator for the Stonehill College chapter of Hope Happens Here.
He was a member of the Moreau Honors Program at Stonehill, is a three-time Saint Thomas Aquinas, Patron Saint of Students, Medal recipient for having the highest cumulative grade point average on the men's soccer team, was the 2019 Male Fred C. Petti Award recipient for having the highest GPA among all male student-athletes at the College and has been inducted to Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society. He is a two-time Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient and has been named to the NE10 Academic and Athletic Director's Honor Rolls, and Dean's List all seven semesters to date, having twice earned Academic Excellence status from the NE10 for having a 4.0 semester GPA.
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