98 Spring Student-Athletes Earn All-Academic Honors – Union College Athletics

TROY, N.Y. – Nearly 100 Union College student-athletes were recognized for academic success this year by earning spots on the Liberty League Spring All-Academic Teams, the conference announced last week.
 
The Liberty League’s spring championship sports include baseball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field. To be recognized as a member of the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, have one year of residency at the school, and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30.

The 98 spring honorees are just three short of the record 101 honored last season and, when combined with the 80 athletes recognized in the fall and the 26 honored in the winter, bring the total number of student-athletes honored by the Liberty League this year to 204, marking the fourth straight year that at least 200 student-athletes have been recognized for academic success.

More than 58 percent (57 of 98) of Union’s honorees are repeat selections to the All-Academic Team, while nearly one-fifth (19 of 98) were selected for the usual maximum third straight season. The nationally ranked men’s lacrosse team led all spring sports with 17 selections, followed by the baseball team, which set a team record for the second straight season, and the men’s track & field team with 14 apiece. 

All of Union’s 2023 Spring All-Academic Team honorees are listed below:
 
Men’s Lacrosse
*Clayton Arcuri, Sr.
**Sam Brosnan, Sr.
*Chris Connolly, Jr.
*Zach Davis, Sr.
**Zach DiMuccio, Sr.
Seamus Foley, So.
**Justin Greene, Sr.
**Peter Kip, Sr.
**Jake Mabardy, Sr.
**Liam McGovern, Sr.
*Luke McHugh, Jr.
**Matthew Paolatto, Sr.
*Henry Quaintance, Sr.
*Michael Shaw, Sr.
**Jack Thompson, Sr.
Luke Tranter, So.
Chris Weitzel, So.

Baseball
Cooper Ames, So.
Will Collins, So.
*Nick Hiltsley, Jr.
Andrew Keaveney, So.
Jack Klein, So.
Liam McIlroy, So.
**Kobe Mentzer, Sr.
Caleb Miller, So.
**Kyle Patlove, Sr.
JT Psirogianes, So.
**Anthony Ruzzo, Sr.
*Dan Sheeran, Jr.
*Sam Strazza, Jr.
Chris Suter, Jr.

Men’s Track
*Sam Ahern, Jr.
*Charlie Alekson, Sr.
Chris Brandreth, Jr.
*Thomas Breimer, Jr.
*Chris Bulmer, Jr.
Tony Cocchiaro, So.
*Kyle Collins, Jr.
*Mark D’Alessandro, Sr.
*Nick DeBaise, Jr.
Adam Hecker, So.
Mason Lang, So.
*Ben Neff, Jr.
Will Plante, So.
Ronnie Rosa Benicio, So.

Women’s Crew
Khadija Amir, So.
*Olivia Anderson, Jr.
*Julia Cole, Jr.
Melina McGovern, So.
*Lena Nowell, Jr.
**Katie Riley, Sr.
*Claire Schroder, Jr.
*Ella Tycz, Sr.
Sadie White, So.
Ann Zhang, Sr.

Women’s Track
Grace Ardito, So.
*Lauren Armstrong, Jr.
Gabi Baker, Jr.
*Cat Dacey, Jr.
*Caroline Kelly, Jr.
**Allison Malatesta, Sr.
*Glory Moncion Allen, Sr.
*Caroline Stanton, Sr.
Keelin Virgulto, Jr.

Women’s Lacrosse
Rosie Crooker, So.
Christina Guanci, So.
Emily Moore, So.
*Sarah Murphy, Jr.
**Dana Nelson, Sr.
Claudia Patz, So.
*Anna Smith, Sr.
**Nicole Turpin, Sr.
Abbi Uhl, So.

Men’s Crew
**Cole Abdinoor, Sr.
*Sarah DeRosa, Jr.
*Miles Fee, Jr.
Sam Flynn, So.
Bodhi Kunda, Sr.
Erik Roberts, So.
Benjamin Stern, So.
*Josh Vaidman, Jr.

Women’s Tennis
Kennedy Alexis, So.
Sydney Alphabet, So.
*Gabby Gatto, Jr.
**Kate Hirnak, Sr.
**Gracie Nicol, Sr.
Skylar Semon, So.
*Paige Tromblee, Jr.
 
Men’s Tennis
Dimitris Binopoulos, Sr.
*Austin Gregory, Jr.
*Ben Jacobs, Jr.
**Khai Ton, Sr.

Softball
Riley Callahan, Jr.
Haley Gibbons, So.
*Tatum Perkins, Jr.

Women’s Golf
*Liz Bentsianov, Jr.
Katerina Dimacopoulos, Jr.

** Three-time All-Academic selection
* Two-time All-Academic selection