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A record 160 Camels named to the 2026 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team

The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) has named 160 Connecticut College student-athletes to the 2026 Spring All-Academic Team.

The 160 selections are the most for Conn in the spring season in the 26-year history of the award. The Camels had representatives in all 10 eligible sports: Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (32), Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (25), Women’s Rowing (21), Men’s Lacrosse (20), Women’s Lacrosse (14), Sailing (14), Men’s Rowing (10), Women’s Water Polo (9), Men’s Tennis (8) and Women’s Tennis (7). The list includes four Langer Scholars, three 2026 All-America Women’s Outdoor Track & Field runners and a Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship winner.

The list also includes eight student-athletes—Alexa Estes ’26, Abby Fernal ’26, Julia Finne ’26, Blessing Kieh ’28, Grace McDonough ’26, Liam Schwartz ’27, Jamie Sussman ’26 and Kiera Tallas ’27—who earned All-NESCAC accolades in their respective sports and five more—Campbell Johnston ’26, Sadie Joseph ’28, Lily Kerachsky ’26, Kevin Lieue ’26, Alexander Stevens ’26—who were recognized on the All-Sportsmanship Team.

To be honored, an individual must have reached sophomore academic standing and be in good standing in their sport with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 or equivalent on a 4.0 scale. Transfer students must have completed one year of study at an institution.

The Camels named to the 2026 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team are: 

  • Lea Adelmann ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Nikhil Agarwal ’27, Men’s Tennis  
  • Gavin Anderson ’26, Men’s Tennis  
  • Jack Anglim ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Errol Apostolopoulos ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Dax Arnold ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
  • Jamal Bakar ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Catie Baker ’28, Women’s Rowing  
  • Josh Barzilai ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Maddie Baybeck ’27, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Cameron Bayusik ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Maddie Bazinet ’28, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Maximilian Bennett ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Sana Bhat ’26, Women’s Tennis  
  • Caitlin Bird ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Aaron Bolcerek ’26, Men’s Rowing  
  • Liam Boukris ’28, Sailing  
  • Brooke Brandenburger ’26, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Naomi Brightman ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Julia Brubaker ’28, Women’s Rowing  
  • Brendan Capodanno ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Tucker Catalano ’28, Men’s Tennis  
  • Jake Cataldi ’28, Men’s Rowing  
  • Casey Chesner ’26, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Ainsley Cornwall ’26, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Camille Cortes ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Evin Cosar ’28, Women’s Tennis  
  • Kate Coughlin ’26, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Julia Coyle ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Duncan Craine ’26, Sailing  
  • Michael Creutz ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Nicholas DeMarco ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Joey DeMarzo ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Liam Doherty ’26, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Molly Donovan ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Ty Dorow ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Lexi Downing ’26, Women’s Rowing  
  • Liam Doyle ’28, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Phoebe Drohan ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Alexa Estes ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field*
  • Natalie Fear ’28, Sailing  
  • Abby Fernald ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field*  
  • Julia Finney ’26, Women’s Rowing*  
  • Lily Fryling ’28, Sailing  
  • Ava Gershon ’27, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Brian Gibson ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Elizabeth Gill ’26, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Caroline Graziani ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Samira Grossmann-Ferris ’26, Men’s Rowing  
  • Cooper Growney ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Maximo Gulla ’26, Men’s Tennis  
  • Jack Halpin ’28, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Annika Hegde ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Katherine Hicks ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • Carmelo Higgins ’26, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Patrick Hogan ’28, Men’s Lacrosse   
  • Brogan Holbrough ’26, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Charlotte Houghton ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • William Hurd ’27, Sailing  
  • Maeve Hurley ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • David Iacino ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Chase Ireland ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Grace Isola ’27, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Ellis Iurilli-Hough ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Sasha Jansujwicz ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • Maddie Jarbeau ’28, Sailing  
  • Max Jervey ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Tandin Johnson Ward ’26, Women’s Rowing  
  • Campbell Johnston ’26, Women’s Lacrosse**  
  • Sadie Joseph ’28, Women’s Rowing**  
  • Marly Jane Kasdon ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Lily Kerachsky ’26, Women’s Tennis**
  • Jocelyn Kessler ’28, Women’s Rowing  
  • Blessing Kieh ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field*  
  • Cleo Kilpatrick ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Maya Kowalska ’27, Women’s Tennis  
  • Isaiah Kozub ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Josh Kozub ’26, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Anders Larson ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Brooke Law ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Declan Leclair ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Hadley Levendusky ’27, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Ben Levine ’27, Men’s Rowing  
  • Kevin Lieue ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field**  
  • Anna LoGiudice ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • Mary Lonergan ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Melia Lorch ’26, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Emma Luna ’26, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Evan Lyons ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
  • Elizabeth Madden ’28, Women’s Rowing  
  • Jessica Marks ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • Taylor Mastrogiovanni ’28, Women’s Tennis  
  • Conor Matthews ’26, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Eliza McCoole ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Emma McDonnell ’26, Women’s Lacrosse
  • Grace McDonough ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field*  
  • Finn McKitterick ’26, Men’s Rowing  
  • Sadie Michelson ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Michael Moran ’26, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Kate Moroney ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Lea Murphy ’27, Women’s Rowing
  • Sarah Nagel ’28, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Alina Newman ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Mimi Noe ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • Theo Norton ’28, Men’s Rowing  
  • Becan O’Brien ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Brenna O’Brien ’26, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Lina Pepe ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Abi Perez ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Trevor Perkins ’28, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Henry Pfeifer ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Owen Phelan ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Julia Pistorino ’28, Women’s Rowing  
  • Arjun Premkumar ’27, Men’s Tennis  
  • Mary Ella Prendergast ’27, Women’s Tennis  
  • Hannah Prescott ’27, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Elinor Rasevic ’26, Women’s Rowing  
  • Evan Rawlings ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Finley Regan ’27, Sailing  
  • Finn Reiter ’28, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Sophia Rey ’26, Sailing
  • Marylove Reynolds ’28, Women’s Tennis
  • Lily Saffer ’27, Sailing  
  • Braeden Saunders ’28, Men’s Lacrosse
  • Anna Sawyer ’28, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • April Schilling ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Ruth Schmidt ’27, Women’s Rowing  
  • Carly Schneider ’28, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Henry Scholz ’27, Sailing  
  • Wesley Schreiber ’27, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Liam Schwartz ’27, Men’s Lacrosse*  
  • Aidan Shea ’26, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Kiran Singh-Andrews ’28, Men’s Lacrosse
  • Vivian Smith ’27, Sailing  
  • Suzie Smith ’26, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Wolf Sohlberg ’28, Men’s Tennis  
  • Isabelle Steiner ’28, Women’s Rowing
  • Alexander Stevens ’26, Men’s Tennis**  
  • Sophia Stevens ’26, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Zach Stoddard ’26, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Kate Stone ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Jamie Sussman ’26, Men’s Rowing*  
  • Skylor Sweet ’26, Sailing  
  • Madeline Synnestvedt ’27, Sailing  
  • Kiera Tallas ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field*
  • Anna Taylor ’26, Women’s Water Polo  
  • Maddy Thaxton ’28, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Stevie Thomsen ’27, Sailing  
  • Chris Travers ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Lilla Kate Tucker ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Zane Tyszkowski ’27, Men’s Rowing  
  • Aidan Valeiko ’27, Men’s Lacrosse  
  • Ava Virga ’27, Women’s Lacrosse  
  • Abby Williams ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Sigmund Winiecki ’26, Men’s Tennis  
  • Mia Wolpe ’27, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field  
  • Daniel Wong ’27, Men’s Rowing  
  • Ryan Yanko ’27, Men’s Rowing  
  • Pilar Young ’28, Women’s Rowing  
  • Eldana Zhakypbaeva ’27, Women’s Rowing  

* 2026 Spring All-NESCAC selection
** 2026 Spring All-Sportsmanship selection

 




June 2, 2026

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