Athletic Accolades for May
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Eight Men’s Lacrosse Players Garner GNAC Postseason Accolades
5/8/23 – The 2023 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men’s lacrosse postseason accolades have been announced and eight Saint Joseph’s College standouts have been honored.
Freshman attack Tiger Hopkins (Leeds, Maine) headlines the Monks’ honorees after earning GNAC Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Conference acclaim. He is joined on the First Team by senior LSM Eli Arsenault (Saco, Maine) while junior attack Timothy Goodfellow (Wayland, Mass.) and freshman defender Kevin Wood (Danvers, Mass.) have claimed Second Team honors.
Senior attack Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine), sophomore SSM Ryan Bogdanski (Southington, Conn.), and sophomore defender Anthony Samiotes (Hampstead, N.H.) are all listed on the Third Team and freshman Matt Denman (Brentwood, N.H.) joins Hopkins on the GNAC All-Rookie Team.
Women’s Lacrosse: Keenan & Dexter Highlight Monks’ GNAC Postseason Honors
5/9/23 — The 2023 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women’s lacrosse postseason accolades have been announced and eight members of the Saint Joseph’s College program have earned honors.
Fourth-year Head Coach David Keenan has been selected as the GNAC Coach of the Year, grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) has been named as the GNAC Offensive Player of the Year and is listed on the First Team, along with junior midfielder Carson Battaglia (Gorham, Maine) and junior defender Heather Rohr (Merrimack, N.H.).
Junior attack Bridget Collins (Milford, Conn.) and junior defender Madison Scott (Cumberland, Maine) have claimed Second Team All-Conference honors while sophomore midfielder Shauna Clark (Oakland, Maine) has earned Third Team acclaim and freshman goalkeeper Alexis Eldridge (Effingham, N.H.) has been listed on the GNAC All-Rookie Team.
Softball: Smyth & Howe Headline Monks’ GNAC Postseason Accolades
5/9/23 — The 2023 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) softball postseason honors have been announced and four members of the Saint Joseph’s College program have earned honors.
Head Coach Jamie Smyth ’92 has been selected as the GNAC Coach of the Year, senior first baseman Olivia Howe (Arundel, Maine) has garnered GNAC Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-GNAC honors, senior pitcher Meredith Pence (Remington, Va.) has earned First Team All-Conference accolades, and sophomore third basemen Sylvia Foley (Scarborough, Maine) is listed on the Third Team.
Four Monks Earn All-Conference Accolades
5/10/23 – The 2023 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) baseball postseason awards have been released and four members of the Saint Joseph’s College program have earned honors.
Junior relief pitcher Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) has collected First Team All-GNAC honors, senior catcher Jonathan Dube (Rochester, N.H.) is listed on the Second Team, and senior designated hitter Jackson Stanton (Saugus, Mass.) and freshman center fielder Jared Wilhelm (Tolland, Mass.) have claimed Third Team All-Conference accolades. Wilhelm was also listed on the GNAC All-Rookie Team.
Stanton & Stephens Listed on CSC Academic All-District® Baseball Teams
5/10/23 –The 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Baseball Teams have been released and a pair of Saint Joseph’s College players have been honored.
Senior Jackson Stanton (Saugus, Mass.) and junior Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) have been recognized for achieving academic excellence. To be honored, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore status, be a starter or major contributor, and have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA.
Felker Given GNAC Commissioner’s Award
5/15/23 – Saint Joseph’s College Head Swimming & Diving Coach Jared Felker was presented with the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Commissioner’s Award by GNAC Commissioner Joe Walsh at the Harold Alfond Center on Sunday, April 30th.
Bestowed upon worthy individuals in special circumstances, according to Walsh the honor has been given “fewer than 10 times” since he became the full time GNAC Commissioner in 2005.
Felker receives the honor after displaying a great deal of bravery and poise during an unfortunate incident that happened during the GNAC Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday, February 4th at the Wellesley Sports Center.
Observing the end of a race from near the center of the pool, Felker noticed that a male swimmer from another team started to sink in front of the blocks. He quickly realized that the swimmer was not coming back to the surface and, as far as he could tell, nobody from behind the blocks – a very crowded space – saw him sink.
20 SJC Athletes Take Home 41 Collective All-GNAC Honors
5/16/23 – A total of 20 Saint Joseph’s College outdoor track & field athletes have combined to claim 41 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Conference accolades for their performances in the 2023 GNAC Championships.
The SJC coaching staff, consisting of Tom Dann, Michael Roscoe, Michael Burleson, and Kris Mason ’21, earned 2023 GNAC Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The same group garnered GNAC Indoor Track & Field top staff of the year back in February.
SJC freshmen Alexia Young, Taylor Garland, and Alexey Seredin also claimed major GNAC honors. Young and Seredin collected GNAC Track Rookie of the Year accolades while Garland was selected as the GNAC Women’s Field Rookie of the Year.
