BOSTON, Mass – 21 student-athletes have been named to the 2015 America East Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team. Ten men and 11 women have been honored for achieving both excellences in the classroom and in athletic competition.
On the men’s side, three student-athletes were unanimous selection: Wilson Adams of the University of Maine, John DeLallo of the University at Albany, and Martin Kallur of the University of Vermont. In addition to being undisputed members, all of these individuals are repeat selections to the All-Academic Team, and All-Conference performers.
Another repeat selections are among the core ten includes Kevin Green from the University of New Hampshire. Greene was voted onto the 2013 All-Academic team.
Seven of the ten selections on this team are All-Conference performers. They include the aforementioned Adams, DeLallo, and Kallur, along with Brandon Bordeau of Binghamton, both Greene and Drew Piazza of New Hampshire, and Vermont’s Thomas O’Leary.
The remaining All-Academic selections for the men are Jonathan Choiniere of Hartford, and two UMass Lowell River Hawks: Aaron Martin and Zachary Nelson.
There were eleven 11 women selected to the 2015 America Indoor Track & Field All-Academic team. Stony Brook’s Christina Melian is the lone unanimous choice as voted on by the committee.
Melian serves as one of the seven All-Conference performers on this team. Solène Bastien and Madeline Pacella of Albany are among that crowd, along with Hartford’s Samantha Crisafulli, UNH Wildcats Laura Rose-Donegan and Anne Twombly, and Alicia Clark of Vermont.
The repeat honoree halo falls on two student-athletes, Jessica Salley of New Hampshire, and Clark of Vermont.
The remaining selections on the 2015 America East Women’s Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team are Alana MacDonald from Binghamton University, Jaclyn Masters of the University of Maine, and Valentina Talevi, reigning from the University at Albany.
Among the All-Academic teams are the two Elite-18 awards winners from this year’s championship; Martin Kallur of Vermont for the men, and Laura Rose-Donegan for the women.
Kallur has a 4.0 GPA and double majors in political science and Italian studies, and Rose-Donegan has a 4.0 GPA, studying political science.
Below are the full lists of this year’s 2015 America East Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team honorees.
2015 America East Men’s Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team
Wilson Adams, Maine *$%
Brandon Bordeau, Binghamton %
Jonathan Choiniere, Hartford
John DeLallo, Albany *$%
Kevin Greene, New Hampshire $%
Martin Kallur, Vermont *$%
Aaron Martin, UMass Lowell
Zachary Nelson, UMass Lowell
Thomas O’Leary, Vermont %
Drew Piazza, New Hampshire %
2015 America East Women’s Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team
Solène Bastien, Albany %
Alicia Clark, Vermont $%
Samantha Crisafulli, Hartford %
Alana MacDonald, Binghamton
Jaclyn Masters, Maine
Madeline Pacella, Albany %
Christina Melian, Stony Brook *%
Laura Rose-Donegan, New Hampshire %
Jessica Salley, New Hampshire $
Anne Twombly, New Hampshire %
Valentina Talevi, Albany
Keys
* - Unanimous
$ - Repeat Selection
% - All-Conference
The All-Academic team was selected using CoSIDA’s Academic All-America program as a model. Student-athletes worthy of consideration were nominated by member sports information directors and voted on by a committee of SIDs, academic advisors and faculty representatives from all nine-member institutions.
All-Academic squads for team sports are based on the number of athletes that participate in a contest at one time or are typically made up of 10 student-athletes for individual sports, with the exception being in the event of ties. To be nominated for the distinction, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve for their team and participate in at least 50 percent of their team’s games or competitions. In the classroom, student-athletes must have a 3.30 GPA and have completed at least one calendar year at their institution. Freshmen are not eligible for consideration.