BOSTON – The 2024-2025 America East Winter Scholar-Athletes were announced by the conference office on Friday morning. These six outstanding student-athletes, from five different America East schools, have displayed excellence both academically and athletically throughout their collegiate careers.
All six have won at least one America East Championship, including TJ Hurley and Anna Olson who have won a pair of America East Titles in basketball. Oliver Gassmann and Luke Marsanskis are repeat Scholar-Athlete honorees, while Gassmann is an 8-time individual America East Champion with two conference records.
2024-25 America East Winter Scholar-Athletes
Men’s Basketball: TJ Hurley, Jr. - Vermont
- The junior is a mathematics major with a 3.67 GPA.
- First-Team All-Conference selection in 2024-25 and ranked 19th in the NCAA, shooting 89.0% from the free throw line.
- Averaged 15.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while making 78 threes.
- Led UVM to a second place finish in the standings in 2024-25 and advance to the conference semifinals.
Women’s Basketball: Anna Olson, Gr. - Vermont
- Graduated with a 3.89 GPA in biology and owns a 4.0 GPA while working on her master’s in public health.
- Earned second career First-Team All-Conference recognition in 2024-25. One of two five-time all-conference selection in league history.
- Led Vermont to second conference championship in the past three seasons and third straight postseason appearance.
- Ranked 22nd in the nation in field goal percentage (56.6) while averaging 12.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
Men’s Indoor T&F: Luke Marsanskis, Gr. - Maine
- Earned BS in mechanical engineering with a 3.64 GPA and owns a 3.71 GPA as a graduate mechanical engineering major.
- Recorded a second place finish in the 5K at the Indoor Track & Field Championship, as well as taking 7th in the 5K and 8th in the mile.
- Won the 2024 AE XC Championship, 2024 AE Outdoor 10K Title and 2024 AE Indoor 3K Title
- 2024 America East Cross Country Scholar-Athlete and five-time All-Academic honoree.
Women’s Indoor T&F: Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha, Gr. - UAlbany
- Had a 3.76 GPA with a double major in Business Administration and Art, and currently holds a 3.93 GPA while pursuing an MBA..
- Named Most Outstanding Field Performer at the 2025 Indoor Track & Field Championship.
- Won the triple jump at the 2025 Championship with a distance of 12.88 meters, the third longest mark in championship history.
- 2025 ECAC Indoor Triple Jump Champion.
Men’s Swimming & Diving: Oliver Gassmann, Sr. - UMBC
- The senior business technology administration major has a 3.83 major.
- Name Most Outstanding Swimming at the 2025 Swimming & Diving Championship, and also won the award in 2023.
- Won the 100 fly in a conference record time and took gold in the 200 fly as well, while capturing silver in the 50 free. Part of record-breaking 200 medley relay.
- Three-time All-Academic selection and two-time Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Audrey Mahoney, Jr. - New Hampshire
- Owns a 3.95 GPA as a health management & policy major.
- At the 2025 Swimming & Diving Championship, won gold in the 100 free and member of 400 free relay victory. Took bronze in the 50 free and 200 free as well.
- Led UNH to its fifth championship in the past six years.
- Two-time member of All-Academic Team and Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
The Scholar-Athletes were members of teams in the six championship sports which America East sponsored in the fall season including men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. Nominees were put forward by their institution, which could nominate up to one student-athlete per sport, then voted upon by the conference's Student-Athlete Engagement committee. Each America East Scholar-Athlete was a projected starter or prominent reserve and carries a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50.
Sport Scholar-Athletes are automatically eligible for the America East Female or Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, which will be announced in July.
America East is proud to have one of most comprehensive academic awards programs in the country, which honors over two-thirds of its student-athletes for their success in the classroom.
About America East: The America East provides its member schools and their athletic programs a platform upon which student-athletes can achieve both collegiate and life success through the promotion and nurturing of athletic excellence, academic achievement and leadership, on and off the field.
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