11 Rams Named to Winter 2011-12 MASCAC All-Academic Team

Buzzards Bay, Mass. — A total of 320 student-athletes, including 11 from Framingham State University, have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Winter 2011-12 All-Academic Team as announced by MASCAC Commissioner Angela Baumann.

Ice hockey and women’s basketball lead the way with five student-athletes honored apiece, while men’s basketball had one student-athlete named to the All-Academic team.

Honorees from ice hockey team include seniors Al Cutts (Communication Arts) and Chris Giebe (Psychology) and sophomores Peter Baldwin (Business Administration), Herbert Kyles (Business Administration) and Jay Nicholls (Undeclared).

Juniors Michelle Hagerty (Elementary Education), Kia Minor (Elementary Education) and Madeleine Park (Communication Arts), sophomore Kristen Hoffman (Business Administration) and freshman Samantha Irvine (Business Administration) were named to the All-Academic team from the women’s basketball squad, while junior Tyrone Figueroa (Business Administration) was the lone representative from the men’s team.

Student-athletes that compete in championship varsity sports offered by each of the eight MASCAC institutions during the course of the recently completed Fall 2011 academic semester and have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester are eligible for selection to the MASCAC Winter All-Academic Team.

The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s oldest Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom.  MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University.  Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sport of men’s ice hockey.