February 16, 2009
16 Daniel Webster College Student-Athletes Named to NECC Fall Academic All Conference Team

Nashua – The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) has announced that 16 Daniel Webster College student-athletes have been named to the inaugural Fall Academic All Conference Team.

To be eligible for academic all-conference accolades, a student-athlete must post a minimum grade point average of 3.40 on a scale of 4.00 and must be a junior or higher in class standings. Student-athletes who competed in men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball were eligible for the fall NECC Academic All-Conference.

“We are all extremely proud of our student-athletes’ accomplishments,” said Phil Rowe, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for Athletics. “Balancing academic excellence with athletic excellence is something we take great pride in at Daniel Webster College and these 16 student-athletes are outstanding examples of the very best Daniel Webster College has to offer.”

The 16 Eagle student-athletes accounted for a full 22-percent of the 71 total student-athletes honored by the conference, comprised of nine colleges and universities from throughout New England. Further, the Eagles tied with Elms College for the highest number of student-athletes honored.

Eagles honored included women’s soccer athletes Erin Hurd (Centerville, Mass.), Rachel Schelhorn (Lebanon, Conn.), Regina Wood (Westbrook, Maine) and Jenny Ozug (Westport, Mass.); men’s golf athletes David Jamieson (Buzzards Bay, Mass.) and Michael Adams (Frankfort, Maine); field hockey athlete Christal Fitzgerald (Sydney, Australia); women’s volleyball athletes Kayleigh Brown (Belmont, N.H.), Jessica Booth (Westminster, Mass.), Kristina Rieger (Concord, N.H.) and Chelsea Graf (Danbury, N.H.); men’s cross country athletes Kevin Horton (Kingston, Mass.), Josh Drazen (Hudson, N.H.) and Cullen Larkin (Bedford, N.H.); and Joanna Brinkerhoff (Ghent, N.Y.), and Chelsea Graf.

Graf was the only student-athlete honored for participating in two sports.

The academic honorees are as follows:

For information about Daniel Webster College athletics, and for current schedules, visit www.dwc.edu/athletics.

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