Westfield, MA --- Worcester State men's cross country juniors Patrick Bova (Millbury, MA) and Adam Pepin (Paxton, MA) join freshman classmates Ryan Lindsay (W. Boylston, MA) and Will Whearty (Walpole, MA) on the MASCAC Fall Academic Team as announced by conference publicist Emily Diekelmann.
The squad was among the top six teams in the conference with four first-time selections and boasted a 3.00 cumulative team grade point average for the semester, which was third highest among nine the Worcester State men's varsity athletic programs.
To earn a spot on the MASCAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester based grade point average during their semester of competition.
Guided by Al Halper, the Blue and Gold finished in the top ten at six of the nine meets they attended during the season including a fourth place at the MASCAC Championships and 35th at the NCAA Division III New England regional qualifier.
Among institutions in the MASCAC, Worcester State had 78 overall selections on the league fall academic honor roll for the third highest total in the conference. The total number of WSU student-athletes also marked the highest since the league began listing its all-academic honor roll on a season-by-season basis during the 2009-10 academic year.
Story By John Hanna --- Sports Information Graduate Assistant
2013 Worcester State MASCAC Fall All-Academic Team Honorees
2013 MASCAC Fall All-Academic Team
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