Westfield, MA --- Junior teamates Taylor Hanley (Wimington, MA), Alyssa Hill (Erving, MA) and Katie Storro (Leominster, MA) underscored 10 selections to the MASCAC Spring All-Academic Team as announced by league publicist Emily Dieklemann.
Other selections included sophomores Marissa Avanzato (Pittsfield, MA), Sara Pelletier (Leominster, MA), Hayley Terry (N. Dighton, MA) and Jillian Witkowski (Leicester, MA) while the freshmen honored were Kayla Humphrey (Wallingford, CT), Mary McKeown (Shrewsbury, MA) and Courtney Salisbury (Cranston, RI).
10 out of 12 from the Worcester State softball team were honored on the conferences spring all-academic honor roll while the squad posted a semester grade point average of 3.02 while in completing a 35-game slate.
For Hanley, Storro and Pelletier, this marked the second time that each had earned a spot on the MASCAC Spring All-Academic Team. Witkowski was also distinguished on the fall all-academic squad after starting 16 games as the women's soccer teams primary netminder.
To earn a spot on the MASCAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based GPA during their season of competition. The Blue and Gold tied for the second most total student-athletes out of the eight in the league that sponsor softball.
Under the guidance of first-year head coach Michelle Cote, the Lancers earned their fifth consecutive appearance in the MASCAC Tournament and wrapped up the season in the league tournament semifinals.
Overall, WSU had the third most honorees named to the MASCAC Spring All-Academic team with 92 while the sum for the 2013-14 academic year of 234 set a new institutional standard. For the spring semester, all student-athletes at Worcester State posted a stellar 3.01 grade point average.