Five Named to MASCAC Spring Sportsmanship Team

Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Athletics Department has five named to this years Spring MASCAC Sportsmanship teams. Selected were Baseball's Mason Bates, Lacrosse's Hannah Leahy, Track and Field's Giovanni Casiano and Eryca Lopes and Softball's Sarah Gosselin. 34 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2024 Spring Sportsmanship Teams.

The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport  that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, regardless of their overall  performance or statistics for the season. A student-athlete from each institution is selected by their coach to be  placed on the Sportsmanship Team of the sport in which they compete. 

“I want to congratulate the 34 outstanding MASCAC student-athletes who received spring sportsmanship team  honors,” MASCAC Commissioner Angela Baumann said. “Throughout the spring season, these student-athletes  exhibited a core principle of the MASCAC and NCAA’s mission of exemplary sportsmanship both on and off the  field of competition.” 

The sports that are represented on the spring team are baseball, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor  track and field and softball.  

Starting off the 2024 Spring Sportsmanship team list is baseball. Cam James of Bridgewater State, Matt Smith of  Fitchburg State, Robert Johnston of Framingham State, Billy Walsh of MCLA, Nolan Kennedy of Massachusetts  Maritime, James Dolan of Salem State, John Nickerson of Westfield State and Mason Bates of Worcester State  make up this year’s squad. 

Next on this year’s team are the honorees from women’s lacrosse which are Savannah Herrington of Bridgewater  State, Autumn Tibbetts of Fitchburg State, Brandi Core of Framingham State, Lindsy Durgin of Massachusetts  Maritime, Nora Bradley of Salem State, Emma Cretella of Westfield State and Hannah Leahy of Worcester State.  

For men’s outdoor track and field, Jonathan Quigley of Bridgewater State, Cam Monette of Fitchburg State, Liam  Higgins of Massachusetts Maritime, John Ware of Westfield State and Gio Casiano of Worcester State are this  year’s honorees. 

Women’s Outdoor Track and Field is next with Kiara Abrantes of Bridgewater State, Aria DiCato of Fitchburg  State, Katelyn Buban of Framingham State, Sydney Sawyer of Massachusetts Maritime, Paige Moroney of  Westfield State and Eryca Lopes of Worcester State earning the sportsmanship recognition. 

Rounding out this year’s Spring Sportsmanship teams is softball with Lily Gioiosa of Bridgewater State, Molly  Grass of Fitchburg State, Brooke Grassia of Framingham State, Justina Pardi of MCLA, Hannah Burton of  Massachusetts Maritime, Payton Jeffers of Salem State, Katherine Canty of Westfield State and Sarah Gosselin  of Worcester State.  

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