The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) has announced the All-Academic Team for the 2011-12 school year. Twenty-two student-athletes from Albertus Magnus College were among the 618 members of the Academic Team from 14 institutions in the conference. The student-athletes selected had to meet the following criteria; maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average, is of sophomore status and was not a transfer student heading into their first year of athletic participation in 2011-12.
This year’s tally of 618 marks the most honored by the GNAC, while it is 20 more than the 2010-11 academic school year. See the complete list here.
The below list shows the student-athletes from Albertus Magnus that met the criteria for the All-Academic Team. The (*) indicates that the specific student-athlete has earned the recognition in previous years.
Name | Sport | Year | Major | Hometown |
Marcus Artaiz* | Men's Tennis | So. | Criminal Justice | Hamden, Conn. |
Michelle Battista* | Women's Soccer | Sr. | Biology & Psychology | Felton, Del. |
Lianna Carrero* | Women's Basketball | So. | Criminal Justice | Hamden, Conn. |
Gina D'Agostino | Women's Tennis | Jr. | Marketing | Hamden, Conn. |
Alisha Darin | Women's Cross Country | Sr. | Psychology | Killingworth, Conn. |
Sarah DiCenzo* | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Psychology | Wallingford, Conn. |
Patrick Dornfried* | Baseball | So. | Accounting | Berlin, Conn. |
James Economopoulos* | Men's Basketball | Jr. | Math Education | Wallingford, Conn. |
Samantha Farley* | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Communications | Shelton, Conn. |
Daniel Foldy* | Men's Soccer | So. | Financial Accounting | Woodbridge, Conn. |
Michael Ingeno* | Men's Soccer | So. | Business | Meriden, Conn. |
Krista LaBissoniere* | Softball & Volleyball | Jr. | English Education | Meriden, Conn. |
Melissa Manning* | Softball & Volleyball | So. | English Education | Milford, Conn. |
Joseph Martinez | Baseball | So. | Criminal Justice | Bronx, N.Y. |
Tim Mikita* | Men's Soccer | Sr. | Accounting | Ansonia, Conn. |
Shelley Mirmina | Women's Soccer | So. | Art Therapy | Milford, Conn. |
Tiffany Ortiz* | Women's Volleyball | Sr. | Criminal Justice | New Haven, Conn. |
Chris Pfeffer* | Men's Volleyball | So. | Biology & Chemistry | Torrington, Conn. |
Donato Piroscafo* | Men's Soccer | So. | Criminal Justice | Naugatuck, Conn. |
Jessica Radecki* | Women's Soccer | So. | English Education | Milford, Conn. |
Julian Sanders | Men's Basketball | So. | History Education | Trumbull, Conn. |
Zak Sokolis* | Baseball | So. | Undeclared | Meriden, Conn. |