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Student-Athlete Academic Awards

Academic Success – Spring 2019:

Athletics GPA: 3.22
Dean’s List: 104 Student-Athletes (31.71%)
Athletic Director Honor Roll [3.0+]: 211 Student-Athletes (62.99%)
Highest Team GPA: Women’s Cross Country/Track – 3.52

Chi Alpha Sigma

Chi Alpha Sigma was Founded at DePauw University on May 17, 1996. Chi Alpha Sigma is a nonprofit organization established to recognize college student-athletes who earn a varsity letter in at least one sport while maintaining a 3.4 or higher cumulative GPA throughout their junior and senior years. Through the efforts of OAS staff members, Providence College established a charter with Chi Alpha Sigma in March 2004. In the fifteen years that the College has been affiliated with Chi Alpha Sigma, there have been two-hundred and eighty (280) inductees: sixteen (16) in 2004, twelve (12) in 2005, five (5) in 2006, five (5) in 2007, nine (9) in 2008, seventeen (17) in 2009, nineteen (19) in 2010, nineteen (19) in 2011, fourteen (14) in 2012, nineteen (19) in 2013, twenty-three (23) in 2014, twenty-one (21) in 2015, twenty-one (21) in 2016, sixteen (16) in 2017, thirty-three (33) in 2018 and thirty-one (31) in 2019. The 16th Induction Ceremony was held on Monday, April 1, 2019 at Fleming’s Steak house in downtown Providence, RI.

The Class of 2019 is:

Jenae Alderson ’20 – Volleyball (Sports Media)
Melissa Bambery ’20 – Women’s Soccer (Biology)
Kasper Bjorkqvist ’20 – Men’s Ice Hockey (Management)
Erin Boyle ’20 – Swimming & Diving (Accounting)
Jacob Bryson ’20 – Men’s Ice Hockey (Finance)
Sarah Daneliak ’20 – Volleyball (Marketing)
Douglas DeGolyer ’20 – Track & Field (Health Policy & Management)
Paige DeLago ’19 – Swimming & Diving (Marketing)
Theresa Durkee ’20 – Women’s Soccer (Health Policy & Management/Finance)
Aidan Epstein ’20 – Tennis (Marketing)
Avery Fransoo ’20 – Women’s Ice Hockey (Biology)
Amanda Gaccione ’20 – Swimming & Diving (Biology)
Jared Grossi ’20 – Track & Field (Management)
Timothy Hinrichs ’20 – Lacrosse (Finance)
Kerry McCann ’20 – Swimming & Diving (Health Policy & Management)
Colleen McCartin ’20 – Swimming & Diving (English/Public & Community Service)
Kevin McCordic ’20 – Lacrosse (Physics/Economics)
Clare Minnerath ’20 – Women’s Ice Hockey (Computer Science/Mathematics)
Mariah O’Gara ’20 – Track & Field (Biology)
Allyson Parker ’20 – Field Hockey (Finance)
Natalie Pitocco ’20 – Tennis (Finance)
Peter Rindfuss ’20 – Cross Country & Track (Economics/Public & Community Service)
Addison Root ’20 – Volleyball (Health Policy & Management/Biology)
Kara Sanford ’20 – Field Hockey (Biology)
Lindsey Schaible ’20 – Volleyball (Health Policy & Management)
Joao Serrano ’19 – Men’s Soccer (Management)
Jessica Spontak ’20 – Volleyball (Biology)
Ian Steller ’20 – Cross Country & Track (English)
Cayla Veverka ’20 – Volleyball (Mathematics)
Spenser Young ’20 – Men’s Ice Hockey (Finance)
Ryan Zimmerman ’20 – Lacrosse (Finance)

2018-2019 Conference All-Academic Teams

Big East: One-Hundred and Ninety-one (191) individuals
Hockey East: Twenty-eight (28) individuals

Team Academic Awards

Field Hockey: 2017, 2015, 2013 NFHCA Division 1 Team Award
Women’s Cross Country: 2013 USTFCCCA Division I Scholar Team of the Year
Women’s Cross Country: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Honors
Men’s Cross Country: 2018, 2017, 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Honors
Men’s Swimming & Diving: 2018-2019, 2017-2018, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-11 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
Women’s Swimming & Diving: 2018-2019, 2017-2018, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-11 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
Women’s Soccer: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award
Men’s Soccer: 2014 NSCAA Team Academic Award
Volleyball: 2018-2019, 2017-2018, 2016-17, 2015-16: AVCA Team Academic Honors

NCAA APR Public Recognition Award

2018-2019 Women’s Basketball, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Track, Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Tennis
2017-2018 Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Tennis
2015-2016 Women’s Swimming & Diving & Women’s Tennis
2014-2015 Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Tennis, Volleyball
2013-2014 Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Tennis, Volleyball
2012-2013 Men’s/Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, Women’s Volleyball
2011-2012 Men’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track, Women’s Outdoor Track
2010-2011 Men’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track, Women’s Outdoor Track