Mitchell Honors Top 25 in Special Ceremony

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- During halftime of Wednesday's men's basketball game, the Mitchell College Department of Athletics recognized its top student-athletes with the Sixth Annual Top-25 Student-Athlete Scholar Recognition Ceremony.

The ceremony honored those student-athletes who have achieved the highest degree of academic success while participating in Division III athletics.

Thanks to the efforts of students, faculty, staff, coaches and administrators, Mitchell's student-athletes posted a department grade-point average of 3.14 last semester. A total of 117 student-athletes—representing more than half the student-athlete population—currently maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Of that group, the 25 student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPAs were honored at the event—all with GPAs of 3.62 or higher.

The following student-athletes were recognized at the event:

Peter Abate, baseball
Lucca Ardovini-Brooker, baseball
Michael Bates, baseball
Grace Burns, cross country
Malik Chase, men's basketball
Hannah Corrigan, women's soccer/lacrosse
Douglas DelaCruz, baseball
Diego Di Carlantonio, men's soccer
Sam Gaboury, men's golf
Jacob Hart, men's soccer
Connel Henderson, men's basketball
Chad-Wayne Hopkins, men's soccer
Drew Johndrow, women's soccer
John-John Jose, baseball
Adam Liudzius, men's lacrosse
Kate McCormack, xc/basketball/lacrosse
Logan McGeowan, baseball
Tyler Peretz, men's basketball
Francesca Pinard, xc/basketball/lacrosse
Brandon Reynolds, cross country
Mason Rubino, men's soccer
Jared Simkewicz, men's golf
Kaitlin Thibodeau-Corey, softball
Roland Thivierge, baseball
Jacquelyn White, women's soccer