FOUR MITCHELL COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO WINTER/SPRING NECC ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Four Mitchell College student-athletes have been
named to the New England Collegiate Conference Academic
All-Conference for the winter/spring 2009 semester, it was
announced today by Commissioner Del Malloy. Three Mitchell
softball players, Lindsey Donelin, Kelly Reynolds, and Liz Roy as
well as one men's basketball player, Mike DePaolo, were
honored.
Donelin, an outfielder, was named NECC All-Conference First Team,
as she hit .364 this season and scored 31 runs and recorded 24
stolen bases. Designated player, Roy, was named NECC
All-Conference Second Team for her efforts this past season, as she
batted .333 and scored 27 runs. Reynolds played third base
for the Mariners and had 14 hits and drove in eight RBI.
DePaolo, a guard, averaged 12.0 points this season and led the team
with 47 made three-pointers and also dished out 30
assists.
The NECC began its inaugural year this fall with nine full-time
members including Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.), Becker
College (Leicester, Mass.), Daniel Webster College (Nashua, N.H.),
Elms College (Chicopee, Mass.), Lesley University (Cambridge,
Mass.), Mitchell College (New London, Conn.), Newbury College
(Brookline, Mass.), Southern Vermont College (Bennington, Vt.) and
Wheelock College (Boston, Mass.).
To be eligible for the NECC Academic All-Conference, a
student-athlete must post a minimum grade point average of 3.40 on
a scale of 4.00 and must be a junior or higher in class standings.
Student-athletes who competed in men's and women's basketball,
baseball, softball, men's tennis and men's volleyball were eligible
for the winter/spring NECC Academic All-Conference.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
NAME
SCHOOL CLASS
MAJOR
HOMETOWN
Mike
DePaolo Mitchell Junior
Criminal
Justice Asbury,
N.J.
SOFTBALL
NAME SCHOOL CLASS
MAJOR
HOMETOWN
Lindsey
Donelin Mitchell Senior
CriminalJustice
Niantic, Conn.
Kelly
Reynolds Mitchell Junior
Human DeV./Family
Studies Waterford, Conn.
Liz
Roy Mitchell Senior Business
Admin/Graph. Design Jewitt City, Conn.
