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USTFCCCA Announces Men's Track & Field All-Academic Teams and Athletes

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Track & Field All-Academic Teams and Athletes. Five teams from the NEWMAC, listed below, were named All-Academic teams, achieving a cumulative team GPA of at least 3.10 on a 4.0 scale.
 
Babson College 3.38 Russ Brennen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.749 Julie Heyde
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) 3.41 Kim Spence
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3.64 Emily Dippel
U.S. Coast Guard Academy 3.54 Greg Ahnrud
 
Additionally, 31 student-athletes were named All-Academic Athletes, an award given to all nominated student-athletes who have a 3.30 GPA on a 4.0 scale and finished among the top 50 on TFRRS or competed at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships.

The list of All-Academic Athletes from the NEWMAC is below:
 
Pablo Arroyo MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics  
Jackson Bliey MIT Computer Science and Engineering  
Nolan Clement MIT Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making  
Jacob Cobb MIT Computer Science and Molecular Biology  
Enoch Ellis MIT Chemical Engineering and Mathematics  
Charlie Glass MIT Computation and Cognition  
Jonah Goldstein MIT Aerospace Engineering  
Mozi Guobadia MIT Computation and Cognition  
Patrick Haertel MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  
Ziyad Hassan MIT Computer Science and Engineering  
Sean Huckleberry MIT Computer Science and Engineering  
Davis Lee MIT Computer Science and Engineering  
William Liu MIT Computer Science and Engineering  
Jaden McKee MIT Mechanical Engineering  
Anthony Meng MIT Computer Science  
Tim Neumann MIT Computer Science  
Simon Opsahl MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  
Kristian Praizner MIT Computer Science  
Owen Sondag MIT Undecided  
Jared Steins MIT Mechanical Engineering  
Connor Sterling MIT Aerospace Engineering  
Walter Truitt MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  
David Whitaker MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tristan Andrew WPI Mechanical Engineering  
Lucas Anthony WPI Chemical Engineering  
Avinash Bissoondial WPI Biomedical Engineering (Bachelors),Data Science (Masters)  
Gavin Fleck WPI Mechanical Engineering  
Sam Manteria WPI Chemical Engineering  
Everett Mosher WPI Civil Engineering  
Matthew Richards WPI Civil Engineering  
Ethan Schnyer WPI Electrical & Computer Engineering
 
About the NEWMAC

The NEWMAC is an association of 12 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III Philosophy. The conference also partners with four Associate Members: Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime College (Football), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), while sponsoring 20 sports.