MASCAC Announces Winter/Spring All-Academic Team

71 Fitchburg State Student-Athletes Recognized

Westfield, MA — A total of 881 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league's 2021 Winter/Spring All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.

Student-athletes who compete in championship varsity sports offered by each of the MASCAC institutions during the course of the Winter and Spring 2021 athletic season and have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester are eligible for selection to the Winter/Spring All-Academic Team. 

Westfield State University placed the most student-athletes on the 2021 MASCAC Winter/Spring All-Academic Team with 158 total, while Bridgewater State University is second with 157. Worcester State University is close behind in third with 141, Massachusetts Maritime and Salem State finished with the same number of student-athletes on the team with 87 to have the fourth most on the list.

"Congratulations to the 881 student-athletes who were named to the 2021 MASCAC Winter/Spring All-Academic team," Commissioner Baumann said. "Despite the challenges of this year, our student-athletes persevered through the adversity and the number of honorees on the team is a testament to that."

The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation's oldest Division III men's and women's playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University.  Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men's ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as a football affiliate member in 2013. Dean College, Eastern Nazarene College, Elms College, Mitchell College and Springfield College joined as men's golf affiliates in 2019.

2021 MASCAC Winter/Spring All-Academic Team

Release courtesy of MASCAC conference office