MASCAC Announces 2021 Fall/Winter All-Academic Team
144 Fitchburg State Fall Student-Athletes Recognized
WESTFIELD, Mass. — A total of 144 Fitchburg State University student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) with selection to the league's Fall/Winter 2021 All-Academic Team that was released by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
A total of 1225 student-athletes across the MASCAC that complete in the championship varsity sports offered by each of the MASCAC institutions during the course of the Fall/Winter 2021 athletic season and have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester were selected to the 2021 Fall/Winter All-Academic Team.
Bridgewater State University placed the most student-athletes on the Fall/Winter 2021 MASCAC All-Academic Team with 211 total, while Westfield State University (183), Worcester State University (167), Fitchburg State (144), while Mass. Maritime rounded out the top five with 118 on this year's team.
"Congratulations to all the MASCAC student-athletes who were named to the 2021 MASCAC Fall/Winter All-Academic team," Commisioner Baumann said. "The success of our student-athletes in the classroom is an important piece of the experience at the Division III level and I am proud of the 1,225 honorees on this year's team."
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.
Portions of release courtesy of MASCAC conference office