school record in the 100m hurdles. She was joined at the championship by Ryan Busby ’12 (Derry, NH), Anthony Monteiro ’12 (Leominster, MA), Ronald Hill ’14 (New Bedford, MA), Brooke Tomasetti ’15 (Waterford, CT), Kara Walsh ’15 (Waltham, MA), and Katelyn Kelleher ’14 (Wrentham, MA). Samuel Russell ’13 (South-
borough, MA) recorded the best single-round score of any golfer in the closing round of the Northeast Conference Championship. The performance lifted Russell to a 12th place finish, tied with Bulldog Zach Garbacik ’14 (Hadley, MA). Spencer Sweitzer ’12 (Lunenburg, MA ) was named the spring’s first Northeast Conference Golfer of the Week. After a breakout sophomore year Jordan Harris ’14 (Lincoln University, PA) has been named to the College Football Performance Awards Wide Receiver watch list. Harris and captain Jordan Brown ’13 (Glastonbury, CT) have been named preseason All-Americans by Beyond Sports Network; in addition, Brown was named a second team preseason AllAmerican by The Sports Network. Men’s swimming and diving program has joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference as an associate member. Bryant is a full member of the Northeast Conference and competes in its 21 remaining varsity sports, including women’s swimming and diving. The NEC does not sponsor men’s swimming and diving, opening the door for the partnership between the Bulldogs and the MAAC, according to Director of Athletics Bill Smith and head coach Katie Cameron.
Bulldogs swimmers completed the best season in school history in 2011–12, with 16 school records at the 2012 ECAC Championships and coming in seventh in the 20-team field. BEST AND BRIGHTEST Seventy-four University studentathletes were named to the spring New England Conference Academic Honor Roll for students with a cumulative grade point average GPA of 3.20 or above. Ten of them achieved the elite Commissioner’s Honor Roll for students with a GPA of 3.75 or above: indoor track and field’s Michael DiTocco ’15 (Pembroke, MA), Colin Gannon ’13 (Litchfield, CT), graduate student Scott Twardowski ’11 (Rehoboth, MA), Brooke Tomasetti ’14 (Waterford, CT) and Eimear Black ’14 (Glengormley, Ireland); men’s tennis Connor Crowley ’12 (London, Ontario) and Andres Orobitg ’12 (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); and women’s tennis players Martha Chapman ’12 (Orange, CT), Claudia Hidalgo ’13 (Guayaquil, Ecuador) and Jessica May Vickers ’14 (Montrose, CO). The complete list of student-athletes named to the Honor Roll can be seen at www.bryantbulldogs.com/sports. Ten Bryant University varsity programs were honored by the NCAA as Public Recognition Award winners, presented to teams scoring in the top 10 percent of their sport’s respective Academic Progress Rates, which measures eligibility and retention. The teams recognized are men’s cross country, golf, tennis, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field; and women’s field hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and volleyball.
Bryant’s men’s lacrosse team generated much excitement this year, after earning its first-ever national ranking, No. 19 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
MEN’S LACROSSE EARNS NATIONAL RANKING Men’s lacrosse generated excitement by earning its first-ever national ranking, No. 19 in the Nike / Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. “When you see your team on the ticker on ESPN , there’s nothing like it,” Coach Mike Pressler said. The team looks to defend its Northeast Conference crown and earn a berth in the 2013 NCAA tournament. The top goalie in Bulldog lacrosse history, Jameson Love ’12 (Darien, CT), has been named Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team and the NEC Tournament Most Valuable Player. For academic effort, Love has been named to the Scholar All-America Team by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and the All-New England Senior Scholar-Athlete Team by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.
Defenseman Mason Poli ’13 (Downingtown, PA) has been named a USILA All-America Honorable Mention and a member of the NEC and NEILA first teams; Kevin Massa ’15 (Huntington, NY) was named NEILA Division I Rookie of the Year. NEILA also named three players to its second team: Massa, and midfielders Colin Dunster ’14 (Cos Cob, CT), and Max Weisenberg ’12 (Long Beach, NY). OLYMPIC COMPETITOR Track and field Coach Stephanie Reilly represented her native country of Ireland in the 2012 Olympic Games in London this summer. Reilly took part in the opening ceremonies at Olympic Stadium and competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. “The Olympics is the culmination of talent and dedication for the best athletes in the world, so to even participate is a huge success,” Reilly told RTE Television.
E NGAG E I NSPI RE I NVEST
37