Ama Biney
  • management engineering
  • Class of 2018
  • Worcester, Massachusetts

Ama Biney of Worcester, Mass., Cited for Academics by NFCA

2016 Jan 11

Bolstered by six student-athletes boasting a 3.5 GPA or higher, including Ama Biney, the WPI softball team finished 2014-15 with the 39th-best GPA in the country as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).

Katie Bumila, Lindsay Gurska, Caroline Medino, Ama Biney, Julia Ring and Hope Shevchuk all received individual recognition from the organization for their work in the classroom.

Last year's team collaborated to post a 3.35 GPA all while setting the school record for single-season victories, earning the program's first berth to the NCAA tournament and making it all the way to the Super Regionals under second-year Engineer head coach Whitney Goldstein.

WPI (34-11), who was the NEWMAC Softball Championship runner up as the third seed, set the program and school record for team wins in a single season en route to its first-ever NCAA Division III Championship tournament berth as an at-large selection. The Engineers made the most of it by sweeping the Williamstown Regional before falling to No. 1, and eventual national champion, Tufts in the Super Regional to finish with a 3-2 record on the national stage.

About Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 45 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.