Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The following 16 student-athletes are on the opening day roster.

The WPI men's and women's track & field teams were honored for their work inside the classroom for the 10th consecutive season while 10 student-athletes were recognized for their academic and athletic achievements by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) during the 2016-17 indoor and/or outdoor campaigns.

WPI senior Tim Petri and sophomore Jack Bauer were named Academic All-America at-large selections, as voted upon by select members of the College Sports Information Directors Association of America. Petri earned second team honors while Bauer landed on the third.

WPI senior Hope Shevchuk has been tabbed as an Academic All-America at-large second team selection, as voted upon by select members of the College Sports Information Directors Association of America. The 2016 at-large third teamer was also recently named to the softball first team.

WPI seniors Audrey Allen and Jennifer Golden earned their third Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar-Athlete nod while a total of 11 student-athletes were also recognized with the academic honor. All honorees were previously named to the NEWMAC and NIRC All-Academic teams.

WPI skipper Mike Callahan was named Coach of the Year and seven student-athletes were honored as part of the seventh annual Worcester Area Baseball All-Star Team, as recently announced in the Telegram & Gazette. Sophomore Steven Gallagher, senior Nick Comei and sophomore Ryan Tropeano were voted to the first team while junior Matt Howard, graduate student Anthony Capuano, sophomore Doug Rives and senior Mike Duclos collected second team honors.

Packard's seventh-place time 2:11.05 was also the top New England performance. It is the second consecutive outdoor meet the Engineers have boasted an All-America and it is the program's 10th overall for head coach Brian Chabot. Ohio Northern's Emily Richards repeated as national champion.

Freshman Sydney Packard finished second in her 800-meter run heat with another school record run to earn a spot in Saturday's title race at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships, hosted by Mount Union at the SPIRE Institute. Junior Lea Strangio, meanwhile, will go in the books as the 17th-place runner with a time of 2:13.37 in the same event.

Junior Andrew Kelly (Medford, MA), freshman Alex Rus (Newton, MA), sophomore Ryan Wittenberg (Bedford, NH) and junior Warren Staver (Centreville, MD) ended up sixth in their heat with a time of 3:15.6, edging Colby by just .24 seconds thanks to a late push by Staver. The time was quicker than the NEICAAA performance (3:16.88) which included alternate junior Paul-Henry-Schoenhagen (Cleveland Heights, OH) while it was above the qualifying time set by the participating four at Oneonta (3:14.60)

Seniors Brian D'Amore, Kim Kocienski, and Austin Scott, and junior Lea Strangio were all selected as Academic All District I Cross Country/Track & Field team members as voted upon by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Steven Gallagher was honored by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA), American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com while four others were also recognized by both of the associations. Fellow sophomore Ryan Tropeano was a first team selection while junior Matt Howard was a second team pick. Joining Gallagher, who was a third teamer on all three lists, were seniors Nick Comei and Mike Duclos.

Seniors Lindsay Gurska and Hope Shevchuk have the distinction of being named Academic All-America first team members, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). It is the first time in school history there have been two first teamers from the same team in the same year.

Nine WPI student-athletes were recognized for placing in the top five as an individual or top three as a relay among their peers in New England during the outdoor track & field season.

WPI Track & Field will be sending five men and two women to the 2017 NCAA Division III Championships which will be hosted by Mount Union Thursday through Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

The WPI Track & Field team turned in five All-New England performances, two school records and a number of career and season bests as the men tied for 25th and the women tied for 28th at the NEICAAA New England Outdoor Championship Saturday at Williams.

Senior Victoria Loehle earned back-to-back New England Rowing Championship (NERC) All-Scholar Awards while freshman Christine Hovermale claimed National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC) All-Stewards Team laurels as the two organizations recently doled out postseason honors.

Senior Kelsey Regan earned National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC) All-Stewards Team honors and junior Zack Estrella repeated as Men's Rowing's New England Rowing Championship (NERC) All-Scholar Award recipient as the two groups recently handed out postseason accolades. Twenty Engineers, including the aforementioned duo, were named to the NIRC All-Academic Team.

WORCESTER --- WPI junior Ama Biney and freshman Mackenzie Phillips were major award winners as a total of six Engineers were recognized as part of the inaugural Worcester Area Softball All-Star Team. Biney and Phillips were joined on the All-Area First Team by freshman Cassie Graca. Sophomore Renee LeClaire and junior RiAnna May and senior Lindsay Gurska (Revere, MA) headlined the second team.

Junior Ama Biney was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-New England first team for the third consecutive season. Sophomore Renee LeClaire also represented the Engineers on the first team.

The WPI athletic department recently honored all of its 20 varsity teams which encompasses over 600 student-athletes at its annual awards banquet. During the festivities, 11 student-athletes were presented with major awards. These accolades highlight some of the best varsity student-athletes at WPI who excel both in the classroom and in their respective sports. The night was highlighted by two top award winners; Swimming & Diving's Andrew Bauer who captured the Melvin G. Massucco Award and Women's Basketball's Priscilla Dunphy who brought home the Varsity Club Award. The night also included the honorees of the Ray Cherenzia Award which highlights each teams "unsung hero".

Seniors Andrew Bauer and Tim Petri, and sophomore Jack Bauer have garnered Academic All-District I accolades, as voted upon by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The trio moves on to the national ballot for All-America consideration.

Field Hockey senior Hope Shevchuk and Women's Swimming & Diving junior Jennifer Day each earned their second Academic All-District I at-large team nod, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The duo is now eligible for Academic All-America honors.

New to the conference this year, the All-Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the ideals of the NEWMAC and its Code of Conduct, regardless of his/her overall performance or statistics for the season.

The righty boasted a 12-5 record with seven complete games, a NEWMAC-best three saves and a 2.32 ERA in 114 2/3 innings over 28 appearances. She was second overall in strikeouts with 112 and fifth in conference contests with 46. During the regular season, Phillips' ERA dropped to 1.66 and batting average against went down .16 to .215 in conference matchups. The newcomer totaled a season-best 10 strikeouts three times, including her season finale against Wheaton, a 5-1 victory, in the NEWMAC tournament.

Mackenzie Phillips was named the NEWMAC Softball Rookie of the Year and named to the All-NEWMAC Second Team while Ama Biney and Renee LeClaire claimed a spot on the All-Conference First Team following voting by the league's head coaches. Cassie Graca joined Phillips on the All-Conference Second Team.

Four members of the WPI baseball team were named NEWMAC All-Conference and skipper Mike Callahan was selected as the NEWMAC Baseball Coach of the Year by his peers following the regular season. Ryan Tropeano, Steven Gallagher and Nick Comei made the first team as Anthony Capuano headlined the second team.

Senior Lindsay Gurska and Ama Biney earned repeat nods while senior Hope Shevchuk earned her first distinction for softball as the trio was named to the Academic All-District I Softball team as voted upon by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) members from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. All three advance to the Academic All-America ballot.

Graduate student Anthony Capuano and sophomore Ryan Tropeano were recently named to the Academic All-District I Team, as voted upon by College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) members in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. It is Tropeano's first year of eligibility while Capuano, who also earned accolades as a sophomore, takes home his second. They are now under consideration for Academic All-America laurels.

The WPI Men's Rowing Varsity Eight captured its first New England Rowing Championship in 38 years Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond.

Williamstown, MA --- The 4x100-meter relay set a school record while the 4x800 and two individuals earned silver to highlight Men's Track & Field's eight-place performance at the 2017 NCAA Division III New England Championships at Williams.