Worcester Polytechnic Institute

WPI senior Alex Venditti picked up two more All-Region nods and was named the NEIBA and ABCA New England Player of the Year Tuesday. He was tabbed an All-New England first teamer Monday by D3baseball.com. Seniors Vinny D'Ambrosio and John Mulready were also honored by both organizations as third team members.

WPI junior Lindsay Gurska and sophomore Ama Biney have been named Academic All-America Division III Softball team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Gurska becomes the second WPI first teamer in as many years while Biney was voted to the third team. Both were recently named All-New England and All-NEWMAC.

WPI senior Alex Venditti is one of four student-athletes to earn back-to-back D3baseball.com All-New England First Team accolades as announced Monday morning.

A total of six WPI track and field student-athletes, including Senior Liz Pellegrini (Worcester, MA) and sophomore Sara Velleca (Woodbury, CT), were named All-Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) ahead of this weekend's NCAA Division III Championships at Wartburg in Waverly, Iowa.

Indianapolis, IN --- Five WPI student-athletes have been selected to participate at the 2016 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships being held at Wartburg May 26-28.

Sophomore Zach Estrella (Berkley, MA) and senior Nick Cebry (Bedford, MA) have garnered major awards from the New England Rowing Championships (NERC) and National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC) as a total of 15 members of the WPI men's rowing team claimed NIRC Stewards All-Academic recognition, as announced by USRowing.

WPI women's rowing junior Victoria Loehle (Morganville, NJ) and sophomore Gina Gonzalez-Roundy (Berkley, CA) have earned major awards from the New England Rowing Championships (NERC) and National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC) while seven others also earned NIRC Stewards All-Academic recognition, as announced by USRowing.

Senior Clare Doolin (Newton, MA), junior Lindsay Gurska (Revere, MA), sophomore Nina Murphy-Cook (Roseville, CA) and sophomore Ama Biney (Worcester, MA) have been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-New England First Team, as announced Monday. Freshman Caraline Wood (Averill Park, NY) made the list as a third teamer. All five were previously honored by the NEWMAC with All-Conference nods.

Junior Lindsay Gurska (Revere, MA) and head coach Whitney Goldstein became the first from WPI to be named the NEWMAC Softball Athlete of the Year and NEWMAC Softball Coach of the Year, as voted upon by the league's head coaches. Gurska was joined on the first team by sophomore Nina Murphy-Cook (Roseville, CA) and senior batterymate Clare Doolin (Newton, MA). Sophomore Ama Biney (Worcester, MA) and freshman Caraline Wood (Averill Park, NY) were named to the second team.

Senior Alex Venditti (Newton, MA), freshman Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) and head coach Mike Callahan earned NEWMAC Baseball postseason awards as voted upon by the league's head coaches. Venditti was also named to the All-NEWMAC first team while senior Vinny D'Ambrosio (Mahopac, NY), junior Mike Vaitkunas (Auburn, MA) and senior John Mulready (Rockland, MA) represented the Engineers on the second team.

NEWMAC Champion WPI will head to Tufts for the regional portion of the 2016 NCAA Division III Softball Championship and will face CCC Champion Salve Regina 3:30pm Friday.

Nominees must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution, must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable). In baseball and softball, pitchers must have at least 10.0 innings pitched.

Nominees must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution, must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable). In baseball and softball, pitchers must have at least 10.0 innings pitched. No student-athlete is eligible until he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and has reached sophomore athle

Gina Gonzalez-Roundy, Kinsey McNamara and Abigail Sawyer were named to the NEWMAC Women's Rowing All-Conference First Team as the Engineers placed second at the conference championship regatta Saturday, April 23.

Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale after the 2015 fall semester, achieved second year academic status, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.

Venditti, who is in contention for the conference triple crown (1st in homers - 13; 1st in RBI - 55; 2nd in batting average - .441), slugged an eye-popping 1.056 last week, was on-base at a .700 clip (9 walks and a HBP) and successfully handled all 27 of his defensive chances.

Murphy-Cook batted .583 last week with eight runs scored as the Engineers went 7-1 on the week, including a sweep of nationally-ranked MIT.

Venditti continued his outstanding senior campaign by batting .611 last week as WPI won five of six contests and secured its second straight NEWMAC West division title.

D'Ambrosio got WPI on the right track during its series win over Coast Guard by delivering a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the Engineers to a 3-2 win in the weekend opener.

Bennett racked up 17 of the throwers 49 points to help propel WPI past Springfield and Coast Guard Saturday.

Pellegrini won both hurdle events Saturday in a meet featuring three other NEWMAC squads, Coast Guard, Mount Holyoke and host Springfield.

The WPI softball battery of senior pitcher Clare Doolin and junior catcher Lindsay Gurska have been named the NEWMAC Pitcher and Co-Player of the Week for their performances the week ending Sunday, April 17.

For the second time in three weeks the WPI men's track and field 4x100-meter relay has been named the NEWMAC Relay of the Week.

Wood posted impressive offensive numbers as the Engineers went a perfect 4-0 last week. The freshman first baseman batted .571 (8-for-14) with five runs scored and six runs batted in.

D'Amore won a pair of individual events and was a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay to help lead the WPI men's track and field team to the Amherst Spring Fling title.

Lambert captured the high jump with a clearance of 5-2.25 (1.58m) to help WPI secure the Amherst Spring Fling crown on Saturday as the sophomore improved two inches over her fourth-place performance last week at Coast Guard. Her height was No. 41 in Division III as of Sunday afternoon. It was Lambert's first win of the season, and third of her career, while it is her second conference weekly award in as many years.

A total of 21 men's and women's student-athletes finished in the top eight at the New England Division III or ECAC Division III Indoor Championships this past winter.

Andrew Bauer, David Smallwood, Alex Powers, Nathan Hughes and Veronica Nikolaki all represented WPI at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro, NC, March 16-19.

Sophomore Lea Strangio and the WPI 4x100-meter relay team claimed NEWMAC track & field weekly accolades for their part in capturing the team title at the Coast Guard Spring Invitational on Saturday.

Senior Jason Beauregard and the WPI 4x100-meter relay team earned NEWMAC track & field weekly honors for their performance this past weekend at the Coast Guard Spring Invitational.