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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.

Led by a school-record performance by junior Lea Strangio, seven individuals and two relays earned All-New England status as the team tied for sixth place out of 32 scoring teams at the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor New England Track & Field Championships, hosted by Williams.

Nineteen WPI Track & Field student-athletes combined for five first team honors and eight second team accolades at the 2017 NEWMAC Championships.

The WPI trio of sophomore Kinsey McNamara, junior Jasmine Loukola and freshman Christine Hovermale, and were named first team All-NEWMAC as the Engineers were second overall at the NEWMAC Women's Rowing Championships hosted Saturday by Clark on Lake Quinsigamond. Sophomore coxswain Madison Healey headlined the second team.

Led by 15 three-time honorees, 60 WPI spring student-athletes across five sports achieved NEWMAC Academic All-Conference status. Women's Rowing led the conference while Baseball and Women's Track & Field tied for the top spot on their lists while the track programs boasted 16 selections each.

WPI has earned NEWMAC Women's Rowing Boat of the Week honors for the first time in the four years it has been handed out.

The WPI women's track and Field 4x400-meter relay was selected as the NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week. It is the first quartet since last year's 4x100-meter relay was feted for the week ending April 3, 2016. It is also the first relay other than the 4x100 to claim the award, which also earned it twice in 2015.

WPI senior catcher Lindsay Gurska and junior pitcher Casey Arpin have been tabbed as the NEWMAC Softball Athlete and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. The last WPI battery to accomplish the feat were Gurska and Clare Doolin '16 for the week ending April 17, 2016.

Gagne took third in the discus with a huge PR of 136-8 at the Springfield College Classic. The performance was better than the 130-9 he achieved last week at Coast Guard. He was also fifth in the hammer with a distance of 134-11.

The ninth-ranked Varsity Eight in Division III consisting of senior Gina Gonzalez-Roundey, freshman Christine Hovermale, junior Jasmine Loukola, junior Sarah Wutka, sophomore Marlies de Jong, sophomore Kinsey McNamara, sophomore Eva Barinelli, senior Jennifer Golden and sophomore coxswain Madison Healey finished a close second to No. 4 Tufts in the Bernie Brown Cup Sunday.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project addressing a challenge in their major field of study.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project addressing a challenge in their major field of study.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project addressing a challenge in their major field of study.

The third baseman hit .579 with eye-popping 1.368 slugging and .615 on-base percentages (1.983 OPS) in a 5-0 week for the Engineers. Five of his 11 hits were home runs for 26 total bases to go with 16 RBI and 12 runs scored. Gallagher's home run proved to be the difference Tuesday at Emerson before adding four more, including a game one grand slam, Saturday versus Coast Guard.

LeClaire led the Engineers with a .500 batting average with a walk, four doubles, 13 RBI, six runs, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base. She clubbed three hits in game two at Smith and game one versus Wellesley, and two in game ones at Worcester State and against Clark en route to extending her hitting streak to 18 games. LeClaire was also 36-for-36 at first base.

Scott set the 5,000-meter run record with a 14:54.49 during the elite distance portion of the Conn. College Silfen Invitational. The top NEWMAC time of the season was better than the 14:56.10 that Justin Lutz '02 handed in back in 2001. The performance was also quicker than the NEWMAC meet record time of 14:55.82 set by MIT's Sean Nolan in 2002 and would have been 10th at last year's NCAA Championships.

Packard, who turned in a NEWMAC-best 1,500m time last week, won the 800-meter run with a new school record time of 2:13.92 during the elite distance portion of the Conn College Silfen Invitational Friday night. Her time, which qualifies for the DIII New England and NEICAAA Championships, sits atop the NEWMAC performance list and is 12th in Division III.

McAdams took third in the heptathlon and reset her own standard with 4,101 points at the Conn. College Silfen Invitational to end the weekend 14th in Division III.

Gallagher hit .579 with eye-popping 1.368 slugging and .615 on-base percentages (1.983 OPS) in a 5-0 week for the Engineers.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

Freshman Nick Fleury, freshman Alex Rus, senior Brian D'Amore, and senior Hugh Whelan collaborated to clock the quickest 4x100-meter relay time within the conference so far this season at the Amherst Spring Fling. Their 43.17 is also fifth on the Division III New England performance list.

The boat comprised of Nathan Pietrowicz (Worcester, MA), Jackson Krupnick (Ashville, NC), Michael Beinor (Sutton, MA), Jeremy Hemingway (Westford, MA), Danny Singer (Eldersburg, MD), Frank Campanelli (Avon, CT), Isaac Beeman (Sammamish, WA) and Dean Schifilliti (Ossining, NY) and coxswain Kelsey Regan (Winchendon, MA) edged Bates, the reigning New England Champion, 5:57.84 to 5:58.30 in Sunday's head-to-head regatta.

LeClaire hit .526 (10-of-19) with zero strikeouts, six RBI, three doubles, four runs and a walk in six games this past week.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) actuarial teams have now won this competition for the second time in four years.

The Class of 1879 Prize is awarded by the Humanities and Arts Department yearly for excellent work in the culminating project for the Humanities & Arts Requirement.