Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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.

Rives did not allow an earned run in 6 2/3 and struck out a career-high nine batters in the Engineers NEWMAC victory over Emerson on Tuesday. For the season the sophomore boasts a 4-0 record and a save in five appearances. He also touts a 1.82 ERA and 26 strikeouts.

Tropeano hit .444 with a double and a triple to go with a pair of RBI and two runs scored during a 2-0 week. He led the team with seven total bases and was one of three to steal a pair. Tropeano also touted an OPS of 1.278 (.778 slugging, .500 on-base). He is batting .479 on the season with six doubles, two triples and a home run to go with 13 RBI, 29 runs scored and an OPS of 1.210 (.662 slugging, .548 on-base).

iguera Castillo won the 10,000-meter run Sunday at the Tufts Snowflake Classic. The junior bettered her PR by nearly 20 seconds with a time of 39:16.87, which ranks third on the NEWMAC performance list. She led a field featuring a student-athlete from Division I Boston University and six from either Colby-Sawyer, Tufts and Worcester State.

Tyler Marsh was named the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Co-Rookie of the year as eight Engineers were honored for their work on the mat and an association-best 22 were recognized for their performance in the classroom.

Comei finished with a slash line of .524/1.095/.583 with eight RBI and seven extra base hits in the Engineers' 4-1 week. He began with a trio of multi-hit games, highlighted by a 5-for-5 performance with a home run, two doubles, four RBI and three runs scored versus Nichols. In the field, Comei made one error in 32 total chances, but made up for it as a part of a pair of double plays.

Saucier spun a two-hit gem through six innings Saturday to earn her 20th career victory and help key a split in the NEWMAC doubleheader at Wheaton. She struck out a season-high eight batters to bring her total to 27 on the year and 180 for her career.

Scales was pressed into service early in Monday's (Mar. 20) game versus Gordon. He proceeded to earn his first collegiate win with a solid seven-inning performance. Scales, who struck out five batters, did not allow a run on four hits and two walks.

Since its inception in 1989, the Clare Boothe Luce Program has been one of the most significant sources of support for women seeking to study science, engineering, and mathematics.

The IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project), is one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates. IQPs enable students to pursue hands-on, real-world research opportunities all over the world.

The project aided the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) in collecting opinions from five stakeholder groups concerning management of the naturally flooding Lake Wairarapa.

Junior Ama Biney and senior Priscilla Dunphy were recently honored by the New England Women's Baseball Association. Biney was tabbed as a First Team All-Region selection while Dunphy received an invite to the organization's annual Senior All-Star Classic.

Jack Bauer earned an individual (7th, 100 back) and relay (6th, 200 medley) All-America and the Engineers racked up three solo and two relay honorable mention All-Americas en route to a 16th place finish overall, and fourth in New England, at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships. Bauer, Tim Petri, Karim Elsayed and Andrew Bauer set the program record for best relay placing at the event while a number of time records fell during the four-day competition. Frederick Burgwardt, Andrew Kelleher and Seth MacDonald were a part of one or more of the honorable mention relays.

Senior Tim Petri has the distinction of becoming the first WPI student-athlete to earn the NCAAs coveted Elite 90 Award, as announced at the 2017 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships banquet Tuesday night.

WPI junior Ama Biney was unanimously selected as the Worcester Area College Basketball Association (WACBA) Women's Player of the Year. The voting was conducted by the sports information departments from the nine four-year schools in Worcester County, including Assumption and Holy Cross, as well as three members of the local media.

Senior Hope Shevchuk claimed her fourth National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Scholar of Distinction honor while 10 others were also named to the National Academic Squad and the team earned its 13th consecutive National Academic Team Award.

Junior Ama Biney has been tabbed as the first D3hoops.com Women's Basketball All-Northeast Team selection in program history. The local product was named to the second team.

Sophomore Nick Day, junior Jack Nigro and freshman Tyler Marsh have been named Division III Scholar All-Americans by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Collectively, the Engineers starting lineup, along with four key reserves, boasted a 3.22 GPA to earn top 30 program status for the second consecutive season. The Crimson and Gray were 19th overall out of over 100 Division III wrestling programs.

Comei had an outstanding week in the Engineers final eight games on Spring Break in Central Florida, hitting .563 with a home run, two doubles, two walks, a sacrifice bunt, four stolen bases and 11 RBI

The quartet of sophomore Jack Bauer, senior Tim Petri, junior Karim Elsayed and senior Andrew Bauer clocked a 1:29.74 in the 200-yard medley relay championship final to become the highest finishing relay in program history.

This past week it was announced that Shevchuk earned her fourth NFHCA Scholar of Distinction for carrying at least a 3.9 GPA during the field hockey season.

Rives won both of his starts on the week. He yielded three hits and two walks and fanned five in six against Muskingum. The sophomore held Ohio Northern to four hits and one walk while striking out three in a five-inning outing in the finale versus Ohio Northern.

Murphy-Cook led the Engineers with a .435 batting average with seven stolen bases, four walks and three RBI. The junior enjoyed a quartet of 2-for-3 performances in the eight-game stretch. She has also stolen at least one base in the last five games and totals 11 on the young season.

Packard, the first rookie to make the indoor championships in the decade-plus that head coach Brian Chabot has been associated with the program, was in contention for a spot in the finals through two laps with splits of 32.362 (sixth) and 32.999 (fourth) for a fifth-place time of 1:05.361. The second half of the race was not as fruitful resulting in a total time of 2:18.54, which was 4.49 off her best converted time of the season.

Fabrizio batted .667 on the week, including a 3-for-4 performance in the season opener versus Thiel. She drew a walk against Simmons and scored a run in each game. It marks the third consecutive year the nationally-ranked Engineers have gone 2-0 to begin the season.

Capuano posted a slash line of .667/.714/1.500 with four RBI in the season-opening DH versus St. Joseph's (ME). He followed up a 1-for-2 (double) game with a 3-for-4 outing featuring three runs, two more doubles and a triple.

Packard helped the distance medley relay achieve a new record time at the All-New England Championships and set the 800-meter run record at the BU Last Chance Meet. The team of Maggie LaRoche, Packard, Lea Strangio and Emily Newman combined for a 10th-place 12:23.81 Friday night while Packard handed in a 2:12.52 in the 800 Sunday. As a result, Packard jumped up 24 spots to No. 10 on the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships performance list.

Freshman Alex Rus, junior Paul-Henry Schoenhagen, sophomore Ryan Wittenberg and junior Warren Staver collaborated for a second-place, and new record, time of 3:17.47 on Saturday to earn All-New England honors at the NEICAAA Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center. Their converted time of 3:20.63 is 13th overall, but more importantly 11th when the second teams from Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Wisconsin-La Crosse are removed.

Louisville, KY --- Senior Lindsay Gurska along with juniors Ama Biney and Nina Murphy-Cook are among the Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Player of Year Top 50. Now in its second year, the watch list will be pared down as the season progresses until one player remains. Biney and Murphy-Cook have the distinction of being chosen for a second time.

Freshman Sydney Packard has been selected to compete at the 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend at North Central in Illinois. Additionally, a total of four individuals and a relay were named All-Region by the USTFCCCA for handing in a top five performance over the course of the season.