Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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.

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.

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.

Gurska, who also took home the honor last year (April 13) and was named the WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week earlier in the day, batted an eye-popping .615 (8-for-13) with five runs scored as the Engineers won three of four last week.

Eight WPI wrestlers have been selected All-New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) by the conference coaches while Tony Paoletta was named the association's Assistant Coach of the Year. Additionally, a conference-best 17 Engineer wrestlers earned All-Academic honors from the group.

Junior Brian Amato and freshman Nick Day have earned Division III Scholar All-American honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association, Additionally the Engineers were recognized as a top 30 program nationwide, seeing their starters compile a 3.26 GPA, the 11th highest overall.

Paced by four-year honorees, Abby Cervelloni (Charlottesville, VA) and Lauren Puishys (Oxford, MA), the WPI field hockey team totaled 13 student-athletes achieving NFHCA National Academic Squad honors en route to National Academic Team honors for the 12th consecutive season. The 13 also included junior Hope Shevchuk (Burlington, CT), a three-time Scholar of Distinction.

For the week the senior captain batted .462 (6-for-13) and slugged an eye-popping 1.308 while reaching base an additional five times on three walks and two hit-by-pitches and chipping in with a sacrifice fly.

Biney, a sophomore center fielder from Worcester, Mass., batted .645 (20-for-31) with 16 runs, four doubles, two triples, two homers and seven RBI in an 8-2 start for the Engineers. The Holy Name High graduate drew four walks and struck out only twice, while collecting nine stolen bases.

Niba, the NEWMAC's top 3-pointer shooter at 44.0 percent, led the Engineers with 15.4 points per game. The senior also exceled on the boards, ranking second on WPI with 6.5 boards per game. Niba finds himself in the top 10 of the conference in scoring, rebounding, 3-point percentage and blocks. Niba took home first team All-NEWMAC honors this season after being first team All GNAC following the 2013-2014 season.

Doolin went 3-0 in the circle for the Engineers during WPI's spring break trip to Central Florida. The senior got WPI off to a good start during its 8-2 trip when she recorded 11 strikeouts in a one-hitter in its opener, a 2-0 eight-inning shutout of Emmanuel.

After playing in the NCAA basketball tournament the Friday of departure, the sophomore batted a jaw-dropping .645 as the Crimson and Gray posted a 8-2 record. Biney registered a hit in every contest, 20 in all, including homers versus Penn State Behrend and Plymouth State.

D'Agostino had a pair of outstanding starts for the Engineers during WPI's spring break trip to Central Florida.

D'Ambrosio was outstanding for WPI during the Engineers spring break trip to Central Florida.

WPI senior Liz Pellegrini and sophomore Warren Staver have been named All-Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

WPI sophomores Nina Murphy-Cook and Ama Biney are among fifty outstanding softball players have been chosen for the inaugural NFCA/Schutt Sports Division III National Player of the Year watch list, which will be pared down in the coming weeks until just one player remains at the conclusion of the 2016 season.

The boating of coxswain Kelsey Regan (Winchendon, MA), Michael Beinor (Sutton, MA), Nick Cebry (Bedford, MA), Michael Eaton (Exeter, NH), Jeremy Hemingway (Westford, MA), Danny Singer (Eldersburg, MD), Dean Schifilliti (Ossining, NY), Nathan Pietrowicz (Worcester, MA) and Jackson Krupnick (Ashville, NC) reached the finish line in 6:09.0 to win the Class of 2003 Cup on Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond.

Nugent made her collegiate track and field debut a memorable one by claiming a victory in the 400-meter dash (1:00.33) and teaming with Lea Strangio, Julie Tevenan, and Maggie LaRoche to win the 4x400-meter relay (4:08.45) as the Engineers captured the team championship at the Coast Guard Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Caliri logged multiple hits in all three of his appearances last week en route to hitting .500 (7-of-14). The senior catcher's three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh proved to be the difference as WPI outlasted Nichols 20-15 on Tuesday.

Gurska batted an eye-popping .615 (8-for-13) with five runs scored as the Engineers won three of four last week. The junior catcher had a hit in all four contests and also was on the receiving end of Kelsey Saucier's no-hitter against Fitchburg State on Wednesday.

Senior Alex Powers, sophomore David Smallwood, senior Nathan Hughes, and junior Andrew Bauer collaborated to post a school record time of 6:41.24 en route to All-American seventh-place showing at the NCAA Championships in Greensboro, NC.

Nikolaki became WPI's first woman and first diver to earn NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving All-America honors by finishing eighth on the one-meter board at the NCAA Championships in Greensboro, NC

Biney was simply amazing for WPI during the Engineers spring break trip to Central Florida. After playing in the NCAA basketball tournament the Friday of departure, the sophomore batted a jaw-dropping .645 as the Crimson and Gray posted a 8-2 record.

D'Agostino had a pair of outstanding starts for the Engineers during WPI's spring break trip to Central Florida.

The quartet of sophomore Sara Velleca, senior Alex Price, senior Liz Pellegrini and sophomore Taylor Teed set the school record in the 4x200-meter relay with a third-place time of 1:43.62. Later in the meet, junior Kimberlee Kocienski, sophomore Emily Newman, sophomore Maggie LaRoche and senior Julie Tevenan teamed up to take down the 4x800-meter relay record in 9:29.13 to also finish third.

Staver concluded his sensational sophomore indoor season by earning the bronze medal in the 400-meter dash at the ECAC Championships in Staten Island in a time of 49.45.

Senior Clyde Niba (Atlanta, GA) and junior Sean Doncaster (Medford, MA) have been named to the NEWMAC Men's Basketball All-Conference First Team, as selected by the league's head coaches following the 25-game season.