Posted: Dec 09, 2021

Little East Conference Announces Fall 2021 All-Academic Teams

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 11 Salem State student-athletes were named to the Little East Conference Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2021 semester in an announcement by the league. The Vikings compete in field hockey and women's tennis as part of the LEC. A total of 461 student-athletes competing in the LEC's eight fall championship sports – men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's golf, men's and women's soccer, women's tennis, women's volleyball - have been named to the 2021 LEC Fall All-Academic Team.

To be named the LEC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must be at least in sophomore standing in the classroom, have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the previous semester, and have been at their current institution for at least one full academic year.

The LEC's winter and spring sport All-Academic Teams will be announced following the conclusion of their respective championship seasons.

By the Numbers 19 student-athletes maintain a 4.00 cumulative GPA 102 student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.90 193 student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 360 student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50

Totals by Sport Men's Cross Country (9 Institutions) - 27 Women's Cross Country (9 Institutions) – 34 Field Hockey (13 Institutions) – 115 Men's Golf (5 Institutions) – 16

Men's Soccer (9 Institutions) – 56 Women's Soccer (9 Institutions) – 120 Women's Tennis (9 Institutions) – 36 Women's Volleyball (9 Institutions) – 57

Salem State Student-Athletes:

Field Hockey

Kaylan Harkins Sr. Education Halifax, Mass.

Marissa Laganas Sr. Nursing Beverly, Mass.

Melanie Mason Jr. Media and Communications Beverly, Mass.

Mikayla Mason Jr. Pyschology Beverly, Mass.

Kelli McCarthy Sr. Pyschology Foxborough, Mass.

Isabel Mendoza Sr. Sport and Movement Science Merrimac, Mass.

Molly Ryan So. Criminal Justice Brimfield, Mass.

Mackenzie Schmink Jr. Criminal Justice Danvers, Mass.

Women's Tennis

Sara Burke Sr. Biology Deer Park, N.Y.