Maine Maritime Academy honored its student-athletes at its Annual Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Awards Reception in the Alfond Student Center on the evening of Tuesday, April 17. Kayley Rodriguez and Nick Bourassa were honored as the Outstanding Senior Scholar Athletes, while Andrew DiSalvo and Leah Jackson were named the Athletes of the Year for 2011-2012.

A Marine Engineering Technology major with a 3.62 grade point average (GPA), Bourassa is a three-time New England Football Conference (NEFC) All-Academic Team selection. The team captain was also a three-time All-NEFC selection, earning First Team honors as a junior. He averaged 9.6 yards per carry and 70.7 yards per game in his career, scoring 37 touchdowns over land, including a 96-yard jaunt that tied the school record for longest rush from scrimmage. He also returned a kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown in his career. This season, Bourassa was named the NEFC Player of the Week on September 18 and was selected by the Maine Maritime Athletic Department as the Mariner of the Month in September.

Rodriguez was a four-year member of both the volleyball and basketball teams. The four-time NAC All-Academic selection is a Marine Biology major sporting a 3.63 GPA, and was recently accepted into the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois. The volleyball team captain was a member of three North Atlantic Conference Championship teams. She finished her career fourth in digs (5950), fifth in assists (163), and seventh in points (503.5).

DiSalvo is the first lacrosse player to earn Athlete of the Year honors at Maine Maritime. The senior registered his 100^th career goal and assist this season, and is three points away from becoming the all-time leading point scorer in MMA's history. He is the only Mariner ever to reach 100 assists in a career. A two-time NAC Player of the Year and the 2009 NAC Rookie of the Year, DiSalvo was named the NAC Player of the Week on April 2^nd, and was the Mariner of the Month in March.

Jackson is a member of both the softball and basketball teams at Maine Maritime. On the hardwood, she averaged 10.2 rebounds and 6.2 points per game, leading the Mariners to the NAC Semifinals, where they were upended by the eventual champions, Castleton State.  Jackson was selected as the Mariner of the Month in January. On the diamond, the 2011 NAC Defensive Player of the Year has caught over half of the 23 runners who tested the backstop's arm.  A two-time All-NAC First Team choice, Jackson owns a .364 batting average with a team-best eight doubles. Her 18 RBIs are second on the team. She has drawn nine walks and has an on-base percentage of .450 percent. She also owns a .652 slugging percentage.

Maine Maritime also honored its All-Conference and Academic All-Conference Award winners, its athletes recognized by the CoSIDA/CapitalOne Academic All-America program, its SAAC Executive Board, its 82 athletes with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, the Mariners of the Month, and its 28 seniors who earned four varsity letters. 

All-Conference Spring 2011, Fall 2011, and Winter 2011-12

Spring 2011

Brian Corain, Lacrosse, Second Team

Andrew DiSalvo, Lacrosse, Player of the Year (Second Time), First Team

Leah Jackson, Softball, Defensive Player of the Year, First Team

Sabrina, Keach, Softball, Second Team

Chris Keiley, Lacrosse, First Team

Casey McCloskey, Softball, Second Team

Erik Milles, Lacrosse, Defensive Player of the Year, First Team

Wade Mondoux, Lacrosse, Second Team

Jason Smith, Lacrosse, Second Team

Fall, 2011

Abdullah Alkhayyat, Men's Soccer, First Team

Nicholas Bourassa, Football, Second Team

Dylan Burr, Men's Soccer, All-Tournament Team

Joel Chadbourne, Football, Second Team

Jennifer, Dixon, Volleyball, Second Team

Melissa Lail, Volleyball, Second Team

Brock Lawrence, Football, Second Team

John Regis, Football, Second Team

Sydney Robertson, Volleyball, Rookie of the Year, All-Tournament Team

Lauren Sakahara, Volleyball, All-Tournament Team

Benjamin Russell, Men's Soccer, Second Team, All-Tournament Team

Nate Tipton, Men's Soccer, Second Team

Chelsea Ward, Volleyball, First Team

Winter, 2011-12

Bekah Campbell, Women's Basketball, All-Tournament Team, Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Assoc. Rookie of the Year

Sam Goda, Women's Basketball, Second Team

Academic Honors, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, and Winter 2011-12

Winter and Spring, 2011

Emmett Huber, Men's Lacrosse

Todd Murphy, Men's Lacrosse

Kayley Rodriguez, Women's Basketball

Megan Russell, Softball

Fall, 2011

Nicholas Bourassa, Football

Christopher Brawn, Football

Jeremy Bullard, Men's Cross Country

Gavin Cote, Football

Nate Duford, Football

Dan Edgerly, Football

Kari Jones, Women's Soccer

Abe Kilborn, Football

Jenna King, Volleyball

Kayley Rodriguez, Volleyball

Benjamin Russell, Men's Soccer

Evan Sinclair, Football

Jonathan Thoms, Football

Jared Woods, Football

 

Regional and National Scholar Recognition

The CoSIDA/CapitalOne Academic All-America program is the most distinguished and exclusive awards program honoring the absolute best and brightest in college sports. The minimum standard for nomination alone requires excellence in the classroom and achievement on the field.  While there are other scholar All-Americans, only those selected by CoSIDA have the right to use the trademarked term, Academic All-American. Maine Maritime Academy had two players honored by the program this year.

Christopher Brawn, Football, CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 (New England)

Benjamin Russell, Men's Soccer, CoSIDA Academic All-American

 
 

SAAC Representatives and Executives

Margaret Smith-President

Keenan Eaton-VP

Kayley Rodriguez-Secretary

Autumn Jones-Treasurer

Scholar-Athlete Awards

Chantal Adderley, Volleyball

Jacob Albon, Football

Andrew Ball, Mens Basketball

Nicholas Betti, Lacrosse

Foster Blake, Mens Cross Country

Nicholas Bourassa, Football

Christopher Brawn, Football

Jeremy Bullard,  Mens Cross Country

Ashley Burnett, Softball, Womens Cross Country

Dylan Burr, Mens Soccer

Jack Bushey, Football

Brian Corain,  Lacrosse

Elizabeth Cote, Womens Soccer

Gavin Cote, Football, Lacrosse

Benjamin Cummings, Mens Soccer

Timothy DeStefano, Golf

Andrew Disalvo, Lacrosse

Erik Doherty, Football

Nathan Duford, Football

Courtney Dufour, Womens Basketball

Eric Duplessis, Football

Tyler Easler,  Mens Cross Country

Keenan Eaton, Golf

Daniel Edgerly, Football

Nicholas El-Hajj, Mens Soccer

Cassandra Everest,  Womens Basketball

Emily Fanning, Womens Cross Country

Andi Flannery, Softball

Mathew Foster, Golf

Zachery Frost, Football

Allyson Fuehrer, Womens Soccer

Christopher Gilman, Mens Soccer

Katrina Hagan, Softball

Joshua Hall, Football

Jordan Hevey, Football

Emmett Huber, Lacrosse

Kari Jones, Womens Soccer, Basketball

Brian Kelley,  Mens Soccer

Abraham Kilborn, Football

Jenna King, Volleyball

Cale Knox, Golf

Annie Koensgen, Womens Soccer

Trace LaCour, Mens Soccer

Brandon Landry, Mens Soccer

Wyatt LaPage,  Mens Cross Country

Ian Larcom, Lacrosse

Jillian Lavallee, Womens Basketball

Lawrence MacDonald, Football

Daniel MacKenzie, Golf

Ashley Marcellino, Womens Soccer

Gregory Martin, Mens Cross Country

Jared McGillicuddy, Golf

Storm McGovern, Football

Erik Milles, Lacrosse

Alexander Morrison, Football

Keith Nelson,  Football

Taylor O'Malley, Womens Soccer

Olivia Osborne, Womens Soccer

Troy Osborne, Mens Soccer

Gregory Oulton, Football

Benjamin Pagels, Mens Soccer

Alexander Pedersen, Mens Soccer

Jesse Perkins, Mens Soccer

Jillian Perron, Womens Basketball

Juergen Pilot, Mens Cross Country

Kira Pilot, Womens Cross Country

Tyler Pineo, Mens Basketball

Romayn Richards, Mens Soccer

Kayley Rodriguez, Womens Basketball, Volleyball

Cameron Roy, Mens Cross Country

Benjamin Russell, Mens Soccer, Basketball

Lauren Sakahara, Volleyball

Shawn Silva, Mens Basketball

Evan Sinclair, Football

Jason Smith, Lacrosse

Kristopher Smith, Football

Margaret Smith Womens Basketball

Jonathan Thoms, Football

John Tragert,  Lacrosse

Evan Turmenne, Mens Soccer

Timothy Vassallo, Mens Cross Country

Jared Woods, Football

Mariners of the Month

Andy Ball, Men's Basketball, December

Nicholas Bourassa, Football, September

Bekah Campbell, Women's Basketball, February

Andrew DiSalvo, Lacrosse, March

Jennifer Dixon, Volleyball, October

Sam Goda, Women's Basketball, December

Leah Jackson, Women's Basketball, January

Melissa Lail, Volleyball, November

Tyler Pineo, Men's Basketball, February

Matthew Rende, Football, October

Sydney Robertson, Volleyball, September

Benjamin Russell, Men's Soccer, November

Benjamin Russell, Men's Basketball, January

Erica Taylor, Softball, March

Four-Year Student-Athletes

K.C. Anderson, Volleyball

Nicholas Bourassa, Football

Christopher Brawn, Football

Michael Brennan, Football

Emily Brogden, Women's Soccer

Dylan Burr, Men's Soccer

Brian Corain, Men's Lacrosse

Andrew DiSalvo, Men's Lacrosse

Nate Duford, Football

Nicholas El-Hajj, Men's Soccer

Ryan Geist, Lacrosse

Michael Gendron, Football

Sam Goda, Women's Basketball

Emmett Huber, Lacrosse

Jenna King, Volleyball

Patrick Lindsey, Men's Cross Country

Nicholas Lund, Lacrosse

Andrew McCann, Football

Luke Neilson, Golf

Tyler Pineo, Men's Basketball

Matthew Rende, Football

Kayley Rodriguez, Volleyball

Kuba Rucinski, Men's Soccer

Lauren Sakahara, Volleyball

Maggie Smith, Women's Basketball

Nate Tipton, Men's Soccer

Chelsea Ward, Volleyball

Ryan Williams, Football & Lacrosse