NUTTING AND KENNEDY RECEIVE CACC WOMEN'S LACROSSE ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

July 19, 2021

NUTTING AND KENNEDY RECEIVE CACC WOMEN'S LACROSSE ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

New Haven, Conn. (7/19/21) Sixty-one (61) student-athletes on Monday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Lacrosse All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 61 honorees represent nine of the 10 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

Courtesy of the CACC

New Haven, Conn. (7/19/21) Sixty-one (61) student-athletes on Monday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Lacrosse All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 61 honorees represent nine of the 10 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

Dominican College had two student-athletes earn All-Academic honors for the second time in their careers. Rebecca Nutting (Marcellus, N.Y.) sports a cumulative grade point average of 3.61 in her major of History and Laurel Kennedy (Orangeburg, N.Y.) holds a GPA of 3.76 in her major of Nursing.

Thomas Jefferson University, which advanced to the CACC Championship Final, led the way with 13 honorees, including Erin Eckert who posted team-high 4.00 cumulative grade point average her graduate studies of innovation (MBA). She also posted a 3.82 in her undergrad work of engineering. Post University was next with nine student-athletes being recognized, including Cara DiStefano and Jaclyn Shea each posting 4.0 marks.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
♦ Sixteen (16) of the honorees earned GPAs of 3.90 or higher.

♦ Nineteen (19) of the honorees made the CACC Men's Lacrosse All-Academic Team for the second time.

♦ Seven of the honorees made the All-Academic squad for at least the third time.

♦ CACC Player of the Year, Arden Kassaleh (Caldwell University), was named to the All-Academic Team for the fourth time.

♦ CACC Champion Georgian Court University had six honorees make the All-Academic Team.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.