HADLEY, Mass. - A total of 160 Amherst College student-athletes from ten athletic teams have earned a spot on the 2026 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team. 

Student-athletes from baseball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track and field were eligible for NESCAC all-academic recognition. The team honors sophomore, juniors and seniors who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

A total of 41 Mammoths also earned All-NESCAC honors in their respective sport:

Baseball - Sophomore Aiden Dubetsky, and Seniors Tyler McCord and Naaveen Narayanan

Men's Golf - Sophomore Jan Ebbinge

Women's Golf - Sophomores Mekhala Costello and Joelle Kim

Men's Lacrosse - Seniors Thompson Lau and Matthew Sheinberg

Women's Lacrosse - Seniors Kate Becker and Emily Petersen and Junior Mia Raven

Softball - Sophomore Lulu Leppard

Men's Tennis - Senior George Chaidemenos and Junior Andreas Sillaste

Women's Tennis - Seniors Sophie Diop and Karolina Dobiecka, Junior Lily Dounchis, and Sophomores Cody Huang and Tina She

Men's Track & Field - Juniors Michael Abbey Jr. and Kaleb Barrett, Seniors Ben Davis, Henry Dennen, and Jordan Harrison, Junior Alec Kuzyk, SophomoreKeason Ky, Seniors Will Nagy and Alexander Nichols, SophomoreFinn O'Hara, Senior Cody Pierce, Sophomore Gavin Schmidt, and Senior Charlie Spurrell

Women's Track & Field - Sophomore Hannah Adhikari, Juniors Rachel Hubley, Héloïse Hughes, Anastasia Ioppolo, Sophomore Ellie Jolly, Seniors Piper Lentz and Myeh Medina, and Sophomores Audrey Seeger and Leah Smith

Founded in 1971, the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) consists of 11 liberal arts colleges and has consistently reflected its commitment to the values of athletics and academic achievement. The member colleges of the conference are Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Connecticut College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, Trinity College, Tufts University, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.

Baseball: 

Junior Adrian Caron from Queensbury, N.Y.

Junior Yoon Chae from Virginia Beach, Va.

Sophomore Gabriel Ciechanover from Hillsborough, Calif.

Junior Weslley De Oliveira Jr. from Billerica, Mass.

Sophomore Walker Dellinger from Houston, Texas

Sophomore Aiden Dubetsky from Frederick, Md.

Sophomore Hudson Fulcher-Melendy from Easthampton, Mass.

Senior Tyler McCord from Langhorne, Pa.

Senior Naaveen Narayanan Malvern, Pa.

Sophomore Justin Orridge from Toronto, Ontario

Senior Christian Pedro from West Hartford, Conn.

Junior Matt Tabet from Wilton, Conn.

Men's Golf:

Senior John Beskid from Scottsdale, Ariz.

Junior Rhys Burgess from Oakland, N.J.

Sophomore Jan Ebbinge from Queenstown, New Zealand

Sophomore Ben Sanderson from Edina, Minn.

Junior Leland Tsai from Castro Valley, Calif.

Senior Mark Vitels from Garden City, N.Y.

Women's Golf:

Sophomore Jia An from Irvine, Calif.

Sophomore Mekhala Costello from Canton, Mass.

Sophomore Annie Dai from Longmeadow, Mass.

Junior Abigail Kim from Santa Barbara, Calif.

Sophomore Joelle Kim from Los Altos, Calif.

Sophomore Karolyn Zeng from Vaughan, Ontario

Men's Lacrosse:

Sophomore Patrick Arnold from Manhasset, N.Y.

Junior Nico Berger from Boston, Mass.

Senior Brooks Catlin from Boulder, Colo.

Sophomore Carter Cave from Londonderry, Vt.

Junior Luciano Chadha from Radnor, Pa.

Junior Noah Chappell from Scarsdale, N.Y.

Senior Bennett Chow from Chicago, Ill.

Sophomore Devon Christian from Charlotte, N.C.

Sophomore Willie Doyle from Summit, N.J.

Senior Sam Gerber from Wayne, Pa.

Senior Bob Gross from Potomac, Md.

Senior Andrew Hahm from Newton, Mass.

Sophomore Shafeek Halabi from Birmingham, Mich.

Junior Mike Hanlon from Hingham. Mass,

Sophomore Peter Koren from Menlo Park, Calif.

Senior Thompson Lau from Pittsburgh, Pa.

Senior Patrick Leder from Manhasset, N.Y.

Sophomore Michael Li from Simsbury, Conn.

Sophomore Jack Morrison from Manhasset, N.Y.

Sophomore Jack Neiger from Corona Del Mar, Calif.

Junior Braden Poon from Los Angeles, Calif.

Junior Brendan Reilly from Manhasset, N.Y.

Senior Ayden Santi-Tillotson from Draper, Utah

Sophomore Sam Schafer from Spring Lake, Mich.

Junior Joshua Scott from Los Angeles, Calif.

Senior Matthew Sheinberg from New Canaan, Conn.

Senior Oscar Smink from Bethesda, Md.

Senior Tim Souza from Needham, Mass.

Junior Ben Steingass from Pittsford, N.Y.

Junior Brayden Stroh from Woodside, Calif.

Senior Alex Vlacich from Walpole, Mass.

Sophomore Ben Wick from Redding, Conn.

Senior Spencer Will from Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

Women's Lacrosse: 

Senior Kate Becker from Princeton, N.J.

Junior Ella Bobbett from Skaneateles, N.Y.

Sophomore Maddie Bohlen from Silver Spring, Md.

Junior Emma Crotty from Pelham, N.Y.

Sophomore Caroline Curtis from Winchester, Mass.

Senior Bridget Finley from Bronxville, N.Y.

Sophomore Taylor Hua from Frisco, Texas

Senior Morgan Lebek from Wilton, Conn.

Junior Margeaux Matz from Newport, R.I.

Senior Annie McCarthy from Medfield, Mass.

Senior Emily Petersen from Mountain Lakes, N.J.

Junior Mia Raven from Philadelphia, Pa.

Sophomore Lily Samoska from Hingham, Mass.

Sophomore Katie Savino from Darien, Conn.

Sophomore Grace Shannon from Alexandria, Va.

Junior Ella Shay from Philadelphia, Pa.

Senior Anna Whitworth from Portland, Ore.

Softball:

Senior Olivia Aitkin from Durham, N.C.

Sophomore Laura Daniels from Brooklyn, N.Y.

Junior Jenna Holmes from Cave Creek, Ariz.

Senior Abby Kong from Foster City, Calif.

Sophomore Lulu Leppard from Nashua, N.H.

Junior Heidi Li from Hockessin, Del.

Sophomore May Mishima from Alpharetta, Ga.

Senior Abby Moravek from Libertyville, Ill.

Sophomore Abby Rebhan from McLean, Va.

Men's Tennis:

Senior George Chaidemenos from Athens, Greece

Junior Rex Harrison from La Jolla, Calif.

Sophomore Albert Hu from Great Neck, N.Y.

Junior Ethan Ohm from Alpine, N.J.

Junior Andreas Sillaste from Oulu, Finland

Sophomore Cal Wider from Miami, Fla.

Women's Tennis: 

Senior Sophie Diop from Boston, Mass.

Senior Karolina Dobiecka from Ashland, Ore.

Junior Lily Dounchis from Naples, Fla.

Sophomore Cody Huang from Plano, Texas

Sophomore Rachel Roth from New York, N.Y.

Sophomore Tina She from Stouffville, Ontario

Junior Greta Stechschulte from Leawood, Kan.

Senior Maddie Swire from Sudbury, Mass.

Men's Track & Field:

Junior Michael Abbey Jr. from Yonkers, N.Y.

Sophomore Rafi Ahmad from Chicago, Ill.

Sophomore Oliver Altindag from Newton, Mass.

Junior Kaleb Barrett from Falmouth, Maine

Junior Santi Benbow from West Chester, Pa.

Sophomore Charlie Bolton from San Clementi, Calif.

Sophomore Austin Brown from Aurora, Ill.

Junior Jacob Connolly from East Greenwich, R.I.

Junior Stan Craig from Richmond, Va.

Senior Ben Davis from New York, N.Y.

Senior Henry Dennen from Cumberland, R.I.

Sophomore Will Diana from Ridgefield, Conn.

Junior Mike Gerfen from Lexington, Mass.

Senior Jordan Harrison from Solon, Ohio

Sophomore Ben Kasen from Brookline, Mass.

Sophomore Matt Kasper from Madison, Conn.

Junior Alec Kuzyk from Montclair, N.J.

Sophomore Keason Ky from Smithtown, N.Y.

Senior Emmett McGrath from Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Senior Will Nagy from West Chester, Pa.

Senior Alexander Nichols from Rye, N.Y.

Sophomore Finn O'Hara from Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.

Sophomore Christoph Osselmann-Chai from Acton, Mass.

Senior Cody Pierce from Linwood, N.J.

Sophomore Gavin Schmidt from Swarthmore, Pa.

Senior Charlie Spurrell from Cranston, R.I.

Sophomore Jack Stahl from Devens, Mass.

Senior Drew Stephens from Whitefish Bay, Wis.

Senior Thomas Stephens from Whitefish Bay, Wis.

Junior Harrison Talcott from Portland, Ore.

Junior Josh Thomas from Redondo Beach, Calif.

Senior Benjamin Williams from Washington, D.C.

Sophomore Bohan Zheng from Shanghai, China

Women's Track & Field:

Sophomore Hannah Adhikari from Somerset, N.J.

Sophomore Flora Biro from Louisville, Ky.

Sophomore Rowan Bixler from Duluth, Minn.

Junior Nikki Chopra from Chicago, Ill.

Sophomore Nikki Chopra from Barrington, R.I.

Sophomore Taylor Gudebski from Lafayette, Calif.

Senior Halle Hanna from Mill Valley, Calif.

Sophomore Nora Hart from Marietta, Ga.

Junior Rachel Hubley from Malvern, Pa.

Junior Héloïse Hughes from Geneva, Switzerland

Senior Anastasia Ioppolo from Newfoundland, Pa.

Junior Chanelle Jaeger from Santa Fe, N.M.

Sophomore Ellie Jolly from Newton, Mass.

Senior Piper Lentz from Sparks, Md.

Sophomore Maya Levine from New York, N.Y.

Junior Zoë Marcus from Fairport, N.Y.

Sophomore Lily Meadows from Astoria, Ore.

Senior Myeh Medina from New York, N.Y.

Junior Zoe Mulvihill from Minneapolis, Minn.

Sophomore Katie Oliver from Canton, Mass.

Sophomore Daniella Perez-Cartaya from Miami, Fla.

Senior Madison Rabb from Stamford, Conn.

Senior Morgan Rome from Weston, Mass.

Sophomore Audrey Seeger from Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Junior Leah Smith from Plano, Texas

Senior Daphne Theiler from Sharon, Mass.

Sophomore Ava Thomas from Haddonfield, N.J.

Sophomore Madison Vant from North Reading, Mass.

Sophomore Kayla Werner from Freeport, Mass.

Senior Caroline Wu from San Francisco, Calif.