BUZZARDS BAY, Mass – The awards we are presenting today are for the Academic Dean's Awards and the Athletics Director's Academic Achievement Awards.

We begin with the Academic Dean's Award which was established in 2000 to honor the senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average among all senior student-athletes who has persevered in athletics as well as in academics, combining outstanding academic achievement with athletic accomplishment, and this year's recipients certainly embody those qualities.

It is with great pleasure that we present the 2021 Academic Dean's Award to Emergency Management major Lucia Buzzell! Lucia was a four-year member of the Buccaneer softball team, two-year president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and in her senior year she served in the Regiment of Cadets as the Second Company Commander and Emergency Management Operations Officer. Lucia graduates from the academy with an impressive 3.93 grade point average in the classroom and an impressive career on the softball field including her sophomore season in which she had 13 hits, 13 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, and a home run to go along with 5 RBI and 16 walks with a .370 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot in the Buccaneer lineup.

Congratulations, Lucia Buzzell on your outstanding achievements in the classroom and on the field.

Next is the Athletics Director's Academic Achievement awards which are presented to members of the senior class for their outstanding accomplishments in the classroom throughout their career. In order to be eligible for this award a student-athlete must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher in their major. Congratulations to these 34 senior student-athletes representing all seven of the Academy's majors and 13 different sports! The recipients of this year's AD Academic Achievement Awards are as follows:

Emergency Management

Lucia Buzzell – Softball

Madison Coughlin – Volleyball/Softball

Ainsley Dean – Women's Soccer

William Deboer – Men's Cross Country

Jack Fontana – Football

Alex Imperillo – Men's Cross Country/Track & Field

Seth Lapriore – Men's Crew

Nicholas Mirabile – Men's Crew

Corryn Ulrich – Women's Soccer

Energy Systems Engineering

William Rigby – Football

Facilities Engineering

Jason Baker – Track & Field

Braven Bose – Men's Lacrosse

Trey Guerrini – Men's Lacrosse

Eric Higgins – Men's Crew

Colleen Sullivan – Women's Soccer

International Maritime Business

Jacob Awalt – Men's Crew

Brady Bailey – Football/Track & Field

Brandan Kochan – Men's Lacrosse

Alex Lucas – Men's Lacrosse

Quincy Smith – Men's Crew

Marine Engineering

Kyle Boucher – Sailing

AJ Bubencik – Men's Soccer

Jeffrey Bukunt – Men's Lacrosse

Thomas Dunn – Sailing

Christos Karplus – Sailing

Colin McCabe – Football/Track & Field

Ben Paine – Men's Soccer/Baseball

Matt Wooster – Baseball

Marine Science, Safety & Environmental Protection

John Carey – Men's Crew

Sydney Clays – Sailing

Savanna Leite – Softball

Hannah Mannai – Women's Cross Country/Women's Lacrosse

Christine Murray – Track & Field

Marine Transportation

Maeve Glancy -- Sailing