Posted: May 25, 2020

Academic Dean’s Award & Athletics Director’s Academic Achievement Awards

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 2020 Academic Dean's Award to Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection major Megan Laurie! Megan is a four-year member of the Buccaneer sailing team and was a captain for the 2019-2020 season. Along with her off-water accomplishment of an impressive 3.98 grade point average, Laurie sailed in 33 regattas in her sailing career at the Academy. She was a part of the winning boat in the New England Dinghy Tournament boat in the spring of 2018 and skippered the boat in the NEISA Women's Championship and Reed Trophy in 2018.

Congratulations, Megan Laurie on your outstanding achievements in the classroom and on the water.

Next is the Athletics Director's Academic Achievement award 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 accumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher in their major. Congratulations to these 25 senior student athletes! The recipients of this year's AD Academic Achievement Awards are as follows:

Jessica Baldassini – Women's Soccer (International Maritime Business)

Alex Bowen – Sailing (Marine Engineering)

Ryan Burns – Track & Field (Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection)

Jill Corazzini – Softball (Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection)

Meaghan Hamilton – Women's Cross Country / Track & Field (Emergency Management)

Kyle Hansen – Men's Cross Country (Marine Engineering)

Luke Harrington – Track & Field (Marine Engineering)

Matt Horton – Track & Field (International Maritime Business)

Kyle Johnston – Football (International Maritime Business)

Megan Laurie – Sailing (Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection)

Hunter Leveille – Football (Emergency Management)

Erik Marchant – Football (Facilities Engineering)