A total of six student-athletes from the NESCAC were selected to the CSC Academic All-America Men's At-Large Team.
Charlie Tagliaferri and Joey Waldbaum of the Tufts men's lacrosse team earned first team honors while teammates Michael Ayers and Parker Merrill were second and third team honorees, respectively. Amherst's Thompson Lau was the fifth men's lacrosse player from the conference to earn Academic All-America honors with a spot on the second team. Middlebury skier/men's golfer Bradshaw Underhill garnered a spot on the second team to round out the NESCAC selections.
The honor recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined athletic and academic achievements. To be nominated, student-athletes must be a significant contributor to the team with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his current institution. A limit of six nominations per school is set. For lacrosse players, nominees must have competed in 90 percent of the team's total games played or have started 66 percent of the team's total games.
For the Academic All-District® Men's At-Large Teams, student-athletes from the following sports are eligible - Men's Fencing, Men's Golf, Men's Gymnastics, Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Rifle, Men's Skiing, Men's Volleyball, Men's Water Polo and Men's Wrestling.
The NESCAC boasts 36 CSC Academic All-Americans during the 2024-25 season and 416 overall in conference history.
2024-25 Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team
| FIRST TEAM |
| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Ice Hockey |
Luke Aquaro (4) |
Hobart College |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Economics |
| Golf |
Juney Bai |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Business |
| Fencing |
Eric Chen |
Haverford College |
So. |
4.00 |
Anthropology |
| Golf |
Quinn Clifford (1,6) |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Business |
| Golf |
Braeden Duncan |
Aurora University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Pre-Physical Therapy |
| Wrestling |
Michael Glynn III |
RIT |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Ice Hockey |
Connor Kalthoff |
St. Olaf College |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Economics |
| Volleyball |
Josh McLellan |
Aurora University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Mathematics & Secondary Education |
| Golf |
Griffin Pohl (3) |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Finance |
| Volleyball |
Christian Sheaffer |
Southern Virginia University |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Business |
| Ice Hockey |
Cooper Swift (2,4) |
Hobart College |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Economics |
| Lacrosse |
Charlie Tagliaferri (3) |
Tufts University |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Economics |
| Lacrosse |
Joey Waldbaum (1) |
Tufts University |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Biology |
| Fencing |
Patrick Xinyi Liu (5) |
MIT |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| Fencing |
Alan Zheng (1,6) |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Computer Science |
| SECOND TEAM |
| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Lacrosse |
Michael Ayers |
Tufts University |
Sr. |
3.70 |
Finance |
| Lacrosse |
Hillis Burns |
Washington and Lee University |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Business Administration & Mathematics |
| Lacrosse |
Bryan Creamer (2) |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Business & Technology |
| Fencing |
Tony Escueta |
Brandeis University |
Sr. |
3.84 |
Politics & International & Global Studies |
| Golf |
Carter Hassenplug |
Allegheny College |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Mathematics |
| Lacrosse |
Mark Isabelle |
Shenandoah University |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
Business Administration (G) |
| Volleyball |
Andrew Kim (6) |
Hobart College |
Gr. |
3.59/4.00 |
Higher Education Leadership & Mathematics |
| Volleyball |
Zach Knudsen (3) |
New York University |
Sr. |
3.80 |
Business |
| Lacrosse |
Thompson Lau (2) |
Amherst College |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Neuroscience |
| Volleyball |
Corey Mayotte |
Loras College |
Sr. |
3.72 |
Sports Management |
| Golf |
Jonathan McEwen |
Washington and Lee University |
So. |
3.83 |
Business Administration |
| Lacrosse |
Joseph Perry (3) |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Management |
| Wrestling |
Cooper Pontelandolfo |
New York University |
Sr. |
3.60 |
Real Estate |
| Lacrosse |
Tyler Spano |
Washington and Lee University |
So. |
3.99 |
Business Administration |
| Skiing |
Bradshaw Underhill |
Middlebury College |
Sr. |
3.56 |
Physics |
| THIRD TEAM |
| Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Wrestling |
Casey Aikman |
North Central College |
Jr. |
3.67 |
Exercise Science |
| Volleyball |
Mats Beentjes |
Randolph College |
Gr. |
4.00/4.00 |
Coaching & Sport Leadership |
| Fencing |
Lev BenAvram |
Brandeis University |
Jr. |
3.72 |
Business |
| Golf |
Michael Burry |
Emory University |
Sr. |
3.72 |
Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology |
| Wrestling |
Cameron Butka |
Wilkes University |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Biochemistry |
| Ice Hockey |
Liam Fraser |
St. Norbert College |
Sr. |
3.76 |
Finance |
| Water Polo |
Adam Ivatorov |
MIT |
Jr. |
3.84 |
Mechanical Engineering & Business Management |
| Wrestling |
Eric Kinkaid |
Loras College |
Jr. |
3.92 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Wrestling |
Joey Petrella |
Baldwin Wallace University |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Exercise Science |
| Wrestling |
Gavin Layman (3) |
Ohio Northern University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| Lacrosse |
Billy McHugh |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Economics |
| Lacrosse |
Parker Merril |
Tufts University |
Sr. |
3.76 |
Biopsychology |
| Volleyball |
Dylan Mulvaney |
Springfield College |
Jr. |
3.71 |
Exercise Science |
| Wrestling |
John Santowski |
Washington and Lee University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Biology |
| Wrestling |
Cael Vanderhorst |
Ohio Northern University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Lacrosse |
Sam Weinberg |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Sr. |
3.83 |
Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience |
(1) – Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2024
(2) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2024
(3) – Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2024
(4) – Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2023
(5) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2023
(6) – Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2023
