KILLINGWORTH, Conn. – January 26, 2023 – The Dean College football team had 29 student-athletes recognized by the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) for academic excellence.

The conference bestows two academic honors annually: the ECFC All-Academic Team and the ECFC Academic Honor Roll. Full ECFC release > HERE

To be eligible for the ECFC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher following the 2022 fall semester. Additionally, all honorees must be at least a sophomore in standing with a minimum two years of participation on the football team.

All seven ECFC institutions had honorees named to the All-Academic Team, with 94 student-athletes in total recognized.

The Bulldogs had 13 student-athletes appear on the All-Academic Team. Justin Tucker (Sr., Salisbury, Md.) a Psychology major, was honored for the third year in a row.  

Enrico Hernandez (Sr., Cypress, Calif. – Sport Management) and Owen Jalbert (Jr., Oakville, Conn. – Sport Management) earned a nod to the All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year.

In addition, the following Bulldogs garnered All-Academic Team accolades for the first time:

Darren Appiah (So., Worcester, Mass.) – Business Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Maccus Dinsmore (Jr., Northborough, Mass.) – Sport Management
Lucas Ferreira (Jr., Acushnet, Mass.) – Communications – (2022 Honor Roll)
Aaron Fonseca (Jr., Cranston, R.I.) - Exercise Science – (2021, 2022 Honor Roll)
Berto Maldonado (So., Boston, Mass.) – Business Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Darren McDermott (So., Danvers, Mass.) – Business Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Adam Noiseux (Sr., Fall River, Mass.) – Criminal Justice and Homeland Security – (2019, 2022 Honor Roll)
Noah Pearson (So., Tilton, N.H.) – Sport Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Rocco Schirripa (So., Peabody, Mass.) – Athletic Coaching and Recreation Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Griffin Sullivan (So., Colchester, Conn.) – Communications – (2022 Honor Roll)
 
The ECFC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes that achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher following the 2022 fall semester. Further, freshmen and first-year transfer student-athletes are eligible for the recognition.
In total, 155 student-athletes from all seven member institutions earned Academic Honor Roll recognition.
 
ECFC Academic Honor Roll Honorees:

Dempsey Brady (Fr., Portland, Maine) – Sport Management
Nathan Cisco (Jr., Franklin, Tenn.) – Business Management
Ben Costa (Fr., Blackstone, Mass.) – Criminal Justice
Ryan Coughlan (Sr., Taunton, Mass.) - Sports Broadcasting – (Third year in a row)
Christian Donalson (Fr., San Antonio, Texas) – Athletic Coaching and Recreation Management
Fontabian Donalson Jr. (Fr., San Antonio, Texas) – Sport Management
Jaheim Guy (Fr., West Newbury, Mass.) – Sport Management
Alex Huber (Sr., Sacramento, Calif.) – Sport Management
Corey Leverette (Fr., McDonough, Ga.) – Sport Management
Nikolai Luksch (Fr., Middlebury, Vt.) – Sport Management
Joseph Medeiros (So., Fairhaven, Mass.) – Sport Management
Giovanni Memnon (Jr., Port St. Lucie, Fla.) – Sport Management
Mohale Mitchell (Fr., Lakewood, Colo.) – Undeclared
Mozes Mooney (Jr., San Diego, Calif.) – Sociology
Will Stafford (Fr., Whitman, Mass.) – Exercise Science
Holdan Wilson (Jr., Spanish Fort, Ala.) – Exercise Science