KILLINGWORTH, Conn. – January 25, 2024 – The Dean College football team had 32 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.

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 2023 fall semester. Additionally, all honorees must be at least a sophomore in standing with a minimum of two years of participation on the football team.

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

The Bulldogs had 14 student-athletes appear on the All-Academic Team.
Senior Owen Jalbert (Oakville, Conn. – Sport Management) was selected for the third year in a row.

Earning a second nod to the All-Academic Team includes the following:
Darren Appiah (Jr., Worcester, Mass.) – Business Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Maccus Dinsmore (Sr., Northborough, Mass.) – Sport Management
Aaron Fonseca (Sr., Cranston, R.I.) - Exercise Science – (2021, 2022 Honor Roll)
Berto Maldonado (Jr., Boston, Mass.) – Business Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Noah Pearson (Jr., Tilton, N.H.) – Sport Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Rocco Schirripa (Jr., Peabody, Mass.) – Sport Management – (2022 Honor Roll)
Griffin Sullivan (Jr., Colchester, Conn.) – Communications – (2022 Honor Roll)

In addition, the following Bulldogs garnered All-Academic Team accolades for the first time:
Nathan Cisco (Sr., Franklin, Tenn.) – Business Management (2023 Honor Roll)
Christian Donalson (So., Albany, Ga.) – Athletic Coaching and Recreation Management (2023 Honor Roll)
Jaheim Guy (So., West Newbury, Mass.) – Exercise Science (2023 Honor Roll)
Corey Leverette (So., McDonough, Ga.) – Sport Management (2023 Honor Roll)
Gio Memnon (Sr., Port St. Lucie, Fla.) – Sport Management (2023 Honor Roll)
Mohale Mitchell (So., Lakewood, Colo.) – Exercise Science (2023 Honor Roll)
 
The ECFC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes that achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher following the 2023 fall semester. Further, freshmen and first-year transfer student-athletes are eligible for this recognition.
In total, 131 student-athletes from all five member institutions earned Academic Honor Roll recognition.

The Bulldogs had 18 student-athletes appear on the Academic Honor Roll.

ECFC Academic Honor Roll Honorees
Dempsey Brady (So., Portland, Maine) – Sport Management – 2nd year in a row
Austin Bushlack (Fr., Lakewood, Colo.) – Sport Management
Deion DaGraca (Fr., Medford, Mass.) – Undeclared
James Day (Fr., Hamilton, Mass.) – Sport Management
Koshown Dempsey (Fr., Waterbury, Conn.) - Sport Management
Fontabian Donalson Jr. (So., San Antonio, Texas) – Athletic Coaching and Recreation Management – 2nd year in a row
Trevor Kuchieski (Fr., Greenfield, Mass.) - Exercise Science
Devin Lebron (Fr., Peabody, Mass.) – Business Management
Nick Levine (Fr., Brockton, Mass.) – Sport Management
Andrew Liverman (So., Union City, N.J.) – Sport Management
Itsuki Matsutani (Jr., Saitama, Japan) – Psychology
Kai Reeves (Jr., Boston, Mass.) – Criminal Justice & Homeland Security
Marco Schirripa (Fr., Peabody, Mass.) – Exercise Science
Isaac Sisneros (Fr., Littleton, Colo.) – Sport Management
Jalen Smith (Jr., San Francisco, Calif.) – Sport Management
Ryan Tigges (Jr., Burlington, Mass.) - Athletic Coaching and Recreation Management
Aaron Wehmeyer (Fr., Denver, Colo.) – Exercise Science
Melo Zelaya (Fr., Miramar, Fla.) - Undeclared

Full ECFC release > HERE