WALTHAM, Mass. – Twenty-eight recent Bentley University graduates are among the 2023 recipients of the Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, an honor awarded by the conference to graduating senior student-athletes for their outstanding work in the classroom during their college careers.

The third all-time class of honorees for the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence included 252 remarkable student-athletes from the NE10's 13 member institutions and four of its associate members. Bentley was third in total honorees.

To be eligible for the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, a senior student-athlete must meet the following criteria:

• Must be a graduating NE10 student-athlete.
• Must attain the Latin honor of Magna Cum Laude or better.
• Must have participated in at least two seasons of NE10 competition and is a current student-athlete at the time of graduation.

Each award winner received a commemorative NE10 medallion for their academic achievements.

BENTLEY'S RECIPIENTS OF THE NORTHEAST-10 PRESIDENTS' AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 

Name, Sport, Hometown/High School
Eddy Beauregard, Baseball, Paxton, Mass./Wachusett Reg.
Haley Bernhardt, Women's Soccer, Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott
Cory Bright, Baseball, Melrose, Mass./Bishop Fenwick
Jason Caplan, Men's Track and Field/Westport, Conn./Staples
Jennifer Chen, Women's Swimming, Darien, Conn./Darien
Zoe Chin, Women's Tennis, Lecington, Mass./Lexington
Jayne Conry, Women's Soccer, Bolton, Mass./Nashoba Reg.
Matt Crepeau, Men's Lacrosse, Hopedale, Mass./Hopedale
John Destefanis, Football, Weymouth, Mass./Boston College HS
Alexander Fayan, Men's Lacrosse, Waterford, Conn./Waterford
Kate Galvin, Women's Swimming, Suffern, N.Y./Suffern
Bri Gillen, Women's Basketball, Lakeville, Mass./Bishop Feehan
Aidan Hopkins, Women's Soccer, Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin
Mary Huminski, Women's Diving, Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand
Samantha Lee, Women's Lacrosse, Branford, Conn./Sacred Heart Acad.
Evan Levine, Men's Soccer, Boca Raton, Fla./Olympic Heights
Samantha Martel, W. Track & Cross Country/North Reading, Mass./North Reading
Alex Matuson, Men's Soccer, Park Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep
Corinne Messier, Women's Soccer, Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton
Michael Motisi, Men's Swimming, Ellington, Conn./Ellington
Ingrid Murphy, Volleyball, Cotuit, Mass./Barnstable
Katherine Noftall, Softball, Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich
Samantha Petow, Softball, Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury
Makena Romagnano, Women's Tennis, New Albany, Ohio/New Albany
Andrew Sartori, Football, Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai
Liliana Silva, Women's Soccer, North Grafton, Mass./Grafton
Jake Tarentino, Football, Clark, N.J./Don Bosco Prep
Rachel Zumberg, Women's Soccer, Gainesville, Fla./Eastside