WALTHAM, Mass. – The 2011 Academic All-Northeast-10 Conference team in women's outdoor track include three Bentley University athletes:  juniors Keisha Johnson (Randolph/Randolph HS) and Evelyn Marrero (Amsterdam, N.Y./Amsterdam HS), and sophomore All-America Amy Varsell (Burlington, Conn./Lewis S. Mills HS).

Bentley's three representatives on the 18-member team was second only to Southern Connecticut State's four honorees.

Marrero garnered Academic All-Conference honors for the fourth time, having been previously recognized for outdoor track in 2010 and for indoor track each of the last two seasons. Varsell was one of four NE-10 women to receive Academic All-NE-10 honors for cross country, indoors and outdoors during the 2010-11 academic year, and Johnson is making her first appearance on the academic team.

Varsell finished fourth in the 800 meters at both the NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor championship meets, twice earning All-America honors, and captured the Northeast-10 championship in the 800 at both the indoor championships in February and the outdoor meet in May. She broke the outdoor school record in the 800 six times, lowering it to 2:11.07 and was a two-time All-New England selection. Academically, she also shined, amassing a 3.88 GPA as a corporate finance and accounting major.

Marrero finished second in the Northeast-10 in the 10,000 meters for the second straight year, with her time of 40:06.95 a personal best. Her season also included USTFCCCA Division II All-East honors in both the 5,000 and the 10K. The corporate finance and accounting major has also excelled in the classroom, earning a 3.55 GPA.

Johnson finished third in the triple jump and ninth in the long jump at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Championships. She received Division II All-Region recognition in the outdoor triple jump and finished 16th in the event at the New Englands. Johnson, who is majoring in both management and liberal studies, will enter her senior year with an impressive 3.67 GPA.