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Saint Michael's Athletics Inducts 25 New Members into Chi Alpha Sigma

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COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College Department of Athletics unveiled its 10th induction class of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, on Friday, as a record 25 Purple Knights carrying at least a 3.7 grade-point average were honored.

Four of the top five classes have come since 2019, with this year's contingent besting the induction Class of 2020's record 24 honorees. In all, 172 Purple Knights have now earned entry into Chi Alpha Sigma over the past decade. The 25 members from the induction Class of 2022 were:

  • Senior Maggie Burnham (Holden, Mass./Wachusett Regional), women's cross country
  • Senior Benoit Fumeaux (Valais, Switzerland/Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus), Alpine skiing
  • Senior Aidan Keefer (Cambridge, Mass./Cambridge Rindge & Latin School), men's basketball
  • Senior Jenny Panergo (Brooklyn, Mich./Columbia Central/Davis & Elkins), women's soccer
  • Senior Cecelia Schmelzle (Saint Louis Park, Minn./Saint Louis Park), Nordic skiing
  • Senior Hugo Turcotte (Gap, France/Kimball Union Academy), men's ice hockey
  • Junior Ava Albis (Hamden, Conn./Hamden), women's tennis
  • Junior Bella Amedio (Schenectady, N.Y./Albany Academy for Girls), women's swimming & diving
  • Junior Meghan Carney (Dracut, Mass./Groton School), women's basketball
  • Junior Cailey Comiskey (Swanton, Vt./Missisquoi Valley Union), women's cross country
  • Junior Mackenzie Costello (Peterborough, N.H./ConVal Regional), women's lacrosse
  • Junior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), women's volleyball
  • Junior Grace Erholtz (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd), women's cross country and Nordic skiing
  • Junior Katie Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina), women's soccer
  • Junior Filippa Hemmestorp (Malmö, Sweden/Malmö Borgarskola), women's cross country
  • Junior Sam Heyliger (Whitefield, N.H./White Mountains Regional), Nordic skiing
  • Junior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), women's ice hockey
  • Junior Cassidy Koons (Standish, Maine/Bonny Eagle), women's soccer
  • Junior Berty Olsen (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), Alpine skiing
  • Junior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), softball
  • Junior Zoe Rogers (Shelton, Conn./Shelton), women's soccer
  • Junior Paulina Valentine (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial), women's soccer
  • Junior Emilie Webster (New London, N.H./Kearsarge Regional), women's lacrosse
  • Junior Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon), men's tennis
  • Junior Tyler Whitney (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), men's tennis

All current senior student-athletes who are members of Chi Alpha Sigma also earn special cords they can wear as part of their graduation regalia. The following 16 current student-athletes from the induction Class of 2021 claimed this additional honor last spring:

  • Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), women's basketball
  • Senior Nacole Barrett (Colchester, Vt./Rice Memorial), field hockey
  • Senior Gaelan Boyle-Wight (Newry, Maine/Telstar Regional), Nordic skiing
  • Senior Eleanor Devereux (Jericho, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union), women's cross country
  • Senior James Downs (Winchester, Mass./Winchester), men's cross country
  • Senior Jess Edmonds (Goffstown, N.H./Goffstown), field hockey
  • Senior Jordy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), women's lacrosse
  • Senior Thomas Flack (Toronto, Ontario/Saint Michael's Buzzers), men's ice hockey
  • Senior Paige Fleming (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), women's lacrosse
  • Senior Constantin Krogh (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), men's tennis
  • Senior Elly McKenna (Lowell, Mass./Lowell Catholic), women's tennis
  • Senior Will Meehan (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle Regional), Nordic skiing
  • Senior Brandon Mitchell (North Scituate, R.I./Pomfret School), men's ice hockey
  • Senior Hannah Muse (Yarmouth, Mass./Nauset Regional), women's cross country
  • Senior Casey Reeder (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), women's cross country
  • Senior Rachel Smith (Old Forge, N.Y./Town of Webb), women's cross country and Nordic skiing

Saint Michael's is one of just six schools in the 14-college Northeast-10 Conference to be a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, which is the first national scholar-athlete society to honor collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition. Purple Knights carrying a minimum 3.7 cumulative GPA in their junior or senior years, and who have completed at least three semesters at the College, are eligible.

Saint Michael's, which was designated the Vermont Beta chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma after becoming the second college in Vermont to join the organization - Norwich University was the other - is among 289 schools in 42 states and the District of Columbia with an active chapter. Founded in 1996 at DePauw (Ind.) University, the society's mission is to bring honor and recognition to deserving student-athletes, their families, teams, athletic departments, and NCAA and NAIA colleges in much the same way that other societies primarily honor scholastics. Chi Alpha Sigma also encourages good citizenship, moral character, and friendship among the high academic achievers in college athletics.

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