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Saint Michael's Athletics Inducts 27 New Members into Chi Alpha Sigma

COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College Department of Athletics unveiled its 11th induction class of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, on Friday, as a record 27 Purple Knights carrying at least a 3.7 grade-point average were honored.

Five of the top six classes have come since 2019, with this year's contingent besting the induction Class of 2022's record 25 honorees. In all, 199 Purple Knights have now earned entry into Chi Alpha Sigma over the past 11 years. The 27 members from the induction Class of 2023 were:

  • Senior Andrew Champagne (Concord, N.H./Concord), men's golf
  • Senior Izzy Ruprecht (Kingston, Mass./Silver Lake Regional), women's soccer and softball
  • Senior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), women's volleyball
  • Junior Hallie Benton (Limerick, Maine/Massabesic), women's cross country
  • Junior Aaron Bouchard (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Seton Catholic Central), men's swimming & diving
  • Junior Mia Cooper (Gansevoort, N.Y./South Glens Falls), women's cross country
  • Junior Katie Culliton (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls), women's cross country and Nordic skiing
  • Junior Ella DiBernardo (Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional), women's cross country
  • Junior Jenna Hitchen (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip Regional), women's soccer
  • Junior Swapnil Jhajharia (Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India/Woodstock School), men's cross country
  • Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), softball
  • Junior Trevor Johnson (Salem, Mass./Salem), men's swimming & diving
  • Junior Gigi Kelsey (Vail, Colo./Vail Mountain School), Alpine skiing
  • Junior Abby Kittler (Pittsfield, Mass./Pittsfield), women's cross country
  • Junior Mary Kohn (Weston, Conn./Weston), women's swimming & diving and lacrosse
  • Junior Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), women's ice hockey
  • Junior Bridgie Loughlin (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston), field hockey
  • Junior Charles Martell (Essex, Vt./Essex), Nordic skiing
  • Junior Rachel McAdams (Cromwell, Conn./Cromwell), women's swimming & diving
  • Junior Dylan Morgan (Ashland, Mass./Ashland), men's lacrosse
  • Junior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), men's ice hockey
  • Junior Caitlin O'Connor (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), women's volleyball
  • Junior Nikolai Riiber (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), Alpine skiing
  • Junior Lily Sabol (Hopkinton, N.H./Hopkinton), Nordic skiing
  • Junior Niko Selvaag (Snarøya, Norway/Dønski VGS), Alpine skiing
  • Junior Samantha Shapiro (Wilton, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), field hockey
  • Junior Simen Strand (Høvik, Norway/Dønski VGS), Alpine skiing

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 19 current student-athletes from previous induction classes have already claimed this additional honor:

  • Senior Ava Albis (Hamden, Conn./Hamden), women's tennis
  • Senior Bella Amedio (Schenectady, N.Y./Albany Academy for Girls), women's swimming & diving
  • Senior Gaelan Boyle-Wight (Newry, Maine/Telstar Regional), Nordic skiing
  • Senior Meghan Carney (Dracut, Mass./Groton School), women's basketball
  • Senior Cailey Comiskey (Highgate, Vt./Missisquoi Valley Union), women's cross country
  • Senior Mackenzie Costello (Peterborough, N.H./ConVal Regional), women's lacrosse
  • Senior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), women's volleyball
  • Senior Grace Erholtz (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd), women's cross country and Nordic skiing
  • Senior Katie Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina), women's soccer
  • Senior Filippa Hemmestorp (Malmö, Sweden/Malmö Borgarskola), women's cross country
  • Senior Sam Heyliger (Whitefield, N.H./White Mountains Regional), Nordic skiing
  • Senior Maeghan Kennard (Hamlin, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles), women's ice hockey
  • Senior Cassidy Koons (Standish, Maine/Bonny Eagle), women's soccer
  • Senior Berty Olsen (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), Alpine skiing
  • Senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), softball
  • Senior Zoe Rogers (Shelton, Conn./Shelton), women's soccer
  • Senior Paulina Valentine (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial), women's soccer
  • Senior Emilie Webster (New London, N.H./Kearsarge Regional), women's lacrosse
  • Senior Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon), men's tennis

Saint Michael's is one of just six schools in the 13-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 322 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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