COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College Department of Athletics unveiled its 13th induction class of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, on Monday, as a record 34 Purple Knights carrying at least a 3.7 grade-point average were honored. This year's class surpasses the record 27 lauded in 2023.
 
Seven of the top eight classes have come since 2019, with at least 22 inductees earning recognition for the fifth time in six years. In all, 255 Purple Knights have now gained entry into Chi Alpha Sigma over the past 13 years. The 34 members from the induction Class of 2025 were:

• Junior Astrid Bakke (Nedre Høvik, Norway/Dønski VGS), Nordic skiing
• Junior Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), men's lacrosse
• Junior Erin Boyd (Islip, N.Y./Saint Anthony's), women's cross country
• Junior Ryan Canty (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), baseball
• Junior Jackson Cole (Newark, Del./Vernal Oilers), men's ice hockey
• Senior Anna Comiskey (Highgate, Vt./Missisquoi Valley Union/VTSU Castleton), field hockey
• Senior Hannah Conneely (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill), women's soccer
• Junior Kathleen Dean (Auburn, Maine/Saint Dominic Academy), field hockey
• Junior Ellie Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown), women's lacrosse
• Senior Katie Dzambo (Windermere, Fla./Bishop Moore), women's swimming & diving
• Junior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), softball
• Junior Gray Flanagan (West Burke, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), Alpine skiing
• Junior Lawton Jones (Williston, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), Alpine skiing
• Junior Faith Kosiba (Dunstable, Mass./Groton-Dunstable Regional), women's soccer
• Junior Rafael Kowal (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Plattsburgh/Alfred State), men's swimming & diving
• Junior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), women's ice hockey
• Junior Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), men's ice hockey
• Senior Moa Lundén (Stockholm, Sweden/Jämtlands Gymnasium Åre), Alpine skiing
• Junior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), men's ice hockey
• Junior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), men's basketball
• Junior Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), women's ice hockey
• Junior Gavin Nelson (Winona, Minn./Winona Senior), men's swimming & diving
• Junior Arianna Petta (Brookfield, Conn./Immaculate), women's swimming & diving
• Junior Connor Quirbach (Lowell, Mass./Chelmsford), men's swimming & diving
• Junior Silas Recica-Sullivan (Bakersfield, Vt./Twin City Thunder), men's ice hockey
• Junior Benjamin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), men's lacrosse
• Junior Bridget Shaw (Norwell, Mass./Norwell), women's soccer
• Junior Ashley Silveira (Seekonk, Mass./Seekonk), women's swimming & diving
• Junior Matti Tauriainen (Grapevine, Texas/Valley Jr. Warriors), men's ice hockey
• Senior Virginia Vogt (Ludwigsburg, Germany/Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium/Salem [W.Va.]), women's soccer
• Junior Livy Waranis (Narragansett, R.I./Narragansett), women's swimming & diving
• Junior Abbie Whitley (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry), women's lacrosse
• Junior Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals), men's ice hockey
• Junior Clara Wyatt (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman), Nordic 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 16 current student-athletes from previous induction classes have already claimed this additional honor:

• Senior Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), women's volleyball
• Senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), men's ice hockey
• Senior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), softball
• Senior Matthew Frawley (Melrose, Mass./Melrose), men's lacrosse
• Senior Margrethe Frøland (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), Alpine skiing
• Senior Sofie Gjetsund (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), Alpine skiing
• Senior Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez (Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame), women's volleyball
• Senior Nathalie Larsson (Gothenburg, Sweden/Sjölins Gymnasium/Morningside), women's soccer
• Senior Bernadette Lesieur (Oxford, Mass./Home Schooled), women's soccer
• Senior Pat McGloine (Schuylerville, N.Y./Schuylerville), men's cross country
• Senior Alessandro Pescina (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela/Colegio Loyola Gumilla), men's soccer
• Senior Izzy Quam (Stillwater, Minn./Mounds Park Academy), women's cross country and Nordic skiing
• Senior Abby Roman (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth), women's lacrosse
• Senior Angelina Ruiz (Independence, Minn./Gentry Academy), women's ice hockey
• Senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), men's lacrosse
• Senior Margaret Wilk (Hardyston, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional), women's swimming & diving

Saint Michael's is one of just six schools in the 11-college Northeast-10 Conference to claim membership in 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 497 schools in 47 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.