COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey May graduate Jackson Cole (Newark, Del./Vernal Oilers) became the sixth student-athlete from the College in seven years to earn a prestigious Sigma Beta Delta Scholarship, it was announced recently.
 
Cole was nominated by the College's Sigma Beta Delta chapter, as each chapter is permitted to put one student forth into the competitive national scholarship program. Sigma Beta Delta is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the fields of business, management and administration. Cole graduated magna cum laude as a business administration major with a minor in accounting. He has since started law school at Villanova University.
 
This marks the 11th consecutive year a Saint Michael's student earned a Sigma Beta Delta Scholarship, with Cole joining six other student-athletes on that list, each being recognized since 2017: men's ice hockey's Connor Mitchell '17 (2017), Alpine skiing's Kara Gailiunas '20 (2020), women's basketball's Nicole Anderson '22 (2021), women's lacrosse's Hannah Bishop '22 (2022), Alpine skiing's Berty Olsen '23 (2023) and women's swimming & diving's Rachel McAdams '24 (2024).
 
Cole was a regular Dean's List qualifier who owns membership in the Chi Alpha Sigma (college athlete) and Sigma Beta Delta (business, management and administration) honor societies. He landed a Northeast 10 Conference Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence upon graduating, qualified for the NE10 Academic Honor Roll for six semesters, and landed three Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Awards.