LEC news release

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – With 12 student athletes, the Maine Maritime Academy women's and men's swimming & diving programs were well represented on the Little East Conference Winter 2024-25 All-Academic Team that was announced on Wednesday by the LEC office.

Here are the Maine Maritime honorees, including seven from the women's side and five on the men's:
 

Nick	Been	Marine Transportation Operations	Tacoma, Wash. (Sr.)
Oliver	Cox	Marine Systems Engineering (4-yr)	Washington, D.C. (Jr.)
John	Driscoll	Marine Systems Engineering (5-yr)	Newport News,Va. (So.)
Thomas	Murray	Marine Transportation Operations	Mechanicsburg, Pa. (Jr.)
Ponce	Saltysiak	Marine Transportation Operations	Bar Harbor, Maine (Sr.)
Rayelle	Brewer	Marine Biology/Small Vessel Operations	Cheyenne, Wyo. (Jr.)
Kylie	Cantlon	Marine Systems Engineering	Burke, Va. (Jr.)
Sage	Dentremont	Marine Transportation Operations	Tremont, Maine (Sr.)
Meadow	Hughes	Marine Transportation Operations	Rochester, N.Y. (Jr.)
Natasha	Kopeck	Coastal & Marine Environmental Science	Manchester Center, Vt. (Sr.)
Claire	MacDonald	Marine Transportation Operations	Southampton, N.Y. (So.)
Liza	Zhukov	International Business & Logistics	Barrington, R.I. (Sr.)

To be named the LEC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must be at least in sophomore standing in the classroom, have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or higher through the previous semester, and have been at their current institution for at least one full academic year.
 
The LEC's All-Academic Teams are announced following the conclusion of their respective championship seasons. In all, 342 student-athletes from four other LEC championship winter sports--men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track & field--earned their place with this award.

This is in addition to the LEC Academic Honor Roll that was released at the end of January in which 22 MMA representatives were named after obtaining a fall semester 3.00 GPA or better.