JULY 10, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

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TOP STORY
1. Shue Highlights Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Team

“Hope Shue, an attacker on the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team, headlines a group of outstanding student-athletes named to the 2025 DIII Academic All-America® at-large team selected by College Sports Communicators.

A senior from Dover, Mass., Shue graduated with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a perfect 4.00 GPA this spring. She helped Middlebury win the 2025 NCAA Division III national championship in lacrosse, the Panthers’ fourth consecutive NCAA crown. In 2025, Shue won her second IWLCA National Player and Attacker of the Year, and NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year awards. She was named the NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and was a member of the all-tournament squad for the third time. Shue ended her career as the program’s all-time leader in goals (306) and points (391).

The Division III at-large teams honored 45 student-athletes with eight members of the first team holding perfect 4.00 GPAs either as an undergraduate or a graduate student. A total of 19 of the 45 members have 4.00 GPAs. The 15-member first team has a 3.96 cumulative GPA. Lacrosse selections are listed below.

First Team

• Madeline Delaney, Tufts, Grad, 3.84/4.00, Tech Management & Leadership

• Libby Ford, Washington and Lee, Sr., 3.96, History & Sociology & Anthropology

• Bella Garabo, York (Pa.), Grad, 3.96/4.00, Strategic Leadership

• Zoe Kluegel, York (Pa.), Sr., 4.00, Civil Engineering

• Kat Munter, Colby, Sr., 4.00, Environmental Science

• Hope Shue, Middlebury, Sr., 4.00, Neuroscience

• Maura Smeader, William Smith, Sr., 4.00, History

• Lauren Sullivan, Stevens, Jr., 4.00, Biomedical Engineering

Second Team

• Maggie Carden, Tufts, Sr., 3.74, International Relations

• Audrey Harrington, Salisbury, Jr., 4.00, Exercise Science

• Julia Jardina, Colby, Sr., 3.94, Biology, Neuroscience, Spanish

Third Team

• Lily DePalma, RIT, Sr., 4.00, Biology

• Emma Hagg, Messiah, Sr., 3.97/4.00, Business Administration

• Brooke Sigmon, Sewanee, Sr., 4.00, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Spanish

» Complete Team

ACADEMICS
2. Tagliaferri, Waldbaum Headline Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Team

“Tufts’ midfielder Charlie Tagliaferri and defender Joey Waldbaum are the two men’s lacrosse players named to the 2025 DIII Academic All-America® at-large first team selected by College Sports Communicators.

Fifteen honorees on the Academic All-America® Division III at-large teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 15-man first team has an average GPA of 3.94, with the entire 46-man team combining for a collective 3.88 GPA. Lacrosse selections are listed below.

First Team

• Charlie Tagliaferri, Tufts, Sr., 3.77, Economics

• Joey Waldbaum, Tufts, Sr., 3.92, Biology

Second Team

• Michael Ayers, Tufts, Sr., 3.70, Finance

• Hillis Burns, Washington and Lee, Sr., 3.89, Business Administration & Mathematics

• Bryan Creamer, Stevens, Sr., 3.95, Business & Technology

• Mark Isabelle, Shenandoah, Grad, 4.00/4.00, Business Administration

• Thompson Lau, Amherst, Jr., 3.98, Neuroscience

• Joseph Perry, RPI, Sr., 3.85, Management

• Tyler Spano, Washington and Lee, So., 3.99, Business Administration

Third Team

• Billy McHugh, Illinois Wesleyan, Jr., 4.00, Economics

• Parker Merril, Tufts, Sr., 3.76, Biopsychology

• Sam Weinberg, Illinois Wesleyan, Sr., 3.83, Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience

» Complete Team

SCHOLARS
3. Colby’s Hennessey Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

“The NCAA has awarded $10,000 to 42 extraordinary student-athletes as part of its Postgraduate Scholarship program. These student-athletes, representing spring sports across all three NCAA divisions, have demonstrated remarkable academic achievements, athletic excellence and leadership within their communities.

Each year, the NCAA awards 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who have completed their final year of athletics competition. The scholarships are distributed three times annually — in the fall, winter and spring — providing 21 scholarships each to men and women per season. The award is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship aimed at funding graduate study at an accredited institution.”

Women's Lacrosse Awardee

• Elizabeth Hennessey, Colby, lacrosse

NEWS YOU CAN USE
4. Lightning Round ⚡️ 

» ROTC Closures. “Eighty-four college campuses, including 10 DIII members, will see changes to their Army ROTC programs, ranging from total closure to merging with a program at a neighboring institution, the U.S. Army announced late last month. Program changes will take effect in summer 2026.”

TRANSACTIONS
5. Comings and Goings 

ALFRED - Garrett McGowan named faculty athletics representative
ALMA - Addie Pastor named head women’s lacrosse coach
ATLANTIC EAST CONFERENCE - Rebecca Mullen named commissioner
BUFFALO STATE - Ashley Holdridge resigned as head women’s lacrosse coach
ELMIRA - Pat Sullivan named head men’s lacrosse coach
KING’S - Andy Orlowski named executive director of athletics
PLATTSBURGH STATE - Anna Bissell named head women’s lacrosse coach
ROANOKE - Grant Zimmerman named head men’s lacrosse coach
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION - Paige Ward named assistant commissioner
TUFTS - Ryan Pisarri named director of athletics
WITTENBERG - Daniel Shields named head women’s lacrosse coach
WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT - Katie Lindsley named head women’s lacrosse coach

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