WATERVILLE, Maine --- Colby College had 36 student-athletes honored as the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Winter All-Academic Team was released by the league.

To be honored, a student-athlete must have reached junior academic standing and be a varsity letter winner with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.35.

Colby’s student-athletes honored include: senior men’s hockey player Matt Ahern (Melrose, Mass.), junior women’s basketball player Beth Bartley (Greenville, Maine), senior women’s indoor track athlete Erin Beasley (Lagrange, Maine), junior men’s hockey player Michael Belliveau (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia), junior men’s indoor track athlete Mike Bienkowski (Lexington, Mass.), junior women’s indoor track athlete Amanda Burgess (Auburn, Maine), senior women’s swimmer Courtney Chilcote (Pepper Pike, Ohio), junior women’s alpine skier Emily Colin (Santa Fe, N.M.), junior men’s basketball player Tim Concannon (Norwood, Mass.), junior women’s squash player Maddie Dufour (Harrison, N.Y.), junior women’s swimmer Alice Evans (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), senior women’s hockey player Colette Finley (Saint Paul, Minn.), senior women’s track athlete Devan FitzPatrick (Greenwich, Conn.), senior women’s indoor track athlete Abbie Frederick (North Attleboro, Mass.), junior women’s indoor track athlete Katrina Gravel (Peabody, Mass.), senior men’s squash player Steve Holt (Manchester, Mass.), junior men’s hockey player Jeoff Jarnot (Concord, N.H.), senior women’s track athlete Brianna Kondrat (Eaton, N.H.), junior women’s squash player Jessica Kravetz (Wellesley, Mass.), senior women’s swimmer Ruth Langton (Edgecomb, Maine), senior women’s indoor track athlete Jenny Lawrence (Lafayette, Calif.), junior women’s indoor track athlete Heather MacDonald (Norwell, Mass.), senior women’s indoor track athlete Jennifer MacDowell (Portland, Maine), senior men’s swimmer Evan McCulloch (Lilburn, Ga.), senior women’s hockey player Shelley Payne (Santa Fe, N.M.), senior women’s swimmer Maria Ramrath (Framingham, Mass.), senior men’s squash player Justin Russell (Amherst, Mass.), junior women’s indoor track athlete Jordan Schoonover (Los Alamos, N.M.), junior men’s basketball player Justin Sherman (Piedmont, Calif.), senior men’s basketball player Mac Simpson (Casco, Maine), junior men’s swimmer Kevin Smith (Westfield, N.J.), junior women’s squash player Samantha Smith (Locust Valley, N.Y.), junior men’s hockey player Jared Tepper (Monroe Township, N.J.), senior men’s swimmer Travis Townsend (Oakland, Calif.), senior men’s hockey player Greg Valenski (Massapequa Park, N.Y.), and senior women’s squash player Jess Vogel (West Hartford, Conn.).

Ahern, Beasley, Chilcote, Finley, Frederick, Kondrat, MacDowell, McCulloch, Payne, Ramrath, Russell, Simpson, Townsend, Valenski, and Vogel all made the team for the second straight year. Samantha Smith is the only Colby athlete to earn all-league, all-sportsmanship, and all-academic honors from the NESCAC.