MASCAC Winter Sportsmanship Teams Announced

WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Twenty-nine Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2020 Winter Sportsmanship Team.

The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, regardless of their overall performance or statistics for the season.

The sports that are represented on the winter team are men’s and women’s basketball, men’s ice hockey and men’s and women’s indoor track and field. A student-athlete from each institution is selected by their coach to be placed on the Sportsmanship Team.

Jump starting this year’s sportsmanship teams is men’s basketball. Mathew Romano of Bridgewater State, Anthony Diaz of Fitchburg State, Cameren McCloud-Thomas of Framingham State, Chris Becker of MCLA, Patrick Bugler of Salem State, Moody Bey of Westfield State and Erik Bjorn of Worcester State are the honorees.

For women’s basketball, Devon Tabor of Bridgewater State, Payton Holmes of Fitchburg State, Casey McAuliffe of Framingham State, Hannah Mazzeo of MCLA, Katie Wallace of Salem State, Alyssa Camara of Westfield State and Colleen Cutting of Worcester State earn sportsmanship team honors.

Earning on a spot the Men’s Ice Hockey Sportsmanship Team are Dean Zerby of Fitchburg State, Ryan Paul of Framingham State, Andreas Pettersson of Plymouth State, Jimmy Pelton of UMass Dartmouth, Brandon Wolfe of Salem State, Kameron Limburg of Westfield State and Nick Patullo of Worcester State.

Nathaniel Packer of Bridgewater State, Nick Sachetta of Fitchburg State, Riley Moore of Westfield State and Eddy Acuna of Worcester State are the Men’s Indoor Track and Field Sportsmanship Team award recipients.

Finishing out the winter sportsmanship team honorees is the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Team with Jessica Haywood of Bridgewater State, Megan Socha of Fitchburg State, Lauren Gilderdale of Westfield State and Brenda Thomas of Worcester State.

The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s oldest Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University. Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men’s ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as an affiliate member in football beginning in 2013.