SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 6, 2025) – On Thursday, May 1, 2025, the WNE Athletics Department and Western New England University inducted 56 Golden Bear student-athletes from 17 sports into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society.
As the 2024-2025 academic calendar comes to a close, the Western New England University Athletics Department held its annual Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society induction ceremony on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in the Downes Athletic Hall of Fame room. The Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society inducts and sheds light on student-athletes who excel on and off the field. To be inducted, the student-athletes must maintain a 3.4 grade point average or above through their senior year. The candidates selected must be endorsed by the coach of their respective sports for displaying high leadership qualities and having good moral character. The 56 student-athletes inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society this year is just under the biggest class inducted for WNE (58), which was inducted last year, 2024.
This year's inductees include:
Baseball
- Zachary Drewry (Prospect, Conn.)
Softball
- Kimberly Baumann (Enfield, Conn.)
- Ava Blanchard (New Hartford, Conn.)
- Alexandra Ferriouolo (North Haven, Conn.)
- Gracie Hemstock (Cheshire, Conn.)
- Alyssa Poisson (Chelmsford, Mass.)
Field Hockey
- Amanda Burns (Attleboro, Mass.)
- Claire Cronin (Suffield, Conn.)
- Paige Remington (Suffield, Conn.)
- Zoey Wexler (Manchester, Conn.)
- Olyvia Whyte (Milford, Mass.)
Football
- Nicholas Barrett (North Andover, Mass.)
- Tyler Borwhat (Glenville, N.Y.)
- Daniel Coveno (Woburn, Mass.)
- Thomas Dion (Amherst, Mass.)
- Michael Dogostino (Atco, N.J.)
- Garison Emerson (Buxton, Maine)
- Maxwell Hundertmark (Medway, Mass.)
- Max Kupferschmid (Tolland, Conn.)
- Brady Lafferty (Southington, Conn.)
- Ryan Larson (Cumberland, R.I.)
- Rogan Wotherspoon (Wyoming, R.I.)
Women's Basketball
- Shaina Cooney (Montgomery, N.Y.)
- Caitlyn Hunt (Wallingford, Conn)
- Emma Kahn (Thomaston, Conn.)
- Abigail Marasco (Hooksett, N.H.)
- Emma Novajasky (Farmington, Conn.)
Men's Cross Country
- Nicholas Carlson (Middletown, Conn.)
Men's Golf
- Ryan Schlehuber (Billerica, Mass.)
Women's Ice Hockey
- Emma Birmingham (Enfield, Conn.)
- Brianne Dube (Lewiston, Maine)
Men's Ice Hockey
- Nolan Dawson (Airdrie, Alberta, Canada)
- Logan Palmer (West Winfield, N.Y.)
- Brayden Patricia (Stewartsville, N.J.)
- Justin Sullivan (Quincy, Mass.)
Women's Lacrosse
- Keegan McMahon* (Rocky Hill, Conn.) (Field Hockey)
- Megan Spedaliere (Ossining, N.Y.)
- Julia Weinert (Bethlehem, N.Y.)
Men's Soccer
- Christopher Jordan (Cromwell, Conn.)
- Samuel Riley (Ludlow, Mass.)
Women's Soccer
- Emily Chojnicki (Newington, Conn.)
- Emma French (Monroe, Conn.)
- Lindsay Reidy (Chicopee, Mass.)
Women's Swimming
- Alexa Adams (Windsor Locks, Conn.)
- Caitlin Hall (Inducted in 2024 but recognized in 2025) (Pittsfield, Mass.)
- Caitlin Guntly* (Chicopee, Mass.) (Women's Lacrosse)
- Amanda Pillard (Connecticut)
- Amanda Robinson (Woodbridge, Conn.)
Men's Tennis
- Nicholas Bayer (Bedford, N.H.)
- Brandon Greger (Bristol, Conn.)
- Thomas Roche (East Greenbush, N.Y.)
Women's Tennis
- Sydney Shepard (Windsor Locks, Conn.)
Men's Wrestling
- Peter Charnley (Concord, Mass.)
- Charlie Maloy (Pocono Summit, Pa)
Women's Volleyball
- Alyzza Alicea (Enfield, Conn.)
- Taylor Geist (Denver, N.C.)
* = Two-Sport Athlete
