PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A total of 53 Little East Conference (LEC) student-athletes across five programs have been named National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athletes for the recently completed 2025-26 academic year, it was announced by the organization Wednesday. 

To be eligible, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA for the 2025-26 academic year only, and the program’s head coach must be a dues-paying member of the organization. 

The LEC’s honorees are as follows.

Keene State College
Cainen Avery
Kalle Halvorsen
Kalee Keyser
Lily Mandel
Hailey Merrill
Abigail Monkevicz
Elyse Picard
Morgan Rodrigues
Megan Strzegowski
Abigial Weiterman

Plymouth State University
Emily Antrim
Emily Bessette
Mackenzie Bessette
Allison Cecere
Claire Deis
Gianna DiSpirito
Samantha Durrenberger
Mackenzie Griswold
Kiera Larson
Kennedy Michaud
Kennah Wright- Chapman
Eva Zuber

Rhode Island College
Brianna Bailey
Gabriella Cuhna
Alana Deluties
Sylvia Dempsey
Sydney Duclos
Jillian Guilfoyle
Noelle Simmons
Emma Wood

UMass Dartmouth
Brianna Fontes
Brielle Kenney
Olivia Matos
Sydney Menz
Nina O'Neil
RaeLynn Perregaux
Emma Talpey
Marilena Tsonis

Western Connecticut State University
Kendall Allen
Madison Anderson
Shaylee Bealey
Lindsay Farinaccio
Francesca Foster
Analise Hubert
Madison Mandra
Sophia Ochs
Grace Parkosewich
Deanna Reimo
Alexis Resto
Giulia Sciblia
Victoria Wiatrak