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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the third consecutive campaign, Suffolk softball had a bakers' dozen Rams receive Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete honors, the national organization unveiled. 

The 13 Rams were among the over 9,000 collegiate student-athletes across seven membership divisions to achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher in 2024-25.  

Suffolk has seen a program record-tying 13 honorees over the last three seasons. Overall, 51 Suffolk student-athletes have combined for 106 NFCA Scholar-Athlete awards since the blue-and-gold has seen an individual recognized with the feat since 2013-14. 

The 13 Rams hail from every academic class. Seniors Julia Newcomb and Diana Rucinski have received the recognition in each of their collegiate seasons with their fourth nods. Their classmates, Ashlyn Conley and Ella Turnbull, meanwhile, scooped up the accolade for the third time. Senior Lily Gustafson, junior Catherine Carignan, sophomores Julia Mills and Sara Butera were repeat honorees, while Giavanna Bellino, Avery Carvalho, Delaney Doidge, Gianna Missiti and Jolie Quintana took home the award for the first time. 

Suffolk was one of five Conference of New England (CNE) teams to have players featured on the academic award list. The Rams had 13 recipients, the second-most behind Hartford's 19. Wentworth and Western New England saw 11 student-athletes apiece receive the recognition and Roger William was represented by 10. 

Team wise, the Rams assembled a team GPA of 3.607, which is the 57th-best in NCAA Division III in 2024-25. Suffolk is the of four CNE programs to be featured in the Division III top 100 in team GPA behind Hartford (36th – 3.680) and n front of Western New England (65th – 3.590) and Nichols (100th – 3.430). It is the fourth straight season and 10th time overall the blue-and-gold was featured in the top 100 GPAs.