Seven Connecticut College Women’s Water Polo Athletes Earn Spots on 2025 New England Small College Athletic Conference Spring All-Academic Team

May 21, 2025

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Seven members of the Connecticut College women’s water polo team were among 154 Camels’ student-athletes to earn spots among the 1,700 selections to the 2025 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Spring All-Academic Team.

To be honored, an individual must have reached sophomore academic standing, and be in good standing in their sport with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 or equivalent on a 4.0 scale at the end of the 2024 fall academic semester. Transfers must have completed one year of study at an institution.

Maddie Baybeck (So., Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer), Meiling Bottan (Sr., Lexington, Mass./Lexington), Ainsley Cornwall (Jr., San Mateo, Calif./Aragon), Grace Isola (So., San Mateo, Calif./Aragon), Melia Lorch (Jr., Encinitas, Calif./San Dieguito Academy), Emma Luna (Jr., Wahiawa, Hawaii/Punahou School) and Anna Taylor (Jr., Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill) were among Connecticut’s 154 selections – marking the most by the Camels in the spring season over the 25-year history of the award. The Camels had representatives in all 10 eligible sports: women’s track & field (29), men’s track & field (27), women’s rowing (19), men’s lacrosse (21), women’s lacrosse (16), sailing (14), men’s tennis (eight), women’s water polo (seven), men’s rowing (seven) and women’s tennis (six).

Connecticut finished with a total of 406 NESCAC All-Academic selections for the 2024-25 academic year, the most ever in school history. The Camels picked up 112 selections during the fall and 140 for the winter.

Founded in 1971, the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) consists of 11 liberal arts colleges and has consistently reflected its commitment to the values of athletics and academic achievement. The member colleges of the conference are Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Connecticut College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, Trinity College, Tufts University, Wesleyan University and Williams College.