BRIDGEPORT, PA – The Siena Water Polo program was named recipients of the Team Academic Award and also received 12 All-Academic individual honors as announced by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) for distinguished achievement in the classroom for the 2023-2024 school year.
 
The Saints earned the Team Academic Award for holding a 3.32 cumulative GPA, which exceeded the threshold of 3.0 for a team's combined GPA to be honored.  The Green and Gold held a 3.37 spring term GPA as the program saw a pair of freshmen in Catherine Williamson and Rebecca Currie reach the "Outstanding" level for a GPA held between 3.71 and 4.0. 
 
Both Williamson and Currie achieved the perfect 4.0 GPA for their first year in the program. Williamson is studying Computer Science Entrepreneurship while Currie is majoring in Marketing. 
 
Individually, the program had athletes collect All-Academic Team honors for the 19^th time in the history of the award.
 
Six student-athletes in recent graduates Caroline Behr (3.51) and Sydney Arnold (3.50), junior Bianca Kennerley (3.61), sophomore Samantha Varrie (3.43) and freshmen Gaylynn Kirn (3.54) and Olivia Smith (3.45) all received "Superior" distinction for possessing a GPA between 3.41 and 3.7.
 
The recently graduated Mackenzie Russell (3.28), sophomores Parker Thomas (3.26) and Audrey Lacey (3.38) and freshman Lucia Caballero (3.38) all were named with "Excellent" status for holding a GPA between 3.2 and 3.4.