Bates student Hannah Beinecke receives fall 2013 NESCAC All-Academic honors

2014 Jan 27

Bates student Hannah Beinecke, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beinecke of Manchester, Mass., received New England Small College Athletic Conference All-Academic distinction for the fall 2013 season. To receive NESCAC All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore academic standing and be a varsity letter winner with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.35.

A 2012 graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., Beinecke is a member of the field hockey team at Bates.

"Bates is fully committed to the student-athlete ideal, and we are very proud of the achievements -- in the classroom, in the community and on the field -- of our student-athletes who have received NESCAC fall 2013 All-Academic distinction," said Kevin McHugh, director of athletics at Bates.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.