Jess Wilson receives 2015 NESCAC Fall All-Academic honors

2015 Dec 15

Jess Wilson, a member of the women's cross country team at Bates College, received New England Small College Athletic Conference All-Academic distinction for the fall 2015 season. To receive NESCAC All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore academic standing and be a varsity letter with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.35.

Wilson, the daughter of James T. Wilson of North Yarmouth, Maine and Julie B. Hanlon of Cumberland, Maine, is a 2013 graduate of Greely High School. She majors in environmental studies at Bates.

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.