Shrewsbury Native Honored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute​

From Worcester Polytechnic Institute:

WORCESTER, MA - Daniel Mortimer is one of six WPI student-athletes named to their sports inaugural NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team, as announced as part of the league's revamped postseason award program.

New to the conference this year, the NEWMAC has established an All-Sportsmanship Team for the 2016-17 Academic Year. The award is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the ideals of the NEWMAC and its Code of Conduct, regardless of his/her overall performance or statistics for the season.

Men's cross country was represented by senior Daniel Mortimer while junior Gina Capobianco was tabbed to represent the women's cross country team. Junior Izzy Garver earned the nod for field hockey as senior Brianna Parent was chosen for volleyball. Junior Jordan Finzel and senior Lindsay Schnieider took home the award for men's and women's soccer, respectively.

About Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 45 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

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