For many student athletes, Northern Essex Community College is a stepping stone to four-year colleges and universities. This year is no exception. Ten members of the Northern Essex Community College’s championship baseball team—which was third in the nation— and one member of the men’s track team—which sent three athletes to the national competition— will be studying at four-year institutions this fall. Each will be playing his respective sport as well.

Baseball players will attend the following schools:
Keegan Pafford of Portsmouth, NH, the University of Rhode Island; Shane Beauchemin of Manchester, NH and Costas Tingas of Dracut, UMass Lowell; Domingo Cruz of Manchester, NH, Keene State; Matt Faia of Sandown, NH, either Plymouth State University or Keene State; Manny Cabral of Tewksbury, St Anselm’s; Mike Patane of Salem, NH, St Anselm College or Salem State University; John Faia of Sandown, NH, Plymouth State University; Fernando Hernandez of Methuen, Daniel Webster College; Sean Perkins of Billerica, undecided, and Corey Couillard of Pelham, NH, undecided.

Track star Anthony Giorgi of Sandown, NH, will attend the University of New Hampshire.

“We are very proud of our student athletes for their performance on the field and their success in the classroom,” says Susan MacAvoy, athletic director. “And I know they will excel at the four-year colleges and universities.”