CoSIDA Academic All-America® Release | McMahon Academic All-District® Release
LEICESTER, Mass. – Becker College's senior Sport Management major and two-year baseball captain, Michael McMahon (Canton, Mass.), has been named to the 2020 Academic All-America® Division III Baseball Third Team, as selected by the College of Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA).
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program is the longest-running and most prestigious academic and athlete award for student-athletes.
McMahon is the second Hawk in the history of Becker College to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® team – joining baseball alumnus Todd Tompkins, who was honored with the Academic All-America® Division III baseball honors in 2012.
McMahon is among four of the 33 members of the 2020 Academic All-America® Division III baseball teams to have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA. The average of all the 33 student-athletes named to the three teams is a 3.78 GPA.
Additionally, McMahon is one of four student-athletes named to the list from the New England region, and the lone student-athlete on the list from the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC).
McMahon's accomplishments over the past four years with Becker College, both academically and athletically, are endless. He was the first-ever Becker College student-athlete to earn back-to-back CoSIDA Academic All-District® honors in 2019 and 2020. He also was the first Becker College student to receive both the Becker College President's and Dean's awards at commencement. More recently, he was named the New England Collegiate Conference Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year.
On the field, McMahon's senior year was cut short due to COVID-19, but played in 12 games this season, where he posted a team-best batting average of .429. He led the team with 35 at-bats, 15 hits, a .543 slugging percentage, and a .474 on-base percentage. He was named the Becker Athlete of the Week on March 16 for finishing the week with a .500 batting average, going 8-for-16 from the batter's box. In his final career doubleheader on March 12, he went 5-for-6 with one run, two RBI and a stolen base against Mount Saint Joseph. Later in the season, he was named to the NECC Sportsmanship Team.
McMahon finished his career at Becker College with a .311 batting average and a .388 on-base percentage. His career totals are: 164 at-bats, 27 runs, 51 hits, 12 doubles, one home run, 27 RBI, 13 walks, and five stolen bases. In the field, he concluded his career with a .933 fielding percentage.
Off the field, McMahon is an outstanding student-leader who has shined in the classroom and throughout the Becker community. He has been the President of Becker's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and is also an appointed member of the National SAAC, and this year was named to the NCAA Division III Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct. As a member of SAAC, McMahon has worked with Special Olympics in five different states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, California, and Indiana) and has helped run Becker's Annual National Student-Athlete Day Celebration over the past three years.
He has been twice-voted Becker College student of the year – in his freshman and junior years, and was a selected member of Becker's Leaders of Excellence and Athletic Pride group in his sophomore year. He was awarded Academic Achievement awards in his sophomore and junior years, and was also the recipient of the Sport Management Aspiring Scholar Award and named the 2019 Becker College Beaudoin Scholar in his junior year.
More recently, McMahon was awarded the President's & Dean's awards at virtual graduation. He also was the recipient of the John J. Dorsey Scholar Athlete Award, which was presented at the Becker Senior Awards Celebration this spring. Also during his senior year, he was a recipient of the 2019 Mechanics Hall Collegiate Apprentice Award at the Annual Celebration of Excellence and was named the NECC Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year.
McMahon is a member of three different honors societies: Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Chi, and Chi Alpha Sigma which is the National Student-Athlete honor society. He has been four-times been named to the NECC Spring All-Academic Team and has earned Dean's List honors every semester as a student.
McMahon is also very active in the community. He works as an athletic tutor, is a member of both the "Love Your Melon Crew" and Business Clubs on campus. This past fall, he interned with the athletic department, and has also worked with Campus Activities and Student Leadership on campus.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program is the longest-running and most prestigious academic and athlete award for student-athletes. The program receives 20,000 nominations yearly and selects 4,000 all-district and 1,500 All-America honorees each year. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program was established in 1952.
