Saint Michael’s sophomore David Ciancio was introduced as the winner of the Northeast-10 Conference Elite 24 Award on Saturday following his team’s NE10 championship title game at Saint Anselm.
The Elite 24 Award honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at a finals site.
A business administration and accounting double major, Ciancio holds a 3.867 GPA. He is the second Saint Michael’s student-athlete to land Elite 24 since it was established for the 2018-19 school year.
In two seasons on the Purple Knight blue line, Ciancio has eight goals, 17 assists and 70 blocks in 46 games, going plus-9. He turned in career highs nearly across the board this season, with five goals, 12 helpers and a team-high 49 blocks. Ciancio finished plus-3.
He has landed on the NE10 academic honor roll each semester.