PROVIDENCE – Smithfield’s Meghan Laflamme, who recently concluded her senior season on the Rhode Island College women’s swim team, and Scituate’s Madison Medbury, who was a junior guard on RIC’s nationally-ranked women’s basketball team, were two of 13 student-athletes from RIC who were named to the Little East Conference’s Winter All-Academic team.
Student-athletes earned recognition on the conference’s all-academic team by being at least a sophomore in academic and athletic standing and holding a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.3. Laflamme is a three-time All-Academic selection, and Medbury also received All-Academic honors last winter.
Laflamme, who graduated from Smithfield High in 2020 after helping the Sentinels’ swim team capture Division III championships in 2017 and ‘18, enjoyed a superb four-year career that saw her win the Anchorwomen’s MVP award as a sophomore, as she set program records that winter in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events.
At last month’s Little East Conference championship meet in Boston, Laflamme finished 10th in the 50-yard freestyle in 27.25 seconds, 11th in the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:53.98, and 14th in the 50-yard butterfly in 31.91 seconds.
Laflamme also helped the Anchorwomen’s 800-yard freestyle relay team take fifth place, the 200-yard medley relay team place sixth, and the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relay teams place seventh.
Medbury, who graduated from Scituate High in 2020 after scoring over 1,000 points for the girls’ basketball team and helping them win the Division II title her senior year, was also named the Anchorwomen’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row on Monday night at RIC’s Winter Sports Banquet at the Quonset ‘O’ Club in North Kingstown.
That was the latest honor for Medbury, who also received Second Team All-Region II and First-Team All-Little East honors, as well as Fourth-Team All-Region recognition by the New England Women’s Basketball Association (NEWBA).
The Most Outstanding Player of this year’s Little East’s tournament, Medbury played and started in all 30 of RIC’s games, averaging 8.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.2 steals per game. RIC captured its fourth straight Little East title and ended up with a program-best 29-1 record, with the loss coming in the sectional semifinals of the NCAA Division III Championships
Last winter, Medbury was named to the Little East’s All-Defensive Team in her first season as a starter, as she helped RIC reach the Final Four of the NCAA D-III Championships.
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