CoSIDA Release

BOSTON – Jenni-Rose DiCecco made Suffolk women's basketball history as the first-ever Ram to earned CoSIDA Academic All-District distinction as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for her efforts on the court and in the classroom, the national organization announced.

The 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team recognized the top student-athletes for their combined performance in the athletic realm and in the classroom.

DiCecco was one of just five NCAA Division III regional honorees in District 1, which is comprised of member schools across Massachusetts and Maine. She is also the only representative of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) to receive the accolade. She is the first Ram to pick up the feat since cross country and track & field's Emily Manfra and Matyas Csiki-Fejer each did so last spring. With the addition of DiCecco, Suffolk Athletics has seen 19 student-ahtletes achieve the academic acknowledgement. For a full list of 2020-21 Women's Basketball CoSIDA Academic All-District honoress, click here. 

First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first, second, and third-team All-American distinctions will be selected later this month.

The Falmouth, Mass. native's senior campaign was limited to eight games due to the global pandemic, where DiCecco helped the Rams post a 7-1 record and was named to the D3Hoops.com All-East/Northeast Second-Team. The senior topped the blue-and-gold's team in many statistical categories, as she averaged 11.9 points, 5.6 assists, and 2.5 steals per outing. Her 7.4 rebounds a game were good for second on the squad.

Not only where her numbers top on the team and in the region, but her ability to set up scoring ranked in the top-25 in NCAA Division III this year. Her 5.6 assists per game was good for 14th, while her 2.25 assist to turnover ratio sat 22nd.

Throughout four seasons with the Rams, DiCecco has sealed her spot as one of the greatest to play inside the Ridgeway Building. It took only 62 contests for her to join the 1,000-point club, making her one of the youngest to do so in program history. She sits second all-time in the Rams Record books in scoring with 1,385 career points. The eight-game season in 2021 was enough to solidify her spot as the program's all-time leader in assists (408) and steals (226), marking the milestones in the same game on March 12, 2021 against Curry.  

DiCecco plans to take advantage of her fifth year of eligibility next year where the Rams are set to compete for the CCC crown for the first time. 

Academically, the Crime and Justice major brandished an impressive 3.67 GPA.