BOSTON, Mass. (March 4, 2026) – Emerson College senior guard Bri Frongillo has been named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Athlete of the Year in women's basketball for the second-straight year and has also collected All-NEWMAC first team accolades for the third-straight season as selected by the NEWMAC's 12 head coaches the league announced today.
The first Emerson student-athlete in program history to earn NEWMAC Athlete of the Year accolades as a junior, Frongillo repeats the honor and is the first three-time All-NEWMAC first team selection in program history as well. She gives Emerson eight All-NEWMAC selections since joining the Conference in 2013, including the fourth first team pick. She is just the second three-time All-NEWMAC selection in program history, joining Charlie Boyle, '19 who collected a pair of second team awards along with first team honors in 2019. Frongillo is the program's 22nd All-Conference selection all-time dating back through its time in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
Frongillo earns NEWMAC Athlete of the Year honors for the second-straight year with her third-straight All-NEWMAC first team pick after a record setting career for the Lions. (PHOTO BY Jim Pierce Sports Photography) |
Frongillo, a two-time New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Athlete of the Week this season was named a preseason All-American by D3Hoops.com. She started 19 of the 20 games she has played since joining the team after completing a first semester internship on the West Coast. She ranks third among NEWMAC scoring leaders with her team-best 19.0 points per game on 42.3 -percent shooting (2nd NEWMAC), including 40.2-percent (47-for-117) from three-point distance (4th), while shooting a NEWMAC-best 90.3% (56-62) from the free-throw line to rank fourth nationally in Division III. Frongillo averages 2.4 three-point field goals per game (3rd), 3.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists (3rd) and 1.4 steals per game in a NEWMAC-high 38.3 minutes per contest (12th nationally).
Frongillo scored in double-figures in 17 of 20 games played this season, with 20-plus points in seven games and three 30-point outings. She has led the Lions in scoring 15 of the 20 games she has played this season and 50 times in her career overall. Frongillo's 379 points scored this season is good for seventh on the program's single-season list, having scored a program-best 499 points as a sophomore.
Frongillo finished her career as Emerson's career leader in scoring (1,305 points), scoring average (20.4 ppg), assists (276), assists per game (4.3) and free-throw percentage (.871), while ranking third in career three-point percentage (.380) and fourth in career three-point field goals (146) and field goal percentage (.445). An honorable mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) as a junior, she scored 1,361 collegiate points, including her 56 as a first year at Division I Bryant University, having also totaled 256 rebounds, 286 assists and 87 steals in her 76 career games played over four years.
Frongillo, a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District and two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference performer, has scored in double figures in 61 of the 76 games she has played in her collegiate career. She has recorded four career double-doubles – all with points and assists, including 26 points and a season-high ten assists at Coast Guard on February 7 – netting 20-plus points 33 times in her career, including 30-plus points eight times with a pair of 40-point games. She netted a career-high 44 points with a career-best 12 assists in a win over Coast Guard in January 2025.
Emerson capped its season with a 14-12 record overall, including 5-6 in the NEWMAC to finish tied for seventh in the regular season standings and earn a spot in the Conference Tournament for the second-straight year and seventh time since joining the NEWMAC.
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