{"id":26768,"date":"2020-05-19T22:34:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T02:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2020\/05\/20\/necc-2020-graduate-profile\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:50:08","slug":"necc-2020-graduate-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/05\/19\/necc-2020-graduate-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC 2020 Graduate : Mike Stellato"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22767\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/05\/mike-stellato-e1590000209410.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22767\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22767\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/05\/mike-stellato-e1590000209410-300x253.png\" alt=\"Student Athlete Mike Stellato standng in front of the NECC Sport a nd Fitness Center sign.\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Stellato<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: Mike Stellato<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major<\/strong>: Business Transfer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown<\/strong>: Lynnfield<\/p>\n<p><strong>GPA<\/strong>: 3.9<\/p>\n<p><strong>High School and year of graduation:<\/strong> Lynnfield High School &#8217;17<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you attend another college or university prior to enrolling at NECC? <\/strong>I attended Endicott College\/Salem State for a semester.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What brought you to\u00a0 Northern Essex?<\/strong> I came to NECC for the opportunity to further my baseball career after shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you chose your major?<\/strong> I chose my major because I planned to earn my associate degree and then transfer to a four-year school and earn a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business finance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you participate in any extracurricular activities?<\/strong> I was a member of Phi Theta Kappa (business honors society) and captain of the NECC Knights baseball team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you planning for fall 2020? <\/strong>In the fall of 2020, I will continue my academic and baseball career at Bryant University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you appreciate most about NECC?<\/strong> I appreciated the opportunity to better myself as a student, athlete, and overall person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was there a faculty or staff member who was especially helpful?<\/strong> <strong>If yes, how did they help you? <\/strong>Amy Joyall, my academic coach, was definitely the most influential person on campus who helped me achieve my goals. She was always there for me when I needed it the most and was constantly motivating me to be my best self in the classroom and on the field. She would constantly communicate with me to see if I needed any help on assignments and was there for me when I was choosing my next school to attend. She truly made my time at NECC more enjoyable and could always put a smile on my face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What surprised you most about NECC? <\/strong>What surprised me most about NECC was how welcoming members of the faculty were, and how diverse it was as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give an incoming NECC freshman? <\/strong>I would advise any incoming freshman to use their time at NECC wisely; with the right mindset and work ethic you can achieve whatever you want to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would people be surprised to know about you? <\/strong>I think people would be surprised to know that before I enrolled at NECC, I attended a Division 3 school for baseball and was cut during tryouts. After getting surgery on my shoulder, I made it a goal to silence all doubt and better myself. After getting an opportunity at NECC to do just so, I worked hard everyday on and off the field and achieved a long-time goal of receiving a Division 1 Baseball Scholarship. I couldn&#8217;t have done it without the help of Coach Mejia, and NECC as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you long term career\/education plans? <\/strong>My ultimate long-term goal is to play professional baseball, wherever that may be. However, once the days of baseball end, I would love to start my own business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Stellato Starte at another college, but he earned his degree at NECC and glad he did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":26770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NECC 2020 Graduate : Mike Stellato - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/05\/19\/necc-2020-graduate-profile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NECC 2020 Graduate : Mike Stellato - 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