UT Leads Way in SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll

ORLANDO, Fla. - A total of 800 student-athletes were named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the Spring 2013 semester, which was announced Thursday by Commissioner Jay Jones. The University of Tampa accounted for 124 of the honorees.

A number of students, 117 in total, carried a perfect 4.00 GPA for the semester. UT had a total of 17 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 in the spring semester.

To be eligible for the Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post a minimum semester grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00. Participants in the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, women's rowing, baseball, softball, and men's and women's lacrosse were eligible for the honor roll.

Having won 84 national championships since the league was founded in 1975, the SSC's student-athletes have also proven to be successful in the classrooms. For the sixth consecutive year, the Sunshine State Conference led all 22 Division II conferences with an Academic Success Rate of 86 percent.

Click here to view a complete list of student-athletes named to the Spring Honor Roll.

Following is a list of University of Tampa student-athletes who were honored.

Baseball (16) - Matt Abramson, Zach Alvord, Ryan Brennan, Michael Calkins, Shawn Ferris, Zach Gawrych, Aaron Gerbasi, Jon Keller (4.0), Ryan Lowery, Eric Luksis, Sean O'Brien, Preston Packrall, Adam Pendleton, Quinn Pippin, Carlos Saade, Dan Zlotnick

Men's Basketball (1) - Vincent Cornu

Women's Basketball (6) - Juliana Cavallaro, Moriah Hodge, Nina Krstic, Melissa Levy, Catherine Matthews, Jenny Taptich

Men's Golf (8) - Helder Alves, Chris Clarke, Michael Franchi (4.0), Ricardo Garcia, Bobby Ray, Zach Schuster (4.0), Jason Steele, Myles Wharram

Women's Golf (5) - Fatin Amin, Brittany Bradshaw, Corrine Camp, Kara Flando (4.0), Alex Logan

Men's Lacrosse (28) - Mike Beckwith, Matt Bilak, Trevor Calleja, Eric Dance, A.J. DeSimone, Colin Donnelly, Andrew Failla, Nick Ferreiro, Joseph Fiorucci, Jasper Gantick, Greg Griffo, Kyle Hemrick, Marty Heyn, Dylan Kane, Connor Kennedy, James McAuliffe, Joey McMahan, Peter Moreno, Drew Mottschwiller, Brenton Ogle, Brian Patton, Blake Pfohl, Riley Piper, Robert Port, Cody Prizer, Bobby Silvestri, Mike Tyrrell, Douglas Weisbecker

Rowing (10) - Kristin Anderson, Melissa Ciesielski, Samantha Delle, Carley Donovan, Mary Lee Gibson, Bridget Hickey, Meagan Hoffman, Kelly Kaupinis, Megan Richardson, Rhianna Seferian

Softball (12) - Katie Bannon, Kayleen Boatwright, Chelsey Brooks, Meagan Burke, Allyssa Colletti, Kayla Cox, Brittany Garcia (4.0), Jenna Halper, Meagan Paul, Stacy Piagno (4.0), Erika Shick, Brie Walton

Men's Swimming (15) - Jordan Augier, Tyler Blackburn, Karl Burdis, Robert Cicchini, Max Coulls, Elias Dammann, Danny Duhig, David Humphrey, Kameron Kilpatrick, Jacob Mackey, Felipe Manzo, Scott Nocco (4.0), Jeremy Parker, Joshua Werner, Stephen Zieler

Women's Swimming (16) - Rikki Berk, Lisa Bero, Tiera Forsyth (4.0), Katie Gallimore, Emily Grams, Alexandria Greenhill (4.0), Alex Hipolito, Kristine Kassl (4.0), Alexa Kaufman, Briana Murphy, Allison Noe, Nicole Palmer, Erin Plachy (4.0), Lauren Richey, Hilary Stetekluh (4.0), Michelle Walcker (4.0)

Tennis (7) - Thashia Garcia (4.0), Kelsey Matthews, Jenelle Morgan, Lindsay Nochowicz (4.0), Chloe Pereira, Nikole Williams, Meg Wladimirski