SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll Announces 244 Tampa Student-Athletes

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference recognized 2,254 student-athletes named on the Spring 2025 Commissioner's Honor Roll, including a total of 244 student-athletes from the University of Tampa. The announcement, was made on Tuesday, June 24, by Acting Commissioner Maryanne Simkulak, includes 521 student-athletes with a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the semester.

The University of Tampa had members of 15 teams represented, coming from winter and spring competition. Fall student-athletes from cross country, soccer and volleyball were honored at the conclusion of the fall semester. Leading the way for the Spartans were the men's and women's lacrosse teams, which each had 32 student-athletes on the Honor Roll. A total of 58 UT student-athletes post a perfect 4.0 GPA in the spring semester.

The number of 2025 honorees breaks the previous record of 1,833 student-athletes named to the 2024 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll. This year's numbers mark the sixth time the SSC has recognized over 350 perfect grade-point averages on the Spring Honor Roll, besting the previous record of 517 perfect grade-point averages set in 2020.

Student-athletes must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00 to be eligible for the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Participants in the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, women's beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's outdoor track, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, baseball, and softball are eligible for the spring honor roll.

Having won 135 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, including a league-high eight in 2024-25, SSC student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. SSC student-athletes recently achieved an NCAA Division II record 90-percent Academic Success Rate (ASR) following the 2023-24 academic year. The SSC ranks first among NCAA Division II conferences in ASR and has never fallen below second in the metric's 18-year history.

Spartans on the SSC Honor Roll

Baseball (14) – Ethan Brown, Jacob Fletcher, Matthew Fogel, Santiago Garavito (4.0), Skylar Gonzalez (4.0), Jhoander Irigoyen, Kevin Karstetter, Dennis McCaffery, Tobin Moran, Nico Saladino (4.0), Jake Turer, Logan Wash (4.0), Jordan Williams, Brayden Woodburn

Men's Basketball (8) – Ryan Blount, Kaden Froebe (4.0), De'Andre Harvey, Drew Knuppel, Trey Lane, Tyson Leitao (4.0), Grady Schwartz (4.0), Isaiah Young

Women's Basketball (10) – Brooklynn Butler (4.0), Olivia Davis, Vivianne Jende, Marissa McDonald (4.0), Giorgia Palmieri, Camryn Patterson, Zoe Piller, Audrey Ramsey, Sarianna Rodriguez, Kath van Bennekom  (4.0)

Beach Volleyball (18) - Anna Bayes, Taylor Bedinghaus, Brooke Dow, Kyla Dow (4.0), Lauren Duke, Meagan Faubel, Brooke Green, Madison Hankins, Madelynn Hokanson, Haylee Hopman, Samantha Ostrander, Mary Oswald, Hailey Peterson (4.0), Elizabeth Price, Isabella Rosillo, Hailey Wolfe (4.0), Nevaeh Wolfe (4.0), Madison Wood (4.0)

Men's Golf (6) – Johnathan Garbely, Kyle Honer, Linus Landahl, Rocco Lopez, Louis Galvin, Alejandro Quintero

Women's Golf (5) – Justine Bayle, Maxime Holletschek, Ana Maria Jimenez Rios, Maria Mora Adrover, Kelly Shanahan

Men's Lacrosse (32) – Benjamin Anton, Desi Arrup, Gavin Bomstad, Anthony Borodiak, Aidan Cassara, Keegan Dombrowsky, Edward Ellefson, Michael Flores (4.0), Carson Fuchs, Evan Gibbs (4.0), Samuel Gotham (4.0), Grant Green, Jeffrey Huntington, Gavin Iley, Zachary Johnson, Rex Kesselring, Davis Lindsey, Connor Mcdonough, Thomas Ortega, Matteo Pavan, Devon Rasmus, Dominic Rottura, Charlie Ruoss, Ronan Sanchez, John Spears, Kevin Stiff, Connerly Stone, Connor Theriault (4.0), Matthew Vara, Aidan Wagner, John Ware, Brayden Ziegler

Women's Lacrosse (32) – Alexis Abe, Paige Borkowski, Payton Boteler, Josephine Bullock, Cassidy Burdette, Kaitlin Cloyd, Jillian Cobaugh, Jamie Demert, Katherine DeShan, MaKenzie Eakins, Sarah Engle (4.0), Chole Gibson (4.0), Peyton Howell, Alison Hoyt, Olivia Jacinto, Grace Lichtenberger, Isabel McGarvey, Liana Merlo, Mekelsey Montgomery, Jenna Myhal, Sara Novak, Mary Person, Kaitlin Price, Miranda Ricciardi, Brooke Robinson, Christina Sato, Sarah Scott, Molly Shapiro (4.0), Madeline Szyluk, Kyli Warnkin, Alexa Waters (4.0), Audrey Wisdom (4.0)

Rowing (24) – Kayli Antons, Paige Boguniecki, Lillian Cavanagh (4.0), Kaitlyn D'Amico, Sofia Daddona, Rachel Dewey, Kiersten Dupriest (4.0), Meghan Evans (4.0), Lily Fridl (4.0), Abby Gedville, Breeana Horvatin, Olivia Ice, Christina Kilduff (4.0), Jenna Manning, Eve Mundok, Taylor Nagel (4.0), Paige Rockwood (4.0), Rowan Shanahan (4.0), Salem Tillman Rodriguez (4.0), McKenna VanOveren (4.0), Sarah Voss (4.0), Kaitlyn Wagner, Malina Wandtke, Bliss Weiler

Softball (20) – Bella Campbell, Mckenna Demartino (4.0), Kate DeSimone (4.0), Lauren Fantone (4.0), Olivia Feldman, Mariah Galhouse (4.0), Devin Hammonds, Lilly Kiester, Kinnah Kreidler, Gwendolen McGinnis, Ava Ramirez (4.0), Makenzie Reynolds, Emma Sic, Calleigh Sisk, Kylie Siwek, Abigail Sulte, Joey Trawick, Dacie Watterson, Kelsey Winters (4.0), Hannah Yetter

Men's Swimming (16) – Jared Allison, Caleb Brandon, Benjamin Castro, Diego Dulieu (4.0), Brady Farren, Barnabas Fluck (4.0), Jacob Hamlin, Connor Lowery, Jared Mindek, Ian Morgan, Benjamin Parsons, Richard Polasek, Rafael Ponce de Leon (4.0), Oliver Pope, Gabriel Rzezwicki, Tibor Tistan

Women's Swimming (19) – Burlingtyn Bokos, Cameron Dukat, Sophia Frece, Sierra Gillan (4.0), Isabella Haight (4.0), Darcy Highmore, Laura Hodgson (4.0), Bailey Kaiser (4.0), Julia Kiley, Lindsey Louder, Kimberly McCaffrey, Sidni Meister, Tilde Morin (4.0), Emma Panaroni (4.0), Brooke Punnewaert, Katelyn Ramsey, Carlie Tyler (4.0), Holly Wessel (4.0), Morgan Wimberly (4.0)

Tennis (5) – Alexandra Chebli (4.0), Regina Davalos (4.0), Rebecca Presley (4.0), Victoria Sanchez, Tal Zinn

Men's Track (16) - Aidan Barich, Nikko Bedford, Samuel Buytaert, Antonio Colon, Samuel Deweerdt, Aaron Engelhardt, Ayden Estevez, Max Faught, Kyle Friend, Calvin Jordan, Jacob Khashou, Parker Malmgren, Rory Olsen, Marcial Pina Martinez, Hayden Reich, Luca Rius

Women's Track (19) - Campbell Caldwell, Katelin Carter (4.0), Brooke Gable, Chloe Green, Taylor Guthrie, Olivia Harp, Jessica Hernandez, Lillian Hicks (4.0), Lindsey Kownick, Emily Kriney, Kendra Krueger, Blair Lobdell, Tatum Lunsford (4.0), Molly Morris, Allison Murphy, Isabella Noreika, Emma Skinner (4.0), Anna Thomas, Elizabeth York