Tampa Places 161 Student-Athletes on SSC Honor Roll

MELBOURNE, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference announced that 1,738 student-athletes have been named to the Spring 2021 Commissioner's Honor Roll presented by Barnes & Noble College.

The University of Tampa had a total of 161 student-athletes on the list, led by women's lacrosse and women's swimming each posting 28 players on the list. Additionally, a total of 35 Spartans registered a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester.

The announcement, made on Thursday, July 1, by Commissioner Ed Pasque, includes 353 student-athletes with a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the semester.

The 2021 numbers mark the second time in which the SSC has recognized over 1,700 student-athletes and 350 perfect grade-point averages on the Spring Honor Roll. The record of 1,819 SSC Spring Honor Roll recipients and 517 perfect grade-point averages was set in Spring 2020.

To be eligible for the Spring SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post a minimum 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, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, baseball, and softball are eligible for the spring honor roll.

Having won 113 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC's student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. Recently, the SSC achieved an Academic Success Rate of 86 percent for the tenth consecutive year.

Following is a list of University of Tampa student-athletes who were named to the SSC Honor Roll. Fall sports, including men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball, were announced following the fall 2020 semester.

Baseball (14) – James Angel, Nick Derr, Andrew Ehrhard (4.0), Christian Flint, Samuel Freitas (4.0), Adam Hunt, Kian Knutson, Jordan Leasure (4.0), Eric Linder, Zane Morrison, Braydon Nelson (4.0), Bo Weiss, Colton Widdows, Eric Zimmerman

Men's Basketball (3) – Justin Anderson, Jacob Harris, Zachary Simpson

Women's Basketball (7) – Erin Antosh, Silvia Ferreiros, Mya Giusto, Julia Ingram (4.0), Dorottya Nagy (4.0), Anna Popovic, Audrey Ramsey (4.0)

Men's Golf (4) – Calvin Holmes, Alexandre Mercier, Spencer Olson (4.0), Aadam Syed

Women's Golf (7) – Emilie Bjorge, Chloe Burdon, Sofia Cadavid Baron (4.0), Heather Kipniss, Emily Montagnino, Kiira Riihijarvi, Hallie Riley

Men's Lacrosse (27) – Ryan Badour, John Baldwin, Christian Borodiak, Christopher Ciesla, Ross Dickerson, Patrick Dooley, Christian Gardner, Shane Hanlon, Marley Heimert, Richard Holle, Calahan Kieley, Harry Kilkowski, Michael LaPoint, Michael Lucchesi (4.0), Owen Matukas, Jack Meyers, Owen Miller, Blake Munz (4.0), Sean Nizolek, Nicholas Perrot, Scott Phillips, Alexander Starr, Colby Therrien, Hayden Toth, Braeden Williams, Jack Wood, Bryan Wright

Women's Lacrosse (28) – Kayla Brennan, Hannah Bush, Riley Coleman, Cecilia Colombo, Gianna Colombo, Megan D'Antuono, Bella Fiaccone, O'Neill Galinson, Sarah Hinkle (4.0), Abigail Hope (4.0), Riley McGettigan, Emma McLoughlin, Lauren McNeill (4.0), Caitlin Miller (4.0), Olivia Mott, Elizabeth Pierpont, Alyssa Romano, Genie Santarpio, Alexa Scudillo (4.0), Abigail Selhorn, Paige Shortt, Erin Sistek, Kathleen Slachta (4.0), Natalie Spanhake, Bridget Sutter, Samantha VanBuren, Alexandra Walling, Danielle Waters

Rowing (9) – Kayla Bell (4.0), Rachel Byrne (4.0), Abbey Grau, Erin Hanson, Alyssa Huffman, Eliana Maheo (4.0), Rachel Soriano (4.0), Samantha Volkens, Erin Winslow

Softball (16) – Stephanie Balmer, Alissa Carfora, Alexandra Chevalier, Cristina Clauberg (4.0), Kate DeSimone, Lauren Fantone (4.0), Madison Farrell, Mariah Galhouse, Devin Hammonds, Emalee Jansen, Corynn Miner, Miranda Perez, Avery Perkins, Emily Proffitt, Alexa Russo, Abigail Siegel

Men's Swimming (12) – Winn Aung, Thomas Clark (4.0), Jared Fitzgerald, Christopher Hills, George Jabbour, Andreas Johnsen (4.0), Youssef Khowessah, Christy Moon, Ian Morgan, Angelo Russo, Grant Ruster (4.0), Marvin Slanschek

Women's Swimming (28) – Megan Arnold, Jessica Blanchard, Juliana Carey, Gabriella DeVirgilio, Anna Dzouenko, Megan Goldthorpe, Lindsey Grater (4.0), Isabella Haight (4.0), Erin Hixenbaugh, Kathryn Horan, Paige Hunt, Lindsey Keaton (4.0), Johanna Koether, Madelaine Lauger, Alexandria McFarland, Karolyn Merch (4.0), Maureen Moore, Anja Oca, Emily Pfeifer, Carlee Sanchez-Hegarty, Emily Schlosser (4.0), Courtney Sherwood, Jessie Tobin (4.0), Alexa Turco, Hana van Loock (4.0), Roma Vrijhof, Kristen Wagner, Lara Wiedemann

Tennis (6) – Amanda Baxter, Dakota Busch (4.0), Ekaterina Grib (4.0), Tatiana Harrelson, Nicoline Palmgren (4.0), Giulia Tatini, Kiara Tiozzo