Academic Excellence

154 Blue Raider Athletes Earn Dean’s List Honors for Fall 2024

The Student-Athlete Enhancement Center announces 154 Blue Raiders to earn Dean’s List honors for their academic effort during the fall semester. 62 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0. The Dean’s List requires a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Football led all teams with 29 student-athletes, soccer had 22, baseball had 20, and softball 13. Overall, 257 out of 377 student-athletes had a 3.0 or higher (68%).  

Baseball (20)

Ollie Akens, Logan Bingham, Landen Burch, Cooper Clapp, Calvin Cook, Jack Fortner, Andrew Horn (4.0), Will Jenkins, Hayden Jones, Jaxon Junnila, Colin Kerrigan, Brennan Mealer, Hayden Miller, Tyler Minnick (4.0), Braeden Purser-Eber (4.0), Brett Rogers, Walker Shaw, Eston Snider (4.0), Grant Snider (4.0), and Jalen Wirtz

Men’s Basketball (4)

Justin Bufford, Jacob Johnson, Chris Loofe, and Alec Oglesby

Women’s Basketball (8)

Alena Arike, Courtney Blakely, Anastaiia Boldyreva, Gracie Dodgen (4.0), Jalynn Gregory (4.0), Ana Milanovic, Emily Monson, and Dora Van Rijs (4.0)

Football (29)

Zach Benedict, Brody Benke, Brody Butler (4.0), Elijah Carney (4.0), Grant Chadwick, Austin Clemons (4.0), Devyn Curtis, Sam Driggers (4.0), Elijah Ealey, Jayce Gardner, Henry Hamlin, ZaBrien Harden, Brendon Harris, Ryan Hoerstkamp (4.0), John Howse IV (4.0), Parker Hughes, Wyatt Joyce, Christopher Kaup, Cam’ron Lacy, Malik Love, Sawyer Lovvorn, Ayden Merrihew (4.0), James Monds III (4.0), Evan Poticher, Luther Richesson, Tiyyan Robinson (4.0), Hayes Sutton, Trey Turk, and Nicholas Vattiato

Men’s Golf (8)

Joseph Agee, Charles Bell (4.0), Carter Maneth, Luke Perkins (4.0), Owen Queener (4.0), Markus Varjun, Theodore Whitfield (4.0), and Jaden Zimmer

Women’s Golf (4)

Jillian Bowman (4.0), Abigail Lee (4.0), Ella Ives-Manley, and Kendall Maynard

Men’s Track & Field/CC (9)

Jackson Burns, Lukas Byrum, Joel Iheakolam (4.0), Ben Jones (4.0), Juan Lucas (4.0), Elijah Northcross, John Sherman (4.0), Jason Smallwood, and Abraham Valenzuela

Women’s Track & Field/CC (12)

Agnes Chepkurui, Ariana Flippen, Hailee Gorham (4.0), Nancy Maiyo, Pamela Milano, Faith Nyathi, Laura Odivwri, Madison Rooker, Laila Rudolph (4.0), Viktoria Rusnakova (4.0), Sara Tompkins (4.0), and Eleanor Towe

Soccer (22)

Dylan Barnes, Emma Brown, Calais Butts (4.0), Allison Carroll (4.0), Megan Carroll, Ryan Colton, Alexis Dendis, Alexandra Draper (4.0), Jessica Gray (4.0), Demi Gronauer (4.0), Kadence Krempges, Idun Kvaale, Manon Lebargy (4.0), Emily McGrain (4.0), Hannah Murphy, Sascha Nielsen, Gabriela Shegota, Mackenzie Shores, Lauren Spaanstra, Sadie Sterbenz, Delaney Thomas (4.0), and Yana Yordanova

Softball (13)

Leila Ammon, Ansley Blevins (4.0), Kennedy Chatman, Addy Edgmon, Jesyne Espinal (4.0), Julia Garcia, Mary Martinez, Lexi Medlock, Dimitra Milonopoulos (4.0), Zoe Milonopoulos (4.0), Jana Want (4.0), Emmaline Whitt, and Claire Woods (4.0)

Men’s Tennis (5)

Karim Al-Amin (4.0), Rostislav Halfinger, Ondrej Horak (4.0), Jakub Kroslak (4.0), and Igor Mandou Berranger

Women’s Tennis (8)

Rutuja Chaphalkar (4.0), Cassidy Mataia, Lena Peyer (4.0), Hrudaya Shah (4.0), Ilaria Sposetti (4.0), Eloise Swarbrick (4.0), Cara Szilasi, and Alessia Truden (4.0)

Volleyball (4)

Kiera Booth, Alivia Bronner, Marie Lowell (4.0), and Trae McCutchan (4.0)

Women’s Tennis Takes GPA Honors for Fall 2024

Women’s tennis led all teams by earning a 3.744 GPA for the Fall 2024 semester. Honorable mention goes to men’s golf (3.623 GPA), soccer (3.559 GPA), men’s tennis (3.548 GPA), and softball (3.527 GPA). Overall, 14 of 15 teams had a semester team GPA of 3.0 or higher.