Academic Excellence

163 Blue Raider Athletes Earn Dean’s List Honors for Spring 2024

The Student-Athlete Enhancement Center announces 163 Blue Raiders to earn Dean’s List honors for their academic effort during the spring semester. 64 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0. The Dean’s List requires a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Football led all teams with 32 student-athletes, baseball had 19, soccer had 18, and softball 15. Overall, 253 out of 364 student-athletes had a 3.0 or higher (70%).

Baseball (19)

Luke Earnhardt (4.0), Jackson Galloway, Justin Goldstein, Brady Holloway, Will Jenkins, Turner Junkins, Colin Kerrigan, Caleb Peterson, Brett Rogers, Briggs Rutter, James Sells, Walker Shaw, Eston Snider (4.0), Grant Snider (4.0), Kato Sots (4.0), Jared Vetetoe (4.0), Luke Vinson (4.0), Brett Vondohlen, and Jalen Wirtz

Men’s Basketball (2)

Jacob Johnson (4.0) and Isiah Lightsy

Women’s Basketball (5)

Gracie Dodgen (4.0), Jalynn Gregory, Sifa Ineza, Dora Van Rijs (4.0), and Savannah Wheeler (4.0)

Football (32)

Brian Brewton, Brody Butler (4.0), Grant Chadwick (4.0), Ethan Crite, Devyn Curtis, Jalen Davis (4.0), James Douglas, Sam Driggers, Elijah Ealey, Tyrece Edwards, Ethan Ellis (4.0), Jayce Gardner, Layden Grant, ZaBrien Hardin, Jacob Jackson, Markel James, Jackson Judge (4.0), Wilson Kelly, Jackson Lowe, Kyle Lowe, Jekail Middlebrook, James Monds III, Marvae Myers, Zeke Rankin, Jalen Rayam, Luther Richesson, Jayden Satterfield, Morgan Scott, Nash Stidham, Trey Turk, Nicholas Vattiato, and Shakai Woods

Men’s Golf (6)

Gavin Clements (4.0), Kevin Jegers, Carter Maneth, Luke Perkins (4.0), Owen Stamper, and Markus Varjun

Women’s Golf (7)

Molly Bebelaar, Jillian Bowman, Lanie Campbell, Lauren Gilchrist (4.0), Nicole Johnson (4.0), Abbie Lee (4.0), and Kendall Maynard (4.0)

Men’s Track & Field/CC (10)

Jackson Burns, Zachary Byrum, Simon Cooksey, Ethan Crite, Quinn DeGuira, Joel Iheakolam, Ben Jones (4.0), Brian Kiptoo, Juan Lucas, and Michael Mendonca

Women’s Track & Field/CC (10)

Hailee Gorham (4.0), Ruth Kimaiyo, Anaiya Midget (4.0), Faith Nyathi, Laura Odivwri, Viktoria Rusnakova (4.0), Purity Sanga, Brooke Studnicki (4.0), Sara Tompkins (4.0), and Eleanor Towe (4.0)

Soccer (18)

Calais Butts (4.0), Megan Carroll, Eleanor Gough, Idun Kvaale (4.0), Manon Lebargy (4.0), Caroline Manley (4.0), Emily McGrain, Hannah Murphy (4.0), Sascha Nielsen (4.0), Olivia Norton, Olivia Ouzounidis (4.0), Emma Pettersen (4.0), Jackie Reilly (4.0), Ruby Ryan, Gabriela Shegota, Elizabeth Slavinsky (4.0), Hannah Suder (4.0), and Yana Yordanova

Softball (15)

Savannah Behabetz (4.0), Ansley Blevins (4.0), Shelby Echols, Jesyne Espinal (4.0), Julia Garcia, Riley Gilmore, Amaya Harris, Anyce Harvey, Ashlee Jacoway, Mary Martinez, Lexi Medlock, Keri Munn, Shelby Sargent (4.0), Ava Tepe, and Claire Woods

Men’s Tennis (7)

Karim Al-Amin, Javier Cueto Ramos, Ondrej Horak, Leo Raquin, Demis Taramonlis, and Kristian Thomas

Women’s Tennis (8)

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

Volleyball (10)

Chen Abramovich (4.0), Alivia Bronner (4.0), Taylor Eisert (4.0), Laure Jansen, Marie Lowell, Trae McCutchan, Melisa Temiz, Kaylee Oscarson (4.0), Adri Rhoda, Andi Spies (4.0)

Women’s Golf Takes GPA Honors for Spring 2024

Women’s golf led all teams by earning a 3.721 GPA for the Spring 2024 semester. Honorable mention goes to women’s tennis (3.701 GPA), soccer (3.636 GPA), men’s tennis (3.607 GPA), and volleyball (3.576 GPA). Overall, 13 of 15 teams had a semester team GPA of 3.0 or higher including men’s golf, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s track & field, softball, women’s basketball, and baseball.