137 Blue Raider Athletes Earn Dean’s List Honors for Spring 2023

The Student-Athlete Enhancement Center announces 137 Blue Raiders to earn Dean's List honors for their academic effort during the spring semester. 44 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0. The Dean's List requires a GPA of 3.5 or better. Baseball and soccer led all teams with 20 student-athletes each, football had 18, softball had 16, and volleyball had 12. Overall, 201 out of 326 student-athletes had a 3.0 or higher (62%).  

Baseball (20)

Gino Avros (4.0), Jeremiah Boyd (4.0), Jake Cothran, Jackson Galloway, Justin Goldstein, Jaden Hamm (4.0), Gabe Jennings, Tanner Jones, Tyler Jones, JT Mabry, Kenny McKinley, Tatsunori Negishi, Kota Sato, Eston Snider, Jackson Underwood, Jared Vetetoe (4.0), Brett Vondohlen, Jacob Williams (4.0), Jalen Wirtz, and DJ Wright

Men’s Basketball (2)

Justin Bufford, and Tre Green

Women’s Basketball (6)

Gracie Dodgen (4.0), Jalynn Gregory, Gracie Hamby, Meioshe Mason, Lanae Riley, and Savannah Wheeler

Football (18)

Jordan Branch, Sam Brumfield (4.0), Brody Butler, Justus Chadwick, Braxton Course, Devyn Curtis (4.0), Tyler Falvey (4.0), Stone Frost (4.0), Connor Griffin, Ren Hefley (4.0), Chris Johnson, Scott Payne (4.0), Julius Pierce, Nash Stidham, Jeremy Tate, Trenton Taylor-Ricker (4.0), Miles Tillman, and Nicholas Vattiato (4.0)

Men’s Golf (5)

Gavin Clements, Kevin Jegers, Carter Maneth (4.0), Sheldon McKnight, and Luke Perkins

Women’s Golf (7)

Molly Bebelaar (4.0), Catherine Caudill (4.0), Taylor Edlin, Lauren Gilchrist. Abbie Lee (4.0), Kendall Maynard (4.0), and Kyndall Shamblin

Men’s Track & Field/CC (8)

Lukas Byrum, Zachary Byrum, Carmelo Cannizzaro, Stephen Eloji, Justin Eugene, Habtamu Geta,  Chris Morris, and Benjamin Onyekwelu

Women’s Track & Field/CC (5)

Akera Benton, Agnes Chepkurui, Joice Jebor, Anaiya Midget, and Purity Sanga (4.0)

Soccer (20)

Lainey Callis, Gentry Davis, Jennifer Francis (4.0), Eleanor Gough, Hannah Kadzban, Cambell Kivisto (4.0), Idun Kvaale (4.0), Manon Lebargy (4.0), Kirstine Lykke, Caroline Manley, Emily McGrain, Sascha Nielsen (4.0), Jessica Oliveras, Emma Pettersen, Jacqueline Reilly (4.0), Gabriela Shegota, Elizabeth Slavinsky, Lauren Spaanstra, Hannah Suder (4.0), and Yana Yordanova

Softball (15)

Savannah Behabetz (4.0), Ansley Blevins, Kamryn Carcich, Paige Connors (4.0), Claire Czajkowski (4.0), Shelby Echols, Julia Garcia, Amaya Harris, Ashlee Jacoway, Gretchen Mead (4.0), Laura Mealer, Lexi Medlock, Keri Munn, Shelby Sargent, and Claire Woods (4.0)

Men’s Tennis (5)

Oskar Brostrom Paulsen, Shu Matsuoka, Pavel Motl (4.0), Francisco Rocha (4.0), and Stijn Slump (4.0)

Women’s Tennis (7)

Love-Star Alexis (4.0), Camila Barragan, Rutuja Chaphalkar, Sana Garakani, Muskan Gupta (4.0), Noelle Mauro (4.0), and Eloise Swarbrick

Volleyball (12)

Chen Abramovich, Marley Banton (4.0), Taylor Eisert (4.0), Kayla Henley, Laure Jansen, Trae McCutchan (4.0), Kaylee Oscarson (4.0), Adri Rhoda, Dasia Smith, Melisa Temiz, Megan Turner (4.0), and Michaela Wright (4.0)

Women’s Golf Takes GPA Honors for Spring 2023

Women’s golf led all teams by earning a 3.754 GPA for the Spring 2023 semester. Honorable mention goes to soccer for posting a 3.750 GPA, volleyball with a 3.685 GPA, softball with a 3.682 GPA, women’s tennis with a 3.626 GPA, and men’s golf with a 3.429 GPA. Overall, 13 of 15 teams had a semester team GPA of 3.0 or higher including men’s and women’s track/cross country, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, and baseball.