Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Athletics Continues Academic Focus with Historic Semester
1/6/2017 12:00:00 AM | General
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Posting above a 3.0+ grade point average for the third consecutive semester shows Florida Atlantic University's athletic department's academic focus is no longer a trend but an cultural identity for the more than 450 student-athletes.
"Academic achievement is embedded within the culture of all great athletic programs," said Pat Chun, FAU's vice president and director of athletics. "Our student-athletes continue to achieve in the classroom at school record levels. Congratulations to all of our student-athletes, coaches and the support staff who continue to raise the standard of excellence at Florida Atlantic."
Two-hundred and sixty two Owls posted a semester GPA of 3.0 or greater, for a departmental average of 3.026, which is the highest Fall GPA in the program's history. Thirteen student-athletes were named to the President's List after earning a 4.0. Additionally, 38 student-athletes were named to the Dean's List, earning a 3.0 GPA and being among their college's upper top 10 percent. A total of 18 graduated at the 2016 Fall ceremony.
The 2016 Fall semester saw Dillon DeBoer, a graduate student on the football team, earn a spot on Conference USA All-Academic Football Team. He was one of 11 to garner recognition among more than 1,500 who represented their C-USA universities on the gridiron. Maja Ristic earned a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team for volleyball. The senior women's soccer duo of Erica Burt and Sydney Drinkwater were honored as members on the C-USA All-Academic Team, and men's soccer goalkeeper Phillip Hitpass was honored as a C-USA Academic Team member as well. It also was announced in November that FAU's Graduation Success Rate of 79% was a historic high, and the four-class average was 12 percent higher than the general FAU student population.
Notables
- Third consecutive semester with a GPA of 3.0 or above
- Department GPA 3.026
- 18 Fall 2016 Graduates
- 11 women's teams posted a 3.0+
- Five men's teams posted a 3.0+
- Women's team with the highest GPA - Basketball, 3.321
- Second consecutive fall semester that every women's team posted a 3.0+ GPA
- Men's team with the highest GPA - Tennis, 3.514 (second consecutive semester they have posted the highest men's team average
- Fall C-USA All-Academic Team members: Dillon DeBoer (football), Phillip Hitpass (men's soccer), Erica Burt and Sydney Drinkwater (women's soccer), and Maja Ristic (volleyball)
Student-Athletes with a 4.0 Semester GPA - 13
Jesse Hill (Men's Basketball), Jason Fitzgerald (Men's Soccer), Alexander Gitin (Men's Tennis), Jacey Bailey (Women's Basketball), Bethany Hardcastle (Women's Cross Country and Track & Field), Anne-Catherine Wasser (Women's Cross Country and Track & Field), Liza Weisman (Women's Golf), Maria Hasler (Women's Soccer), Alexandra Mastrobuono (Women's Soccer), Madeline Pung (Women's Soccer), Bianca Biglione (Women's Tennis), Jennifer Leib (Women's Tennis), Sigourney Kame (Volleyball)
Dean's List Members (3.0+/Upper 10% of respective college) - 41
Jared Shouppe (Baseball), Jesse Hill (Men's Basketball), William Pfister (Men's Basketball), Luke Dewlow (Men's Cross Country), Lachian Shiver (Men's Cross Country), Jordan Helm (Football), Matthew Murphy (Football), Jerrad Ward (Football), Eric DeKarski (Men's Golf), Kristian Perry (Men's Golf), Jason Fitzgerald (Men's Soccer), Kyle Fries (Men's Soccer), Carlos Sanchis (Men's Soccer), Christian Williams (Men's Soccer), Connor Hodges (Men's Swimming), Aaron Spence (Men's Swimming), Gabriel Carvajal (Men's Tennis), Remi Chancerel (Men's Tennis), Alexander Gitin (Men's Tennis), Ignacio Jimenez Ruiz (Men's Tennis), Jacey Bailey (Women's Basketball), Alexis Shannon (Women's Basketball), Nika Zyryanova (Women's Basketball), Bethany Hardcastle (Women's Cross Country and Track & Field), Anne-Catherine Wasser (Women's Cross Country and Track & Field), Liza Weisman (Women's Golf), Beth Shoaff (Sand Volleyball), Marli Batiste (Women's Soccer), Madison Caldwell (Women's Soccer), Maria Hasler (Women's Soccer), Alexandra Mastrobuono (Women's Soccer), Madeline Pung (Women's Soccer), Kylee Hanson (Softball), Carolyn Rosa (Softball), Amanda Wilson (Softball), Alexis De Lisle (Women's Swimming), Kelsey Witkay (Women's Swimming), Bianca Biglione (Women's Tennis), Jennifer Leib (Women's Tennis), Marcella DeVuono (Volleyball), Sigourney Kame (Volleyball)
& - Kara Van Nice earned a 4.0 but is a graduate student, which are not included among President's or Dean's Lists
$ - Josh Nolan and Sophie Sanchez record a 4.0 GPA but were enrolled in less than 12 hours fulfilling the last remaining classes needed to graduate. Fulltime enrollment needed to be a President's or Dean's List member
Teams with a 3.0+ GPA
Men's
Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, and Tennis
Women's
Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Cross Country, Golf, Softball, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball and Track
3.0+ Honorees ^President's List, *Dean's List
(Baseball - 17): Weston Clemente, Chase Coopersmith, Aldrich DeJongh, Tyler Frank, Austin Langham, Kyle Marman, Brad Mathiowetz, Chris Moore, Mark Nowatnick, Dylan O'Connell, Pedro Pages, Esteban Puerta, Steven Revilla, Mike Ruff, Blake Sanderson, Jared Shouppe *, and Nick Swan
(Men's Basketball - 8): Frank Booker, Devorious Brown, Jesse Hill ^*, Jailyn Ingram, William Pfister *, Matthew Reed, Connor Shorten, and Gerdarius Troutman
(Men's Cross Country - 7): Luke Dewlow *, Felipe Gomez, John Marting, Cory Moogerfeld, Johanny Przygocki, Ross Rabalais, and Lachlan Shiver
(Football - 39): David Belvin III, Anthony Bennett, Ean Biancardi, Tyrone Brown, James Brunson, Harrison Bryant, Tyler Cameron, Dante Cousart, Dillon DeBoer, Roman Fernandez, Gerald Hearns, Jordan Helm *, Damian Horton, Gregory Howell, Jr. Greg Joseph, DJ Juste, Kevin McCrary, John Mitchell, Matt Murphy *, J'Quan Napier, Shalom Ogbonda, Jacob Pino, John Raine, Robert Relf, Ryan Rickel, Landon Scheer, Sidney Smith IV, Jake Stoshak, Cameron Syblis, Lester Thomas, Tony Thomas, AJ Turman, Jerrad Ward *, Jay Warren, Trent Wessel, Denzel Whitfield, Kerrith Whyte, Jr. Raekwon Williams, and Antonyo Woods
(Men's Golf - 6): Eric DeKarski, Adam Friedman, Ricky Hendler, Kristian Perry *, Caleb Sibley, and Sully Zagerman
(Men's Soccer - 13): Luis Aranzazu, Rafael Arcila, Alvaro Campuzano, Jason Fitzgerald, Kyle Fries, Harrison Fuster, Phillip Hitpass, Elijah McDonald, Josh Nolan $, Oliver Powers, Oscar Salas, Carlos Sanchis, and Christian Williams
(Men's Swimming - 11): Phillip Crouch III, Connor Hodges *, Mitchell Irwin, Marco Leo, Ryan McIntire, Matthew Menendez, Michael Rahrig, Connor Smoak, Aaron Spence *, Shawn String, and Jason Woodburn
(Men's Tennis - 9): Stefan Burnett, Gabriel Carvajal *, Remi Chancerel *, Alexander Gitin ^*, Ignacio Jimenez, Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff, Gerald Nickerson, Anthony Schohn, and Arthur Stefani
(Women's Basketball - 10): Jacey Bailey ^*, Sasha Cedeno, Raven Doyle, Danneal Ford, Julia Jenike, Melinda Myers, Katelyn O'Reilly, Alexis Shannon *, Kat Wright, and Nika Zyryanova *
(Beach Volleyball - 10): Ashlan Cunningham, Gabrielle Dischler, Lauren Galinis, Sam Gott, Jessalyn Kinlaw, Candace Lacour, Megan McGrath, Megan Rice, Beth Shoaff *, and Kara Van Nice &
(Women's Cross Country and Track & Field - 22): Berneta Boldin, Brooke Butterfield, Sophia Clark, Jala El-Biali, Carydaliz Fontanez, Angelique Francois, Johanna Freeman, Jamika Glades, Cianna Gopie, Bethany Hardcastle ^*, Christina Humphries, Emily Ludwig, Sitia Martinez, Amber Maxwell, Christina Schultz, Chloe Sell, Cassidy Smith, Georgina Summers, Frida Thorsas, Sherline Valentin, Jasmine Van Tine, and Anne-Catherine Wasser ^*
(Women's Golf - 7): Daniella Castaneda, Emily Faulkner, Jennifer Keim, Heather Netti, Kadi Pallastrone, Arielle Roberts, and Liza Weisman
(Women's Soccer - 22): Asta Arnadottir, Marli Batiste *, Erica Burt, Madison Caldwell *, Lucy Carter, Danielle Dangremond, Sydney Drinkwater, Mimi Godoy, Kelly Harris, Mary Hasler ^*, Alex Mastrobuono ^*, Alex Maxson, Jessica Monteiro, Jennifer Ocampo, Mary O'Hara, Kelsey Parry, Maddie Pung ^*, Abby Ribas, Meredith Roberts, Sammy Rowland, Sophie Sanchez, and Pernille Velta
(Softball - 16): Kaitlyn Burke, Summer Damiano, Fayth Davis, Christina Deibel, Katie Flanagan, Kylee Hanson *, Samantha Lageyre, Alex Miller, Mia Olson, Madisyn Palmer, Amanda Peck, Delaney Rickey, Carolyn Rosa *, Lauren Whitt, Sami Williams, and Amanda Wilson *
(Women's Swimming - 21): Rebecca Battles, Bridget Belcik, Lauren Beyer, Agnes Bucz, Malvina Catalano Gonzaga, Alexis DeLisle *, Melanie Doan, Alexa Elkins, Kyleigh Firman, Bailey Grabenhorst, Holly Hopson, Brooke Johnson, Sharon Kok, Kiley Kuether, Lydia Musleh, Hannah Roper, Breanna Saukas, Savannah Sawyers, Emily Summa, Kelsey Witkay *, and Danielle Zacharias
(Women's Tennis - 8): Bianca Biglione ^*, Ana Gutierrez, Jennifer Leib ^*, Naiya Oden, Alisa Rudenko, Marisa Ruiz, Heather Walton, and Jazz Whittaker
(Volleyball - 11): Alex Cardona, Marcella DeVuono *, Gabrielle Dixon, Cailea Gibbs, Sigourney Kame ^*, Ivone Martinez, Maja Ristic, Nathalie Rosado, Kristi Tekavec, Genesis Viera, and Brianne Wojciakowski
(Cheer - 11): Victoria Carroll, Karina Cruz, Haley Gordon, Sydney Hafen, Morgan Howard, Amanda Johnson, Alexa Laster, Alexandra Malloy, Elizabeth Mitchell, Gabbe Moore, and Stephanie Ramsaier
(Dance - 14): Angelica Asperilla, Cristina Birittieri, Jacquelyn Castore, Christi Cianciotto, Alexis Cilona, Madison Fillingham, Amanda Maggs, Andrea Mitrofski, Tara Moras, Danielle Piazza, Susana Rodrigues, Nicole Romero, Doris Smith, and Victoria Strauss
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