105 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Winter Academic Honors
(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – A total of 105 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the winter sports teams, as announced by the Association on February 27.
All-Academic Recognition is awarded to student-athletes who have completed at least one full year of college study and who carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.300. The winter academic honor roll includes 950 student-athletes representing teams participating in the five men’s and four women’s winter sports for which the UAA sponsors competition.
The UAA Presidents Council established a program of All-Academic recognition in April 1998. Qualifying student-athletes are recognized at the completion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons each year. The honor is intended to recognize the high level of academic achievement demonstrated by student-athletes who effectively balance their significant commitment of time, effort, and energy in athletic endeavors with their highly challenging academic responsibilities.
Studies completed by the Association over the last 15 years have consistently shown that the cumulative grade point averages of athletic teams have been statistically equal to or higher than the general campus population GPA. In the most recent study, 50 percent of all women’s and all men’s teams across the UAA had average cumulative GPA’s equal to or higher than the overall average for their respective campuses. Of the 68 women’s teams and 70 men’s teams included in the study, 60 women’s teams (88 percent) and 49 men’s teams (70 percent) met or exceeded the 3.30 GPA standard for nominating individuals for Academic All-America recognition.
Among the 105 Carnegie Mellon student-athletes to earn the honor this winter, 11 are from the women’s basketball team, nine from the men’s basketball team, 23 from the women's swimming and diving team, 21 from the men’s swimming and diving team, 18 from the women's indoor track and field team and 23 from the men's indoor track and field team.
Women's Basketball
Ava Arias Jr. Portland, OR (Leodis V. McDaniel)
Ava Black Jr. Mars, PA (Mars Area)
Anisha Chintala Sr. Austin, TX (Westwood)
Kayla Delmore So. Lewis Center, OH (Olentangy Orange)
Savannah Gibbs Jr. Danvers, MA (Deerfield Academy)
Allie Heyer So. Western Springs, IL (Fenwick)
Liv LaFond Jr. Norfolk, MA (King Philip Regional)
Piper Ligotti Jr. Encinitas, CA (San Dieguito Academy)
Isha Nambisan Sr. Fremont, CA (Mission San Jose)
Catherine Or Sr. Los Angeles, CA (Marlborough School)
Anna Prouty So. Iowa City, IA (Iowa City West)
Men's Basketball
Michael Acquaah-Harrison Sr. Charlton, MA (Trinity Pawling School)
Aidan Booher Sr. Plainfield, IN (Plainfield)
Nolan Casey Sr. Brooklyn, NY (Packer Collegiate School)
Chase Collignon So. Hinsdale, IL (Hinsdale Central)
Buckley DeJardin Jr. San Gabriel, CA (St. Francis)
Isaac Higgs So. Evansville, IN (Francis Reitz)
Aidan Murphy Jr. Glen Ellyn, IL (Glenbard West)
Lucas Pavlounis Sr. East Hanover, NJ (Oratory Prep)
Eric Vandendriessche So. Longwood, FL (Lake Brantley)
Women's Swimming and Diving
Cat Bryan So. Needham, MA (Needham)
Emma Dreiman So. Northville, MI (Northville)
Sophie Elliott Jr. Clarksburg, MD (Poolesville)
Emma Hoffman Sr. Ballston Spa, NY (Ballston Spa)
Carolann Kimock Sr. Old Bridge, NJ (Saint John Vianney)
Molly Kinstle Sr. Easthampton, MA (Williston Northampton)
Catie Kress Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (Hampton)
Emma Kulbida Sr. Broomfield, CO (Stargate Charter)
Audrey Lambert Jr. Kansas City, MO (Pembroke Hill)
Esther Lin Jr. Fort Lauderdale, FL (Pine Crest School)
Grace Malinger Jr. Naperville, IL (Naperville Central)
Catrina Raich So. Pittsburgh, PA (Avonworth)
Katie Rock Sr. Edgewater, NJ (Bergen County Technical)
Jackie Ruhnke Sr. Bridgewater, NJ (Bridgewater-Raritan)
Aanika Schueler Sr. Chester, NJ (West Morris Mendham)
Elizabeth Shaffer So. Pittsburgh, PA (Pine-Richland)
Audrey Soetanto Jr. Eden Prairie, MN (Minnetonka)
Eliana Szabo Jr. Hudson, OH (Hudson)
Kyndall Tatum Sr. Highlands Ranch, CO (Arapahoe)
Reece Whatmore Sr. Sarasota, FL (The Out-of-Door Academy)
Krystal Xiao-Rao Sr. San Francisco, CA (St. Ignatius College Prep)
Anna Zaniolo So. Lexington, MA (Lexington)
Jessica Zheng So. Rochester Hills, MI (International Academy)
Men's Swimming and Diving
Todd Achuff Jr. Houston, TX (St. John's School)
Arnav Deshpande Jr. Naperville, IL (Waubonsie Valley)
Paul Deynega So. Newton, MA (Newton South)
Santiago Gomez Gr. Doral, FL (Doral Academy)
Miles Haraldsson So. Chevy Chase, MD (Bethesda Chevy Chase)
Max Kulbida Jr. Broomfield, CO (Stargate Charter)
Christian Lanuza Sr. Greenwich, CT (Greenwich)
Aaron Lee So. Morganville, NJ (Marlboro)
Jonathan Lindstrom Sr. Bethesda, MD (Walt Whitman)
DJ Lloyd Jr. Dublin, OH (Dublin Jerome)
Brayden Morford So. Medina, OH (Medina)
Ljubomir Popovic So. Chicago, IL (Maine South)
Jacob Quan So. Ashburn, VA (Riverside)
Staten Rector So. Brandon, MA (Brandon)
Henry Rosenhagen So. Minnetonka, MN (Minnetonka)
Shivansh Singhal So. Las Vegas, NV (Palo Verde)
Samuel Telanoff Sr. Santa Monica, CA (Santa Monica)
Akira van de Groenendaal So. Portland, OR (Catlin Gabel)
Cole Venters So. Raleigh, NC (Leesville Road)
Thomas Xiao So. Alpharetta, GA (Alpharetta)
David Zoota Jr. Scarsdale, NY (Scarsdale)
Women's Indoor Track and Field
Hazel Buonopane So. Lewisburg, PA (Lewisburg Area)
Sara Christie So. Holtsville, NY (Sachem East)
Norah Czajka Sr. Penfield, NY (Penfield)
Ananya Devpura So. Plainsboro, NJ (West Windsor-Plainsboro South)
Maya Ducker So. Silver Spring, MD (Northwood)
Alyssa Hoffman Sr. Watsontown, PA (Warrior Run)
Jocelyn Kiefel Sr. Downingtown, PA (Downingtown West)
Jacqueline Liu Jr. Naperville, IL (Naperville North)
Lauren May Sr. Providence, RI (La Salle Academy)
Katie Monahan Sr. Cranberry Twp., PA (Seneca Valley)
Alaina Patel So. Coopersburg, PA (Southern Lehigh)
Orit Shiang Jr. Niskayuna, IL (Niskayuna)
Allison Silva Sr. Marlborough, MA (Advanced Math and Science Academy)
Kate Stamper Sr. Mars, PA (North Allegheny)
Taylor Symonette Sr. Westport, CT (Staples)
Sunny Tang Sr. Lexington, MA (Lexington)
Avery Tompkins Sr. Kingsley, PA (Scranton Preparatory)
Jolie Wasserman Sr. Briarcliff Manor, NY (Briarcliff)
Men's Indoor Track and Field
Eamon Brady Sr. Park Ridge, IL (Maine South)
Christian Brower So. Elkridge, MD (Long Reach)
Matthew Coyle Sr. Park Ridge, IL (Maine South)
Johnathan Crawshaw Jr. Calabasas, CA (Chaminade College Prep)
Victor Crawshaw Jr. Calabasas, CA (Chaminade College Prep)
Thomas Damiani Jr. Pottstown, PA (Owen J. Roberts)
Nathaniel Deyak Sr. Iowa City, IA (Iowa City West)
Sean Dutton Sr. Chatham, NJ (Chatham)
Nicolo Fasanelli So. Jacksonville, FL (Ponte Vedra)
Solomon Glavach So. Slippery Rock, PA (New Wilmington Area)
Ryan Handron So. Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
Alex Ivanov Gr. Newton, MA (Newton)
Morgan Johnson Jr. Los Angeles, CA (Phillips Exeter Academy)
Philip Ma So. Sugar Land, TX (Clements)
Micah Nowlin Sr. Huntington Beach, CA (Edison)
Ryan Podnar Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
Casey Potrebic Sr. Calistoga, CA (Justin-Siena)
Sebastian Sanso Sr. Santa Cruz, CA (Santa Cruz)
Aleksei Seletskiy Sr. Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto)
Matthew Short So. Berkley, MI (Berkley)
Kenji Tella Jr. Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto)
Seth Williams Sr. Rocky River, OH (Rocky River)
Bennett Wong Jr. San Jose, CA (Lynbrook)