CHARLOTTE — High Point University had a league-best 77.83 percent of its 230 student-athletes recognized on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll, the conference announced Wednesday (July 26).
A school-record 179 HPU student-athletes earned the conference accolades. The 77.83 percentage, which is also a school record, led High Point to the top of the Big South rankings for a third-consecutive year.
High Point was one of two conference schools with over 70 percent of its student-athletes listed, with UNC Asheville coming in second with 72.11 percent of its 190 student-athletes. Overall seven schools surpassed the 60 percent threshold and the conference as a whole had a league-best 59.75 percent (1,784 out of 2,986 student-athletes) recognized.
“I’d like to congratulate our student-athletes on achieving the first-place ranking in the Big South Presidential Honor Roll for the third-straight year,” HPU athletic director Dan Hauser said. “Our department puts an emphasis on academic achievement and we are proud to say that we have reached record highs in both the number and the percentage of student-athletes recognized on the conference honor roll. These achievements are a testament to the outstanding student-athletes and faculty we have at High Point University.”
To qualify for the Big South Presidential Honor Roll, a student-athlete must carry a cumulative 3.0 GPA for the full academic year (2015-16).
The list does not include the men’s lacrosse program, which is a member of the Southern Conference. A total of 33 members of the team were named to the SoCon Honor Roll, released on July 6. That ledger also recognizes student-athletes with a 3.0 or above.
Big South Presidential Honor Roll Rankings
1. High Point (77.83)
2. UNC Asheville (72.11)
3. Gardner-Webb (67.13)
4. Winthrop (66.42)
5. Radford (65.95)
* Note: 7 of 10 Big South schools had at least 60 percent of their student-athletes qualify for the honor roll
List of HPU Big South Presidential Honor Roll Qualifiers
Baseball
Kevin Bell
Spencer Brown
Conner Dunbar
Andrew Gottfried
Austin Heinz
Matt Hodges
Trevor Holloway
Carson Jackson
Jeremy Johnson
Hunter Lee
Garrett Letchworth
Grey Lyttle
Timothy Mansfield
Rion Murrah
Cody Oerther
Kirby Osborn
Peter Ripke
Gabe Scavone
Blake Schunk
Zach Vandergrift
JJ Woodard
Austen Zente
Men’s Basketball
Sam Berlin
Dexter Gooding
Brandonn Kamga
Jahaad Proctor
Tarique Thompson
Luke Vargo*
Austin White
Men’s Golf
Connor Alexander
Alex Hefner
AJ Hopkins
Davis Kiger
Justin Lenzini
Brendan MacDougall
Emile Menard
Alex Thompson
Men’s Soccer
Erien Campbell
Camden Cook
Pat Fallon
Johnny Fenwick
Renato Punyed
Poli Rodriguez
Justen Shear
Pat Shelton
Tommy Spear
Yosef Teffera
Jonathan Ware
Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country
Sean Banda
Josh Brown
Carter Clasper
Jake Dunn
Drew Francoeur
Bryan Gonzalez
Paddy Grandinali
Zane Griffith
James House
Alejandro Juan Torres
Matt Knipfer
Britton Mann
Jordan McClung
Jeffrey Mettler
Drew Roeber
Pablo Romero Gonzalez
Chernet Sisay
Vinny Todaro
John Van Der Cruyssen
Nick Williams
Women’s Basketball
Emma Bockrath
Camryn Brown
Kyriè Chandler
Kennedy Currie
Bre Davis
Lindsey Edwards
Hunter Fleming
Kat Harris
Haleigh Hatfield
Kaylah Keys
Taylor McGlashan
Shea Morgan
Carol-Anne Obusek
Olivia Vanslooten
Women’s Golf
Danielle Fuss
Tonrak Tasaso
Samantha Vodry
Women’s Lacrosse
Ashley Britton
Samantha Brown
Meredith Chapman
Brianna Cook
Christina Del Sesto
Irina DeSimone
Emory Gaeng
Grace Giampetroni
Samantha Herman
Maggie Huey
Erin Ilchuk
Abbie Karalis
Casey Kotchenreuter
Allie Little
Amanda Mozier
Megan Nerney
Hayley Norris
Valerie Pelling
Erica Perrotta
Darla Poulin
Hannah Quigley
Jill Rall
Jianela Rincon
Brooke Stevens
Maggie Williams
Women’s Scocer
Bailey Beattie
Brigitte Deel
Alex Denny
Lindsay Elsen
Maggie Gruber
Alex Hank
Kai-Lin Hernandez
Briana Jean-Charles
Ashlyn Kearney
Charlotte Kennedy
Talia Klimes
Margaret Kowalski
Brooke Lazarus
Kyle Levesque
Paige Lloyd
Emily Lyon
Jennifer Marshall*
Aley Kate McKinley*
Michele Micciche
Becca Palmer
Kelsey Perrell*
Jessica Potts
Allie Reagan
Annie Redovian
Becca Rolfe*
Taylor Romano*
Paige Rombach
Savannah Stoughton
Becca Sweredoski
Taylor Thompson
Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country
Kallie Baughman
Rachel Berndsen
Erika Bridges
Kanajzae Brown
Alyn Carr
Keaton Case
Madison Depner
Charis Dinger
Emmy Geis
Zoe Geis
Amanda Gregory
Kylie Hennessey
Makenzi Holmes-Digiovine
Heather Keck
Courtney Kerr
Charlotte Morrow
Natalia Ocasio
Madison Reynolds
Jamie Schnuck
Cecilia Soper
Samantha Swackhammer
Allison Torrance
Mackenzie Vermette
Anika Weisbrod
Ariel Wilbekin
Cory Wilson
Volleyball
Savannah Angel
Haley Barnes
Olivia Barr
Abby Broadstreet
Greta Griswold
Carly Jimenez
Megan Kennedy
Rachel Kordonowy
Molly Livingston
Amy Pilat
Jenna Smith
Katie Tylman
Jenna Weidner
* 4.0 GPA for 2016-17