HPU tops Big South Presidential Honor Roll standings

HIGH POINT, N.C. – A league-best 74 percent of High Point University student-athletes have been named to the 2015-16 Big South Presidential Honor Roll, the conference office announced Tuesday.

A school-record 177 HPU student-athletes earned presidential honor roll accolades for the past year of academic performance. The 74.37 percentage ranked HPU No. 1 in the conference for the second year in a row. The Panthers held a substantial lead over second place UNC Asheville (69.10), followed by Winthrop (61.11), Radford (60.73) and Coastal Carolina (60.68).

In sport-by-sport rankings, HPU led the conference in men’s golf (9 selections), women’s basketball (12), women’s lacrosse (27), women’s soccer (28) and women’s track/cross country (29).

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).

“Our department puts a critical emphasis on academic achievement, and I’m proud to say we’ve topped the Presidential Honor Roll standings in each of the past two years,” athletic director Dan Hauser said. “I’d like to congratulate our student-athletes for their dedication in the classroom and for their outstanding performance in this area.”

The list does not include the men’s lacrosse program, which is a member of the Southern Conference. A total of 30 members of the team were named to the SoCon Honor Roll, released on July 5. That ledger also recognizes student-athletes with a 3.0 or above.

Big South Presidential Honor Roll Rankings
1. High Point (74.37)
2. UNC Asheville (69.10)
3. Winthrop (61.11)
4. Radford (60.73)
5. Coastal Carolina (60.68)
* Note: 10 of 11 Big South schools had at least 50 percent of their student-athletes qualify for the honor roll

Full List of HPU Big South Presidential Honor Roll Qualifiers:
Baseball
Kevin Bell
Tyler Britton
Spencer Brown
Nick Capra
Chris Clare
Conner Dunbar
Dominic Fazio
Andrew Gottfried
Brock Hammit
Austin Heinz
Michael Hennessey
Matt Hodges
Carson Jackson
Jeremy Johnson
Hunter Lee
Tim Mansfield
Peter Ripke
Zach Vandergrift
Austen Zente

Men’s Basketball
Miles Bowman Jr.
Dexter Gooding
Austin White
Jordan Whitehead

Men’s Golf
Connor Alexander
Tommy Dillon
Tyler Engel
Alex Hefner
AJ Hopkins
Pureun Kim
Emile Menard
Alex Thompson
McKay Tye

Men’s Track & Field/XC
Sean Banda
Adam DeVito
Bryan Gonzalez
Paddy Grandinali
Nick Hula
Alejandro Juan Torres
Jeff LaCoste
Christian Langston
Jeff Mettler
Austin Miller
Will Narramore
Paul O’Donoghue
Liam Onbashian
Cody Seymour
Christian Spaulding
Benji Szalai
Vinny Todaro
Todd Uckermark
Nick Williams
Jim Wilson

Men’s Soccer
Hunter Allen
Erien Campbell
Cameron Foster
Bana Ganidekam
Ben Hietala
Ebe Kudolo
Keith Nutter
Chris Ramsell
Poli Rodriguez
Pat Shelton
Brandon Sloan
Adam Storm
Collin Sweeney
Yosef Teffera
Jonathan Ware
Austin Yearwood

Women’s Basketball
Emma Bockrath
Kyrie Chandler
Kennedy Currie
Bre Davis
Lindsey Edwards
Hunter Fleming
Kat Harris
Haleigh Hatfield
Kaylah Keys
Taylor McGlashan
Maja Michalska
Shea Morgan

Women’s Golf
Tan Cheeranont
Danielle Fuss
Cayla Smith

Women’s Lacrosse
Molly Andrews
Samantha Brown
Kasey Callaway
Meredith Chapman
Natalie Devine
Tori Dunster
Lindsay Fadel
Allie Foard
Emory Gaeng
Samantha Herman
Maggie Huey
Erin Ilchuk
Casey Kotchenreuter
Allie Little
Morganlee McGrath
Emily Meier
Olivia Nostrant
Hayley Norris
Leah Pace
Valerie Pelling
Erica Perrotta
Darla Poulin
Hannah Quigley
Kristina Renner
Jianela Rincon
Brooke Stevens
Maggie Williams

Women’s Soccer
Bailey Beattie
Amy Burch
Courtney Butterfass
Colleen Deardoff
Lindsay Elsen
Kai-Lin Hernandez
Charlotte Kennedy
Meg Kowalski
Brooke Lazarus
Becca Lisson
Paige Lloyd
Emily Lyon
Jenny Marshall
Aley Kate McKinley
Michelle Micciche
Becca Palmer
Kendra Perley
Kelsey Perrell
Alex Persiani
Jess Potts
Annie Redovian
Becca Rolfe
Taylor Romano
Paige Rombach
Hannah Smith
Savannah Stoughton
Becca Sweredoski
Taylor Thompson

Women’s Track & Field/XC
Katie Benavente
Erika Bridges
Sarah Bode
Mikaela Campbell
Alyn Carr
Keaton Case
Haley Cianfarini
Arianna Coleman
Madison Depner
Katie Farina
Emmy Geis
Amanda Gregory
Erica Herrmann
Makenzi Holmes-DiGiovine
Courtney Kerr
Sara Katherine Kirkpatrick
Lilla Lorand
Charlotte Morrow
Natalia Ocasio
Alyssa Palenchar
Erika Peoples
Christine Rickert
Janelle Rothacker
Jamie Schnuck
Ashlynn Schiro
Lindsey Siska
CeAnna Soper
Mackenzie Vermette
Julia Zautcke

Volleyball
Savannah Angel
Haley Barnes
Olivia Barr
Abby Broadstreet
Wavie Chin
Greta Griswold
Megan Kennedy
Molly Livingston
Amy Pilat
Katie Tylman