University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Pitt Recognizes 393 Student-Athletes at Annual Scholar-Athlete Breakfast
2/23/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
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PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh hosted its annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Breakfast to honor 393 student-athletes and 68 cheer and dance team members, the highest amount of scholar-athletes ever represented in an academic year. The awards presentation was held in the Connolly Ballroom of Alumni Hall on the Pitt campus.
"We applaud the record number of University of Pittsburgh scholar-athletes that we are recognizing this year," said Mike Farabaugh, Director of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes. "The University community should be extremely proud of the student-athletes who represent all of us through their commitment to both athletics and academics."
Pitt Alumni Association President, Jeffrey Kondis, an accomplished corporate marketing professional and adjunct professor, was among the special guests. Lisa Auld, Director of the Cathy & John Pelusi Family Career and Life Skills program, served as Master of Ceremonies.
Artie Rowell, president of SAAC and junior on the Pitt football team, made a special presentation to the Pitt Alumni Association for hosting the breakfast.
Pitt;s Academic Support Services staff presented the Blue and Gold awards to the student-athletes who maintained academic excellence throughout the year. In addition to these awards, special recognition was given to Elijah Zeise, freshman football player. Zeise received the Fred Koloc writing award for excellence in writing composition from the English department.
"We have 475 student-athletes at the University of Pittsburgh and 393 of them earned at least a 3.0 grade-point average this past year," said Pitt Acting Athletic Director Dr. Randy Juhl. "That is a tremendous indication that our young men and women are working hard to excel in each endeavor they undertake. They are great representatives of our university."
In closing, Juhl also announced Pitt's Academic Team Awards. The women's swimming and diving team earned the overall Top Academic Team honor, as well as the Top Women's Team award. The Top Men's Team was awarded to the men's soccer team for the sixth consecutive year. The baseball team received the Most Improved Team award.
The scholar-athletes will be recognized at halftime of the Pitt vs. Boston College men's basketball game this Tuesday evening, February 25, at 9 p.m.
Pitt's 4.0 GPA honorees
Brianna Kiesel, Jordan Serio (women's basketball); Matthew Adams, Jhana Hawrylak, Mallory Karavolis, Lauren L'Herbier, Danielle Scalise, Meredith Wagner, Marlee Hartenstein, Lyric Modar, Hilary Nickels, Megan Szatkiewicz (cheer and dance); Rori Blair (football); Briana Hogan, Laura Kummerle (gymnastics); Julian Dickenson, Chukwudi Onyeukwu,(men's soccer); Marci Carter, Taylor Francis, Caroline Keefer, Emma Pozzulo(women's soccer); Kaila Balatgek, Alexa Larkin, Carmelena Moffa (softball); Spencer Gray (men's swimming and diving) Katriona Blezy, Kinga Cichowska, Lauren Matevish, Lauren Mills,Brooke Waugaman (women's swimming and diving); Kimberly Borza (women's tennis); Benjamin Kisley,Wesley Roberts, Eric Stratman, Luke Swomley (men's track and field); Kelsey Coates, Kristyna Finikiotis, Mary Frank, Nicole Leskowicz,Rachel Mueller, Samantha Owens (women's track and field); Maria Nicholas, Jenna Potts (women's volleyball); Matthew Patrick(wrestling).
Pitt's 3.5-3.9 GPA honorees
Marc Berube, Jon Danielczyk, Patrick DeMeo, Joseph Harvey, Eric Hess, Matthew Johnson, Jawan McAllister, Caleb Parry, Aaron Sandefur, Jacob Wright (baseball); Cameron Johnson, Michael Lecak, James Robinson (men's basketball); Monica Wignot (women's basketball); Taylie Biro, Jillian Bonner, Nicole Brecht, Laura Brouse, Janae Butler, Alanna Ciardi, Shannon Dugan, Dorinda Fella, Haley Hixon, Madeline Kay, Alyssa Lear ,Bria Mitchell-Gillespie, Alexandra Molyneaux, Danielle Narlesky, Anna Porter, Kylie Rush, Alex Shaffer, Doug Stouch, Kaitlyn Torquato, Sienna Williams, Elizabeth Yerecic, Megan Zammerilla, Jennifer Condio, Cassidy Davis, Kelly Faddish, Danielle Guarascio, Chelsea Koryak, Madison Mohney, Jill Palski, Kayla Raber, Rachel Stachelrodt, Alyssa Standlick, Anna Sweeney, Renae Sweeney ,Kristen Tunno, Samantha Vona, David Chen, Eli Newschaffer (cheer and dance); Zachary Challingsworth, Jacob Craig, David Durham, Dontez Ford, Reginald Green, Michael Grimm, Joe Repischak, Matthew Rotheram, Arthur Rowell, Ray Vinopal, Chad Voytik, Ryan Winslow, Quintin Wirginis, Christopher Wuestner ,Elijah Zeise (football);Haley Bodenheimer, Tiara Chadran, Danielle Hall, Maya Ketner, Kori Macdonald, Lindsay Offutt, Katie O'Rourke, Haley Sedgewick (gymnastics); Craig Bair, Emilio Cordero, Michael Haberman, Samuel Marks, Kevin Murray, Stephane Pierre, Daniel Prete, Graham Smith, Andrew Wright, Nicolas Wrobel (men's soccer); Roosa Arvas, Jaci Brown, Katie Lippert, Jessica Marini, Siobhan McDonough, Carly Seneca, Morgan Sharick (women's soccer); Morgan Choe, Taylor Henry, Savannah King, Maggie Sevilla, Carly Thea, Carissa Throckmorton (softball); Harris Bergman, Anthony Galante, Thomas Jones, Bryce Kampfe, Jacob Lenhart ,Zachary Lierley, Tyler Matheny, Connor O'Prey, Aaron Snyder, Jacob Tovey, Martin Vogel (men's swimming and diving); Mary Blocher, Emily Bolek, Kimberly Ciotti, Danielle des Tombe, Renee Deschenes, Bethany DeWitt, Catherine Dunseith, Katherine Fernander, Amanda Ford, Alexandra Iwanicki, Christina Lisella, Emily Lyons, Mackenzie Meixner, Emily Murphy, Jessica Nederlanden, Lindsey Rodenkirk, Tatyanna Sarjeant, Blair Wegescheide, Charlene Yuan, Sarah Zetlmeisl (women's swimming and diving); Audrey Ann Blakely, Katherine Castro, Callie Frey, Jocelyn Lu, Molly Wickman (women's tennis); Alexander Archer, Christopher Celona, Andrew Cerrito, Perry Equels,James Hare, Joshua Mindlin, Christopher Montgomery, Christopher Pastore (men's track and field )Kalene Anderson, Paige Anderson, Morgan Austin, Madison Brannon, Rachel Brown, Karli Buescher, Audrey Burger, Alexandra Cady,Savannah Cameron, Hana Casalnova, Ashley Corum, Ellen Crook, Cayla Del Piano, Hillary Doucette, Angela Fatigati, Grace Hanger,Mallory Hudson, Adelie Ionescu, Lindsay Jones, Rachael Kubeldis, Ariel Pastore-Sebring, Abigail Peters, Rebecca Peters, Madeline Schmiedeknecht, Emily Schumacher, Joslin Sellers, Brooke Shasteen, Haley Springman, Tyler Swenson, Kristie Teorsky, Isabel Uribe, Natalie Vidacs, Melanie Vlasic (women's track and field); Jessica Boddy, Jenna Jacobson, Kelsey O'Neill, Kate Yeazel, Lindsey Zitzke, Monica Wignot (women's volleyball); Alexander Kail, Nathan Russell, Tyler Wilps, Nicholas Zanetta (wrestling).
Pitts 3.0 to 3.49 GPA honorees
Richard Condeelis, Luke Curtis, Matthew Emge, Jordan Frabasilio, Albert A.J. Lardo, Joseph Leonardi, Frank Maldonado, Isaac Mattson, Joseph McHugh, Nicholas Parnell, Manuel Pazos, Matthew Pidich, Sam Proctor, Matthew Renck, Casey Roche, Steven Shelinsky, Garrett Wrambel, Nicholas Yarnall (baseball); Sheldon Jeter, Christopher Jones, Ryan Luther, Joshua Newkirk, Aron Phillips-Nwankwo, Derrick Randall, Onyekachi Uchebo, Cameron Wright, Michael Young (men's basketball); Yacine Diop, Cora McManus (women's basketball); Emily Bigler, Helene Brandy, Meghan Gary, Justin Gilbert, Shannon Grady, Brianna Gross, Jenna Hough, David Lear, Kilian Liptrot, Cory McMillen, Sarah Quinn, Jeralyn Smith, Rachel McQuown, Morgan Mohney, Michelle Proviano, Marissa Puc, Julia Runco, Natalie Runco, Katie Sullivan, John Kornaga (cheer and dance); Patrick Amara, Trey Anderson, Kevin Barthelemy, Adam Bertke, Adam Bisnowaty,Alexander Bookser, Dennis Briggs, Trevor T.J. Clemmings, Devin Cook, Connor Dintino, Michael Dunn, Matthew Galambos, Nicholas Goldsmith, Anthony Harper, John J.P. Holtz, Dorian Johnson, Jordan Jones, Cory King, Adam Lazenga, Jack Lippert, Avonte Maddox, Kellen McAlone, Reginald Mitchell, Khaynin Mosley-Smith, Phillipie Motley, David Murphy, Brian O'Neill, Scott Orndoff, Lafayette Pitts, Zach Poker, Devon Porchia, Patrick Quirin, Aaron Reese, Darryl Render, Anthony Rippole, Gabriel Roberts, Shane Roy, Ryan Schlieper, Hezekiah Hez Trahan, Matthew Yoklic (football); Kelly Burak, Miya Dotson, Brittney Harris, Maegan Higdon, Taylor Laymon, Jacqueline Lucci, Nicole Pearson, Ellie Pikula, Erika Reichert, Julia Schindel (gymnastics) Matthew Bischoff, Kevin Fielden, Braden Horton, Brandon Kolczynski, Steven Machi, William Marshall, Ryan McKenzie, Ryan Myers, Michael Tuohy, Cory Werth (men's soccer);Alex Charlebois, Courtney Coate, Dana DelleFemine, Arielle Fernandez, Megan Giannopoulos, Riliegh McHugh, Ashley Moreira, Seyla Perez, Emily Pietrangelo, Jaclyn Poucel, Taylor Pryce, Alexandria Reckas, Margot Shore (women's soccer); Kathryn Duran, Jordan Fannin, Katherine Kramer, Yaszmin Kotar, Jenna Modic, Lauren Vinson (softball); Kourosh Ahani, Haden Calegan, Gabriel Larson, Jonathan Lierley, Andrew McCarthy, Joseph Notarianni, Sean Rhinehart, Mackenzie Rice, Alexander Rodenkirk, David Sweeney, Matthew Tankle, Avery Warrington (men's swimming and diving); Victoria Brungo, Camille Dixon, Margaret Feltman, Veronica Lee, Madeline Marcelle, Melissa Pocsai, Kaleigh Ritter, Alec Sheaffer, Kelsey Williams, Samantha Winkelmann, Jennifer Young (women's swimming and diving); Ololade Ogungbesan, Taylor Washington, Amanda Wickman (women's tennis); Richard Addison, William Caldwell, Andrew Chaborek, Matthew Dallago, Cullen Davis, Luke Gallaher, Desmond Palmer, Bruce Robinson, Bradley Rocco, Michael Runco, Ethan Shalaway, Christopher Spadaro, Brycen Spratling, Nijel Thomas, James Toth, Andrew Wells (men's track and field); Deanndra Adams, Kathryn Born, Hillary Boxheimer, Dana DelleFemine, Deanna Felicissimo, Andin Fosam, Lauren Hoyt, Sarah Kochinsky, Julia Koloski, Yaszmin Kotar, Emily Loeffelholz, Morgan Perry, Heather Phelos, Ellie Pikula, Stephanie Powers, Bryana Robinson, Chelsea Scott, Jordyn Smith, Evann Thompson, Jessica Tongue-Coates, Alannah Trombetta, Anja Weiler, Jeannuel Williams (women's track and field);Delaney Clesen, Mechael Guess (women's volleyball); Nicholas Bonaccorsi, Domenic Forys, Matthew Gotzon, Ryan McMullan, Michael Racciato, Troy Reaghard, John Rizzo, Ryan Solomon, Patrick Tasser ,Anthony Zanetta (wrestling).
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