NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion University celebrated student-athlete success at last night's men's basketball game with a halftime ceremony that saluted all Dean's List honorees.
168 student-athletes made the Dean's List for the fall semester, achieving a 3.4 grade point average or higher and 12 teams posted a combined GPA of a 3.0 or higher.
The Dean’s List performers represent 33 percent of ODU’s enrolled undergraduate student-athletes. Twenty-one student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPA’s, while 264 had a 3.0 or higher.
Additionally, 12 of ODU’s 18 teams earned combined GPA’s of a 3.0 or higher, led by Women’s Golf (3.57), Women’s Soccer (3.5), Women’s Swimming (3.46), Field Hockey (3.35), Men’s Swimming (3.33), Women’s Lacrosse (3.31), Baseball (3.24), Women’s Sailing (3.2), Men’s Tennis (3.2), Women’s Tennis (3.2), Wrestling (3.09).
"To have a third of our student-athletes on the Deans List is truly a remarkable achievement,” says Randale Richmond, Sr. Associate Athletic Director for Academics & Compliance. “It starts with leadership. President Broderick and Dr. Selig make it very clear that high academic performance is a top priority for this University. After that, it is comes down to the student-athletes. The effort they put forth to not only be the best in their sports, but also, the best in the classroom, which epitomizes what it means to give a Championship Effort.”
Listed below are the 152 student-athletes and 16 cheer and dance members that earned Dean’s List honors.
Baseball: Devon Adams, Kyle Battle, Carson Henry, William Morgan, Vincent Pasquantino, Kurt Sinnen, Brett Smith, James Wilkerson, John Wilson, Jared Young
Men’s Basketball: Aaron Carver
Football: Drayton Arnold, Shuler Bentley, Nijee Cox, Brad Davis, Joe Joe Headen, Jake Herslow, Chris Kirtley, Zach Lackman, Zach Pascal, Bunmi Rotimi, Kevin Sheckells, T.J. Storment, Mufu Taiwo, Joey Verhaegh, Iaasc Weaver, Oshane Ximines
Men’s Golf: Michael Bakker, Antonio Cruz-Conde, Charles Hess, David Langley, Chandler Wilkins
Men’s Sailing: Gavin Burkhart, Lee Dumaliang, Jeremy Herrin, Carter Little, Dane Pederson, Brendon Wilkins
Men’s Soccer: Christian Coulson, Johan De Picker, Tyler Edwards, Niko Klosterhalfen, Quinn Liebmann, Jesse Miralrio, Amir Najib, Christian Wirth
Men’s Swimming: Lucas Cortini Oliveira, Brant Knoblauch, Neal McElhatten, Donovan Pope, Luke Weisenstein, Jacob Zeidler
Men’s Tennis: Justin Herrera, Jacob Nicolussi
Wrestling: Kevin Budock, Kenan Carter, Jack Dechow, Dean Drugac, Luke Drugac, William Hilliard, Brandon Jeske, Jaquan Loney, Samuel Ring
Women’s Basketball: Carley Brew, Jessica Munoz
Field Hockey: Alexandria Brewer, Megan Byas, Julia Demeester, Lacey Frazier, Danielle Grega, Erin Huffman, Jessica Miller, Kealsie Robles, Kristie Robles, Carrie Sensenig, Ashleigh Thomas, Kristen Vick
Women’s Golf: Sans Tufail, Katerina Vlasinova, Rachel Walker
Women’s Lacrosse: Stephanie Allen, Ryann Bauer, Hanna Breslin, Maggi Buckley, Anna Davis, Jessica De Luca, Megan Donohue, Natalie Ledwitz, Mary Katherine Maloney, Katherine Miller, Colby Muller, Haley Rineer, Alyssa Sebesto, Cydney Tutchton
Rowing: Mackenzie Cestare, Carlie Cohen, Talya Cohen, Keyana Cooke, Morgan Dee, Colleen Dimarcantonio, Madeline Doherty, Georgia Filasky, Katie Harris, Chelsea Jacobs, Shannon La Sala, Jameela Lamb, Ave McFadden, Monique McNealy, Rachel Miller, Freddie Moore, Samanta Palmer, Kennedy Stafford, Danielle Yoxthimer
Women’s Sailing: Molly Sternberg, Olivia Windemuller
Women’s Soccer: Iris Achterhof, Christina Bashara, Gabrielle Bentley, Deirdre Bradley, Erin Davidson, Lauren Davidson, Carly Goldsborough, Devyn Hannis, Grace Haverly, Katheryn Hill, Madison Hogan, Karlie Kellstrom, Kira Laurento, Melanie Oakes, Thyla Peterson, Sydney Phillips, Jaclyn Stroud, Talia Tapper, Keri Vornadore
Women’s Swimming: Katherine Anderson, Amanda Caruso, Raquel Costa Couto, Kylie Cuomo, Lori Denning, Hannah Kristan, Julia Machado Vido, Stephanie Norris, Elena Oujikanova, Alexandra Pappas, Viktoria Ramkvist, Chandler Shirer, Sofie Sjoberg, Ashley Teller, Colleen Vandepoel
Women’s Tennis: Borislava Botusharova, Natalya Malenko, Ingrid Vojcinakova
Cheer and Dance: Taleah Anderson, Victoria Ashnault, Jaimie Belch, Jessica Campbell, Briana Davis, Meredith Fiskus, Adam Horn, Tabetha House, Jordan Hyde, Sydney Martin, Madison Pearman, Shannon Pellerito, Cameron Prentiss, Morgan Rhodes, Emily Rodgers, Darianna Sirles, Sherron Thompson, Taylor Warren
*Names in Bold represent student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPA's*