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RIO GRANDE VALLEY –The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Thursday that a record 218 student-athletes are part of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll by achieving a grade point average of at least 3.0 while serving as full-time students as part of a team during the spring semester.
A record 68 student-athletes earned a perfect GPA of 4.0.
Additionally, a record 147 student-athletes recorded a GPA of at least 3.50 to earn Dean’s List recognition.
“This was one of the most disruptive semesters we have ever seen, but our student-athletes were a beacon of light,” UTRGV Vice President and Director of Athletics Chasse Conque said. “Our young people put in a tremendous amount of work, and I couldn’t be more proud of what they accomplished.”
By percentage, a record 89.34 percent of student-athletes earned a spot on the AD Honor Roll; a record 60.74 percent earned Dean’s List recognition; and a record 28.1 percent recorded a 4.0 GPA.
As a whole, the department’s spring GPA – encompassing 242 student-athletes – was 3.48. This is believed to be the highest single-semester GPA in department history. The departmental cumulative GPA now stands at 3.38.
All 16 sport programs recorded team GPA’s above 3.0.
Women’s tennis recorded a department-best 3.84 GPA. Volleyball was close behind with 3.80.
The men’s soccer team recorded the highest GPA among men’s teams at 3.66.
Women’s track & field had the most student-athletes named to the AD Honor Roll with 34, while men’s track & field was right behind at 32.
Five teams had 100 percent of their student-athletes earn a spot on the AD Honor Roll, including both golf teams, men’s soccer, women’s tennis and volleyball.
The track & field teams had the most student-athletes named to the Dean’s List, with 23 from each team. A department-best 92.31 percent (12-of-13) of volleyball student-athletes earned Dean’s List recognition.
Women’s tennis was one away from 100 percent, with six of seven (85.71 percent) student-athletes earning the honor. Men’s soccer led men’s teams with 77.78 percent (21-of-27).
The women’s soccer team had the most 4.0 GPA’s with 11, accounting for half of the squad. Men’s track & field was right behind with 10. Women’s tennis had a department-high 57.14 percent (4-of-7) of its student-athletes earn prefect GPA’s. Men’s soccer led men’s teams with 29.63 percent (8-of-27).
Conque also commended UTRGV’s coaches and the Victory Center staff of dedicated academic advisors.
“Our team worked day and night to make sure our student-athletes, who are currently spread out in different time zones across the globe, had everything they needed to succeed,” Conque said.
A complete list of student-athletes who made the AD Honor Roll can be found below:
Spring AD Honor Roll Recipients:
Baseball | |
Team GPA – 3.45AD Honor Roll Recipients – 30 (85.71%)Dean’s List Honorees – 19 (55.88%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 8 (23.53%) | |
Jesus Aldaz | |
Elijah Alexander | |
Ramsey Amador | |
Ricky Arevalo | |
Andy Atwood | |
Max Balderrama Jr. | |
Chase Bridges | |
Colten Davis | |
Cannon Davis | |
Conrado Diaz | |
Jacob Flores | |
Aaron Galvan | |
Ricky Gerik Jr. | |
Coleman Grubbs | |
Trey Guajardo | |
Jacob Hirsh | |
Brandon Holdren | |
Austin King | |
Preston King | |
Tyler Kisner | |
Darian Luper | |
Kevin Palm | |
Adrian Pena | |
Cristian Ramos | |
Christian Sepulveda | |
Deryk Serbantez | |
Landon Staats | |
Kevin Stevens | |
EJ Taylor | |
Drew Zmuda | |
Men’s Basketball | |
Team GPA – 3.10 | |
AD Honor Roll Recipients – 13 (81.25%) | |
Dean’s List Honorees – 5 (31.25%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 2 (12.5%) | |
Uche Dibiamaka | |
Isaiah Fontaine | |
Isaiah Garcia | |
Jordan Jackson | |
Javon Levi | |
Rob McClain Jr. | |
Nick Mora | |
Ricky “Doc” Nelson | |
Marek Nelson | |
Connor Raines | |
Sean Rhea | |
Lesley Varner II | |
Women’s Basketball | |
Team GPA – 3.39 | |
AD Honor Roll Recipients – 16 (94.12%) | |
Dean’s List Honorees – 7 (41.18%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 5 (29.41%) | |
Iva Belosevic | |
Sara Bershers | |
Desirea Buerge | |
Sydney Cajero | |
Mallory Gibson | |
Amara Graham | |
Payton Hicks | |
Megan Johnson | |
Halie Jones | |
Ashlei Lopez | |
Tiffany McGarity | |
Mia Paz | |
Burcu Soysal | |
Valeria Tapia | |
Zhane Templeton | |
Trelynn Tyler | |
Men’s Golf | |
Team GPA – 3.62 | |
AD Honor Roll Recipients – 10 (100%) | |
Dean’s List Honorees – 7 (70%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 2 (20%) | |
Adam Arif Madzri | |
Andres Cortez | |
Henry Fisher | |
Miguel Garza | |
Euan Gill | |
Tae Itthiratchai | |
Rhaasrikanesh Kanavathi | |
Tennoshin Ogawa | |
Luca Portelli | |
Alex Summers | |
Women’s Golf | |
Team GPA – 3.67 | |
AD Honor Roll Recipients – 8 (100%) | |
Dean’s List Honorees – 5 (62.5%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 3 (37.5%) | |
Briana Garza | |
Samantha Garza | |
Vicky Gonzalez | |
Tilda Green | |
Julie Lucio | |
Sophia Tejeda | |
Blayke Van Houten | |
Rachel Yu | |
Men’s Soccer | |
Team GPA – 3.66 | |
AD Honor Roll – 27 (100%) | |
Dean’s List – 21 (77.78%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 8 (29.63%) | |
William Akio | |
Nicholas Blake | |
Bryce Box | |
Jose Cantu | |
Jodabeni Dondeli | |
Jan Engels | |
Michael Faber | |
Ethaniel Fierro | |
Alex Frank | |
Julian Garcia | |
Roberto Hernandez | |
Angel Lopez | |
Karlo Lopez | |
Sergio Loredo Jr. | |
Damian Magallan Jr. | |
Guillermo Martinez | |
Isaac Ochoa | |
Oliver Padilla | |
Juan Rivera | |
Arthur Rogers | |
Luis Rubio | |
Max Schliebener | |
Trevor Schneider | |
Elyad Shojaei | |
Martin Tellez | |
Inder Thind | |
Women’s Soccer | |
Team GPA – 3.71 | |
AD Honor Roll – 20 (90.91%) | |
Dean’s List – 15 (68.18%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 11 (50%) | |
Diana Ansah | |
Melissa Balachorek | |
Anna Barkey | |
Sarah Bonney | |
Delaney Carrell | |
Marcy Garza | |
Lea Kalmbach | |
Shentatious Knox | |
Maile Lunardi | |
Isabella Marinaro | |
Miranda Munoz | |
Tina Sophie Nielson | |
Kryssie Rivera | |
Elina Seppälä | |
Gina Steiner | |
Katherine Stokely | |
Kinga Szemik | |
Anna Torslov | |
Kaitie Watson | |
Jacqueline Zapata | |
Men’s Tennis | |
Team GPA – 3.43 | |
AD Honor Roll – 8 (80%) | |
Dean’s List – 4 (40%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 2 (20%) | |
Samuel De Felipe Garcia | |
Carlo Izurieta | |
Zane Kohrs | |
Michael Loyd | |
Jason Loyd | |
Alberto Mello | |
Mateo Schmit | |
Te Kani Williams | |
Women’s Tennis | |
Team GPA – 3.84 | |
AD Honor Roll – 7 (100%) | |
Dean’s List – 5 (85.71%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 4 (57.14%) | |
Kristyna Mamicova | |
Valeria Montero | |
Ana Platisa | |
Sandra Putz | |
Katarina Sasaroga | |
Alicia Thal | |
Nethmi Waduge | |
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country | |
Track & Field Team GPA – 3.23 | |
Cross Country Team GPA – 3.56 | |
AD Honor Roll – 32 (82.05%) | |
Dean’s List – 23 (58.97%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 10 (25.64%) | |
Omer Almog | |
Mauricio Campos | |
Max Carmona | |
Abraham Chirchir | |
Miguel Escamilla | |
Fernando Escobar | |
Ricky Espinoza | |
Wes Franklin | |
Michael Gonzalez | |
Ackeem Gordon | |
Christian Hall-Gardner | |
Yashawn Hamilton | |
Mariano Hernandez | |
Torry Holmes | |
Baffour Kyem | |
Anthony Magallon | |
Juan Manzano | |
Yariel Matute | |
Paul May | |
Ricardo Mendoza | |
Alex Munoz | |
Vincent Nguyen | |
Diego Perez | |
Edward Ramos | |
Roel Renteria | |
Matthew Salaiz | |
Pedro Segura | |
Sean Skaugen | |
Sergio Tijerina | |
Julian Trevino | |
Aaron Williams | |
Juan Zamora | |
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country | |
Track & Field Team GPA – 3.47 | |
Cross Country Team GPA – 3.57 | |
AD Honor Roll – 34 (85%) | |
Dean’s List – 23 (57.5%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 7 (17.5%) | |
Kelly Aguinaga | |
Eleanor Arndt | |
Lauryn Asiedu | |
Brittany Cantu | |
Idatonye Cheetham-West | |
Jazmin Cortez | |
Adrianna Cruz | |
Charlize De La Garza | |
Neftali Estrada | |
Natalie Garza | |
Amy Gonzalez | |
Ashley Janet Gonzalez | |
Ciera Gonzalez | |
Devon Goodwin | |
Alexandrea Hurst | |
Kyra Keurentjes | |
Dorcas Koech | |
Sharon Koima | |
Taylar Kregness | |
Diamond Lilly | |
Natalie Martinez | |
Elizabeth Ortiz | |
Uxia Pereira | |
Dulce Rodriguez | |
Anahi Romo | |
Esmeralda Ruiz | |
Stephanie Sauceda | |
Jovanni Solis | |
Sierra Spinler | |
Jasmyn Tulloch | |
Alma Villanueva | |
Hailey Wallet | |
Juvae Williams | |
Tamara Woodley | |
Volleyball | |
Team GPA – 3.80 | |
AD Honor Roll – 13 (100%) | |
Dean’s List – 12 (92.31%) | |
4.0 GPA’s – 6 (46.15%) | |
Draik Banks | |
Samaret Caraballo | |
Ioanna Charitonidi | |
Sarah Cruz | |
Carter Helmcamp | |
Veronika Jandova | |
Jackie Kingsbury | |
Julia Moctezuma | |
Pamela Moreira | |
Victoire Nama | |
Debora Nazario | |
Talita Oliveira | |
Paulina Ramirez |