127 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Fall Academic Honors

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – A total of 127 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the fall sports teams, as announced Wednesday, December 2.

All-Academic Recognition is awarded to student-athletes who have completed at least one full year of college study and who carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.300. The fall academic honor roll includes 833 student-athletes representing teams participating in the three men’s and three women’s fall sports for which the UAA sponsors competition.

Due to COVID-19, there was no UAA competition in the fall, nor did any UAA institutions compete in non-Association play.

The UAA Presidents Council established a program of All-Academic recognition in April 1998. Qualifying student athletes are recognized at the completion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons each year. The honor is intended to recognize the high level of academic achievement demonstrated by studentathletes who effectively balance their significant commitment of time, effort, and energy in athletic endeavor with their highly challenging academic responsibilities.

Biennial studies completed by the Association over the last 15 years have consistently shown that the cumulative grade point averages of athletic teams have been statistically equal to or higher than the general campus population GPA. In the most recent study, covering the 2016-17 academic year, 50 percent of all women’s and all men’s teams across the UAA had average cumulative GPA’s equal to or higher than the overall average for their respective campuses. Of the 68 women’s teams and 70 men’s teams included in the study, 60 women’s teams (88 percent) and 49 men’s teams (70 percent) met or exceeded the 3.30 GPA standard for nominating individuals for Academic All-America recognition.

Among the 127 Carnegie Mellon student-athletes to earn the honor this fall, 12 are from the women’s cross country team, 10 from the men’s cross country team, 58 from the football team, 21 from the women’s soccer team, 15 from the men’s soccer team and 10 from the volleyball team.

Women's Cross Country
Isabelle Chickanosky Sr. St. Louis, MO (St. Joseph’s Academy)
Madeline Evans Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (North Hills)
Taylor Jacobs Jr. Bozeman, MT (The Taft School)
Rachel Jones Sr. Chicago, IL (Jones College Prep)
Parvathi Meyyappan Sr. Cupertino, CA (Monta Vista)
Megan Rice Sr. Fairfax, VA (Fairfax)
Kristen Seballos Jr. Cleveland, OH (Padua Franciscan)
Sandra Serbu So. Northbrook, IL (Glenbrook North)
Nicole Shi Sr. Hong Kong, China (Phillips Exeter Academy)
Brittney Sidwell Sr. Aurora, IL (Metea Valley)
Mona Yuan So. Sayreville, NJ (Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences)
Joyce Zhang So. Ellicott City, MD (Centennial)

Men's Cross Country
Leland Davies So. East Brunswick, NJ (East Brunswick)
Sajal Duppatla So. East Brunswick, NJ (East Brunswick)
Graham Eversden Jr. Chandler, AZ (Chandler)
Christopher Hess So. Pittsburgh, PA (Upper St. Clair)
Justin Hsu So. San Carlos, CA (Carlmont)
Matt Karee Sr. Elmira, NY (Notre Dame)
Zachary Nowak So. Manassas, VA (Osbourn)
Michael OBroin Jr. Park Ridge, IL (Saint Ignatius College Prep)
Aidan O’Donnell Jr. Canton, CT (Canton)
Andrew Singh Sr. Marietta, GA (Walton)

Football
Colton Amos So. Prescott, AZ (Prescott)
Kevin Arcia So. Doral, FL (Doral Academy Charter)
Ben Armbrester Jr. Grand Rapids, MI (Forest Hills Eastern)
Nicholas Bellante Sr. Franklin, TN (Father Ryan)
Luke Bikulege Sr. Greer, SC (St. Joseph’s Catholic)
Skyler Blacker Sr. Lake Bluff, IL (Libertyville)
Benjamin Cawyer So. Fort Worth, TX (Nolan Catholic)
Jake Cerwin Jr. Gurnee, IL (Carmel Catholid)
Nick Cizik Jr. Portland, OR (Sunset)
Ben Coyne So. McDonald, PA (South Fayette)
Kyle Dallicardillo Sr. Manasquan, NJ (Wall)
Donald DeCaro Jr. Mt. Lebanon, PA (Mount Lebanon)
Erik Dehkes Jr. Lebanon, NJ (North Hunterdon)
Donny Dinerman Jr. Miami, FL (Gulliver Preparatory)
Jack Fierro So. Alamitos, CA (Orange Lutheran)
Daniel Fitzmorris So. Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame)
Ryan Gaughan Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (Mount Lebanon)
Jordan Gilbert So. Oviedo, FL (Paul J Hagerty)
Matthew Grange Sr. Summit, NJ (Summit)
Steven Grube So. Orlando, FL (Lake Nona)
Matthew Grzybowski So. Seven Hills, OH (Normandy)
Chad Guzzi Jr. Doylestown, PA (Central Bucks East)
Hayden Hairston So. Milton, GA (Milton)
Aryan Hegde So. Brambleton, VA (Rock Ridge)
Liam Henning Sr. Wayland, MA (Wayland)
Casey Jaeb So. San Jose, CA (Bellarmine Prep)
Varun Kalyanapuram So. Austin, TX (Vandegrift)
Kadin Katsch So. Pompano Beach, FL (Pine Crest School)
Sean Knight Jr. New Canaan, CT (New Canaan)
Nathan Koch Sr. Pecatonica, IL (Pecatonica)
JT Kolke Jr. Hinsdale, IL (Hinsdale Central)
Jack Koscho Jr. Sarasota, FL (Cardinal Mooney)
Jordan Love Jr. Bellaire, TX (Bellaire Senior)
Max Martinez Jr. Laguna Niguel, CA (Saint Margarets Episcopal)
Liam McDaniel So. Indiana, PA (Indiana Area)
Bram Miller Sr. Colgate, WI (Kettle Moraine Lutheran)
Quinn Murray So. Pittsburgh, PA (Upper Saint Clair)
Peter Nell So. Newnan, GA (Heritage School)
Brandon Nguyen Jr. Maitland, FL (Lake Highland Preparatory)
Obi Nnaeto Jr. Morristown, NJ (Pingry School)
Matthew Nowlin Sr. Huntsville, AL (Huntsville)
Erik Pederson Jr. Washington, DC (Sidwell Friends)
Sean Pogorelc Sr. Centreville, VA (Chantilly)
Kyle Robertson So. Aliso Viejo, CA (Aliso Niguel)
Zach Schieffer Jr. Overland Park, KS (St. James Academy)
Ryan Shaw So. Emerson, NJ (Emerson)
Zach Shirk Sr. New Albany, OH (New Albany)
Ty Spaltholz So. South Milwaukee, WI (South Milwaukee)
Logan Stahl Sr. Oil City, PA (Oil City Area)
Sean Sullivan Jr. Lexington, MA (Lexington)
Colten Thomas Jr. Germantown, WI (Germantown)
Daniel Thomeer Jr. Williamsville, NY (Williamsville South)
Michael Uribe Jr. Canyon Country, CA (William S Hart)
David Usewick Jr. Bridgewater, NJ (Bridgewater-Raritan Regional)
Mitchell Waters Jr. Louisville, CO (Monarch)
Tyler Waters Jr. Louisville, CO (Monarch)
Thomas Yager Jr. Park Ridge, IL (Maine Township South)
Danny Zahniser Sr. Dowingtown, PA (Downingtown East)

Women's Soccer
Alex Adams So. Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
Hannah Anderson Sr. Burke, VA (lake Braddock Secondary)
Madeline Blakley So. Strongsville, OH (Strongsville)
Camila Bodden So. San Francisco, CA (Lowell)
Olivia Brand So. Elmira, NY (Corning-Painted Post)
Maddie Cech Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Indian Hill)
Gabrielle Davis So. Montrose, PA (Montrose)
Daisy Gollis Jr. Irvine, CA (Tarbut V’Torah)
Nikki Hasson So. Torrance, CA (Calif. Academy of Mathematics and Science)
Ashley Hong So. Ashburn, VA (Broad Run)
Allie Hunter So. Pleasanton, CA (Amador Valley)
Abby Kuznick Sr. Livingston, NJ (Livingston)
Rachel Legg So. Kansas City, MO (Pembroke)
Maddy Lui Jr. Basking Ridge, NJ (Ridge)
Jocelyn Mayer Jr. New York, NY (The Dalton School)
Marissa McAfee Jr. Cumming, GA (South Forsyth)
Skylar Pollock Jr. Parkland, FL (Pine Crest)
Stephanie Ramsay Jr. Lake Forest, IL (Loyola Academy)
Julia Salerno Sr. Yardley, PA (The Hun School of Princeton)
Lena Spencer So. Warrenton, VA (Patriot)
Julianne Tippett Jr. Torrance, CA (South)

Men's Soccer
Alex Barakat Jr. McLean, VA (Langley)
Jack Bean Jr. East Aurora, NY (East Aurora)
Callan Capitolo Jr. Kentfield, CA (The Branson School)
Jason Edmunds Jr. Libertyville, IL (Libertyville)
Chester Glenn Jr. Westport, CT (Staples)
Tyler Harp So. Armonk, NY (Byram Hills)
Nick Isham Sr. Lansing, MI (East Lansing)
Ethan Kalis Jr. Riverwoods, IL (Adlai E. Stevenson)
Hale Lieberman Jr. Chevy Chase, MD (Bethesda Chevy Chase)
Dante Mancini So. Lake Forest, IL (Lake Forest)
Jonty Nobbs Jr. Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake)
Chris Roberts So. West Chester, PA (Henderson)
Kiran Sarvepalli So. Fairfax, VA (Fairfax)
Mason Shockley So. Morgantown, WV (University)
Alex Singh Sr. Golden, CO (Lakewood)
Marco Suarez So. Suwanee, GA (Collins Hill)

Volleyball
Diana Balta Sr. Media, PA (Penncrest)
Vivian Beaudoin Jr. Washington, NJ (Warren Hills)
Olivia Devereux So. Manhattan Beach, CA (Marymount)
Marion Haney So. Pittsburgh, PA (Avonworth)
Grayce Henderson So. Wayne, PA (Radnor)
Liz Jankowski Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland Catholic)
Arianna Rosario So. Raleigh, NC (Millbrook)
Carrie Stewart Jr. Victor, NY (Victor)
Erin Westberg Jr. Cary, NC (Cardinal Gibbons)
Stella Yan So. Coppell, TX (Coppell)