89 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Spring Academic Honors

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – A total of 89 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the spring sports teams, as announced by the Association on May 5.

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 spring academic honor roll includes 705 student-athletes representing teams participating in the four men’s and four women’s spring sports for which the UAA sponsors competition.

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 student-athletes who effectively balance their significant commitment of time, effort, and energy in athletic endeavors with their highly challenging academic responsibilities.

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, 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 89 Carnegie Mellon student-athletes to earn the honor this spring, seven are from the women’s tennis team, 10 from the men’s tennis team, 10 from the women's golf team, six from the men’s golf team, 13 from the softball team, 21 from the women's outdoor track and field team and 22 from the men's outdoor track and field team.

Women's Tennis

Victoria Chang Sr. Dublin, OH (Dublin Jerome)
Lindy Cornwall Sr. Poway, CA (Poway)
Abigail Khieu So. Potomac, MD (Walt Whitman)
Megan Qiang Jr. Cleveland, OH (Hathaway Brown School)
Ola Wojciak Sr. Holmdel, NJ (Holmdel)
Janabelle Wu Sr. San Jose, CA (Lynbrook)
Bin Zheng Jr. Miami, FL (Doral Academy)

Men's Tennis

Brandon Aprill So. Mountain View, CA (The Menlo School)
Arjan Bedi So. Pittsburgh, PA (Sewickley Academy)
Jaden D’Abreo So. Portland, OR (Jesuit)
Raahil Doshi Jr. Singapore, Singapore (Anglo-Chinese School)
Michael Fourchy So. Fresno, CA (Clovis North)
Sam Gibson Sr. Chico, CA (Pleasant Valley)
Nadim Motaghedi So. Cerritos, CA (Whitney)
Matthew Poh Jr. Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)
Nicholas Wernink So. Glen Cove, NY (Friends Academy)
Derek Wong So. La Jolla, CA (Francis Parker)

Women's Golf

Mikey Cao Jr. Johns Creek, GA (Northview)
Grace Chen Sr. Sunnyvale, CA (Saint Francis)
Steffi Chern So. Hsinchu City, Taiwan (Pacific American School)
Michelle Koo Jr. Scottsdale, AZ (BASIS Scottsdale Charter)
Meher Mankikar So. Bridgewater, NJ (Bridgewater Raritan)
Denise Pan So. Houston, TX (St. John’s School)
Tiana Porwanto So. Jakarta Utara, Indonesia (Masa Depan Cerah Subrabaya Christian)
Alexis Sudjianto Jr. Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Latin School)
Nadia Susanto Sr. Irvine, CA (Arnold O. Beckman)
Catherine Yu Gr. Dalian, China (Walnut)

Men's Golf

Joshua Braverman Jr. Naples, FL (Community School of Naples)
Stephen Dai So. Bellevue, WA (Lakeside School)
Jason Folker Sr. Lake Forest, IL (Lake Forest)
William Knauth Sr. Williamsport, PA (Williamsport Area)
Brian Li Jr. Beijing, China (Blair Academy)
Morgan Yang Jr. Sydney, Australia (North Sydney)

Softball

Izzy Bermudez Jr. Austin, TX (Dripping Springs)
Gwen Delacruz Sr. Laguna Nigel, CA (Aliso Niguel)
Summer Faille Sr. Thousand Oaks, CA (Westlake)
Emily Finger Jr. Aurora, IL (Metea Valley)
Erika Heffernen So. Moorestown, NJ (Moorestown)
Megan Holquist Sr. Ellicott City, MD (Mount Hebron)
Megan Hu Sr. Katy, TX (Seven Lakes)
Scotty McGee Sr. Huntington Beach, CA (Huntington Beach)
Kyra Musmanno Sr. West Windsor, NJ (West Windsor-Plainsboro North)
Audrey Pederson Sr. Bedford, NH (Bedford)
Amanda Schwartz Sr. Fairfield, NJ (West Essex Regional)
Amanda Smith So. New Cumberland, PA (Trinity)
Emily Song Sr. Mount Arlington, NJ (Roxbury)

Women's Outdoor Track and Field

Adriana Agosta Jr. Grosse Pointe, MI (Grosse Pointe South)
Carmen Andrade Jr. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Ramey)
Megan Baker So. Exton, PA (B. Reed Henderson)
Liz Barre Jr. Ithaca, NY (Taft)
Lindy Cornwall Sr. Poway, CA (Poway)
Jasmine Fahrenkrug Jr. Vestal, NY (Vestal)
Samantha Giordani Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (Ambridge)
Mia Hartman Sr. Apollo, PA (Kiski)
JoJo Huczko So. Murrysville, PA (Franklin Regional)
Taylor Jacobs Sr. Bozeman, MT (The Taft School)
Sami Johnson Sr. Thousand Oaks, CA (Thousand Oaks)
Emily Lannen So. Reston, VA (South Lakes)
Francine Leung Jr. Port Jefferson, NY (The Stony Brook School)
Jill Nelson Sr. Glen Ellyn, IL (Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy)
Ola Owodunni Jr. Philadelphia, PA (Central)
Valerie Reiling Gr. Concord, MA (Concord Carlisle Regional)
Carina Sanborn So. Ann Arbor, MI (Ann Arbor Pioneer)
Kristen Seballos Sr. Cleveland, OH (Padua Franciscan)
Mona Yuan Jr. Sayreville, NJ / Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences
Sophia Zalewski So. Piedmont, CA (Piedmont)
Agnes Zhou Sr. Fremont, CA (Mission San Jose)

Men's Indoor Track and Field

Michael Cai Gr. Dumont, NJ (Bergen County Academies)
Chetan Chilkunda So. Hillsboro, OR (Jesuit)
Nikolas Diamant Sr. Berkeley, CA (Berkeley)
Verne Garin Jr. San Jose, CA (Bellarmine College Prep)
Alex Halkias Jr. Berlin, CT (Berlin)
Jacob Hsu So. Arcadia, CA (Arcadia)
Justin Hsu Jr. San Carlos, CA (Carlmont High)
Len Huang Jr. Holmdel, NJ (Holmdel)
Alexr Ivanov So. Newton, MA (Newton)
Grant Johnson Gr. Wilmette, IL (New Trier)
Justin Kiefel Sr. Downingtown, PA (Downingtown STEM Academy)
Everett Kolto Sr. Southlake, TX (Carroll Senior)
Andrew McGovern So. Lexington, MA (Lexington)
Bram Miller Gr. Colgate, WI (Kettle Moraine Lutheran)
Charlie Murphy So. Roanoke, VA (Patrick Henry)
Zach Nowak Jr. Manassas, VA (Osbourn High School)
Michael OBroin Sr. Park Ridge, IL (Saint Ignatius College Prep)
Bailey O’Malley Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (Baldwin)
Pranav Rajbhandari So. Marietta, GA (Walton)
Elijah Sech Jr. San Clemente, CA (San Clemente)
Austin Weltz So. Clarksville, MD (River Hill)
Jackson Wood So. Newbury, NH (Beverly)