61 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Fall Academic Honors

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – A total of 61 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 Tuesday, October 18.

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 571 student-athletes representing teams participating in the two men’s and three women’s fall 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 61 Carnegie Mellon student-athletes to earn the honor this fall, 12 are from the women’s cross country team, 12 from the men’s cross country team, 14 from the women’s soccer team, 15 from the men’s soccer team and eight from the volleyball team.

Women's Cross Country

Norah Czajka So. Penfield, NY (Penfield)
Karissa Dunkerley So. Grove City, PA (Grove City)
Alyssa Hoffman So. Watsontown, PA (Warrior Run)
Hayley Kilgore So. Kittanning, PA (Armstrong)
Emily Lannen Jr. Reston, VA (South Lakes)
Lauren May So. Providence, RI (La Salle Academy)
Nandini Neralagi So. San Jose, CA (Evergreen Valley)
Carina Sanborn Jr. Ann Arbor, MI (Ann Arbor Pioneer)
Kristen Seballos Gr. Cleveland, OH (Padua Franciscan)
Avery Tompkins So. Kingsley, PA (Scranton Preparatory)
Mona Yuan Sr. Sayreville, NJ (Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences)
Sophia Zalewski Jr. Piedmont, CA (Piedmont)

Men's Cross Country

Eamon Brady So. Park Ridge, IL (Maine South)
Matthew Coyle So. Park Ridge, IL (Maine South)
Sean Dutton So. Chatham, NJ (Chatham)
Jackson Ellinger So. Great Falls, VA (Langley)
Yonah Goldberg So. West Hartford, CT (William H. Hall)
Jacob Hsu Jr. Arcadia, CA (Arcadia)
Alex Ivanov Jr. Newton, MA (Newton North)
Charlie Murphy Jr. Roanoke, VA (Patrick Henry)
Zachary Nowak Sr. Manassas, VA (Osbourn)
Elijah Sech Sr. San Clemente, CA (San Clemente)
Aleksei Seletskiy So. Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto)
Jackson Wood Jr. Newbury, NH (Beverly)

Women's Soccer

Alex Adams Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
Camila Bodden Sr. San Francisco, CA (Lowell)
Olivia Brand Sr. Elmira, NY (Corning-Painted Post)
Ayana Curto So. Washington, DC (Georgetown Day School)
Cecelia Dieterich Jr. South Paris, ME (Oxford)
Anna Maria Ferrante Jr. Lynnfield, MA (Lynnfield)
Ashley Hong Sr. Ashburn, VA (Broad Run)
Gemma Jefferson So. Nashville, TN (University School of Nashville)
Rachel Legg Sr. Kansas City, MO (Pembroke)
Rachel Martini Jr. Hoffman Estates, IL (Saint Edward Central Catholic)
Avery McGuirt So. Winston Salem, NC (West Forsyth)
Ella Onal So. Wyckoff, NJ (Ramapo)
Helena Spencer Sr. Warrenton, VA (Patriot)
Breana Valentovish Jr. Cranberry Township, PA (Seneca Valley)

Men's Soccer

Billy Boucuvalas So. Oakwood, OH (Oakwood)
Jason Edmunds Sr. Libertyville, IL (Libertyville)
Tyler Harp Sr. Armonk, NY (Byram Hills)
Mateo Hernandez Jr. Pembroke Pines, FL (Pembroke Pines Charter)
Eli Kampine So. Nashville, TN (Montgomery Bell Academy)
Dante Mancini Sr. Lake Forest, IL (Lake Forest)
Luke Marolda Jr. West Windsor, NJ (The Peddie School)
William Rabon Jr. Grand Rapids, MI (International Academy)
Kyle Raker So. Greenwich, CT (Brunswick School)
Kol Rollins Jr. Elmhurst, IL (York Community)
Kiran Sarvepalli Sr. Fairfax, VA (Fairfax)
Diederik Schlingemann Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (Winchester Thurston)
Dylan Schulman So. Montclair, NJ (Montclair)
Mason Shockley Sr. Morgantown, WV (University)
Jacob Slackman So. Ambler, PA (Wissahicken)

Volleyball

Abby Chen So. Fairfax, VA (Oakton)
Jane Dean Jr. Wilmette, IL (New Trier)
Olivia Devereux Sr. Manhattan Beach, CA (Marymount)
Mindee Lai Jr. Belmont, MA (Belmont)
Laura Reichard Jr. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (Saint John’s School)
Arianna Rosario Sr. Raleigh, NC (Millbrook)
Avani Seshiah Jr. Cincinnati, OH (The Seven Hills School)
Stella Yan Sr. Coppell, TX (Coppell)