98 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Winter Academic Honors
(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – A total of 98 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the winter sports teams, as announced by the Association on March 12.
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 winter academic honor roll includes 884 student-athletes representing teams participating in the five men’s and four women’s winter 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 98 Carnegie Mellon student-athletes to earn the honor this winter, nine are from the women’s basketball team, six from the men’s basketball team, 26 from the women's swimming and diving team, 14 from the men’s swimming and diving team, 14 from the women's indoor track and field team and 29 from the men's indoor track and field team.
Women's Basketball
Ava Arias So. Portland, OR (Leodis V. McDaniel)
Ava Black So. Mars, PA (Mars Area)
Anisha Chintala Jr. Austin, TX (Westwood)
Savannah Gibbs So. Danvers, MA (Deerfield Academy)
Sam Glowasky Sr. Oakton, VA (Madison)
Jamie Joseph Sr. Northbrook, IL (Glenbrook North)
Megan Matsko Sr. Baltimore, MD (Mount de Sales Academy)
Catherine Or Jr. Los Angeles, CA (Marlborough School)
Anika Prasad Sr. Saratoga, CA (Saratoga)
Men's Basketball
Michael Acquaah-Harrison Jr. Charlton, MA (Trinity Pawling School)
Aidan Booher Jr. Plainfield, IN (Plainfield)
Buckley DeJardin So. San Gabriel, CA (St. Francis)
Aidan Murphy Jr. Glen Ellyn, IL (Glenbard West)
Lucas Pavlounis Jr. East Hanover, NJ (Oratory Prep)
Jack Stone Sr. Newport Beach, CA (Corona del Mar)
Women's Swimming and Diving
Sophie Elliott So. Clarksburg, MD (Poolesville)
Emma Hoffman Jr. Ballston Spa, NY (Ballston Spa)
Dannig Hu Sr. Whippany, NJ (Newark Academy)
Erica Iizuka Sr. Chatham, NJ (Chatham)
Zoe Jacobs Sr. Sunnyvale, CA (King's Academy)
Emily Jordan Sr. Ashburn, VA (Briar Woods)
Carolann Kimock Jr. Old Bridge, NJ (Saint John Vianney)
Molly Kinstle Jr. Easthampton, MA (Williston Northampton)
Catie Kress Jr. Pittsburgh, PA (Hampton)
Emma Kulbida Jr. Broomfield, CO (Stargate Charter)
Kelli Kuramoto Sr. Los Altos, CA (Los Altos)
Audrey Lambert So. Kansas City, MO (Pembroke Hill)
Esther Lin So. Fort Lauderdale, FL (Pine Crest School)
Maya McAuley Sr. Novato, CA (Novato)
Mathea Myhrvold Gr. Raleigh, NC (Wakefield)
Ruby Redlich Sr. Madison, CT (Daniel Hand)
Katie Rock Jr. Edgewater, NJ (Bergen County Technical)
Jackie Ruhnke Jr. Bridgewater, NJ (Bridgewater-Raritan)
Aanika Schueler Jr. Chester, NJ (West Morris Mendham)
Audrey Soetanto So. Hudson, OH (Hudson)
Kyndall Tatum Jr. Highlands Ranch, CO (Arapahoe)
Ayesha Tupe Sr. Folsom, CA (Vista del Lago)
Reece Whatmore Jr. Sarasota, FL (The Out-of-Door Academy)
Yitian Zhang So. Rochester Hills, MI (International Academy)
Men's Swimming and Diving
Todd Achuff So. Houston, TX (St. John's School)
Leo Badaker Sr. South Amboy, NJ (Copenagen International School)
Arnav Deshpande So. Naperville, IL (Waubonsie Valley)
Santiago Gomez Sr. Doral, FL (Doral Academy)
Tyler Hoyt Sr. River Forest, IL (Oak Park and River Forest)
Max Kulbida So. Broomfield, CO (Stargate Charter)
Christian Lanuza Jr. Greenwich, CT (Greenwich)
Jonathan Lindstrom Jr. Bethesda, MD (Walt Whitman)
DJ Lloyd So. Dublin, OH (Dublin Jerome)
James Pascale Jr. Greenwich, CT (Greenwich)
Nick Schmid So. Houston, TX (Taylor)
Aleksander Tarczynski Gr. Springfield, VA (West Springfield)
Samuel Telanoff Jr. Santa Monica, CA (Santa Monica)
David Zoota So. Scarsdale, NY (Scarsdale)
Women's Indoor Track and Field
Elizabeth Barre Gr. Ithaca, NY (Taft)
Norah Czajka Jr. Penfield, NY (Penfield)
Margaret Ann Healy So. Durham, NC (Durham School of the Arts)
Alyssa Hoffman Jr. Watsontown, PA (Warrior Run)
JoJo Huczko Sr. Murrysville, PA (Franklin Regional)
Emily Lannen Sr. Reston, VA (South Lakes)
Jacqueline Liu So. Naperville, IL (Naperville North)
Orit Shiang So. Niskayuna, IL (Niskayuna)
Allison Silva Jr. Marlborough, MA (Advanced Math and Science Academy)
Kate Stamper Jr. Mars, PA (North Allegheny)
Taylor Symonette Jr. Westport, CT (Staples)
Sunny Tang Jr. Lexington, MA (Lexington)
Avery Tompkins Jr. Kingsley, PA (Scranton Preparatory)
Sophia Zalewski Sr. Piedmont, CA (Piedmont)
Men's Indoor Track and Field
Sam Alligood So. La Jolla, CA (La Jolla Country Day)
Eamon Brady Jr. Park Ridge, IL (Maine South)
Cody Breidenbach Jr. Nazareth, PA (Nazareth Area)
Johnathan Crawshaw So. Calabasas, CA (Chaminade College Prep)
Victor Crawshaw So. Calabasas, CA (Chaminade College Prep)
Thomas Damiani So. Pottstown, PA (Owen J. Roberts)
Leland Davis Gr. East Brunswick, NJ (East Brunswick)
Nathaniel Deyak Jr. Iowa City, IA (Iowa City West)
Christian Duckworth So. Wexford, PA (North Allegheny)
Sean Dutton Jr. Chatham, NJ (Chatham)
Jackson Ellinger Jr. Great Falls, VA (Langley)
Jacob Hsu Sr. Arcadia, CA (Arcadia)
Alex Ivanov Sr. Newton, MA (Newton)
Morgan Johnson So. Los Angeles, CA (Phillips Exeter Academy)
Andrew McGovern Sr. Lexington, MA (Lexington)
Charlie Murphy Sr. Roanoke, VA (Patrick Henry)
Saaketh Nandakumar So. San Jose, CA (Evergreen Valley)
Micah Nowlin Jr. Huntington Beach, CA (Edison)
Bailey O’Malley Gr. Pittsburgh, PA (Baldwin)
Jeremy Ocloo So. Beltsville, MD (Homeschooled)
Ryan Podnar So. Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
Casey Potrebic Jr. Calistoga, CA (Justin-Siena)
Sebastian Sanso Jr. Santa Cruz, CA (Santa Cruz)
Aleksei Seletskiy Jr. Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto)
Kenji Tella So. Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto)
Seth Williams Jr. Rocky River, OH (Rocky River)
Bennett Wong So. San Jose, CA (Lynbrook)
Jackson Wood Jr. Newbury, NH (Beverly)