128 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Winter Academic Honors
(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – A total of 128 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the wintersports teams, as announced Wednesday, March 3.
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 857 student-athletes representing teams participating in the five men’s and four women’s winter sports for which the UAA sponsors competition.
Due to COVID-19, there was no UAA competition in the winter.
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 128 Carnegie Mellon student-athletes to earn the honor this fall, four are from the women’s basketball team, 12 from the men’s basketball team, 25 from the women's swimming and diving team, 28 from the men’s swimming and diving team, 26 from the women's indoor track and field team and 33 from the men's indoor track and field team.
Women's Basketball
Emily Archer Jr. Chatham, NJ (Oak Knoll)
Summer Faille Jr. Thousand Oaks, CA (Westlake)
Divya Seenivasan So. Bridgewater, NJ (Rutgers Preparatory School)
Chloe Yan Sr. Singapore (Hwa Chong Junior College)
Men's Basketball
Josh Berry So. Western Springs, IL (Lyons Township)
Tom Farkos Jr. Allison Park, PA (Pittsburgh Central Catholic)
Joey Krempa Sr. Linden, NJ (Linden)
Ethan Miller Sr. King of Prussia, PA (Upper Merion)
Nick Nakasian So. Powell, OH (Olentangy Liberty)
Sean Oberman So. Flemington, NJ (Hunterdon Central)
Will Powell Jr. Kansas City, MO (Pembroke Hill)
Kevin Sax So. Highlands Ranch, CO (Thunder Ridge)
Charlie Tripp Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Mariemont)
Zach Watson Sr. Dublin, OH (Jerome)
Daniel Weiss Sr. Marlboro, NJ (Marlboro)
Paul Woolhouse Jr. Lebanon, NJ (North Hunterdon)
Women's Swimming and Diving
Clare Brown So. Grantham, NJ (Lebanon)
Kierstyn Cassidy Jr. Waynesville, OH (Waynesville)
Dani Castleberg Jr. Santa Barbara, CA (Dos Pueblos)
Jessica Chau Sr. Ridgewood, NJ (Ridgewood)
Megan Christy Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
Kristin Daniel So. Rochester Hills, MI (Stoney Creek)
Stephanie Erickson Jr. Voorheesville, NY (Clayton A. Bouton)
Rachel Fuechtman So. Hinsdale, IL (Hinsdale Central)
Kellen Gibson Jr. Kirkland, WA (Holy Names Academy)
Emma Graham Sr. Mount Lebanon, PA (Mount Lebanon)
Madeline Hoedemaker So. Pennington, NJ (Hopewell Valley Central)
Reilly McManus Sr. Ridgefield, CT (Rye Country Day)
Stefanie McMillan Sr. Vancouver, WA (Skyview)
Mathea Myhrvold So. Raleigh, NC (Wakefield)
Katelyn Parsons Jr. Belle Mead, NJ (Montgomery)
Sophy Peng Sr. Fremont, CA (American)
Aidan Pinto So. Rockaway, NJ (Morris Hills)
Emily Reinoso Sr. Norwalk, CT (Brien McMahon)
Madeleine Riordan So. New York, NY (Nightingale-Bamford School)
Emilia Schwallie So. Weston, MA (Weston)
Andrea Teofanova So. Ocean City, NJ (Ocean City)
Tiffany Tseng So. Westford, MA (Westford Academy)
Bonnie Wang So. Vancouver, BC (Collingwood School)
Katelyn Young So. Walnut, CA (Walnut)
Aileen Yu Sr. Ellicott City, MD (Marriotts Ridge)
Men's Swimming and Diving
Justin Britton Jr. Falls Church, VA (George Mason)
Alex Chiu So. Sewell, NJ (Washington Township)
Seaver Dahlgren So. Mill Valley, CA (Branson)
Colin Daniel Jr. Westfield, NJ (Westfield)
Richard Dauksher Jr. Fort Collins, CO (Fossil Ridge)
Emmanuel Eppinger Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (Winchester Thurston)
Lingrui Fan Jr. Beijing, China (Beijing Yuying School)
Max Gonzalez Sr. Allison Park, PA (North Allegheny)
Doug Heymann Jr. Lake Oswego, OR (Lake Oswego)
Jonathan Hua Jr. New Porvidence, NJ (Delbarton)
Andrew Joyner Sr. Holly Springs, NC (Tar Heel Springs Academy)
James Kirkby Sr. West Chester, PA (West Chester East)
James Kyle Jr. Austin, TX (St. Stephen’s Episcopal School)
Judson Kyle Jr. Austin, TX (St. Stephen’s Episcopal School)
Oliver Lance So. Lititz, PA (Warwick)
Sean Lannigan Jr. Holden, MA (Wachusett Regional)
Mason Loyet So. Moraga, CA (Campolindo)
John McNab So. Westport, CT (Staples)
Matthew Nagler So. West Chicago, IL (St. Charles East)
Daniel Ng Jr. Buffalo Grove, IL (Adlai E. Stevenson)
Lee Poirer So. Skillman, NJ (Montgomery)
Sean Ream Jr. Canton, OH (Jackson)
Maxim Ryaguzov So. Hawthorn Woods, IL (Adlai E. Stevenson)
William Staebel So. The Woodlands, TX (The John Cooper School)
Aleksander Tarczynski So. Springfield, VA (West Springfield)
John Tjards Sr. Naperville, IL (Metea Valley)
Aidan Wagner So. Bainbridge Island, WA (Bainbridge)
Matthew Wagner So. Mason, OH (William Mason)
Women's Indoor Track and Field
Carmen Andrade So. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Ramey)
Elizabeth Barre So. Ithaca, NY (Taft)
Isabelle Chickanosky Sr. St. Louis, MO (St. Joseph’s Academy)
Lindy Cornwall Jr. Poway, CA (Poway)
Madeline Evans Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (North Hills)
Jasmine Fahrenkrug So. Vestal, NY (Vestal)
Samantha Giordani So. Pittsburgh, PA (Ambridge)
Mia Hartman Jr. Apollo, PA (Kiski)
Visakha Ho Jr. Rolla, MO (Rolla)
Taylor Jacobs Jr. Bozeman, MT (The Taft School)
Sami Johnson Jr. Thousand Oaks, CA (Thousand Oaks)
Rachel Jones Sr. Chicago, IL (Jones College Prep)
Francine Leung So. Port Jefferson, NY (The Stony Brook School)
Parvathi Meyyappan Sr. Cupertino, CA (Monta Vista)
Ola Owodunni So. Philadelphia, PA (Central)
Enza Potter Jr. Los Gatos, CA (Saint Francis)
Valerie Reiling Sr. Concord, MA (Concord Carlisle Regional)
Megan Rice Sr. Fairfax, VA (Fairfax)
Kristen Seballos Jr. Cleveland, OH (Padua Franciscan)
Nicole Shi Sr. Hong Kong, China (Phillips Exeter Academy)
Brittney Sidwell Sr. Aurora, IL (Metea Valley)
Ally Tully Sr. Chappaqua, NY (Horace Greeley)
Mona Yuan So. Sayreville, NJ / Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences
Joyce Zhang So. Ellicott City, MD (Centennial High School)
Agnes Zhou Jr. Fremont, CA (Mission San Jose)
Men's Indoor Track and Field
Marvin Bennett Sr. Baltimore, MD (Phillips Exeter Academy)
Michael Cai Sr. Dumont, NJ (Bergen County Academies)
Thomas Chen Jr. Taipei, Taiwan (Taipei American School)
Nikolas Diamant Jr. Berkeley, CA (Berkeley)
Graham Eversden Jr. Chandler, AZ (Chandler)
Christian Frech Jr. Portland, OR (Jesuit)
Verne Garin So. San Jose, CA (Bellarmine College Prep)
Alex Halkias So. Berlin, CT (Berlin)
Hunter Hartshorne Sr. Ithaca, NY (Ithaca)
Christopher Hess So. Pittsburgh, PA (Upper St. Clair)
Justin Hsu So. San Carlos, CA (Carlmont High)
Len Huang So. Holmdel, NJ (Holmdel)
Grant Johnson Sr. Wilmette, IL (New Trier)
Matt Karee Sr. Elmira, NY (Notre Dame)
Naren Karur Jr. Santa Clara, CA (Saint Francis)
Justin Kiefel Jr. Downingtown, PA (Downingtown STEM Academy)
Everett Kolto Jr. Southlake, TX (Carroll Senior)
Brian Lane Jr. Frederick, MD (Oakdale)
Noah Lynch So. Amesbury, MA (Amesbury)
Bram Miller Sr. Colgate, WI (Kettle Moraine Lutheran)
Jack Murphy Sr. Ithaca, NY (Trumansburg)
Umar Nasim Jr. Louisville, KY (Louisville Collegiate School)
Zach Nowak So. Manassas, VA (Osbourn High School)
Michael OBroin Jr. Park Ridge, IL (Saint Ignatius College Prep)
Aidan O’Donnell Jr. Canton, CT (Canton)
Bailey O’Malley So. Pittsburgh, PA (Baldwin)
Anthony Prestigiacomo So. Holmdel, NJ (Holmdel)
Zahir Saiyed So. Fairfax, VA (Fairfax)
Elijah Sech So. San Clemente, CA (San Clemente)
Andrew Singh Sr. Marietta, GA (Walton)
Matt Sloan Sr. Harmony, PA (Seneca Valley)
Logan Stahl Sr. Oil City, PA (Oil City)
Ian Turner So. Newport Beach, CA (Corona del Mar)