BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University Department of Athletics and Recreation had 216 of its student-athletes receive Dean's Honors List accolades from the University for achieving a 3.50 or higher grade-point average during the 2025 Spring semester.
"The coaches and staff in the Athletic Department are extremely proud of our student-athletes that achieved the Dean's Honor List during the spring semester," commented Director of Athletics & Recreation and Head Women's Basketball Coach Mary Beth Spirk. "As a Division III institution, we maintain that same philosophy in our department: in order to be a successful athlete, you must be a successful student. Our coaches understand that academics are a top priority, and our athletes all know that success in the classroom comes first. Congratulations to all the Dean's Honor List student-athletes."
To be a member of the Moravian Dean's Honors List, an undergraduate student needs to carry three or more complete/graded (letter grade) course units in the Fall or Spring term and attain a GPA for the term of 3.50 of higher.
The 216 Greyhounds account for over a third of the student-athletes that began the 2024-25 academic year on teams' rosters. The total also includes 27 student-athletes that are participating in more than one sport and 49 members of the group had a perfect 4.0 during the spring semester including 12 of the 27 multi-sport student-athletes. The athletic department accounted for 24 percent of Moravian's nearly 900-member Spring Dean's Honor List, and the Greyhounds had a cumulative 3.29 grade-point average for the season.
The football squad had the most honorees with 22 student-athletes each earning Dean's Honor List accolades while the softball team had 18 student-athletes honored followed by the men's lacrosse, women's soccer and women's track & field programs with 16 honorees each. The baseball and women's lacrosse squads each had 15 student-athletes selected to the Dean's Honor List while the men's soccer team had 14 honorees. The women's basketball and women's cross country programs both had 12 selections while the men's cross country squad had 11 honorees. The women's volleyball team had nine student-athletes garner Dean's Honor List while the men's track & field program had eight selections. Rounding out the list were the men's basketball and field hockey teams with seven selections, the women's tennis squad with six honorees, men's golf and men's tennis with five selections and the women's golf and women's swimming programs with one selection. The 27 dual-sport student-athletes are listed with their first sport played during the academic year.
The full list of Moravian's 2025 Spring Dean's Honor List is available at https://news.moravian.edu/2025/06/16/moravian-university-names-students-to-deans-honor-list-for-spring-2025/.
The student-athletes receiving Dean's Honors List honors include: Heather Adams (WT&F), Antonio Albanese (BASE), Gia Ambrosino (FH), Mikayla Anderson (WBB), Sydney Anderson (FH), Katherine Appenzellar (WXC/WT&F), Lane Bassett (MT&F), Dylan Benbow (MXC/MT&F), Ali Bender (WTEN), Madison Berning (SB), Reagan Bleiler (WSOC), Grace Blenis (WSOC), Nathan Bonvallet (MSOC), Mason Boose (FB), Sean Boyer (MLAX), Emmit Budick (BASE), Elle Burd (WLAX), Anika Buzzy (WSOC), Kylie Cabana (WBB), Rebecca Caird (WT&F), Sophia Calantoni (FH), Owen Carey (MSOC), Nathan Carr (FB), Leah Chladny (SB), Tyler Coban (MLAX), Jack Corrigan (FB), Liam Cummiskey (MBB), Katelyn Davis (WT&F), Bella DeMassa (WT&F), Sarah DeStefano (SB), Jack Dicesare (BASE), Erica Dietz (WT&F), Alexander DiMatteo (MXC/MT&F), Madisen Dippel (WLAX), Joshua Doane (FB), Christopher Downey (MT&F), Aidan Durna (FB), Melissa Elefonte (WLAX), Malory Elias (WBB), Megan Elias (WBB), Tucker Ellis (MLAX), Jake Englehart (FB), Jeremiah Espinosa (FB), Shayaan Farhad (MTEN), Roman Farhad (MTEN), Colin Farrell (MBB), Jacob Farrell (MXC/MT&F), Megan Felmly (FH), Jacob Fenstermaker (MT&F), Cailin Filep (WLAX), Caillie Fish (WT&F), Riley Flood (MBB), Jessica Forder (SB), Austin Fulton (MGOLF), Jordan Gagner (MXC/MT&F), Jason Gartner (MT&F), Gavyn Hennarelli (FB), Ryan Goldberg (MSOC), Rachael Goodman (WXC/T&F), Kayla Graef (WLAX), Rachele Grigoli (WT&F), Stephen Grosscup (MGOLF), Gavin Hefferan (MXC/MT&F), Elaine Herbert (WBB), Jessica Heydt (WT&F), Austin Hittle (MLAX), Alexis Hockenberry (WXC/WT&F), Alyssa Hockenberry (WXC/WT&F), Kaley Hoffman (SB), Kyra Holtje (SB), Ross Huffman (BASE), Kylie Hughes (WSOC), Molly Hughes (WVB), Ava Hull (WSOC), Kathryn Hunsinger (WLAX), Kyle Ingersoll (MSOC), Killian Irish-Donini (MLAX), Hunter Johnson (FB), Nicole Kalorin (WTEN), Luke Keitsock (BASE), John Kelly (MBB), Daniel Kelly (MLAX), Liam Kelly (MLAX), Bryan Kerchner (MXC/MT&F), Ella Kilko (WVB), Paige Kinahan (WSOC), Sean Kirwin (MSOC), Geoffrey Kleinberg (MXC/T&F), Kierstyn Klingner (WXC/WT&F), Shai Knight (WT&F), Andrew Kokinda (MGOLF), Ryan Kokoszka (MLAX), Makenzie Krasley (WVB), Kayla Krausse (SB), Ricky Krouse (FB/MT&F), Dalton Kucher (FB), Matthew Labosky (MTEN), Brielle Langford (WSOC), Zach Lebby (MTEN), Reins Leedy (FB), Timm Leidecker (MGOLF), Jenna Lenko (SB), Nick Leonard (BASE), Gianna Lotito (WLAX), Samantha Love (WVB), Catie Lovett (WXC/WSWIM), Lizzie Lustig (WBB), Cole Maholtz (FB), Nick Mancini (MLAX), Wyatt Marshall (MTEN), Matthew Martinez (FB), Lillian Martino (WLAX), Sarah Mazzetti (WSWIM), Alanna McBrearty (WLAX), Nathan McBride (BASE), Kate McBrierty (VB), Abby McClaskey (WT&F), Finnegan McGovern (MLAX), Robbie McNelly (MGOLF), Amanda McNesby (WSOC), Chris Medei (BASE), Alexandra Meeks (WXC/WT&F), Carolina Melillo (WVB/WT&F), Makenna Mersch (WT&F), Gannon Mesko (MLAX), Nicholas Milonas (MSOC), Elizabeth Miskovsky (WT&F), Margaret Modrovsky (WLAX), Aden Moskovitz (MLAX), Colin Moyer (MSOC), Ryan Mullin (MSOC), Rylie Murphy (WXC/WT&F), Jeffrey Murray (MSOC), Meghan Myers (WXC/WT&F), Erda Nesimi (WLAX), Dylan Nolter (FB), Kayla O'Neil (WXC/WT&F), Ethan O'Neill (FB), Brynn Ohlhoff (WBB), Ella Oswald (WGOLF), Natalie Otto (SB), Emma Grace Pachkowski (SB), James Panico (MLAX), Taylor Perlmutter (MBB), Christopher Petit-Frere (MT&F), Annika Petyk (WT&F), Caitlyn Phillips (WSOC), Luke Piripavel (BASE), Allison Plitnick (WVB), Wyatt Poniktera (MXC/MT&F), Diego Portales (MT&F), Emma Pukszyn (WBB), Brady Quinn (MLAX), Troy Rabosky (BASE), Timothy Rahill (MBB), Marquis Ratcliff (MBB), Natalie Reilly (WSOC), Payton Reuber (WVB), Sarah Rice (WXC/WT&F), Riley Robinson (SB), Ashley Rodrigues (WT&F), Jackson Royds (MXC/MT&F), Jimmy Ruban (BASE), Joshua Ruela (FB), Elliot Rupp (WSOC), Andrew Sagrestano (BASE), Victoria Salica (WLAX), Jaclyn Salvatore (WLAX), Rafi Sanjuan (MSOC), Maya Santos (WSOC), Hailey Scaff (WSOC), Sydney Scarpato (SB), Ben Scary (MSOC), Mackenzie Schreiber (WSOC), Alexandra Sena (WBB), Emma Shafnisky (WT&F), Hunter Shay (MSOC), Kylie Sheridan (WBB), Sydney Shifman (WTEN), Michael Sickler (MLAX), Marcie Silberman (SB), Tara Smurla (WXC/WT&F), Madison Snyder (FH), Sofia Squizziato (WBB), Grace Steffen (WBB), Ella Steirer (WLAX), Sydney Sugra (FH), Sean Superka (BASE), Savannah Sutter (FH), Izzy Szmodis (WTEN/WGOLF), Kendall Szor (SB), Max Teneza (MSOC), Mackenzie Tomon (WSOC), Riley Trigo (MXC/MT&F), Mael Tshiyonga (MT&F), David Vozzo (BASE), Julius Walborn (FB), Caden Ward (BASE), Emma Wariwanchik (SB), Ava Weeke (SB), William Weinlein (MXC/MT&F), Kyle Weiss (MSOC/MT&F/MLAX), Noah West (MT&F), Nick Weston (FB), Ali Wezza (FB), Allison Willis (WTEN), Mikayla Woodring (WT&F), Taylor Yoder (WSOC), Peter Zaninelli (MLAX), Julia Zaprazny (WVB/WSWIM), Isabella Ziccardi (WLAX), Leah Zolotareva (WTEN)