BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University Department of Athletics and Recreation had 193 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 2024 Spring semester.
"The staff and coaches in the Athletic Department are very proud of our student-athletes that achieved the Dean's Honor List during the spring semester," stated 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."
The 193 Greyhounds account for over a third of the student-athletes that began the 2023-24 academic year on teams' rosters. The total also includes 28 student-athletes that are participating in more than one sport and 57 members of the group had a perfect 4.0 during the spring semester including 14 of the 28 multi-sport student-athletes. The athletic department accounted for 23.8 percent of Moravian's entire 810-member Spring Dean's Honor List, and the Greyhounds had a cumulative 3.23 grade-point average for the season.
The women's soccer squad had the most honorees with 23 student-athletes each earning Dean's Honor List accolades while the softball and women's cross country teams each had 16 student-athletes honored followed by the men's lacrosse program with 14 honorees. The football, men's soccer and women's volleyball squads each had 13 student-athletes selected to the Dean's Honor List while the baseball and women's lacrosse teams both had 11 honorees. The field hockey and men's cross country programs had 10 selections while the women's track & field squad had nine honorees. The women's tennis team had eight student-athletes garner Dean's Honor List while the men's tennis program had seven selections. Rounding out the list were the men's track & field team with six selections, the women's basketball squad with five honorees, men's basketball with four selections, men's golf with three honorees and the women's swimming program with one selection. The 28 dual-sport student-athletes are listed with their first sport played during the academic year.
The full list of Moravian's 2024 Spring Dean's Honor List is available at https://news.moravian.edu/2024/05/28/moravian-names-students-to-deans-honor-list-for-spring-2024/
The student-athletes receiving Dean's List honors include: Heather Adams (WT&F), Daniel Alicea (MLAX), Amanda Aloia (WSOC), Sydney Anderson (FH), Mikayla Anderson (WBB), Matthew Baer (MLAX), Sophie Bauer (VB), Ali Bender (WTEN), Matthew Benolken (MSOC), Andrew Benvenuto (BASE), Julia Bergman (WTEN), Madison Berning (SB), Sarah Bietka (FH), Samuel Bingaman (MGOLF), Danielle Bishop (WSOC), Elijah Blackwell (MBB), Reagan Bleiler (WSOC), Grace Blenis (WSOC), Elena Bocchetti (WXC/WT&F), Nathan Bonvallet (MSOC), Frankie Britsch (MSOC/MLAX), Aidan Brown (MLAX), Olivia Buckley (WSOC), Anika Buzzy (WSOC), Salome Carr (WLAX), Jenna Castaldo (WSOC), Tori Champagne (WXC/WT&F), Alexandra Cherenson (WLAX), Leah Chladny (SB), Colin Conway (FB), Madelin Cooper (SB), Marianna Crisafulli (FH), Madison Cunningham (SB), Alexander Daniele (MSOC), Damian De Los Santos Suriel (MT&F), Jenna Deegan (VB), Sarah DeStefano (SB), Katherine DeYesso (VB), Alex Dietz (MBB), Alexander DiMatteo (MXC/MT&F), Alexis Dinsmore (FH), Madisen Dippel (WLAX), Victoria Donovan (WT&F), Alise Downey (WLAX), Maddie Eisele (WSOC), Mia Espinal (WSWIM), Olivia Fanning (WBB), Shayaan Farhad (MTEN), Jacob Farrell (MXC/MT&F), Megan Felmly (FH), Jared Ferguson (BASE), Caillie Fish (WT&F), Casey Foley (MSOC), Dylan Fosko (BASE), Jordan Gagner (MXC/MT&F), Jason Gartner (MT&F), Lindsey Gawrys (SB), Jack Gerould (BASE), Abigail Giamoni (WT&F), Ryan Goldberg (MSOC), Jessica Gonzalez-Forder (SB), Rachael Goodman (WXC/WT&F), Kayla Graef (WLAX), Trevor Gray (MT&F), Rachele Grigoli (WT&F), Brielle Guarente (WBB), Brandon Guffy (FB), Gavin Hefferan (MXC/MT&F), Johanna Heitczman (WSOC), Alyssa Hockenberry (WXC/WT&F), Alexis Hockenberry (WXC/WT&F), Sara Hopkins (WSOC), Mark Howell (MBB), Ross Huffman (BASE), Molly Hughes (VB), Kylie Hughes (WSOC), Ava Hall (WSOC), Jared Jenkins (FB), Daniel Kelly (MLAX), Hunter Klapmuts (MLAX), Geoffrey Kleinberg (MXC/MT&F), Kierstyn Klingner (WXC/WT&F), Ryan Kokoszka (MLAX), Hannah Kolonoski (WXC/WT&F), Payce Korpics (WSOC), Avery Koser (FB/MGOLF), Makenzie Krasley (VB), Kayla Krausse (SB), Dalton Kucher (FB), Matthew Labosky (MTEN), Jackson Lake (FB), Lauren Latchford (WSOC), Ryan Latchford (MSOC), Zach Lebby (MTEN), Jenna Lenko (SB), Vito Leone (MSOC), Hanna Leto (FH), Onalee Long (FH), Gianna Lotito (WLAX), Mason Ludlow (FB), Allison Ludlow (VB), Elizabeth Lustig (WBB), Maia Machado (FH), Matthew Madigan (BASE), Liam Maguire (MT&F), Cole Maholtz (FB), Nicholas Mancini (MLAX), Josh Mangini (MXC/MT&F), Autumn Marrero (VB), Wyatt Marshall (MTEN), Gabrielle Martin (WTEN), Emily Masters (WTEN), Pia Mazzella-DiBosco (WXC/WT&F), Nathan McBride (BASE), Abigail McClaskey (WT&F), Robert McNelly (MGOLF), Alexandra Meeks (WXC/WT&F), Caroline Melillo (VB/WT&F), Chelsea Meltzer (WSOC), Makenna Mersch (WSOC/WT&F), Gannon Mesko (MLAX), Nicholas Milonas (MSOC), Elizabeth Miskovsky (WT&F), Shayla Morgan (SB), Aden Moskovitz (MLAX), Rylie Murphy (WXC/WT&F), Meghan Myers (WXC/WT&F), Owen Nahf (MXC/MT&F), Grace Nelson (WLAX), Megan O'Brien (WTEN), Kayla O'Neil (WXC/WT&F), James Panico (MLAX), Ronny Pimentel (MTEN), Allison Plitnick (VB), Adam Plummer (MXC/MT&F), Amber Poniktera (WXC/WT&F), Cori Pursel (WSOC), Carly Pyatt (WSOC), Gabrielle Reigner (VB), Keara Reilly (WLAX), Natalie Reilly (WSOC), Payton Reuber (VB), Sarah Rice (WXC/WT&F), Ashley Rodrigues (WT&F), Johnovan Rodriguez (BASE), Anthony Ronca (MTEN), Jackson Royds (MXC/MT&F), Joshua Ruela (FB), Elliot Rupp (WSOC), Lexi Rushatz (WXC/WT&F), Steven Salica (MLAX), Victoria Salica (WLAX), Jaclyn Salvatore (WLAX), Maya Santos (WSOC), Hailey Scaff (WSOC), Benjamin Scary (MSOC), Stephen Schneider (MTEN), Zachary Scillia (FB), Hunter Shay (MSOC), Sydney Shifman (WTEN), Michael Sickler (MLAX), Emily Silberman (SB), Grace Silfani (VB), Sage Snyder (SB), Madison Snyder (FH), Matthew Snyder (BASE), Prince Sokpo (FB), William Sottilare (BASE), Grace Steffen (WBB), Sean Superka (BASE), Savannah Sutter (FH), Isabella Szmodis (WTEN), Kendall Szor (SB), Hailey Tanner (SB), Maximilian Teneza (MSOC), Maria Tice (FH), Grace Tirabassi (WXC/WT&F), Mael Tshiyonga (MT&F), Thomas Ulmer (MLAX), Alexa Vail (WSOC), Kara Vashey (WT&F), Julius Walborn (MBB), Brendon Ward (MXC/MT&F), Kyle Weiss (MSOC/MT&F/MLAX), Nicholas Weston (FB), Mikayla Woodring (WT&F), Taylor Yoder (WSOC), Thomas Zanghi (MGOLF), Peter Zaninelli (MLAX), Julia Zaprazny (VB), Mya Zettlemoyer (SB), Isabella Ziccardi (WLAX), Leah Zolotareva (WTEN)
