ERIE, Pa. – Gannon University recorded the second-highest total of Scholar Athletes in the PSAC in 2022-23 while once again topping the 300 mark.

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference released totals of Scholar Athletes for all 18 conference institutions on Wednesday. Gannon had 303 Scholar Athletes during the academic year, finishing second only to Mercyhurst's 311.

This academic achievement comes after Gannon's athletic program repeated as the PSAC's Dixon Trophy winner as the conference's all-sports champion in 2022-23.

To be named a PSAC Scholar Athlete, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA or better.

Gannon had the second highest total of Scholar Athletes among its men's programs with 156. The GU women ranked seventh in the PSAC with 147. However, the women compiled that total with just 183 athletes being counted, which resulted in 80.3 percent of the eligible Gannon female athletes qualifying. The men had a percentage of 46.7 percent (156 of 334 athletes).

Gannon ranked sixth overall in percentage of athletes earning PSAC Scholar Athlete status as 58.6 percent of GU's athletes had at least a 3.25 GPA. Among the women's athletic programs, Gannon ranked third among the 18 PSAC schools. Among the men, the Golden Knights ranked fourth.

The baseball team led all Gannon programs with 41 Scholar Athletes. Women's soccer paced the women's programs with 34. Other top totals were turned in by football (28), men's soccer (28), and softball (26).

Gannon's Scholar Athlete total was lower than that of 2021-22 because the PSAC changed its criteria. The conference included only PSAC Championship sports, so Gannon's acrobatics & tumbling, men's water polo, women's water polo, and women's wrestling were excluded this year. Due to the PSAC's criteria, Gannon's competitive cheer & dance programs previously were not eligible for Scholar Athlete honors. None of those sports participate in PSAC championships.

Gannon had a school-record 362 Scholar Athletes in 2021-22. If acrobatics & tumbling (37), men's water polo (9), women's water polo (10), and women's wrestling (17) had been included, Gannon would have had a record 376 Scholar Athletes in 2022-23.

The PSAC will release data on the conference's Team QPAs on Friday.
 
WOMEN'S SPORTS

Women's Basketball (11)
Ali Benim (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek)
Madison Demski (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria)
Delaney Dogan (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex)
Margo Loutzenhiser (Russell, Pa./Warren Area)
Andrea Maibach (Creston, Ohio/Norwayne)
Boston McKinney (Bolivar, Ohio/Tuscarawas Valley)
Samantha Pirosko (Eastlake, Ohio/Eastlake North)
Emily Poling (Defiance, Ohio/Defiance)
Maddy Wheatley (Canberra, Australia/UCSSC Lake Ginninderra)
Faith Williams (Grafton, Ohio/Elyria Catholic)
Emma Wright (Fairview, Pa./Talawanda)
 
Women's Cross Country (17)
Hannah Crawford (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
Megan Ferber (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Taylor Friello (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Kayla Giambrone (Russell, Pa./Warren Area)
Jacquelyn Giannelli (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Julia Johnson (Titusville, Pa./Titusville)
Octavia Kosnik (Union City, Pa./Union City)
Hannah Lillie (Lakewood, N.Y./Southwestern Central)
Claire Livingston (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown)
Jessica McCracken (Limestone, Pa./Clarion-Limestone Area)
Cait O'Rourke (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park)
Jeanne Peters (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial)
Maddie Petersen (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Amy Poole (Walston, Pa./Punxsutawney Area)
Genna Preston (McKean, Pa./General McLane)
Elissa Scheel (Medina, Ohio/Highland)
Emma Steele (Ambridge, Pa./Eden Christian Academy)
 
Women's Golf (10)
Maria Arenas (Bogota, Colombia)
Brenna Callahan (Clarence Center, N.Y./Clarence)
Katie DeDionisio (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Emily Donahue (Grove City/Grove City)
Meagan Lewonas (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward)
Ana Maestro (Seville, Spain/Albaydar)
Zoey McClain (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Elena Pany (San Pedro de Alcantara, Spain)
Ditte Petersen (Dianalund, Denmark/Sorø Akademi Skole)
Sarah White (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
 
Women's Lacrosse (17)
Grace Cunningham (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas)
Kendra Delissio (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional)
Riley Finnegan (Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo)
Alli Jacobs (Eden, N.Y./Eden)
Alexandra Kehrig (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport)
Avrey Kirisits (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster Central)
Alyssa Lerch (Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Area)
Savannah Long (Hanover, Pa./South Western)
Hannah Mowery (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria)
Skyler Parsons (Reading, Pa./Exeter Twp.)
Emma Schrandt (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks West)
Lauren Squires (Big Flats, N.Y./Horseheads)
Caroline Stevens (Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool)
Kayla Thompson (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford)
McKenna Woodworth (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads)
Morgan Young (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Fayette Township)
Christina Zeher (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
 
Women's Soccer (34)
Sofia Alvarez (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/Academia Maria Reina) Forteza
Jordan August (Morgantown, W. Va./Morgantown)
Michaela August (Morgantown, W. Va./Morgantown)
Leah Bermudez (Milton, Ontario/Jean Vanier Catholic)
Gabby Boden (Butler, Pa./Butler)
Maria Camacho (Bogota, Colombia/Gimnasio Los Pinos)
Tyra Clark (Randolph, N.Y./Frewsburg Central)
Taylor Conklin (McGraw, N.Y./McGraw)
Sammie Dales (Conneautville, Pa./Homeschool)
Alexandra Daniels (Bemus Point, N.Y./Maple Grove)
Daniella DelCorso (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)
Tara Duffy (Brampton, Ontario/North Park Secondary)
Maggie Eaglen (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Madeline Endler (Salem, Ore./West Salem)
Ella Fadale (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport)
Sarah Fails (Girard, Pa./Villa Maria)
Holly Gray (Gold Coast, Australia)
Ella Hammer (Stockholm, Sweden/Viktor Rydberg Odenplans Gymnasium)
Emilie Hilliard (Phoenix, N.Y./John C. Birdlebough)
Samantha Houser (Wakarusa, Kan./Washburn Rural) (also Women's Wrestling)
Lili Lander (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek)
Victoria Martins (Brampton, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas)
Ana Millan (Mexico City, Mexico/Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe) Esquivel
June Monasterio (Bilbao, Spain/Claret Askartza) Alvarez
Maggie Morrison (Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
Logan Nicklas (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)
Kendal Scanlon (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield)
Diante Scheepers (Batavia, N.Y./Radulphus College)
Jamie Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum)
Allison Spears (New Franklin, Ohio/Norton)
Olivia Stavola (Lanse, Pa./West Branch)
Paige Taylor (Robina, Australia/Emmanuel College)
Ashley VanDamia (Wattsburg, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Peyton Yost (Frewsburg, N.Y./Frewsburg)
 
Softball (26)
Jordan Best (Shippenville, Pa./Clarion Area)
Brenna Cassidy (Dexter, Mich./Dexter)
Lea Coffman (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell)
Tessa Deets
Rosalie Dehn (Buffalo, N.Y./Nardin Academy)
Ashley Fox (Cowansville, Pa./Karns City)
Lily Gfeller (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia)
Abbey Girman (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette)
Maddie Krause (North Royalton, Ohio/Holy Name High)
Lyndsey Lakatos (Allison Park, Pa./Shaler Area)
Maggie Lenda (East Aurora, N.Y./Iroquois)
Natalia Mallozzi (Woodbridge, Ontario/Father Bressani Catholic)
Hannah Mass (Tarentum, Pa./Deer Lakes)
Hannah Neal (Woodhaven, Mich./Woodhaven)
Lynn Porter (Hanover, Mass./Ardrey Kell)
Gabby Rodriguez (Angola, N.Y./Lake Shore Central)
Kaitlin Romanowski (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster Central)
Lauryn Rougeux (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Jules Ryan (Collegeville, Pa./Spring Ford)
Jessica Sheffield (West Valley, N.Y./St. Mary's)
Katie Sidare (Rochester, N.Y./Victor Central)
Josie Spano (Hudson, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy)
Gabi Vasi (Tonawanda, N.Y./Kenmore East)
Angela Vicini (Perry, Ohio/Perry)
Andrea Watson (Venus, Pa./Cranberry Area)
Maddie Woge (Guys Mills, Pa./Maplewood)
 
Women's Swimming and Diving (18)
Irati Arzalluz (Lasarte-Oria, Spain/Santo Tomas Lizeoa)
Alexandra Briggs (Newark, N.Y./Newark Senior High)
Lily Cunningham (Lavista, Neb./Papillion-La Vista)
Chenay Date Line (Johannesburg, South Africa/Crawford College Sandton)
Isabella Dietz (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Gracie Girts (North East, Pa.)
Hannah Jacobs (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Paige Johnson (Warren, Pa./Warren Area)
Madeline Kless (Highland Heights, Ohio/Mayfield)
Kyla Miller (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional)
Lexi Mills (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia)
Nomvula Mjimba (Harare, Zimbabwe/The Wykeham Collegiate)
Madalyn Myers (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional)
Francesca Nemetz (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area)
Alex Pannemann (Clinton Twp., Mich./Chippewa Valley)
Claire Rogillio (Austin, Texas/Anderson)
Nicole Spiegel (East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence)
Sterre van de Goor (Oss, Netherlands/Sint-Joriscollege)
 
Women's Volleyball (14)
Madde Blake (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central)
Sarah Boyd (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Sam Deinek (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon East)
Mia Dela Merced (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North)
Makenna Gavin (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth)
Sophia Glabus (Elmhurst, Ill./York)
Maggie Greenfield (Woodstock, Ontario/Woodstock Collegiate Institute)
Emma Hall (Lowell, Mich./Lowell)
Hailey Koch (Littleton, Col./Dakota Ridge)
Marta Roicka (Warsaw, Poland/North Central Texas Academy)
Ali Sorenson (Tinley Park, Ill./Lincoln Way East)
Delaney Thomas (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
Anja Vranic (Belgrade, Serbia)
Marieke Zink (Muenster, Germany)

 
MEN'S SPORTS

Baseball (41)
Kyle Borrello (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg)
Jaret Boyer (New Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington)
AJ Bryan (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette)
Reece Colvin (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Dylan Crowley (Eden, N.Y./Hamburg)
Connor DeMoss (Uniontown, Pa./Uniontown Area)
Jacob Engel (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Joey Fazzone (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory)
Wyatt Fuduric (Windsor, Ohio/Geneva)
Kieran Gagnon (Mono, Ontario/Westside)
Dylan Gamber (Mayfield Village, Ohio/Mayfield)
Josh Gerken (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills)
Matt Graeber (Washington, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
Alex Gregory (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
Evan Harrison (Mississauga, Ontario/St. Aloysius Gonzaga S.S.)
Ryan Hood (Latrobe, Pa./Derry Area)
Ryan Kalbfus (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield)
Justin Kerestes (Loves Park, Ill./Boylan Central Catholic)
Brendan Koroly (Mars, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic)
Cam Marciniak (Johnsonburg, Pa./Johnsonburg Area)
Andrew Mottola (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township)
Marshall Murray (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex)
Branden Myers (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory)
Logan Oakes (Kent, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit)
Dom Pearson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson)
Josh Quartley (Getzville, N.Y./Williamsville North)
Tyler Rekich (Butler, Pa./Butler)
Seth Sanders (North Ridgeville, Ohio/Midview)
Kevin Schott (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
Corey Shields (Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
Tommylee Sierra (Cidra, Puerto Rico/Luis Muñoz Iglesias)
Ryan Smerkar (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pa Collegiate Academy (Strong Vincent))
Miguel Vega (Florida, Puerto Rico/Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy)
Kieran Versaw-Barnes (Elkins Park, Pa./Cheltenham)
Jake Visha (Cleveland, Ohio/Trinity)
Cameron Vozel (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley)
Brandon Wetherholt (Gibsonia, Pa./Mars Area)
Ashton Wheelock (Ashtabula, Ohio/Lakeside)
Carson Whiteman (Kane, Pa./Kane Area)
Carson Wible (Franklin, Pa./Franklin)
Trey Zeroski (Clinton, Pa./West Allegheny)
 
Men's Basketball (7)
Zach Cavanagh (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Chris Clancy (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's)
Cenker Evran (Adana, Turkey/Turk Telekom)
Robertas Jonaitis (Pakruojis, Lithuania/Greater Beckley Christian School)
Michael Lucarotti (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Demetrius Mims (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytechnic Institute)
Ali Ragab (Cairo, Egypt/Rocktop Academy)
 
Men's Cross Country (7)
Luke Andraso (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pa. Collegiate Academy)
Alex Chelton (Oil City, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Seth Dietrich (Erie, Pa./Erie Collegiate Academy)
Gavyn Hansotte (New Castle, Pa./New Castle)
Luke Malena (Medina, Ohio/Cloverleaf)
Caleb Mandel (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek)
Ely Personius (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central)
 
Football (28):
Zaire Allen (Johnson City, Tenn./Archbishop Spalding (Md.))
Trey Baker (Kettering, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont)
Diego Bremer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights)
Charles Calhoun (Euclid, Ohio/St. Edward)
C.J. Cammack (Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute)
Jordan Covatto (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Nick Demchuk (North Royalton, Ohio/Benedictine)
Michael Dempsey (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford)
Spencer Mesaros (Deerfield, Ohio/Southeast)
Nate Miller (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Orange)
Ethan Nelson (Oroville, Calif./Mira Mesa)
Montana Nietert (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora)
Justin Novotney (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area)
Lucus Nowoczynski (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Jacob Petit (Uniontown, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban)
Jonathan Quinque (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
Jaidyn Sapp (Deerfield, Ohio/Southeast)
Eric Scarpino (Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
Luke Shragher (Jamison, Pa./Lansdale Catholic)
Jake Smith (Forestville, N.Y./Forestville Central)
Kam Snell (Owings Mills, Md./Good Counsel)
Braeden Soboleski (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Daquan Stevenson (Baltinore, Md./Milford Mill Academy)
Cameron Stoffel (Ramona, Calif./Ramona)
Keith Thompson (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge)
Isaac West (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
Alex Whittaker (Medina, Ohio/Medina)
Jonathan Williams (Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt)
 
Men's Golf (8)
Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena)
Ryan Ferry (Meadville, Pa./Meadville)
Dylan Flinchbaugh (Saegertown/Saegertown)
Zachary Henry (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Alec Hite (North East, Pa./North East)
Abe Holmes (Barrie, Ontario/Barrie North Collegiate)
Shaunak Rama (Bryanston, South Africa/St Stithians Boys School)
Elijah Ruppert (Fleetwood, Pa./Brandywine Heights)
 
Men's Soccer (28)
Connor Angiel (Buffalo, N.Y./Williamsville North)
Gonzalo Aparisi (Valencia, Spain/Cambridge House) Gonzalez-Vil
Diego Belchi (Valencia, Spain/San Pedro Pascual) Pertegaz
RJ Benedict (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane)
James Buonaccorsi (Huntingdon, Pa./Pennsylvania Cyber)
Sergio Del Castillo (Madrid, Spain)
Elijah Cincinnati (Washington, Pa./Trinity Area)
Bautista Corti (Manuel Alberti, Argentina/Adultos 2000) Maderna
Lennox Crews (Offenbach, Germany/Leibnizschule)
Petter Dyrkorn (Sandvika, Norway/Doenski Videregaaende Skole)
Cody Franklin (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Canisius)
Aiden Hicks (Whitby, Ontario/Brooklin)
Georgios Koutroulis (Monchengladbach, Germany/Bischofliche Marienschule)
Rahul Kwatra (Gurgaon, India/Brooke House College)
Lucas Messing (Wilmington, Vt./Twin Valley)
Raul Molina (Highland Beach, Fla./IMG Academy)
James Pool (Hastings, England/Claverham)
Benjamin Querling (Zuelpich, Germany/Emil-Fischer Gymnasium)
Marcus Rathburn (Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
Mitchell Rathburn (Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
Sverre Orten (Orsta, Norway/Aalesund vgs)
Brennan Schmitt (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena)
Brennon Songer (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane)
Jake Sterio (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor)
David Synstelien (Gjovik, Norway/Gjovik Vinderegaende)
Nathaniel Tenbus (Gillett, Pa./Horseheads)
Shota Toyama (Kanagawa, Japan/Tama)
Hunter Yaple (Erie, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
 
Men's Swimming and Diving (16)
Ryan Barclay (Knoxville, TN/Bearden)
Andrew Beyer (Warren, Pa./Warren Area)
Max Campbell (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Preparatory)
Joey Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum)
Justin Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum)
Alex Deemer (Connoquenessing, Pa./Butler Area)
David Gallion (Arlington, Va./Homeschooled)
Connor Hebert (Damascus, Md./Damascus)
Kirk Klemm (Cape Coral, Fla./North Fort Myers)
Kaleb Lombard (Graaff-Reinet, South Africa/Grey College)
Stephen McCallum (Cape Town, South Africa/Wynberg Boys')
Will Moses (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake)
Josh Nel (Johannesburg, South Africa/American International)
Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)
Andrew Smith (Johannesburg, South Africa/St. Benedict's)
Ben Williams (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay)
 
Men's Wrestling (21)
Robert Boley (Concord Township, Ohio/Lake Catholic)
Hayden Butterfield (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Cole Casilio (Wilcox, Pa./Johnsonburg Area)
Collin Clough (Youngsville, Pa./Youngsville)
Anthony Corigliano (Clarence Center, N.Y./Clarence)
Jose Diaz (Valparaiso, Ind./Wheeler)
Eddie Farrell (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel)
Carson Filer (Mercer, Pa./Mercer Area)
Logan Gross (Meadville, Pa./Maplewood)
Andrija Ivanovic (Tuttlingen, Germany/Otto Hahn Gymnasium)
Joel Leise (Transfer, Pa./Reynolds)
Parker Loera (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
Chase McLaughlin (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown Area)
Ross Mirenda (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point)
Joey Petrella (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Bishop Hartley)
Chris Petteys (Hudson Falls, N.Y./Hudson Falls)
Hunter Robison (Edinboro, Pa./Saegertown)
Shawn Szymanski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Burrell)
Caden Wendling (Brook Park, Ohio/Berea-Midpark)
Jacob Wright (Arnold, Md./Mount Saint Joseph)
Nick Young (Batavia, N.Y./Alexander)