CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Gannon University Athletic Department finished the 2023-24 academic/athletic year with 209 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award winners among its student-athletes, the seventh-highest total in NCAA Division II.
The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 17th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level. The awards are presented to student-athletes who maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale, completed at least two years of college-level work, and were active members of an NCAA team during the last academic year.
Gannon also led the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award winners as the PSAC placed second among all Division II conferences with 1,919 honorees. The South Atlantic Conference led the nation with 2,076 winners.
Gannon trailed only Emmanuel (256), Lenoir-Rhyne (244), Florida Southern (230), Tiffin (228), Walsh (224), and Newberry (221) nationally in Division II.
The Golden Knights were part of a record-high 19,774 student-athletes from 192 institutions recognized for their academic achievements during the 2023-24 seasons. Since the inception of the award's program in 2007-08, there have been 167,396 student-athlete nominees recognized for their academic achievements at the Division II level.
A complete list of Gannon's D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award winners is below: (The Gannon competitive cheer and dance program was not eligible for the award per the criteria.)
Acrobatics and Tumbling
Brianna Arre (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend)
Layna Bergeron (Johnston, R.I./La Salle Academy)
Marissa Burge (Fairview, Pa./Fairview)
Brenna Burns
Annie Colantonio (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin)
Caitlyn Crawford (Reston, Va./South Lakes)
Ashley Fallgren (Beaverton, Ore./Hillsboro)
Charisma Felix (Las Vegas, Nev./College of So. Nevada High School West)
Lillie Fritz (Chandler, Ariz./Chandler)
Morgan Gilbert (Black River, N.Y./Immaculate Heart Central)
Elizabeth Hartman
Mikayla Kis (Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada/Silverthorn Collegiate Institute)
Varvara Liashenko (Atlanta, Ga./Dekalb School of the Arts)
Reagan McMahon (Mission Viejo, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic)
Montana Muller (Catasauqua, Pa./Catasauqua)
Maria Ondrejko
Megan Revell (Richland, Wash./Richland High)
Kathryn Rhine (Damascus, Ore./Clackamas)
Madison Rhine (Damascus, Ore./Clackamas)
Kat Rodriguez (Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall)
Lauren Rupert (Central Square, N.Y./Paul V. Moore)
Bethany Schirz (Reno, Nev./Edward C. Reed)
Alejandra Tosado (Sparks, Nev./Edward C. Reed)
Alexis Tosado (Sparks, Nev./Edward C. Reed)
Baseball
Reece Colvin (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Dylan Crowley (Eden, N.Y./Hamburg)
Joey Fazzone (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory)
Wyatt Fuduric (Windsor, Ohio/Geneva)
Kieran Gagnon (Mono, Ontario/Westside)
Matt Graeber (Washington, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
Alex Gregory (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
Justin Kerestes (Loves Park, Ill./Boylan Central Catholic)
Brendan Koroly (Mars, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic)
Cam Marciniak (Johnsonburg, Pa./Johnsonburg Area)
Logan Oakes (Kent, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit)
Dom Pearson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson)
Josh Quartley (Getzville, N.Y./Williamsville North)
Kevin Schott (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
Kieran Versaw-Barnes (Elkins Park, Pa./Cheltenham)
Carson Wible (Franklin, Pa./Franklin)
Men's Basketball
Nigel Haughton (Bel Air, Md./South Kent)
Michael Lucarotti (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Nathan Schneider (Kersey, Pa./St. Marys Area)
Women's Basketball
Carissa Dunham (Fairview, Pa./Villa Maria)
Andrea Maibach (Creston, Ohio/Norwayne)
Samantha Pirosko (Eastlake, Ohio/Eastlake North)
Men's Cross Country
Trenten Dippold (Russell, Pa./Warren)
Gavyn Hansotte (New Castle, Pa./New Castle)
Caleb Mandel (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek)
Ely Personius (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central)
Women's Cross Country
Megan Ferber (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Julia Johnson (Titusville, Pa./Titusville)
Jessica McCracken (Limestone, Pa./Clarion-Limestone Area)
Cait O'Rourke (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park)
Jeanne Peters (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial)
Amy Poole (Walston, Pa./Punxsutawney Area)
Genna Preston (McKean, Pa./General McLane)
Elissa Scheel (Medina, Ohio/Highland)
Football
Zaire Allen (Johnson City, Tenn./Archbishop Spalding (Md.))
Trey Baker (Kettering, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont)
Nick Demchuk (North Royalton, Ohio/Benedictine)
Nate Miller (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Orange)
Justin Novotney (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area)
Lucus Nowoczynski (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Jacob Petit (Uniontown, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban)
Jonathan Quinque (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
Luke Shragher (Jamison, Pa./Lansdale Catholic)
Braeden Soboleski (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Cameron Stoffel (Ramona, Calif./Ramona)
Jordan Tolliver (Baltimore, Md./Woodlawn)
Dylan Wilson (Garrettsville, Ohio/Garfield)
Bryce Wood (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Men's Golf
Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena)
Ryan Ferry (Meadville, Pa./Meadville)
Dylan Flinchbaugh (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown)
Zachary Henry (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Shaunak Rama (Bryanston, South Africa/St Stithians Boys School)
Elijah Ruppert (Fleetwood, Pa./Brandywine Heights)
Rasmus Seppanen (Bastad, Sweden/Akademi Bastad Gymnasium)
Women's Golf
Emily Donahue (Grove City, Pa./Grove City)
Zoey McClain (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Ditte Petersen (Dianalund, Denmark/Sorø Akademi Skole)
Sarah White (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Women's Lacrosse
Riley Finnegan (Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo)
Alexandra Kehrig (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport)
Avrey Kirisits (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster Central)
Alyssa Lerch (Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Area)
Skyler Parsons (Reading, Pa./Exeter Twp.)
Emma Schrandt (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks West)
Caroline Stevens (Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool)
Kayla Thompson (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford)
McKenna Woodworth (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads)
Men's Soccer
Gonzalo Aparisi (Valencia, Spain/Cambridge House) Gonzalez-Vil
RJ Benedict (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane)
Petter Dyrkorn (Sandvika, Norway/Doenski Videregaaende Skole)
Aiden Hicks (Whitby, Ontario/Brooklin)
Tinashe Katsande (Norwich, England/Dereham Sixth Form College)
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)
Jake Sterio (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor)
Nate Tenbus (Gillett, Pa./Horseheads)
Shota Toyama (Kanagawa, Japan/Tama)
Hunter Yaple (Erie, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf)
Women's Soccer
Michaela August (Morgantown, W. Va./Morgantown)
Gabby Boden (Butler, Pa./Butler)
Sammie Dales (Conneautville, Pa./Homeschool)
Alexandra Daniels (Bemus Point, N.Y./Maple Grove)
Tara Duffy (Brampton, Ontario/North Park Secondary)
Maggie Eaglen (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Maddy Endler (Salem, Ore./West Salem)
Ella Fadale (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport)
Lili Lander (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek)
Victoria Martins (Brampton, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas)
June Monasterio (Bilbao, Spain/Claret Askartza)
Logan Nicklas (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)
Kendal Scanlon (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield)
Jamie Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum)
Allison Spears (New Franklin, Ohio/Norton)
Olivia Stavola (Lanse, Pa./West Branch)
Paige Taylor (Robina, Australia/Emmanuel College)
Angela VanDamia (Wattsburg, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Softball
Brenna Cassidy (Dexter, Mich./Dexter)
Tessa Deets
Ashley Fox (Cowansville, Pa./Karns City)
Abbey Girman (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette)
Maddie Krause (North Royalton, Ohio/Holy Name)
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)
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)
Alaina Whipkey (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
Maddie Woge (Guys Mills, Pa./Maplewood)
Ryan Barclay (Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden)
Men's Swimming and Diving
Andrew Beyer (Warren, Pa./Warren Area)
Max Campbell (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Joey Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum)
Justin Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum)
Connor Hebert (Damascus, Md./Damascus)
Stephen McCallum (Cape Town, South Africa/Wynberg Boys')
Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)
Andrew Smith (Johannesburg, South Africa/St. Benedict's)
Hiyan Kubagawa (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Ben Williams (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay)
Women's Swimming and Diving
Irati Arzalluz (Lasarte-Oria, Spain/Santo Tomas Lizeoa)
Maggie Bilquin (Niagara Falls. N.Y./Niagara Falls)
Alexandra Briggs (Newark, N.Y./Newark)
Chenay Date Line (Johannesburg, South Africa/Crawford College Sandton)
Camila Devaux (Bahia Blanca, Argentina)
Isabella Dietz (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny)
Hannah Jacobs (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Paige Johnson (Warren, Pa./Warren Area)
Madeline Kless (Highland Heights, Ohio/Mayfield)
Lexi Mills (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia)
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)
Hailey Yurkovich (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward)
Women's Volleyball
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)
Emma Hall (Lowell, Mich./Lowell)
Hailey Koch (Littleton, Col./Dakota Ridge)
Marta Roicka (Warsaw, Poland/North Central Texas Academy)
Delaney Thomas (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
Men's Water Polo
Ben Fribourg (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore)
Matt Harkrader (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn)
Alvaro Marco (Madrid, Spain/IES Ortega y Gasset)
Molly Fehr (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria)
Women's Water Polo
Josie Frisina (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria)
Rachel Kreidinger (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria)
Sydney McGarry (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Claire Rogillio (Austin, Texas/Anderson)
Molly Sebunia (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Men's Wrestling
Hayden Butterfield (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Cole Casilio (Wilcox, Pa./Johnsonburg Area)
Collin Clough (Youngsville, Pa./Youngsville)
Carson Filer (Mercer, Pa./Mercer Area)
Parker Loera (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
Chase McLaughlin (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown Area)
Isaiah Mohmed (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso)
Chris Petteys (Hudson Falls, N.Y./Hudson Falls)
Shawn Szymanski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Burrell)
Jacob Wright (Arnold, Md./Mount Saint Joseph)
Women's Wrestling
Jayden Bazemore (Cypress, Texas/Cypress Ranch)
Emily Earehart (Martinsburg, W.Va./Martinsburg)
Zoe Gaetjens (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore)
Jewel Gonzalez (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg)
Chloe Kitagawa (Aliso Viejo, Calif./Aliso Niguel)
Brielle Larsen (Ogdensburg, N.J./Wallkill Valley Regional)
Julianne Moccia (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll)
Lili Ujfalvi (Kecskemet-heteny, Hungary/Bolyai Janos Secondary School)
