Baseball | 8/26/2026 12:18:00 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A total of 207 Gannon University student-athletes have been recognized as recipients of the 2025-26 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

Gannon's 207 honorees were among 1,969 student-athletes from across the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) recognized with the Academic Achievement Award in 2025-26.

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) recorded the largest number of honorees among all Division II conferences, while the Golden Knights ranked third among PSAC institutions, behind East Stroudsburg's 264 recipients and Slippery Rock's 257.

Now in its 19th year, the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Awards program recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the NCAA Division II level in NCAA championship-sponsored sports. More than 21,000 student-athletes from 179 institutions were recognized in 2025-26.

Since the inception of the Academic Achievement Awards program, 211,256 student-athletes have been recognized.

"In year 19, this program continues its dedication to celebrating the exceptional student-athletes who define excellence across our Division II landscape," said Jenn Bell, associate vice president and director of athletics at Converse University and current D2 ADA President. "We're proud to recognize more than 21,000 deserving student-athletes from 179 institutions, reflecting the tremendous dedication within our division — not only in athletics, but in the classroom as well. This year's submissions, from both individuals and schools, serve as a testament to the Division II way. Thanks to the administrators who nominated these outstanding individuals, and much-deserved congratulations to all this year's recipients."

To qualify for the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college-level work and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during the previous academic year.
 

Gannon's 2025-26 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Recipients

Acrobatics & Tumbling

• Cassie Barry (Spring, Texas/Texas Connections Academy at Houston)
• Layna Bergeron (Johnston, R.I./La Salle Academy)
• Lindsey Bolvin (Lorton, Va./James W Robinson Jr Secondary)
• Julia Bukowski (Lake Zurich, Ill./Carmel Catholic)
• Marissa Burge (Fairview, Pa./Fairview)
• Ariana Fitzpatrick (Burlington, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional H.S.)
• Lillie Fritz (Chandler, Ariz./Chandler)
• Amelia Gauvin (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Bishop Carroll High)
• Bailey Hebert (Fishers, Ind./Fishers)
• Sydney Jarvis (McKees Rocks/Montour)
• Mikayla Kis (Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada/Silverthorn Collegiate Institute)
• Ava Levine (Ruffs Dale, Pa./Southmoreland)
• Makayla Lynard (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill High East)
• Reagan McMahon (Mission Viejo, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic)
• Montana Muller (Catasauqua, Pa./Catasauqua)
• Paytyn Neal (Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont Senior High)
• Megan Orgek (Amherst, N.Y./Sweet Home Senior)
• Megan Revell (Richland, Wash./Richland High)
• Ally Ross (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Gill St. Bernard's School)
• Kennedy Scharf (Macomb, Mich./Regina)
• Alejandra Tosado (Sparks, Nev./Edward C. Reed)
• Avery Tumler (Kings Mills, Ohio/Kings High School)

Baseball

• Drew Stangelo (Uniontown, Ohio/North Canton Hoover)
• Hunter Troiano (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seneca Valley)
• Brady Berdine (Warren, Pa./Warren Area)
• Nick Walker (McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour)
• Hayden Jenkins (Carrollton, Ohio/Carrollton)
• Nick Robertson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic)
• Carson Wible (Franklin, Pa./Franklin)
• Logan Oakes (Kent, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit)
• Reece Colvin (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
• Loghan Strohm
• Brendan Koroly (Mars, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic)
• Brady Lane (Trafford, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
• Ryan Bioni (Bridgeville, Pa./Chartiers Valley)
• Frank Kula (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands)
• Lance Slater (Renfrew, Pa./Butler)
• Wes Parker (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township)
• Zach Tkatch (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley)

Football

• Anthony Harris (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)
• Chase Holmes (Easton, Pa./Easton)
• Kadeem McKnight (Hartford, Ct./Capital Prep)
• Justin Novotney (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area)
• Austin Morrison (Canton, Ohio/Glen Oak)
• Andrew Kuban (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth)
• Tyler Bertalan (Alpine, Calif./Granite Hills)
• Nic Swanson (Richmond, Va./Glen Allen) Hawkins
• Cameron Stoffel (Ramona, Calif./Ramona)
• Brad Kormanec (North Canton, Ohio/Canton Hoover)
• Erick Delgado (Lakeside, Calif./Granite Hills)

Men's Basketball

• Victor Desmond (Onalaska, Wisc./Onalaska)
• Mason Kemp (Shawnee, Kan./Mill Valley)
• Lucas Morgan (Sydney, Australia/Marist Catholic College North Shore)

Men's Cross Country

• Jonathan Hansford (Knox, Pa./Keystone)
• Robert Tang (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon)
• Lauge Rasmussen (Virum, Denmark/Oregard Gynbasium)
• Adam Kanterman (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley)
• Braden Donovan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic)
• Peyton Riley (Danville, PA/Danville)
• Bradyn Rusch (Valley View, Ohio/Cuyahoga Heights)
• Daniel Van der Westhuizen (Roodepoort, South Africa/King Edward the Seventh)
• Luke Andraso (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pa. Collegiate Academy / Erie)

Men's Golf

• Kyle Westfall (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy (Erie))
• Giovanni Delorenzi (Reggio Emilia, Italy/International School of Modena)
• Jacob Wolak (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area)
• Dylan Flinchbaugh (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown)
• Vincent Lenze (St. Marys, Pa./St. Marys Area)
• Rasmus Seppanen (Bastad, Sweden/Akademi Bastad Gymnasium)

Men's Soccer

• Rafa Hyde (São José dos Campos, Brazil/Objetivo Aquarius)
• Cameron Kwasinewski (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster Cemtral)
• Jensen Peake (Staffordshire, England/Friary)
• Per Kristian Lauvstad (Nesoya, Norway)
• Patricio Montane (Mexico City/Tecnológico de Monterry)
• Nate Tenbus (Gillett, Pa./Horseheads)
• Andre Moraes (Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil/Colegio Singular)
• Shota Toyama (Kanagawa, Japan/Tama)
• Troy Croscut-Miller (North East, Pa./North East)
• Anthony Di Gioia (Welland, Ont.)
• Aaron Lee (Pelham, Ont./Notre Dame College School)

Men's Swimming

• Dylan Ray (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney Community)
• Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)
• Ben Williams (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay)
• Derell Augustine (La Brea, Trinidad & Tobago/Vessigny Secondary School)
• Brandon Hebert (Damascus, Md./Damascus)
• Emmanuel Cisneros (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet)
• Nickolas Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward)
• David Suttner (Chilton, Wisc./Chilton)
• Noah Marsinko (Nanty-Glo, Pa./Blacklick Valley)
• Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain)

Men's Water Polo

• Michael McGarry (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
• Rajmund Farsang (Eger, Hungary/Neumann Janos Gimnazium)
• Dominic Demeritte (Nassau, Bahamas/Blake Academy)
• Mathieu Bordet (Marseille, France/)
• Nikiforos Liantziris (Athens, Greece/1o EPAL Zografou)
• Alexandros Kotskar (Voula, Greece/Athinaiki Agogh)
• Parker Wilk (Sanford, Fla./Seminole)
• Paco Palacian (Seattle, Wash./O'Dea)

Men's Wrestling

• Joey Lyons (Wooster, Ohio/Wooster)
• Logan Sallot (Erie, PA/McDowell High School)
• Jacob Wright (Arnold, Md./Mount Saint Joseph)
• Shawn Szymanski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Burrell)
• Grant MacKay (New Castle, Pa./Laurel)
• Connor Saylor (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory)
• Dorian Crosby (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
• Dillon Walker (Mason, Ohio/Mason)
• Kenny Schmitz (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg)
• Jake Niffenegger (Mason, Ohio/La Salle)

Softball

• Carlyn Vaupel (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
• Josie Spano (Hudson, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy)
• Katie Armstrong (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell)
• Makenzie Wade (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
• Ashley Fox (Cowansville, Pa./Karns City)
• Alli Novick (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney Community)
• Jenna Clontz (Kittanning, Pa./Armstrong)
• Olivia Eckels (Saint Marys, Pa./Saint Marys Area)
• Alaina Whipkey (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
• Lindsay Breuer (Mason, Ohio/Mason)
• Kaleigh Ciesielski (Cheektowaga, N.Y./Maryvale)
• Ella Richter (Lawton, Mich./Lawton)
• Mia Ryan (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley)
• Bella Atherton (Kittanning, Pa./Armstrong)
• Sadie Carroll (North Canton, Ohio/North Canton Hoover)

Volleyball

• Carissa Treser (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny)
• Ella Woltman (Munster, Ind./Munster)
• Ava Gainer (Wheeling, W.Va./The Linsly School)
• Reese Sitter (Hagerstown, Md./Washington County Technical)
• Sydney Wake (Massillon, Ohio/Jackson)
• Kasey Smith (Meadville, Pa./Villa Maria)

Women's Basketball

• Bella Deere (Union, Ky./Cooper)
• Olivia Pepple (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
• Jordan Popyk (Novi, Mich./Novi)
• Carissa Dunham (Fairview, Pa./Villa Maria)
• Mia Slater (Canberra, Australia/Canberra Grammar School)
• Tori Mayes (Lake City, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
• Taylor Ethridge (Chesapeake, Va./Catholic)
• Lauren Kingsley (Pavilion, N.Y./Pavilion)

Women's Cross Country

• Brooke Wissinger (Fombell, Pa./Riverside)
• Jessica McCracken (Limestone, Pa./Clarion-Limestone Area)
• Megan Ickes (Greenville, Pa./Greenville)
• Amy Poole (Walston, Pa./Punxsutawney Area)
• Genna Preston (McKean, Pa./General McLane)
• Emily Bowers (Silver Creek, N.Y./Silver Creek)

Women's Golf

• Samantha Turk (Euclid, Ohio/Villa Angela-St. Joseph)
• Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
• Jillian Gambino (Mayfield Village, Ohio/Mayfield)
• Cloe Mateo (Sabadell, Spain/Montcau la Mola) 
• Emily Donahue (Grove City, Pa./Grove City)

Women's Lacrosse

• Lindsay Gavula (Butler, Pa./Butler Area)
• Kayla Thompson (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford)
• Madi Kivitt (Coral Springs, Fla./American Heritage School)
• Aubrey Skerlong (Allison Park, Pa./Shaler)
• Morgan Perkins (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg)
• Rayla Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum)
• Megan Lang (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy)
• Kirsten Slinkard (Cary, N.C./Panther Creek)
• Alyssa Lerch (Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Area)

Women's Soccer

• Jessie Watkins (Bowie, Md./Bowie)
• Jaeda Whittaker (Gahanna, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln)
• Clara Bourke (Madrid, Spain/Colegio Sagrada Familia)
• Hannah Shepard (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
• Grace Parker (Middleport, N.Y./Royalton Hartland)
• Noa Hashmonai (Zichron Ya'akov, Israel/David Ben Gurion)
• June Monasterio (Bilbao, Spain/Claret Askartza)
• Lydia Knepp (Lewisburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area)
• Victoria Wheeler (Bordentown, N.J./Bordentown Regional)
• Ella Schumacher (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
• Maddy Endler (Salem, Ore./West Salem)
• Grace Emanuel (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
• Alexa Meyer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin)
• Maggie Piper (Stahlstown, Pa./Mt. Pleasant Area)
• Aubrey Pyne (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Area)
• Abigail Niebauer (Denver, Colo./East)
• Michaela August (Morgantown, W. Va./Morgantown)
• Ella Fadale (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport)
• Brooklyn Respecki (McKean, Pa./General McLane)
• Destinee Robertson (Lacey, Washington/Timberline)
• Olivia Stavola (Lanse, Pa./West Branch)
• Victoria Martins (Brampton, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas)
• Annabella LaCastro (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
• Kennady Billman (Belleville, N.Y./Belleville Henderson Central)

Women's Swimming

• Hailey Yurkovich (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward)
• Isabella Dietz (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny)
• Haley Griffin (Wheatfield, N.Y./Mount St. Mary Academy)
• Emily Hedges (Peachtree Corners, Ga./St Pius X Catholic)
• Hailey Wills (Cleves, Ohio/Seton)
• Juliana Romero (Bogotá, Columbia/Colegio pureza de Maria)
• Jocelyn Sawicki (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Jefferson Township)
• Isabella Kling (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley)
• Genna Preston (McKean, Pa./General McLane)
• Hannah Jacobs (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Elisa Moliner (Zaragoza, Spain/IES Francisco de Goya)
• Libby Kibler (Attica, N.Y./Attica Senior)

Women's Water Polo

• Emma O'Gorman (Johannesburg, South Africa/St Stithians College)
• Jillian Heinrich (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
• Claudia Orte Blanch (Madrid, Spain/IES Profesor Maximo Trueba)
• Molly Fehr (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria)
• Brigid Carmody (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn)

Women's Wrestling

• Camryn Brown (Woodbridge, CT./Amity)
• Zoe Gaetjens (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore)
• Chloe Kitagawa (Aliso Viejo, Calif./Aliso Niguel)
• Isabella McNutt (Allison Park, PA/Hampton Township)
• Julianne Moccia (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll)
• Katie Palmer (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville)
• Bella Phillips (Bellingham, Wash./Squalicum High School)
• Leyna Rumpler (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny)
• Lili Ujfalvi (Kecskemet-heteny, Hungary/Bolyai Janos Secondary School)
• Ava Weibley (Mt. Holly Spring, Pa./Big Spring)