CLEVELAND — Putting a bow on what has proved to be a fantastic academic year, the Gannon athletics department picked up a school record 144 Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Awards, a total that ranks fifth in the nation.
The awards, which were announced Monday, are awarded to student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, completed at least two years of college-level work, and were an active member of an NCAA team during the past academic year.
The 144 honorees topped last year's school record of 136, and gave Gannon the most awards in the PSAC for the first time.
The PSAC posted the most award winners of any conference with 975, edging out the Northeast 10 with 974. In all, 11,660 student-athletes from 185 institutions were recognized, both setting new records. Findlay led the nation with 211 award winners, followed by Indianapolis with 163 and a tie between Tiffin and Queens (N.C.) with 149.
Gannon was one of 10 schools in the PSAC to nominate for the award, and was one of five who had at least 100 award winners.
A full list of Gannon's 144 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winners is below.
Baseball (11)
David Ariza (Bogota, Columbia/Colegio San Jose)
Nate Bly (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills)
Thomas Boyd (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Cory Hegedus (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield)
Tyler Mattocks (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood)
Jarod Morrison (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton)
Sawyer Overhoff (Eden, N.Y./Eden)
Kevin Richards (Scottdale, Pa./Southmoreland)
Konar Smith (Angus, Ontario/Nottawasaga Pine Secondary School)
Brandon Wetherholt (Gibsonia, Pa./Mars Area)
Matthew Yough (Chicora, Pa./Karns City)
Men's Basketball (1)
Daryl Porter (Southfield, Mich./Walled Lake Western)
Women's Basketball (5)
Nicole LaCava (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory)
Sydney Mitchell (Baltimore, Md./Seton Keough)
Chelsea Rourke (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland)
Lauren Tewes (Waterford, Mich./Waterford Kettering)
Elise Torrence (Bexley, Ohio/Bexley)
Men's Cross Country (5)
Ryan Garich (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Eric Ingram (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air)
Garrett Sutton (Gallitzin, Pa./Penn Cambria)
Joseph Westrick (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley)
Brett Whitty (New Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington Area)
Women's Cross Country (17)
Rebecca Campbell (Erie, Pa./Iroquois)
Kassidy Deuber (Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth)
Emily Dolan (Lysander, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse)
Allie Domer (Oil City, Pa./Oil City)
Sarah Fiorello (Lake View, N.Y./Frontier)
Lauren Hanna (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)
Grace Hartfiel-Carr (Adamstown, Md./Liberty)
Sabrina Kosnik (Union City, Pa./Union City)
Maria Lohmann (Gibsonia, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
Grace McGrath (Pawling, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes)
Alyssa Monohon (North Bend, Ore./North Bend)
Meredith Morse (Rochester, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland)
Cameron Perry (East Pembroke, N.Y./Pembroke Central)
Kate Robb (New Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington Area)
Taylor Roberts (North Kingsville, Ohio/Edgewood)
Hannah Sekerak (Broadview Heights, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview Heights)
Alena Wisniewski (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas)
Football (16)
Andrew Berger (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle)
Dan Cervone (Allison Park, Pa./Deer Lakes)
Logan Clarke (Mercer, Pa./Mercer)
Joey Cox (Costa Mesa, Calif./Calvary Chapel)
Jason Dambach (Fombell, Pa./Riverside)
Seth Drummond (Duke Center, Pa./Otto-Eldred)
Alex Hutchings (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas)
Jimmy Keefe (Middleburg Heights, Ohio/St. Edward)
Alex Korhorn (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian)
Richard Makowski (Kolkwitz, Germany/Lausitzer Sportschule)
Bo Miller (Clarion, Pa./Clarion Area)
Jarod Morrison (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton)
Jacob Nesser (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic)
Chris Sanders (Sugar Grove, Pa./Eisenhower)
A.J. Satcher (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius)
Jordan Smith (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon McMillan)
Men's Golf (5)
Ethan Bennett (Stoney Creek, Ontario/Cardinal Newman Catholic)
Emmett Caskey (North Canton, Ohio/Hoover)
Kyle Luben (Meadville, Pa./Meadville)
Mark Majewski (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Jacob Mertz (Williamsville, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute)
Women's Golf (6)
Cris del Diego (Madrid, Spain/Arturo Soria)
Megan Fessler (Sidman, Pa./Forest Hills)
Samantha Gaffney (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville East)
Roxanne Garceau (Woodstock, Conn./Woodstock Academy)
Madison Gardner (Avon, Ohio/Magnificat)
Carley Sawyer (Rainbow Lake, N.Y./Saranac Lake)
Women's Lacrosse (5)
Alexa Bower (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton)
Jessica Hudak (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-LaSalle)
Hayley Latvala (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island)
Erin Renwick (Islip, N.Y./Islip)
Julia Strtak (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central)
Men's Soccer (13)
Ryan Anderson (DuBois, Pa./DuBois Central Catholic)
Declan Bingham (Gold Coast, Australia/The Southport School)
Srdjan Dujkovic (Darmstadt, Germany/)
Baran Kilic (Darmstadt, Germany/Bertolt-Brecht-Schule)
Dom Knowles (Gold Coast, Australia/The Southport School)
JT Koch (Delafield, Wis./Kettle Moraine)
Austin Ludwik (Gold Coast, Australia/The Southport School)
Ivan Manfredi (Chiavari, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Marconi Delpino)
Tommy Martin (North East, Pa./North East)
Hunter Osolin (Mentor, Ohio/IMG Academy (Fla.))
James Randall (Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School)
Brandon Richardson (Madison, Miss./Seton Home Study School)
Alex Schroeck (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Women's Soccer (8)
Brigid Casey (Cincinnati, Ohio/McAuley)
Emily Cekella (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley)
Nicole Grimm (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell Area)
Taylor Huffman (Rome, Ohio/Grand Valley)
Emma Manczka (Fairview, Pa./McDowell)
Hannah Marchant (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep)
Aesling McCullough (Moon, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
Maddie North (Leysdown-on-Sea, England/The Westlands School)
Softball (15)
Madi Beining (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny)
Kennedy DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau)
Kristina DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau)
Jennifer Frappa (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park)
Sarah Ingerick (Middlebury Center, Pa./Wellsboro Area)
Lyndsey Lakatos (Allison Park, Pa./Shaler Area)
Kherrin Morgan (Hamilton, Ohio/Talawanda)
Morgan Nyman (Howard, Pa./Bald Eagle Area)
Kellyn Perich (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township)
Kaity Stocker (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe)
Lisa Szajn (Maple, Ontario/St. Joan of Arc Catholic)
Maria Taliani (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes)
Rachel Tanilli (Gibsonia, Pa./Deer Lakes)
Raygan Walters (Cardington, Ohio/Mount Gilead)
Taylor Wilp (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills)
Men's Swimming and Diving (6)
Allan Collins (East Amherst, N.Y./Canisius)
Joseph Deemer (Connoquenessing, Pa./Butler Area)
Bryce Ebel (Summerville, Ore./La Grande)
Jon Ekas (Erie, Pa./McDowell)
Luke Engel (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore)
Parker Kilstrom (West Linn, Ore./West Linn)
Women's Swimming and Diving (9)
Kyra Hammond (Corry, Pa./Corry)
Rory Lingg (Murrysville, Pa./Homeschool)
Kiersten Pearce (DuBois, Pa./DuBois Area)
Abby Printz (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford)
Jillian Pritchard (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin)
Sammie Schmitz (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central)
Marissa Scott (Owego, N.Y./Owego Free Academy)
DeAnna Smith
Silvija Taraska (Wickliffe, Ohio /Lake Catholic)
Volleyball (8)
Ashley Beyers (Lanark, Ill./Eastland)
Johanna Gregory (Rochester, N.Y./Penfield)
Abby Kane (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional)
Ashley Kerestes (Loves Park, Ill./Rockford Lutheran)
Aubree Lanman (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights)
Toni Leitshuh (Manhattan, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central)
Lydia Lukomski (Portville, N.Y./Portville Central)
Ally Smith (Penfield, N.Y./Webster Schroeder)
Men's Water Polo (3)
Jack Donnelly (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral)
Brett Rehrer (Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills)
Thomas Squeglia (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep)
Women's Water Polo (3)
Kelly Fehr (Erie, Pa./Villia Maria)
Julia Kreidinger
Silvija Taraska (Wickliffe, Ohio /Lake Catholic)
Men's Wrestling (8)
Giovanni Ciotti (Erie, Pa./General McLane)
Connor Day (Elma, N.Y./Iroquois Central)
Brandon Felkins (Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township)
Joel Leise (Transfer, Pa./Reynolds)
Faris Messai (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown)
Mitchell Skleres (Andover, Ohio/Lake Catholic)
Keith Swartley (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson)
Luke Walter (Mercer, Pa./Grove City)
