Valpo Athletics Announces Annual Academic Honors

The Valparaiso University Department of Athletics announced its annual academic honors on Sunday evening at the department’s Presidential Academic Honors Banquet. President José Padilla recognized 128 student-athletes with Presidential Academic Honors.

Presidential Academic Honors are awarded to student-athletes who have earned a term grade point average of 3.25 or higher for at least two consecutive semesters at Valpo. Valpo Athletics also revealed the department’s Top of the Class Awards, Dean’s Awards, Laurel Award and Team Academic Award.

The Laurel Award is presented to the graduating senior student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average. This year’s honor was bestowed upon Maddison Murphy (Bloomington, Ill. / University) of women’s golf, a health sciences major.  The Top of the Class Awards are presented annually to graduating seniors with a 3.9 or better cumulative GPA. The Dean’s Awards are awarded to the highest cumulative GPA by a student-athlete in each college.

The tennis program earned the Team Academic Award by posting the department’s highest GPA.

Top of the Class Awards

  • Maddison Murphy, Women’s Golf, Health Sciences
  • Payton Hodson, Women’s Golf, Psychology & Spanish
  • David Engstrom, Men’s Track & Field, Computer Engineering
  • Kate Beckemeyer, Softball, Civil Engineering
  • Shay Frederick, Women’s Basketball, Marketing
  • Morgan Kier, Women’s Golf, Meteorology & Spanish
  • Emily Bauer, Dance Team, Business Analytics & Finance

Dean’s Awards

  • College of Arts & Sciences – Elizabeth Park, Women’s Soccer, Chemistry & Biology
  • College of Arts & Sciences – Caleb VanArragon, Men’s Golf, Biology & Statistics
  • College of Business – Cameron Sheehy, Men’s Track & Field / Cross Country, Business Analytics & Marketing
  • College of Engineering – Kurt Kessen, Football, Mechanical Engineering
  • College of Nursing & Health Professions – Maddison Murphy, Women’s Golf, Health Sciences
  • Graduate College – Brittany Anderson, Volleyball, Master’s in Sports Administration

 

Presidential Academic Honors Awards

 

Cheer & Dance

 

Elisabeth Albertin
Madeline Aldrich
Emily Baur
Gillian Bedenk
Alyse Blaszczynski
Mara DiCarlo
Shelby Gorman
Madison Janickovic
Jillian O’Connell
Emmi Owens
Brooke Palmer
Danielle Renno
Sarah Schneider
Megan Wing

 

Baseball

Keegan Bates
Nathan Chasey
Jeremy Drudge
Colin Fields
Grant Jablonski
Ryan Mintz
Matt Olive
Kade Reinertson
Alex Ryan
Kyle Schmack
Nolan Tucker
Trent Turzenski

 

Men’s Basketball

Ben Krikke

 

Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field

Eric Carothers
Micah D’Arcangelo
Simeon Ehm
David Engstrom
Eddie Juszczak
William Neupert
Tommy Palmer
Cameron Sheehy
Alek Trafton
Ignacio Veloz Bonilla

 

Football

Evan Annis
Cade Bishop
Brett Bittner
Aaron Byrd
James Doerer
Tyler Eberhart
Joshua Gholston
Sam Hafner
Doug Haugh
Kurt Kessen
Gabe Lawson
Jake Marinelli
Austin Martins
Trent Miller
Ben Niesner
Ben Nimz
Brendan O’Doherty
Nathan Orlandini
Drew Parrish
Trey Psota
Tytus Ragle
Ollie Reese
Matt Ross
Kohlton Sherman
George Trojanek
Gavin Twigg
Carter Woody

 

Men’s Golf

Mason Bonn
Charlie Toman
Caleb VanArragon

 

Women’s Basketball

Maya Dunson
Leah Earnest
Shay Frederick
Carie Weinman
Grace White

 

Bowling

Addy Bates
Noelle Doody
Ruth Magana
Allura Magsino
Isabella Palamaro

 

Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field

Grace Aurand
Tori Gerhardt
Charlotte LaFleur
Lena Luebbering
Devyn Miller
Joely Overstreet
Ellie Roeglin
Olivia Recker

 

Women’s Golf

Kelsey Eichenauer
Payton Hodson
Morgan Kier
Roslyn Leitner
Maddison Murphy
Cailey Rooker
Allison Yohanan

 

Softball

Kate Beckemeyer
Emily Crompton
Regi Hecker
Taylor Herschbach
Lauren Kehlenbrink
Taylor Knight
Ryan Milkowski
Peyton Moeder
Jaina Westphal

 

Women’s Soccer

Nikki Coryell
Kiley Dugan
Cassidy Eckstein
Peyton Flynn
Alexis Gaffney
Natalie Graf
Katie Hansen
Kelsie James
Addy Joiner
Nicole Norfolk
Elizabeth Park
Chase Ray
Jensen Summers

 

Women’s Swimming

Katie Craig
Sophia Morelock
Chiara Robinson

 

Women’s Tennis

Mia Bertino
Olivia Czerwonka
Claire Czerwonka
Demi Jhaveri
Isabella Schoolcraft
Amanda Tabanera

 

Volleyball

Brittany Anderson
Maddy Boyer
Rylee Cookerly
Kara Cooper
Jillie Grant
Haley Hart
Bella Ravotto