June 24, 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -
The Santa Clara Athletic Department continues to shine academically as 96 student-athletes made the 2008-09 West Coast Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, as announced by the league this week. The women were led by tennis freshman Kacie Wagner, who earned a 4.00 grade-point average as an English major; while the men were led by soccer senior Brian Martin, who posted a 3.90 GPA in finance.
"I would like to congratulate all of our student-athletes who made this year's WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll," said West Coast Conference Commissioner Jamie Zaninovich.
"This season, we saw a dramatic improvement in the number of honorees to this list which speaks to our member institution's continued dedication to promoting well-rounded student-athletes." "This huge increase reflects all of the hard work being done by our Academic Support Managers, Zoë Segnitz and Jason Stock to create a culture of academic success, by our coaches in supporting that goal, and of course, by our student-athletes who are obviously getting it done in the classroom," said Santa Clara Director of Athletics Dan Coonan. "I applaud all of them for their efforts, which are clearly paying off."
Twenty Broncos were awarded gold honors (4.00 - 3.75 GPA), including Rhodes Scholar and cross country athlete Noelle Lopez (3.99) and WCC Postgraduate Scholarship winner and basketball guard Elizabeth Doran (3.93). Twenty additional Broncos won silver honors (3.74 - 3.50 GPA), including baseball's Thain Simon (3.70) and golfer Erin Sullivan (3.74). A whopping 56 Broncos won bronze honors (3.49 - 3.00 GPA), including basketball's Troy Alexander (3.26) and rowing's Christilei Hessler (3.40).
Only grades earned at WCC institutions may be used in calculating the grade point average for this award. To be considered for this honor, student-athletes must meet the following requirements:
1. Individuals must have earned a varsity letter in a sport which the conference determined a champion in the recently completed academic year.
2. The cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 must be based on a 4.0 scale.
3. The individuals must have successfully completed an average of at least 12 graded credit hours (non pass-fail hours) per term.
The following is the list of those honored by the WCC:
WCC Gold Honors
NAME | SPORT | MAJOR | GPA |
Kacie Wagner | W. Tennis | English | 4.00 |
Noelle Lopez | W. Cross Country | Philosophy | 3.99 |
Tanya Schmidt | Volleyball | English | 3.95 |
Annalisa Giardina | W. Crew | English | 3.95 |
Elizabeth Doran | W. Basketball | Bio-Engineering | 3.93 |
Heidi Johnson | W. Cross Country | Undeclared | 3.91 |
Brian Martin | M. Soccer | Finance | 3.90 |
Ross Smith | M. Soccer | Accounting | 3.89 |
Margueritte Aozasa | W. Soccer | Undeclared | 3.88 |
Kiki Bosio | W. Soccer | Business | 3.84 |
Erin McCarthy | W. Cross Country | Political Science | 3.84 |
Stephanie Wilson | W. Cross Country | English | 3.84 |
Alex Bon | M. Golf | Business | 3.83 |
Chris Mosier | M. Cross Country | Political Science | 3.82 |
Lexi Orand | W. Soccer | Combined Sciences | 3.82 |
Matthew Savage | M. Cross Country | Undeclared | 3.80 |
Lauren Schuster | W. Rowing | Accounting and MIS | 3.79 |
Curtis Wagner | Baseball | Undeclared Business | 3.77 |
Stephanie Zentner | W. Crew | Communications | 3.77 |
Austin Jones | M. Cross Country | Engineering | 3.75 |
WCC Silver Honors
NAME | SPORT | MAJOR | GPA |
Jennifer Light | W. Cross Country | Engineering | 3.75 |
Erin Sullivan | W. Golf | Business | 3.74 |
Anna Wheatley | W. Cross Country | Undecided | 3.71 |
Thain Simon | Baseball | Finance | 3.70 |
Bianca Henninger | W. Soccer | Business | 3.69 |
Kelly Buckley | W. Tennis | Communications | 3.68 |
Anne Murphy-Hagan | W. Cross Country | Religious Studies | 3.67 |
Rhianna Faithfull | W. Basketball | Undeclared | 3.65 |
Ashley Morisako | W. Crew | Undeclared | 3.64 |
Jamie Nonaka | W. Golf | Marketing | 3.62 |
Bridgett Miller | W. Soccer | Undeclared | 3.60 |
Michael Santia | Baseball | Finance | 3.59 |
Marlys Hunt | W. Crew | Chemistry | 3.58 |
Nhu-Nguyen Le | M. Cross Country | Biology | 3.57 |
Patrick Glenn | Baseball | Accounting | 3.55 |
Jeff Cosgriff | M. Soccer | Economics | 3.55 |
Claire Goins | W. Basketball | Combined Sciences | 3.54 |
Isabelle Hoy | W. Tennis | Undeclared Business | 3.54 |
Whitney Porter | W. Cross Country | Biology | 3.54 |
Alyssa Chun | W. Soccer | Biology | 3.52 |
WCC Bronze Honor Roll
NAME | SPORT | MAJOR | GPA |
Miki Ueoka | W. Golf | Biochemistry | 3.49 |
Philip Bach | M. Basketball | Business | 3.47 |
Kevin Senefeld | M. Cross Country | Religious Studies | 3.46 |
Michael Calcagno | M. Cross Country | Mechanical Engineering | 3.45 |
Chris Sampson | M. Cross Country | Civil Engineering | 3.42 |
Eric Masch | M. Soccer | Undeclared | 3.41 |
Andrew Backus | M. Cross Country | Mechanical Engineering | 3.40 |
Christilei Hessler | W. Rowing | Philosophy | 3.40 |
Caitlin Cutting | W. Crew | Liberal Studies | 3.40 |
Austin Tenn-McClellan | M. Soccer | Biology | 3.39 |
James Heintz | Baseball | Business Management | 3.38 |
Kimberly Cox | W. Tennis | Undeclared | 3.37 |
Lauren Wee | W. Crew | Biochemistry | 3.37 |
Kevin Klasila | M. Soccer | Marketing | 3.37 |
Lisa Lahman | W. Soccer | Mechanical Engineering | 3.36 |
Marc Trasolini | M. Basketball | Business | 3.35 |
John Laughlin | M. Cross Country | Economics/Finance | 3.35 |
Lindsy Davigeadono | Volleyball | Liberal Studies | 3.34 |
Alyssa Shoji | W. Basketball | Business | 3.34 |
Katie Sharpe | W. Golf | Undeclared | 3.33 |
Michael Santos | M. Basketball | Business | 3.33 |
Meghan McNamara | W. Cross Country | Undeclared | 3.33 |
Becky Goll | W. Basketball | Undeclared | 3.32 |
Garrett Smith | M. Cross Country | Civil Engineering | 3.30 |
Kalle Deyette | W. Cross Country | Economics/Biology | 3.28 |
John Iwanski | M. Tennis | Marketing | 3.27 |
Ashley Pane | W. Tennis | Political Science | 3.26 |
Troy Alexander | M. Basketball | Business | 3.26 |
Ricky Character | M. Soccer | Finance | 3.24td> |
Paul Twining | Baseball | Engineering | 3.23 |
Shaun Pienkos | M. Golf | Finance | 3.23 |
Katherine Reynolds | W. Soccer | Political Science | 3.22 |
Lauren Dowd | Volleyball | Marketing | 3.22 |
Robbie Reid | M. Cross Country | Business | 3.21 |
Nate Mensah | M. Basketball | Business | 3.21 |
Kendra Perry | W. Soccer | Business | 3.21 |
Libby Morrison | Volleyball | Undeclared | 3.19 |
Samantha Georgino | W. Tennis | Political Science | 3.17 |
Mykell Bates | M. Soccer | Undeclared | 3.17 |
Richard Zhu | M. Cross Country | Undeclared | 3.15 |
Veronica Vazquez | W. Cross Country | Accounting | 3.15 |
Morgan Doherty | Volleyball | Communications | 3.15 |
Naushad Godrej | M. Soccer | Economics | 3.14 |
Brittany Purvis | W. Basketball | Pre-Law Studies | 3.09 |
Alex Harkins | M. Cross Country | Civil Engineering | 3.09 |
Christine Szelong | W. Rowing | Asian Studies | 3.08 |
Jalil Anibaba | M. Soccer | Marketing | 3.07 |
Geoff Klein | Baseball | Combined Studies | 3.06 |
James Rahon | M. Basketball | Business | 3.05 |
Kimee Goeggel | W. Basketball | Biology | 3.05 |
Courtney Lewis | W. Soccer | Communications | 3.04 |
Kenji Kadowaki | M. Cross Country | Electrical Engineering | 3.04 |
Kendall Fishman | W. Crew | Communications | 3.03 |
Jennifer Clarke | W. Cross Country | Bio-Engineering | 3.02 |
Brandon Zimmerman | M. Soccer | Business | 3.01 |
Maggie Goldenberger | W. Basketball | Engineering | 3.00 |