NEW ROCHELLE, NY — With the announcement of the 2016-17 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll today by the conference office, Iona College increased its school record with 199 student-athletes on the list. It was the fourth highest among MAAC full-time and associate member schools. For the sixth straight year, first-year student-athletes completing two semesters at the institution were eligible for the list.
The 199 Maroon & Gold student-athletes honored represents nearly 65 percent of those eligible for the Honor Roll.
Five Iona student-athletes maintained a 4.00 grade point average including women’s lacrosse junior Gabriella Di Domizio, senior Cassandra Gill of the women’s cross country and track & field program, women’s soccer junior Anna Higdon, men’s swimming freshman Jakub Korek and Kalen Sullivan of the men’s cross country and track & field program.
Twenty additional Gaels boast a GPA of 3.90 or higher. They include Matt Anderson (men’s swimming), Treloara Harrisson (women’s soccer), Ryden Hines (men’s basketball), Megan Hofer (women’s water polo), Demetra Laurent (women’s swimming), Madeleine Lessard (women’s soccer), Maria Lopez (women’s swimming), Julianna LoRusso (women’s rowing), Daniele Martino (women’s cross country and track & field), Samantha Mello (softball), Courtney Miller (softball), Libby Miller (women’s lacrosse), Darby Nevins (women’s water polo), Jessica Paolucci (volleyball), Christine Rebus (women’s soccer), Jessica Schmidt (women’s swimming), Elise Tarrant (women’s rowing), Sydney Thompson (women’s swimming), Regan Warmoth (women’s water polo) and Megan Wood (women’s soccer).
A total of 2,273 student-athletes have been honored for academic achievements by being named to the 2016-17 MAAC Academic Honor Roll.
Iona surpassed its previous two record highs of 191 and 184 student-athlete representativs set in the last two years year. The Maroon & Gold had 171 during the 2011-12 academic year and 168 members on the MAAC Academic Honor Roll in 2013-14.
To be eligible for the MAAC Academic Honor Roll, an athlete must hold a grade point average of 3.20 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The Honor Roll is open to both full-time and associate members of the MAAC with athletes represented in all 25 sports that the conference sponsors.
Though not recognized on the MAAC Academic Honor Roll because the sport is not sponsored by the league, the men’s rowing and men’s water polo program had 12 and 11 student-athletes, respectively, achieve a GPA of 3.20 or higher.
Name | Sport |
Amanda Agostino | Women’s Swimming |
Christian Alberico | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Alex Aliapoulios | Women’s Swimming |
Alex Anderson | Golf |
Matt Anderson | Men’s Swimming |
Tori Anderson | Women’s Lacrosse |
Spencer Anthony | Men’s Water Polo |
Claire Archibald | Volleyball |
Alexandra Arluna | Women’s Rowing |
Dion Austrie | Baseball |
Olivia Ayer | Women’s Rowing |
Owen Badin | Men’s Swimming |
Michael Banks | Men’s Water Polo |
James Barnola | Men’s Swimming |
Alexandria Bay | Women’s Swimming |
Kaitlyn Becker | Women’s Lacrosse |
Alex Beckett | Baseball |
Marisa Bentley | Women’s Soccer |
Katie Beyer | Women’s Lacrosse |
Courtney Blasko | Softball |
Abraham Bluestone | Men’s Rowing |
Matthew Bosse | Men’s Swimming |
Sam Braziel | Men’s Swimming |
Sean Breen | Baseball |
Taylor Brown | Softball |
Corinne Burns | Women’s Soccer |
Matt Byrne | Baseball |
Joshua Calderon | Men’s Soccer |
Neekoli Calderon | Men’s Soccer |
Julia Campagna | Women’s Soccer |
Shaina Campbell | Volleyball |
Alex Carter | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Ashley Cave | Women’s Swimming |
Grace Celona | Women’s Lacrosse |
Alyssa Chain | Women’s Swimming |
Brendan Chan | Men’s Swimming |
Alex Cheruk | Men’s Swimming |
Kieran Clements | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Alyssa Connell | Women’s Lacrosse |
Tess Connolly | Volleyball |
Brian Connors | Men’s Swimming |
Stefan Cygan | Golf |
Tori Danner | Softball |
Alessandra Danyo | Women’s Rowing |
Liam Dee | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Anna Desiderio | Women’s Swimming |
Kyle Desrosiers | Men’s Swimming |
Jose Diaz-Ramirez | Men’s Rowing |
Maria DiBella | Women’s Swimming |
Alexandra DiBiase | Women’s Swimming |
Alaina DiDonato | Women’s Rowing |
Ciarra DiGuilio | Softball |
Gabriella Di Domizio | Women’s Lacrosse |
Patrick Drummond | Men’s Rowing |
Marissa Dundas | Women’s Soccer |
Karynda DuPree | Women’s Basketball |
Mariah Elsenheimer | Women’s Soccer |
Danielle Emma | Women’s Rowing |
Delia Fernandez | Women’s Rowing |
Mario Ferraioli | Baseball |
Humbert Ferrer | Men’s Soccer |
Kait Ferretti | Volleyball |
Matt Flannery | Baseball |
Kathryn Flannigan | Women’s Lacrosse |
Daniel Fleck | Men’s Water Polo |
Julia Flower | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Shea Foley | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Christian Foti | Men’s Swimming |
Rebecca Gabert | Softball |
Catherine Gallery | Women’s Lacrosse |
Daniel Galvin | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Amanda Gannon | Volleyball |
Hallie Garfield | Women’s Water Polo |
Rachel Garn | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Alyssa Gayapa | Women’s Water Polo |
Samson George | Men’s Basketball |
Marisa Gergel | Softball |
Cassandra Gill | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Pamela Giordano | Women’s Lacrosse |
Edward Gonzalez | Men’s Rowing |
Hudson Grieve | Men’s Water Polo |
Alexandra Guerra | Women’s Water Polo |
Andrea Guerra | Women’s Water Polo |
Caleigh Gunn | Women’s Lacrosse |
Stephen Hansen | Baseball |
Emily Hansen | Women’s Soccer |
Jessica Harkness | Softball |
Treloara Harrisson | Women’s Soccer |
Edward Hayfron | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Willow Held-Pistone | Women’s Rowing |
Teghan Henderson | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
John Hidalgo | Men’s Rowing |
Anna Higdon | Women’s Soccer |
Jason Hill | Men’s Water Polo |
Ryden Hines | Men’s Basketball |
Seth Hoagland | Baseball |
Megan Hofer | Women’s Water Polo |
Natalie Holder | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Jac Hopkins | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Barry James | Men’s Rowing |
Tomas Jamett | Men’s Soccer |
Danika Jensen | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Natalie Jimenez | Women’s Rowing |
Karla Johnson | Volleyball |
Devika Joshi | Women’s Water Polo |
Elizabeth Kaczmarek | Women’s Swimming |
Killian Kane | Men’s Rowing |
Allison Kaufman | Women’s Rowing |
Julia Kearley | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Helena Keenan | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Leah Kelly | Women’s Lacrosse |
Madison Kirch | Women’s Rowing |
Robert Kirsty | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Jakub Korek | Men’s Swimming |
Rebecca Koshy | Women’s Water Polo |
Bailey Kross | Women’s Rowing |
Jake Kurz | Baseball |
Christina Lamiroult | Women’s Rowing |
Demetra Laurent | Women’s Swimming |
Lindsay Lee | Women’s Rowing |
Tori Lesko | Women’s Basketball |
Jay Lessard | Men’s Swimming |
Madeleine Lessard | Women’s Soccer |
Alexis Lewis | Women’s Basketball |
Quinn Lloyd | Men’s Water Polo |
Kelsey Long | Softball |
Maria Lopez | Women’s Swimming |
Julianna LoRusso | Women’s Rowing |
Bailey Lyons | Men’s Water Polo |
Kendall Magill | Women’s Swimming |
Kaitlyn Mahon | Women’s Swimming |
Kristin Mahoney | Women’s Basketball |
Sara Mangialardi | Women’s Soccer |
Vinny Martin | Baseball |
Ashley Martin | Women’s Basketball |
Tiffany Martinez | Women’s Soccer |
Daniele Martino | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Madison Mayle | Softball |
Zoe Mazzulli | Women’s Lacrosse |
Dan McBryan | Baseball |
Shannon McCaffrey | Women’s Lacrosse |
Thomas McClellan | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Kara McKenna | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Samantha Mello | Softball |
Luis Mendoza | Men’s Soccer |
Kevin Menna | Men’s Rowing |
Mariah Metcalf | Women’s Lacrosse |
Chartt Miller | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Courtney Miller | Softball |
Libby Miller | Women’s Lacrosse |
Luka Milosavljevic | Men’s Basketball |
Matt Mirocco | Golf |
Malcolm Moreno | Men’s Soccer |
Gilda Moreta | Women’s Rowing |
Ashlyn Morris | Softball |
Johannes Motschmann | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Amelia Motz | Women’s Basketball |
Orlaith Moynihan | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Chris Nash | Men’s Soccer |
Alexandra Naughton | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Nicholas Negron | Men’s Rowing |
Kathryn Nevin | Women’s Swimming |
Darby Nevins | Women’s Water Polo |
Katie Newton | Softball |
Karli Normand | Women’s Water Polo |
Katelyn Noschese | Women’s Lacrosse |
Niamh O’Connor | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Shannon O’Hehir | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Jessica Paolucci | Volleyball |
Carley Pellechia | Women’s Lacrosse |
Julia Peschetti | Women’s Soccer |
Julian Petrello | Men’s Soccer |
Brian Picone | Baseball |
Logan Pietroforte | Men’s Rowing |
Roche Pretorius | Men’s Water Polo |
Ryan Preusse | Baseball |
Erin Pugh | Women’s Lacrosse |
Brittany Quirino | Women’s Rowing |
Christine Rebus | Women’s Soccer |
Vito Roca | Men’s Rowing |
Abigail Roper | Women’s Soccer |
Zach Roper | Men’s Water Polo |
Alexandra Russo | Volleyball |
Luca Sanna | Men’s Soccer |
Jessica Scheriff | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Jessica Schmidt | Women’s Swimming |
Hannah Schultz | Women’s Water Polo |
Kerri Sexton | Women’s Cross Country / Track |
Kellar Sirstins | Men’s Soccer |
Marnie Skinner | Softball |
Ryan Sleiman | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Adrianna Solhjoo | Women’s Rowing |
Gerom Solis | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Emily Solomos | Women’s Rowing |
Marc Stauble | Men’s Water Polo |
Tim Strowbridge | Men’s Rowing |
Simone Sturrup | Women’s Swimming |
Kalen Sullivan | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Luka Summers | Women’s Rowing |
Jan Svandrlik | Men’s Basketball |
Jamie Swenton | Women’s Swimming |
Kate Tagliareni | Women’s Rowing |
Andrew Tario | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Elise Tarrant | Women’s Rowing |
Scott Tell | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Hailey Thompson | Softball |
Sydney Thompson | Women’s Swimming |
Jenna Tolzmann | Women’s Lacrosse |
Brianne Towey | Women’s Lacrosse |
George Tsevdos | Men’s Soccer |
Kristen Turner | Softball |
Samantha Tyo | Women’s Lacrosse |
Christopher Vadala | Men’s Swimming |
Britten Vilander | Women’s Water Polo |
Philip Wachowski | Men’s Water Polo |
Regan Warmoth | Women’s Water Polo |
Brian Warsh | Men’s Cross Country / Track |
Kristian Wasdick | Women’s Lacrosse |
James Whaley | Men’s Swimming |
Karly White | Volleyball |
Megan Wood | Women’s Soccer |
Jude Zamora | Men’s Swimming |