Record 159 UTRGV student athletes make fall athletic director’s honor roll
EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Wednesday that a record 159 student-athletes made the Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll by achieving a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 while serving as full-time students as part of a team during the fall semester.
UTRGV Athletics will recognize these student-athletes at halftime of the men’s basketball game against Chicago State on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. The men’s basketball student-athletes will be recognized prior to the game.
Thirty-three student-athletes earned perfect GPAs of 4.0. As a whole, the department’s fall GPA, encompassing 260 student-athletes, was 3.16, an increase from 3.08 last fall.
Women’s track & field had the most student-athletes named to the AD Honor Roll with 29, while women’s tennis had the highest percentage as 88.89 percent of their student-athletes earned the honor.
Women’s tennis had a department-best 3.61 GPA. Men’s tennis had the highest GPA among men’s teams at 3.39.
“Our student-athletes are continuing to excel by putting in a lot of hard work both in the classroom and in study hall,” UTRGV Director of Athletics Chris King said. “Their grade point averages are higher than that of the rest of the undergraduate student body. We’re proud of the job our student-athletes are doing.”
A complete list of student-athletes who made the AD Honor Roll can be found below:
Fall AD Honor Roll Recipients:
Baseball
Ethan Abbott
Luis Acosta
Austin Alarid
Amado Almanzar
Ricky Arevalo
Andy Atwood
Max Balderrama Jr.
Kyle Bosworth
Juan Carreon II
Gabe Constantine
Jacob Flores
Abanny Garcia
Coleman Grubbs
Jacob Hirsh
Ryan Jackson
Men’s Basketball
Greg Bowie II
Johnny Crnogorac
Jordan Jackson
Quinton Johnson II
Nick Mora
Women’s Basketball
Jameka Dowell
Amara Graham
Nichele Hyman
Megan Johnson
Natalia Ready
Krisynthia Sampson
Shaiann Tramble
Idil Türk
Men’s Golf
Henry Fisher
Euan Gill
Alvaro Hernandez
Tae Itthiratchai
Tennoshin Ogawa
Luca Portelli
Alex Summers
Women’s Golf
Vicky Gonzalez
Tilda Green
Emma Mesta
Blayke Van Houten
Rachel Yu
Men’s Soccer
William Akio
Jaime Arcila
Matt Beaulaurier
Markus Björs
Bryce Box
Michael Faber
Jonathan Gutierrez
Isaiah Hinds
Antone Jarvis
Angel Lopez
Guillermo Martinez
Isidro Martinez
Andy Rios
Arthur Rogers
Luis Rubio
Trevor Schneider
Dimitris Strantzalis
Women’s Soccer
Diandra Aliaga
Diana Ansah
Sarah Bonney
Baylee Endsley
Emma Lien Hapnes
Matilyn Hepker
Anna Hover
Malia Irvine
Lea Kalmbach
Shentatious Knox
Amanda Lozano
Maile Lunardi
Jada MacLean
America Martinez
Tina Sophie Nielson
Tuva Rolstad Nilsen
Kryssie Rivera
Mariah Scott
Elina Seppälä
Gina Steiner
Katherine Stokely
Kinga Szemik
Kaitie Watson
Men’s Tennis
Jake Davidson
Samuel de Felipe Garcia
Yehonatan Kaufman
Zane Kohrs
Michael Loyd
Clément Sarradin
Mateo Schmit
Women’s Tennis
Doris Aleksovska
Marine Darzyan
Dominique Ibarra
Ana Platisa
Sandra Putz
Alicia Thal
Nethmi Waduge
Michelle Walker
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Max Carmona
Maxime Gardes
Antoine Godin
Christian Hall-Gardner
Alberto Herrera
Yariel Matute
Alexandre Moret
Tristan Pena
Mathew Peynado
Carlos Roguera
Rodrigo Silva
Dobri Stalev
Sergio Tijerina
Julian Trevino
Jon Zapata
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Kelly Aguinaga
Haley Allen
Eleanor Arndt
Brittany Cantu
Idatonye Cheetham-West
Dai’ja Coleman
Jazmin Cortez
Adrianna Cruz
Natalie Garza
Amy Gonzalez
Ashley Janet Gonzalez
Mariana Hernandez
Kyra Keurentjes
Sharon Koima
Taylar Kregness
Elizabeth Ortiz
Thalia Polanco
Bryana Rios
Monica Rivera
Anahi Romo
Destiny Rutherford
Zarrey Sams
Jovanni Solis
Sierra Spinler
Diamond Thomas
Marta Vargues
Hailey Wallet
Juvae Williams
Felicia Wills
Volleyball
Draik Banks
Alexandra Ecker
Carter Helmcamp
Veronika Jandova
Antonela Jularic
Ragni Steen Knudsen
Barbara Thais Krug
Marina Martinez
Pamela Moreira
Talita Oliveira
Debora Nazario
Paulina Ramirez
Barbara Silva
Dubravka Vukoja
Gysell Zayas
