2021-22 Big South Presidential Honor Roll Nears 60 Percent
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference announced today that 59.92 percent of eligible student-athletes earned Presidential Honor Roll status for their work in the classroom in 2021-22 -- the third-highest percentage since 2004. To be named to the Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently-completed academic year, and this past season, 2,441 out of 4,074 eligible student-athletes achieved the benchmark.
Radford University led all Big South institutions for the first time since 2012-13, as RU had 77.83 percent of its 230 eligible student-athletes on the Presidential Honor Roll -- one of five members to have at least 70 percent of 3.0 students. High Point University placed 76.60 percent of its 282 eligible student-athletes on the list, followed by Presbyterian College at 73.39 percent (182-of-248), UNC Asheville at 71.92 percent (146-of-203) and Winthrop University at 71.31 (174-of-244) for the year. An additional four members reached the 60 percent plateau for 3.0 GPAs: Gardner-Webb University (67.84), Longwood University (65.89), Campbell University (65.84), and USC Upstate (60.78).
The Big South had 207 student-athletes receive Commissioner’s Award distinction in 2021-22 for having a 4.0 GPA. Gold Award scholars (3.75-3.99) totaled 559 while another 570 received Silver Award (3.50-3.74) accolades in 2021-22 for a combined total of 1,336 student-athletes with at least a 3.50 GPA last year – 54.73 percent of all Presidential Honor Roll members at or above that threshold.
The 2021-22 Commissioner’s Award honorees are listed below by sport, while the full 2021-22 Presidential Honor Roll can be viewed here in PDF format.
2021-22 Big South Commissioner’s Award Recipients (Student-Athletes with 4.0 GPA)
BASEBALL
Just O'Neal, North Carolina A&T
Will Flanagan, Radford
Gage Gillott, USC Upstate
Jeffrey Taylor, USC Upstate
Parker Whittle, Winthrop
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Callie Scheier, High Point
Molly Coleman, USC Upstate
Sydney Hunter, Winthrop
FOOTBALL
Mark Dyer, Campbell
Gabriel Holmes, Campbell
Michae, Jamerson III, Campbell
Corey Petersen, Campbell
Aubrey Pollock, Campbell
Josiah Price, Campbell
Gregory Streater, Campbell
Levi Wiggins, Campbell
Jacob Dunn, Charleston Southern
Richard Mullins, Gardner-Webb
Brandon Richards, Hampton
Cade Loden, Kennesaw State
Jahon Myers, Kennesaw State
Nathan Robertson, Kennesaw State
Justin Szuba, Monmouth
Sam Contorno, North Alabama
Joe Gurley, North Alabama
Sawyer Heptinstall, North Alabama
Andrew 'AJ' Vang, North Alabama
Michael Benson, Robert Morris
Alex Colangelo, Robert Morris
Spencer Goldberg, Robert Morris
Matt Humphreys, Robert Morris
MEN’S GOLF
Claude Churchward, Campbell
Henrik Lilja, Campbell
Garnet Manley, Campbell
Mark Chandler, Gardner-Webb
Stuart Fuller, High Point
Ian Faulconer, Winthrop
WOMEN’S GOLF
Sanna Lundmark, Campbell
Emily Mollard, Campbell
Anna Nordfors, Campbell
Linnea Hofgren, Gardner-Webb
Najae Butler, North Carolina A&T
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Maggie Dolan, Campbell
Camryn Johns, Campbell
Megan Matthews, Campbell
Emma Strickland, Campbell
Eilish Gately, Gardner-Webb
Reese Jones, Gardner-Webb
Emily White, Gardner-Webb
Julia Nicastro, High Point
Nicole Pugh, High Point
Haley Moomau, Longwood
Emily Barnes, Mercer
Erin Degnan, Mercer
Emma Pizzo, Mercer
Chloe Schaeffer, Mercer
Abby Soltys, Mercer
Grace Swail, Mercer
Kendall Goldfarb, Presbyterian
Sophia Sullinger, Presbyterian
Julie Elover, Radford
Laura Ferko, Radford
Lauren Asher, Winthrop
Leah Hurley, Wofford
Katie Sullivan, Wofford
MEN’S SOCCER
Franck Momo, Campbell
Felix Schuster, Campbell
Michael Bolognone, Gardner-Webb
Dylan Dominguez, Gardner-Webb
Hendrik Kortgödde, Gardner-Webb
Laurits Lillemose, Gardner-Webb
Giampaolo Nardi, Gardner-Webb
Samuel Ritner, Gardner-Webb
Felipe Velez, Gardner-Webb
Ricardo Vargas, High Point
Erich Miller, High Point
Nick Phipps, High Point
Holland Rula, High Point
Alessandro Sobacchi, High Point
Ethan Laing, Longwood
Nat Wong, Longwood
Taylor Durall, UNC Asheville
David McIver, UNC Asheville
Joel Preston, UNC Asheville
Jonathan Petersen, USC Upstate
Sean Green, Winthrop
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Kaleigh Backlund, Campbell
Emma Bushee, Campbell
Sage Dougherty, Campbell
Rieke Protze, Campbell
Madison Thomsen, Campbell
Mary Tierney, Campbell
Anna Van Der Reijden, Campbell
Katherine Carnes, Charleston Southern
Dakota Fiedler, Charleston Southern
Jassiel Forde, Gardner-Webb
Robin Jackson, Gardner-Webb
Lailah Daniel, Hampton
Amani White, Hampton
Camille Pereira, Hampton
Ryan Lynch, Hampton
Megan Garmey, High Point
Carly Smith, High Point
Madison Hommey, Longwood
Peri Kraft, Longwood
Kelly Hall, Presbyterian
Caitlin Murphy, Presbyterian
Megan Wilson, Presbyterian
Emily Cardoso, Radford
Kristen Chick, Radford
Saleena Lynch, Radford
Lillian McLane, Radford
Bianca Plowman, Radford
Skyler Prosser, Radford
Lauren Seedlock, Radford
Reilly Skorupski, Radford
Carson Bogan, UNC Asheville
Bronwyn Luitwieler, UNC Asheville
Courtney O’Malley, UNC Asheville
Gillian Oyos, UNC Asheville
Grace Sloan, UNC Asheville
Alice Walker, UNC Asheville
Katherine Cunningham, USC Upstate
Kay-Lynn McCall, USC Upstate
Raegan Meyer, USC Upstate
Kathryn Feskorn, Winthrop
Isabella Hovis, Winthrop
Lily Meisten, Winthrop
SOFTBALL
Jordan Blake, Campbell
Kayla Fredendall, Campbell
Erin Rafferty, Campbell
Annah Junge, Charleston Southern
Kasey Fava, Gardner-Webb
Bridgette Strobl, Gardner-Webb
Mason Basdikis, Longwood
Alexis Wayland, Longwood
Kiara Richards, North Carolina A&T
Jailyn Tineo, North Carolina A&T
Cassi Barbato, Radford
Sarah Price, USC Upstate
Adison Yoder, USC Upstate
Courtney Cygan, Winthrop
Lauren King, Winthrop
Vianna Rodriguez, Winthrop
Alexis Snyder, Winthrop
MEN’S TENNIS
Victor Putter, Gardner-Webb
Nicholas McKinney, Presbyterian
Jon Brann Reid, UNC Asheville
Bruno Serra, UNC Asheville
Rafael Serra, UNC Asheville
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Mialy Ranaivo, Campbell
Elin Hellberg, Gardner-Webb
Sara Roslund, Gardner-Webb
Nina Hederich, Longwood
Jessica Leeman, Presbyterian
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Nicholas Veynovich, Campbell
Evan Crawford, Charleston Southern
Ryan McGuffin, Gardner-Webb
Jordan Walker, Hampton
Gabriel Barroca Ludwick, High Point
Lorenzo Botter, High Point
Jake Tarosky, High Point
William Johnson, Presbyterian
Adam Downs, Radford
Hayat Khan, Radford
Jared Keklak, USC Upstate
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Lize Botha, Campbell
Sabrina Herritt, Campbell
Bailey Wells, Campbell
Madison Wheatley, Charleston Southern
Sommer McKenzie, Charleston Southern
Faith Parandhamaia, Gardner-Webb
Louise Schmidtgen, Gardner-Webb
Maya Hanks, Hampton
Jacqueline Jones, Hampton
Alyssa Deeds, High Point
Liliana Jaraczewski, Presbyterian
Rachel Millirons, Radford
Natalie Preston, Radford
India Appleton, UNC Asheville
Ashley Tysiac, UNC Asheville
Bree Moore, UNC Asheville
Claudia Prieto Alcaide, UNC Asheville
Olivia Paxton, Winthrop
VOLLEYBALL
Madison Shaw, Charleston Southern
Peyton Thompson, Charleston Southern
Barbora Tichackova, Hampton
Claire Arend, High Point
Megan Kratzer, High Point
Brantley Rhodes, High Point
Makaya Truman, High Point
Ally Van Eekeren, High Point
Amalie Rupertova, North Carolina A&T
Hailey Flowers, Radford
Taylor O'Neal, Radford
Ona Elkins, UNC Asheville
Grace Volk, UNC Asheville
Julia Gladhill, USC Upstate
Mackenzie Marcum, USC Upstate
Rachael Stroot, USC Upstate
Kelly Wiedemann, USC Upstate
Morgan Bossler, Winthrop
Camila Gomez Hein, Winthrop
Atley Livingston, Winthrop
Colleen Siebold, Winthrop