MELBOURNE, Fla. – A total of 50 Saint Leo student-athletes were named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2017 fall semester, announced on Wednesday by SSC Commissioner Ed Pasque.
The Lions saw five individuals earn a perfect 4.00 in the fall, as Payton Ruehling, Vanessa Sefriou, and Natalie Melillo of women's soccer, Joshua Sickinger of men's cross country, and Colett Rampf of women's cross country all finished with the elusive honor (names in bold).
Women's soccer led with 15 honored, and men's soccer followed with 14. The volleyball team saw 11 honored, while women's cross country team had seven and the men's cross country team added three.
The SSC as a whole saw a total of 651 student-athletes honored on the list, with a total of 142 earning 4.0's. The total breaks the previous record number of 532 student-athletes that were named to the 2016 Fall Commissioner's
Honor Roll. It is the fifth consecutive record-breaking fall for the SSC Honor Roll.
"Sunshine State Conference student-athletes are among the best in the country athletically, academically, and in their communities," stated Commissioner Pasque. " Today's announcement of 651 student-athletes on the Commissioner's Honor Roll is further evidence of this fact."
To be eligible for the Fall SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post a minimum grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00. Participants in the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and volleyball were eligible for the fall honor roll.
Having won 102 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC's student-athletes have proven to be successful in the classroom as well. The SSC boasts an Academic Success Rate of 86 percent for the seventh consecutive year. The mark ranks first among all 24 Division II conferences.
Volleyball
Jenya Kruglova, Accounting
Allie Daul, Biology
Brooke Turner, Biology
Nina Vattovaz, Computer Information Sciences
Annabella Arcari, Criminal Justice
Dallas Jasper, Criminal Justice
Anna Garrett, International Tourism and Hospitality
Victoria Omoregie, International Tourism and Hospitality
Britt Sederholm, Marketing
Fabiola Rosado, Psychology
Maddy Powell, Sport Business
Men's Soccer
Bryce Wilson, Accounting
Thomas Lykke Rasmussen, Biology
Pietro Vagnone, Biology
Haydn Dickinson, Criminal Justice
Michael Tinari, Criminal Justice
Riccardo Ricci, Economics & Marketing
Yuga Yanagisawa, Management
Wessel Berenschot, Marketing
Hermon Constant, Marketing
Carlos Moncayo, Marketing
Kyle Van de Velde, Marketing
Keisuke Ohata, Sport Business
Morgan Vraspir, Sport Business
Till Lammertz, Undecided
Women's Soccer
Kelli Hippenmeyer, Biology
Neliah Wilson, Biology
Kayla Pereira, Criminal Justice
Sofie Haellsten, Economics
Payton Ruehling, Management
Vanessa Sefriou, Master's Business Administration
Brooke Snoll, Mathematics
Lauren Boos, Political Science
Sydney Chase, Psychology
Natalie Melillo, Psychology
Victoria Covas, Social Work
Rosie Young, Social Work
Megan Charlton, Sport Business
Julia Ortiz, Sport Business
Men's Cross Country
Hunter Chavis, Management
Joshua Sickinger, Master's Business Administration
Tyler Pantley, Undecided
Women's Cross Country
Anapaula Rios Rosales, Biology
Heidi-Jay Churchill, Elementary Education
Maria Fernandez, Elementary Education
Alyssa Bayliff, Management
Noemi Anaya, Marketing
Haley Roussell, Marketing & Multimedia Management
Colett Rampf, Master's Business Administration
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