LANCASTER, Pa. – Eighty-nine Ursinus College student-athletes were among the 975 who were named to the 2021 Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for their excellence in the classroom during the fall semester. To be nominated for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher.
Junior men's soccer player Marco Grenda was named the Centennial Men's Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year after finishing with the highest cumulative GPA among juniors and seniors on the All-Centennial team at 3.90. Grenda became the first Bears fall athlete to be named a Scholar Athlete of the Year since Megan Keenan in 2014 for field hockey.
Nine Bears earned Academic All-Centennial status, given to those who are selected to both the Academic Honor Roll and the all-conference team in their respective sports: Seniors Devon Carroll, Jamie Mayer, and Erin McIlhenny along with junior Jordan Moore of the field hockey team; senior Kevin Hahn, juniors Ethan Belville and Brett Gross, plus sophomore Ryan DiVergilis of the football team; and Grenda of the men's soccer team. Carroll is now a three-time All-Centennial honoree while.
Below is the full list of Ursinus athletes who received Academic Honor Roll recognition, a group comprised of 10 seniors, 18 juniors, and 23 sophomores.
Men's Cross Country: Ean Chasinoff (So.), Will Gillette (So.), Marcos Maciel (Sr.), Ed Martinez (Sr.), Colin McCarty (Sr.), Dylan Simms (Jr.), Brandon Slaboda (Sr.), Steve Wilkins (Jr.), Henry Wilt (So.), Jesse Wun (Sr.)
Women's Cross Country: Brooke Adams (So.), Holly Chambers (Jr.), Samantha Grubb (So.), Ericka Locke (So.), Jenna Lozzi (Jr.), Katherine Moore (Jr.), Julia Pierson (Jr.)
Field Hockey: Annabel Baldy (Jr.), Ellie Bruggeman (So.), Devon Carroll (Sr.), Madelyn Cooper (So.), Gabriela Howell (Sr.), Jamie Mayer (Sr.), Erin McIlhenny (Sr.), Jordan Moore (Jr.), Amanda Panati (Sr.), Kayla Paulson (Sr.), Addie Plummer (Jr.), Laura Rothschild (Jr.), Tara Starita (So.), Kate Templeton (So.), Jordan Ulsh (Jr.), Lauren Weaver (Jr.)
Football: Ethan Belville (Jr.), Noah Coleman (Jr.), Riley DeShetler (So.), Ryan DiVergilis (So.), Alex Goldsby (Jr.), Brett Gross (Jr.), Kevin Hahn (Sr.), Evan Hannings (So.), Tristan Hulme (So.), Thomas Katzenmoyer (Sr.), Jonathan Klee (Sr.), Robert Lamoreux (Jr.), Chris Light (So.), Timothy McNally (So.), Dominic Minicozzi (Sr.), Joshua Odebode (So.), Gabriele Puzzangara (So.), Steven Rose (Sr.), Jake Ruane (Jr.), Ryan Savage (Jr.), Nick Schnaars (Jr.), Brian Tague (Jr.)
Men's Soccer: Jerry Bardol (Sr.), Nate Berger (Jr.), Griffin Bower (Jr.), Kevin Devlin (Sr.), Marco Grenda (Jr.), Colin Holtzman (Sr.), Sam Houser (So.), Simbarashe Kanjanda (Sr.), Tyler Lewin (Jr.), Kirk Ransome (So.), Kyle Schantz (So.), Sevag Yepoyan (So.)
Women's Soccer: Izzy Allocco (So.), Taylor Beaumont (Sr.), Alex Chalmers (So.), Kaela Frenchman (So.), Kelly Gardus (Sr.), Makayla Heisler (Jr.), Carly Henning (So.), Skylar Napp (Sr.), Brooke Ludwig (Jr.), Zoe Moosbrugger (So.), Liv Morrow (So.), Maddie Nau (So.), Kayla O'Malley (Sr.), Ciara Rago (So.), Morgan Raley (Jr.)
Volleyball: Megan Aube (So.), Kaitlyn McGinley (Sr.), Gabby McGinn (So.), Haley Spotts (So.), Madison Vinovrski (Sr.), Luca Walborn (Jr.), Claire Worley (So.)