ANNVILLE, Pa. – Two hundred nineteen Widener University student-athletes have earned spots on the MAC Academic Honor Roll for the spring semester as announced by the conference office on Friday morning.
The Winter and Spring Academic Honor Roll lists are made up of student-athletes from sports whose championship takes place in the spring semester: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, and men's volleyball.
The 219 honorees — 130 of which made the Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll and 89 of which made the Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll — are the seventh-most among all MAC schools (18) and represent 61.6 percent of the winter/spring student-athlete population. In order to be eligible for the honor roll, a student athlete must have achieved a 3.20 GPA or higher during their season of competition and must remain an eligible member of the team through the end of the season. All six of Widener's winter teams had at least nine members of their squad named to the honor roll. Six of Widener's nine spring teams had at least 14 members of their squad named to the honor roll.
In addition, the Pride had 30 student-athletes earn perfect 4.0 averages for the spring.
Nicole Barnes (women's basketball),
Katelyn Bernotas (women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Kyle Cantrell (men's swimming),
Kelly Dodgson (softball),
Elizabeth Egan (women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Tom Flear (men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Brynn Foley (women's golf),
Liz Gilsenan (women's swimming),
Mike Greene (men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Sean Hourican (men's swimming),
Mason Lefever (men's lacrosse),
David Millar (men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Sam McCarthy (softball),
Maria Muzzarelli (women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Joe Nescio (men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Jared Peters (men's basketball),
Anthony Pompilii (men's basketball),
Stephanie Schmitt (women's basketball),
Emma Schultz (women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field),
Chris Sparacino (baseball), and
David Waters (men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field) each recorded a perfect academic semester.
Overall, 3,542 student-athletes were named to the MAC Winter and Spring Academic Honor Roll lists with 564 achieving a 4.0.
