ORONO, Maine -- On Wednesday, July 11 the America East Conference announced that 149 student-athletes from the University of Maine have been named to the league's winter/spring Academic Honor Roll.
Student-athletes must achieve a semester grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher to be eligible for the America East Honor Roll and a 3.50 GPA or greater to be named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.
The Black Bears had 149 winter/spring student-athletes meet the mark to earn a spot on the Honor Roll. The 149 student-athletes honored made up 66 percent of the total winter and spring qualifying student-athletes. Over half of UMaine's honorees (84) achieved Commissioner's Honor Roll status for achieving a 3.5+ GPA.
A total of 1,502 student-athletes who competed in America East sponsored winter and spring sports earned Honor Roll recognition. A sum of 68 percent of the 2,205 America East winter/spring student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 GPA during the 2017 spring semester. Of that group, over one-third (35.4 percent) and 754 in total earned Commissioner's Honor Roll status for registering a GPA of 3.5 or better.
See below for individual names and team-by-team breakdown:
Women's Swimming and Diving (17 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 28 total recipients):
Maliyan Binette*, Emma Blackdeer*, Emily Borger*, Alexandria Bromley*, Frances Dent*, Ines Khiyara*, Victoria Kingston*, Shayla Rose Kleisinger*, Beatrix Lavigueur*, Annalise McCurdy*, Megan McGillivray*, Meghan O'Neill*, Mariya Pominova*, Kate Pontius*, Heather Sterchele*, Caroline Strolic*, Lilli Wiseman*, Chloe Adams, Alison Brodt, Rita Chen, Hannah Deschenes, Rebecca Fintonis, Emily Lund, Emily Neville, Emma Pontius, Lynsie Russell, Maggie White
Men's Swimming and Diving (8 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 19 total recipients):
Stephen Comeau*, Sean Driscoll*, Hayden Kasavicha*, Jacob Ketch*, Spencer Lindsley*, Coulter Morrill*, Drew St. John, Calvin Cleworth, Jake Gutkes, Justin Hafner, Connor Mayhew, Alexander Penn, Andrew Plese, Andrew Sprague, Nathan St. Jean, Forrest Temple, Eric Turner, Alexander Watson
Men's Basketball (4 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 7 total recipients):
Celio Araujo*, Garvey Melmed*, Ilija Stojilijkovic*, Lu-Hsiang Wang*, Dennis Ashley, Robert Birstonas, Daniel Evans
Women's Basketball (8 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 11 total Honor Roll recipients):
Kira Barra*, Kelly Fogarty*, Kirsten Johnson*, Parise Rossignol*, Dor Saar*, Sierra Tapley*, Fanny Wadling*, Kat Williams*, Julie Brosseau, Maeve Carroll, Tanesha Sutton
Men's Track & Field (11 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 20 total recipients):
Andrew Clement*, Alexander Danner*, Jacob Johns*, Garrett Johnson*, Branden Kuusela*, Kelby Mace*, Cooper Nelson*, Andrew Smith*, Dylan Smith*, Jacob Terry*, Alecsander Wortman*, John Bowen, Benjamin Davis, Troy Davis, Mozai Nelson, Ethan Orach, Colin Tardiff, Stephen Urli, ElijahWhite, Hunter White
Women's Track & Field (19 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 35 total recipients):
Catherine Christiansen*, Brianna DeGone*, Faith Gardner*, Hope Gardner*, Kayla Greenawalt*, Cassidy Hill*, Emmaeve Jourdain*, Taylor Lenentine*, Lauren Magnuson*, Kelsey Maxim*, Cliodhna O'Malley*, Tuuli Overturf*, Kaitlin Saulter*, Anna Schumann*, Tiffany Tanner*, Brittany Torchia*, Abigail Weigang*, Kendall Willard*, Sierra Yost*, Rachael Bergeron, Abbey Carignan, Ariel Clachar, Alexis Dietrich, Allison Fayard, Cassandra Howard, Sar Hunt, Haley Lawrence, Kiana Letourneau, Arianna Levenson, Kayla Livingston, Kate Macolini, Mikaella Sansoucie, Synclaire Tasker, Elena Ueland, Alison Wyman
Softball (11 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, 17 total recipients):
Sarah Coyne*, Alyssa Derrick*, Julianna Ferguson*, Molly Flowers*, Laurine German*, Emily Gilmore*, Faythe Goins*, Madeline Kimble*, Erika Leonard*, Makayla Livingston*, Ashley Tinsman*, Rachel Carlson, Madison Decker, Amanda Nee, Kristen Niland, Hailey Perry, Lillian Volk
Baseball (6 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll selections, 12 total recipients):
Kevin Doody*, Connor Johnson*, Peter Kemble*, Caleb Kerbs*, Cody Pasic*, Matthew Pushard*, Joseph Bramanti, Justin Courtney, Trevor DeLaite, Samuel McCarthy, Ethan Stoddard, Benjamin Terwilliger
* - Signifies America East Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
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