Loretto, Pa. - Twelve Saint Francis water polo players were honored by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) for their academic performance during the 2017-18 school year.

Heading the group was Erin O'Neill (Landsdale, Pa/North Penn) and Krysta Ponek (Panama City Beach, Fla./Arnold (Utica College)), the only two members of the team to earn "Outstanding" All-Academic honors for achieving a gpa above 3.71.

The Red Flash also were one of just 54 water polo programs in the country to earn the ACWPC Team Academic Award for maitaining a team gpa over 3.0. Saint Francis's team mark of 3.30 was 19th in the country.

Nominations were made by head coaches with student-athletes recognized on three levels based on their GPA: Outstanding (3.71 to 4.0), Superior (3.41 to 3.70) and Excellent (3.20 to 3.40). 

Below is the list of honorees as announced by the ACWPC:

Erin O'Neill (Landsdale, Pa/North Penn) - Outstanding
Krysta Ponek (Panama City Beach, Fla./Arnold (Utica College)) - Outstanding

Shelby Sanko (McAdoo, PA/Hazelton Area) - Superior
Amber Rogers (Souderton, Pa/Souderton) - Superior
Tina Bonilla - Superior
Camille Nguyen - Superior
Kate Wilke (Burbank, Calif./Burroughs) - Superior
Aimee Bauer - Superior

Kaitlyn Nguyen (Annandale, Va/Bishop Ireton) - Excellent
Julia Kreidinger (Erie, Pennsylvania/Villa Maria) - Excellent
Kelly Fehr (Erie, Pa/Villa Maria Academy) - Excellent
Missy McCreary (Altadena, CA/LaSalle (Citrus College)) - Excellent