LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis University placed 141 student-athletes on the Northeast Conference (NEC) Spring Academic Honor Roll announced by the league on Thursday. To be eligible for the NEC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post at least a 3.2 grade-point average. In addition, 53 Red Flash athletes boasted a 3.75 grade-point average or better to be named to the NEC Spring Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. 

Saint Francis had 71.9 percent of student-athletes competing in the spring named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll. Men's and women's tennis each had all 11 of their players qualify for the list, while women's outdoor track and field had 88.1 percent (37 of 42), men's volleyball had 85.1 percent (23 of 27), softball had 78.9 percent (15 of 19), women's lacrosse had 78.2 percent (28 of 23) and women's golf had 72.7 percent (8 of 11) all registered above 70 percent of their rosters named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Women's track and field also led the way with 45.0 percent (19 of 42) of its roster being named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Men's tennis was also above 50 percent with six of its 11 players reaching a 3.75 grade point average.

In addition, Saint Francis had three players named NEC Scholar-Athletes for their sports. Autumn McHenry (Branford, Conn.) was selected as the NEC Co-Scholar-Athlete for women's lacrosse to become the second Red Flash women's lacrosse player to earn the honor. Rachel Marsden (Erie, Pa.) was named the NEC Co-Scholar-Athlete for softball to mark the third-straight year Saint Francis has earned the distinction in softball. Ardonntrell Williams (Voorhees, N.J.) became the sixth different men's outdoor track and field athlete to be recognized as the NEC Scholar-Athlete for his sport.

The Loretto school now has registered 76 NEC Scholar-Athletes since the inception of the award in 2003-04 and the Red Flash has had at least one scholar-athlete every year for the last 20 years. The three scholar-athletes in the spring ties the most for one season for Saint Francis with the 2003-04 and 2006-07 spring seasons also notching three honorees. It is the 14th time the Red Flash had had at least three Scholar-Athletes in one academic year and the first time since 2017-18.

NEC SPRING COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (3.75 CUMULATIVE GPA OR BETTER)
Men's Golf (2): Caleb DeBass, Nathan Godbout
Women's Golf (3): Sydney Clements, Abby Zambruno, Meghan Zambruno
Women's Lacrosse (5): Bella Barnard, Kelly Dickson, Autumn McHenry, Tori Petrie, Colleen Roche
Softball (5): Annabelle Farmer, Rachel Marsden, Ashley Orischak, Olivia Ulam, Grace Vesco
Men's Tennis (6): Christian Banti, Marc Fuste, Jordi Garcia, Matt Kozar, Adam Kush, Patrick Reese
Women's Tennis (4): Nagisa Miyake, Anoek Pruijmboom, Bente Vandeputte, Dominique Yeo
Men's Track and Field (6): Matthew Berzonsky, Toby Cree, Daniel Kelly, Jude Martyak, Ethan Stroup, Ardonntrell Williams
Women's Track and Field (19): Jaelyn Cole, Olivia Conrad, Marie-Therese Cooper, Ava Dzurenda, Maria Ferraro, Emma Fleck, Taylor Foster, Maggie Fox, Adiya Golden, Tesslyn Helms, Elizabeth Henderson, Madelyn Lersch, Kaitlyn Maxwell, Morgan McNaughton, Madeline Murphy, Claire Oliver, Hailey Prestash, Mackenzie Walker, Saige Wilt
Men's Volleyball (8): Peyton Blain, Cole Dorn, Joey Ferragonio, Nathan Hayes, Trevor Lewis, Michael Mosbacher, Ashton Nahrup, Nathan Zini

NEC SPRING ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL: 3.2 CUMULATIVE GPA OR BETTER
(Student-athletes named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll are also named to the NEC Spring Academic Honor)
Men's Golf (5): Gregory Caldwell, Antonio Marasco-Keene, Toby Webb
Women's Golf (8): Anna Crumrine, McKenzie Gustas, Mary Kate Norcross, Jaylee Sikora, Elisabeth Zajdel
Women's Lacrosse (18): Olivia Baldini, Taylor Coughlin, Erika Ellison, Elyssa Enrique, Chyler Espino, Julia Givens, Danielle Hernandez, Julea Jamison, Holly Jones, Makayla Murray, CeCe Newman, Mak Patten, Christina Roncarati
Softball (15): Lauren Aubry, Sydney Baker, Madeline Barnes, Marissa Frederick, Lauryn Kane, Jordan Pietrzykoski, Brianna Sawyers, Tessa Thompson, Madelyn Wilson, Ashley Wruble
Men's Tennis (11): Zachary Palko, Drake Redman, Andrew Teixeira, Gregory Troyan, Fabio Varella
Women's Tennis (11): Marie Discini, Kelly Dowuona, Samantha Quezada, Sydney Tamondong, Jessie Thepsouvan, Mallory Thomas, Valeria Vinces
Men's Track and Field (17): Akil Boisson, Shane Curran, Troy Donlan, Seamus Girdusky, Ryan Harman, Nickolas Hyde, Zachary Kohler, Joseph Piccirillo, Brady Reese, Nathaniel Scritchfield, Jacob Tsikalas
Women's Track and Field (37): Brooke Alexander, Mariclare Anderson, Kaitlyn Bailey, Tierney Beebout, Jenna Beitel, Jacqueline Broehl, Baylee Carpenter, Paige Drake, Caroline Fyock, Azjia Gardner, Monica Gregg, Vittoria LaRosa, Brooke Long, Quinn McElhenny, Caroline Ratchford, Carly Sedun, Gabrielle Stanavich, Josilyn Wehner
Men's Volleyball (23): Liam Buck, Andrew Deardorff, Brandon Dunz, Alex Finch, Jason Geary, Richard Kaminski, Sam Lane, Elijah Lazor, Blake Liprando, Nicholas Lynch, Matthew Menosky, Ryan Parker, Nicholas Pozzuto, AJ Schmidt, Brady Stump,