LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis had 139 student-athletes named to the Northeast Conference (NEC) Fall Academic Honor Roll, announced by the league on Friday. The student-athletes named to the Academic Honor Roll had a 3.20 grade point average or better, while 61 registered a 3.75 grade point average or better to earn NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll status for boasting a 3.75 grade point average or better.
Women's cross country had 94.4 percent of its roster named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll, with 72.2 percent selected to the NEC Comissioner's Honor Roll. Women's soccer (88.0 percent), women's volleyball (80.0 percent), field hockey (79.2 percent), and men's soccer (77.4 percent) also had 75 percent of its roster garner Academic Honor Roll status. Both women's soccer and women's volleyball each had 40.0 percent of their roster reach the Commissioner's Honor Roll honors, while men's soccer had 38.7 percent reach that status.
By just numbers, football led the fall teams with 29 student-athletes named to the Academic Honor Roll, followed by men's soccer (24), women's soccer (22), field hockey (19), women's cross country (17), women's volleyball (16) and men's cross country (12).
In addition, field hockey player Dolores Zavaleta (San Juan, Argentina) and women's volleyball player Korrin Burns (Clarion, Pa.) received NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition for their sports. Zaveleta is the first field hockey player, and Burns joins Anne Roosevelt (2006-07) as the only two women's volleyball players in school history to garner the recognition.
Saint Francis is the only NEC school to have earned an NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year every year since the award's inception in 2003-04, winning 82 honors in that span. Last year, the Red Flash had four student-athletes named Scholar Athletes.
Saint Francis had 383 recognitions for the 2023-24 season after 134 in the fall and 104 in the winter. In addition, Saint Francis had 177 nods for the Commissioner's Honor Roll (71 fall, 50 winter, 56 spring).
NEC SPRING COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (3.75 CUMULATIVE GPA OR BETTER)
Men's Cross Country (3): Toby Cree, Collin Dreese, Joseph Piccirillo
Women's Cross Country (13): Nina Connors, Jordan Dean, Anna DeFazio, Ava Dzurenda, Emma Fleck, Rosemary Gaydos, Mackenzie Hirt, Amy Jacobs, Tesslyn Helms, Madelyn Lersch, Morgan McNaughton, Morgan Rothrock, Anna Quackenbush
Field Hockey (7): Brooke Benson, Consu de Castro, Madilyn Donmoyer, Riley Kromer, Sofia Marciano, Gates McAllister, Dolores Zavaleta
Football (8): Nate Baker, Jeff Hoenstine, Mekhi Butler, William Omahen, Collin Glassmyer, Mercury Swaim, Mekhi Rodgers, Chase Haught
Men's Soccer (12): Jacob Adams, Devon Chescoe, Aaron Dehring, Brendan French,Charis Hadjigavriel, Joni Ndrenika, Connor Oechslin, Joschi Schelb, Maximus Rigby, Tom Schellbach, Fabian Wagner, Jonah Wolf
Women's Soccer (10): Sara Csernyik, Layna Grassi, Rita Kendziora, Daniëlle Goedhart, Alyssa Mella, Aimee Benton, Lauren Persichetty, Rory Schaeffer, Lauren Pyle, Mercedez Paino
Women's Volleyball (8): Korrin Burns, Alex Dever, Elena Arnold, Ava Holden, Christine Covello, Alexandra Sappia, Alexa Chapla, Laney Wilson,
NEC SPRING ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (3.20 CUMULATIVE GPA OR BETTER)
Men's Cross Country (12): Chase Brenneman, Shane Curran, Wyatt Foster, Daniel Kelly, Angelo Lobsinger, Jude Martyak, Michelangelo Piccirillo, Brady Reese, Ethan Shuagis
Women's Cross Country (17): Mariclare Anderson, Baylee Carpenter, Lauren Lomago, Ryan Wilson,
Field Hockey (19): Chloe Butz, Amber Bryan, Cruz Cánepa, T Ciaccia, Anna Commero, Haley Connor, Kylee Hager, Alli Kirsch, Ami Mattingly, Emilee Myers, Grace Reed, Brooklyn Widdess
Football (20): Dominic Bevilacqua, Ryyan Brown, Geno Calgaro, Evan Chromy, Colin Douglas, Luke Edwards, Mason Frye, James Lilley, Kent McMahon, Grant Mowry, Ike Okoye, Giuseppe Pennolino, Brayden Porter, Mac Plummer, Efrain Quiles, Eryk Shammgod, Harrison Snyder, Gavin Thomas, Payton Wehner, Corey Williams
Men's Soccer (24): Joel Aschenbroich, Mitchell Auer, Parker Brennan, Jack Geist, Andre Isreal, Patrick Kierzkowski, Rodrigo Mendes, Ty Mikula, Álvaro Planas, Milo Risenhoover, Braeden Sorenson, Cole Taylor
Women's Soccer (22): Evangelia Barakos, Anika Berger, Riley Cerqua, Tomke Dziesiaty, Jacklyn Hajnosz, Raine Korpics, Anouk Landgraff, Bella Pesce, Emma Sawich, Claire Scarpin, Caterina Schiavo, Joy Zeeman
Women's Volleyball (16): Emma Fenton, Maggie Hogan, Alyssa Irwin, Kori McClure, Caitlin O'Brien, Raegan Rosi, Drew Wallech
