The Valparaiso University athletic department was well represented as the Missouri Valley Conference released its academic honors for the 2018-2019 academic and athletic year on Friday.
Eight representatives received the highest award – the President’s Council Academic Excellence honor. Valpo had 75 student-athletes achieve the Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, while 203 were named to the Missouri Valley Conference honor roll.
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through Spring 2018 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. The Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average and participation in athletics.
To qualify for the Valley Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2018/Spring 2019), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall or spring semesters.
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
Katherine Carlson Volleyball/WBB Valparaiso
Emma Chelsvig Women's Track Valparaiso
Connor Hickey Men's Track Valparaiso
Jordan Kopfer Women's Tennis Valparaiso
Casey Main Swimming Valparaiso
Rafael Mentzingen Men's Soccer Valparaiso
Dylan Waugaman Men's Soccer Valparaiso
Mitchell Wittmann Men's Golf Valparaiso
COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
Christian Barczi Baseball
Steven Fitzsimmons Baseball
Jarrett Hammel Baseball
Easton Rhodehouse Baseball
Jon Tieman Baseball
Derrik Smits Men's Basketball
Alexander Bruno Men's CC/Track and Field
Tyler Grimes Men's CC/Track and Field
Connor Hickey Men's CC/Track and Field
Jack Worman Men's CC/Track and Field
Tim Zange Men's CC/Track and Field
Drew Alexander Men's Golf
Ross Lazar Men's Golf
Mitchell Wittmann Men's Golf
Jeremy Wu Men's Golf
Brady Bell Men's Soccer
Junta Callahan Men's Soccer
Jordan James Men's Soccer
Rafael Mentzingen Men's Soccer
Alex Richt Men's Soccer
Dylan Waugaman Men's Soccer
Robbie Bretl Men's Swimming
Brendon Johnson Men's Swimming
Brandon Ancona Men's Tennis
Gabriel Carvajal Men's Tennis
Chad Kissell Men's Tennis
Daniel Langston Men's Tennis
Brian Pecyna Men's Tennis
Peter Rhodes Men's Track and Field
Jeremy Seiler Men's Track and Field
Ella Ellenson Women's Basketball
Grace Hales Women's Basketball
Caitlin Morrison Women's Basketball
Katherine Carlson W Basketball/Volleyball
Payton Bertermann Bowling
Hannah Forton Bowling
Becky Lohse Bowling
Kendra Tryniski Bowling
Emma Chelsvig Women's CC/Track and Field
Katherine Germann Women's CC/Track and Field
Taylor Justison Women's CC/Track and Field
Claire Kovarik Women's CC/Track and Field
Katherine Mitchell Women's CC/Track and Field
Maria Broecker Women's Soccer
Cory Griffith Women's Soccer
Olivia Janke Women's Soccer
Adi Johnson Women's Soccer
Natalia Kontul Women's Soccer
Keegan Maris Women's Soccer
Drew Moulton Women's Soccer
Ava Porlier Women's Soccer
Kiera Pratt Women's Soccer
Ali Quillen Women's Soccer
Savannah Smith Women's Soccer
Lauren Torhorst Women's Soccer
Lauren Yoder Women's Soccer
Addi Burke Softball
Jenna Edwards Softball
Kenzie Grossman Softball
Morgan Matalin Softball
Brittany Anderson Softball/Women's Volleyball
Sarah Law W Swimming and Diving
Tara Lawson W Swimming and Diving
Casey Main W Swimming and Diving
Jordan Kopfer Women's Tennis
Meg Modesto Women's Tennis
Nellie Bonham Women's Track and Field
Hayley Krulik Women's Track and Field
Lauren Mikolajczak Women's Track and Field
Anne Mou Women's Track and Field
Sydney Bronner W Track and Field/Volleyball
Alana Brown Women's Volleyball
Rylee Cookerly Women's Volleyball
Ally Cummings Women's Volleyball
Allison Ketcham Women's Volleyball
MVC HONOR ROLL
BASEBALL
Louie Baker
Christian Barczi
Kevin Barry
Keegan Bates
Blake Billinger
Patrick Donohue
Jeremy Drudge
Colin Fields
Steven Fitzsimmons
Zachary Fricke
Jarrett Hammell
Michael Hardtke
Jim Jarecki
Brent Jones
Jake Kapers
Mike Kornacker
Nick Leaverton
James Meyer
Michael Mommersteeg
Quigley Montana
Easton Rhodehouse
Sam Shaikin
Tanner Skidmore
Jon Tieman
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Markus Golder
John Kiser
Deion Lavender
Derrik Smits
Jaume Sorolla
Langston Stalling
M XC/TRACK & FIELD
Alexander Bruno
Rylan Dreyer
Victor Fortin
Tyler Grimes
Connor Hickey
Jack Mader
Dominic Paoletti
Noah VanDerhei
Ignacio Veloz Bonilla
Jack Worman
Tim Zange
Andrew Zittell
Gunnar Ashmon
Emanuel Daggett
Anthony Elliott
Lucas Lavendusky
Will Maidment
Jacob Rasawehr
Peter Rhodes
Jeremy Seiler
Evan Snow
Cole Stradtmann
Alek Trafton
MEN'S GOLF
Drew Alexander
Jack Juskow
Ross Lazar
Matthew McCarthy
Lance Picton
Brett Seward
Charlie Toman
Garrett Willis
Mitchell Wittmann
Jeremy Wu
MEN'S SOCCER
Brady Bell
Junta Callahan
Mattia Dabala
Jonas Engler
Adan Garcia
Jordan James
Franklin Kirui
Mason Marcey
Rafael Mentzingen
Alex Richt
Demar Rose
Dan Rosenfeld
Chris Villalobos
Dylan Waugaman
MEN'S TENNIS
Brandon Ancona
Franklin Brozovich
Gabriel Carvajal
Chad Kissell
Daniel Langston
Brian Pecyna
M SWIMMING
Robbie Bretl
Brendon Johnson
Ric Renner
Brett Strongman
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Ella Ellenson
Shay Frederick
Grace Hales
Meredith Hamlet
Nicole Johanson
Caitlin Morrison
Taylor Richards
Hannah Schaub
Allison Schofield
Addison Stoller
Carie Weinman
Ava Porlier (also WSOC)
Katherine Carlson (also VB)
WOMEN'S GOLF
Tiffany Curtis
Payton Hodson
Morgan Kier
Kayla Krueger
Grace McMinn
Kylie Shoemake
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Caitlyn Oliver
Analiesee Albergo
Maria Broecker
Shannon Carr
Emily Engler
Peyton Flynn
Kezia Gesell
Riana Gesell
Sydney Griffin
Cory Griffith
Kelsey Jahn
Olivia Janke
Adi Johnson
Natalia Kontul
Julia Lehnen
Keegan Maris
Morgen Metzger
Drew Moulton
Tahelah Noel
Kiera Pratt
Ali Quillen
Jenna Schluter
Eva Schneider
Kerry Slaga
Savannah Smith
Lauren Torhorst
Lauren Yoder
SOFTBALL
Ashley Barker
Addi Burke
Jenna Edwards
Kenzie Grossman
Maddie Henry
Taylor Herschbach
Taylor Knight
Jaymee Lawton
Morgan Matalin
Addison Pixley
Carly Trepanier
Jaina Westphal
Brittany Anderson (also VB)
W SWIMMING
Victoria Bain
Emily Baumgartner
Katie Craig
Sarah Law
Tara Lawson
Casey Main
Erica Martins
Lillia Pogue
Danielle Richardson
Chiara Robinson
Paige Wright
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Claire Czerwonka
Jordan Kopfer
Meg Modesto
Isabella Schoolcraft
Jelena Vujanic
Randi Wind
W XC/TRACK & FIELD
Nicole Berneche
Claire Kovarik
Sarah Caesar
Kailee Carro
Emma Chelsvig
Katherine Germann
Taylor Justison
Celia McGhiey
Sarah Messerschmidt
Kate Mitchell
Olivia Recker
Nellie Bonham
Alaina Carpenter
Sierra Fischer
Jordan Houlihan
Hayley Krulik
Shannon Lahey
Lauren Mikolajczak
Anne Mou
Michelle Pierce
Julia Rustmann
Aaliyah Strickland
Sydney Bronner (also VB)
VOLLEYBALL
Alana Brown
Rylee Cookerly
Ally Cummings
Kayla Currier
Gabrielle Daniels
Jillian Grant
Haley Hart
Allison Ketcham
WOMEN'S BOWLING
Samantha Kunke
Hannah Forton
Sam Perez
Payton Bertermann
Jessica Soskich
Becky Lohse
Mirica Yancey
Kendra Tryniski
Gianna Mickolayck
