177 San Jose State student-athletes honored on National Student-Athlete Day177 San Jose State student-athletes honored on National Student-Athlete Day

177 San Jose State student-athletes honored on National Student-Athlete Day

April 2, 2015 One hundred seventy-seven (177) San Jose State University student-athletes from all of the Spartans' 19 NCAA Division I athletics programs will be honored in an on-campus ceremony in conjunction with the 2015 National Student-Athlete Day on April 6.

Created by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports and the Northeastern University for the Study of Sport in Society in 1987 with partnership from the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations, the award recognizes student-athletes' classroom excellence, accomplishments on the playing fields and those that participate in community service projects.

Each Spartans honored had at least a 3.00 or higher grade-point average for the Fall 2015 semester, participated on an intercollegiate athletics team and volunteered time in a community service activity.

The football team has the most award winners with 33. The women's gymnastics (18) and women's tennis (7) teams have the highest percentage of student-athletes earning this award at 90 and 87.5 percent, respectively.

Women's swimming and diving (21), softball (18), women's soccer (14), baseball (13), men's soccer and volleyball (11 each) also had at least 10 award winners.

Baseball -
Brett Bautista, SO; Michael Breen, SO; Logan Handzlik, SO; Daniel Harris, FR; Jonathan Hernandez, JR; Kyle Morrison, FR; Josh Nashed, FR; Corey Olivet, FR; Tyler Olivet, JR; Mitch Ravizza, JR; Dylan Sugimoto, FR; Jack Veasey, SO; Chris Williams, FR; Jeremiah Wylie, FR.
Men's Golf - Felix Moesmang, SR; Marcus Potter, SO; Henrik Sohlberg, FR; Brett Thawley, FR.Softball - Cecilia Alvarez, JR; Michelle Cox, SR; Emma Entzminger, FR; Sharon-Renae Estrada, SR; Julia Gallegos, FR; Jessie Hufstetler, JR; Chelsea Jenner, SO; Anessa Kaylor, FR; Allison Lang, SR; Casey Lester, JR; Katelyn Linford, SO; Alyssa Martinez, JR; Isabelle Martinez, FR; Colette Riggs, SO; Erin Rodriguez, JR; Emily Rogers, SO; Nicole Schultz, SR; Casey Watt, JR.
Men's Basketball - Leon Bahner, FR; Darryl Gaynor II, FR; Danny Mahoney, FR; Isaac Thornton, SO.Women's Golf - Chanel Drucker, FR; Fanny Johansson, SO; My Leander, SO; Megan Osland, SR.
Swimming & Diving - Lynea Baudino, SO; Michelle Berry, JR; Christina Bruni, SR; Amanda Buxbaum, JR; Alyssa Cable, SO; Allison Davis, JR; Brooke Hammond, SR; Brittany Heng, FR; Colleen Humel, FR; Jenner Johnson, JR; Morgan McCormick, FR; Michaela McLean, SR; Morgan Miller, SR; Natasha Moffitt, JR; Kayla Nakamoto, SR; Amber Nelson, SR; Cassidy Robinson, SO; Shannon Slaught, SR; Haley Smith, SR; Taylor Solorio, SO; Angel Van Hofwegen, FR.
Women's Basketball - Ali Bettencourt, FR; Ta'Rea Cunnigan, SR; Emily Schill, SO; Ellie Stevens, JR; Chereese Thomas, SR; Emily Vann, JR; Rebecca Woodberry, SR.Gymnastics - Allison Bellingham, JR; Amy Bellingham, JR; Alisa Bogdan, FR; Mackenzie Douglas, FR; Kiley Field, SR; Hannah Gilbert, JR; Cami Guyer, SR; Maddie Herr, JR; Jasmine Holmes, JR; Gabrielle Kambur, SR;Alyssa Kaschak, JR; Adrianne Manseau, JR; Erica Matos, SO; McElle McCartney, FR; Alyssa Montalban, SR; Eri Tamada, FR; Marissa Unpingco, JR; Kaitlin Won, FRTennis - Julianna Bacelar, SR; Malin Cubukcu, FR; Justine Deleval, JR; Marie Klocker, SO; Abbie Pahz, FR; Gaelle Rey, SO; Jessica Willett, SR.
Women's Cross Country &
Track & Field -
Marissa Buckley, SR; Breanna Garcia, SR; Rebecca Garcia, SR; Diana Orozco, SR
Men's Soccer - Alex Anastasi, JR; Sam Croucher, SO; Andrew Garcia, JR; Andrew Kelly, SR; Rory Knibbs, SO; Jamison Loveless, SR; Kyler McLaughlin, JR; Eric Mendez, SO; Kyle O'Mahoney, SO; Arturo Osorio, FR; Felix Petermann, JR.
Volleyball - Summer Avery, FR; Nandyala Gama, FR; Jamie Hirai, FR; Allison Meehan, JR; Bre Moreland, Grad.; McKenzie Palassou, SO; Kiely Pieper, SR; Yavianliz Rosado, FR; Tyanna Roy, JR; Julie Sam, JR; Hana Tresnakova, FR
Football - Mark Amann, JR; Oscar Barron, SO; Doug Blacksill, JR; Daniel Bradbury, SR; Vince Buhagiar, Grad.; Osirius Burke, SO; David Catalano, SR; Thai Cottrell, FR; Tim Crawley, SO; Tyler Ervin, JR; Billy Freeman, SO; Dasheon Frierson, SR; Ryan Goforth, SR; Forrest Hightower, Grad.; Akeem King, Grad.; Jarrod Lawson, SO; Cedric Lousi, JR; Alex Manigo, JR; Delshawn Mitchell, FR; Drew Mount, FR; K.C. Pearce, JR; Mitch Ravizza, SO; Wes Schweitzer, JR; Shane Smith, SO; Christian Tago, SO; Jordan Thiel, SO; James Tilton, FR; Sam Tomlitz, SR; Nate Velichko, FR; Andrew Vollert, FR; Malik Watson, JR; Hansell Wilson, JR; Kyle Wright, JR.Women's Soccer - Nikola Baila, FR; Claire Berkley, FR; Yvette Cuellar, FR; Rachel Docherty, JR; Dorthe Hoppius, FR; Aliyah Jones, FR; Zoe Makrigiannis, JR; Sabrina Miller, FR; Darlene Rodriguez, JR; Kareli Rodriguez, SR; Becca Spangler, JR; Alexis Venegas, SO; Myia Wilkes, FR.
Women's Water Polo - Kelli Leabo, JR; Rae Lekness, JR; Tayler Peters, FR; Amanda Pike, JR; Cara Robinson, SO; Morgan Small, JR; Dani Styles, SR; McKenna Yates, FR.