SAN JOSE, Calif.—As finals wrap up for the spring semester, San José State student-athletes excelled in the classroom over the past two semesters as 176 current and former student-athletes, cheer and dance team members and department student workers were recognized as either a President’s Scholar or Dean’s Scholar at SJSU.
The President’s Scholars were honored at the 63rd annual Honors Convocation held inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center in April. The celebration honored over 2,590 undergraduate students who achieved the distinction for the Spring and/or Fall 2024 semesters.
To earn a President’s Scholar designation, a student must earn a 4.00 grade-point average in one of the two semesters (Spring 2024 & Fall 2024) before the Honors Convocation. A Dean’s Scholar is a San José State student with a 3.65 or higher grade-point average in a semester during the same academic calendar.
There are 47 student-athletes from 18 sports designated as a President’s Scholar. Women’s soccer had seven President’s Scholars, followed by women’s golf, women’s swimming and diving and women’s water polo with five each.
All 22 sports are represented among the 176 honorees, including nine teams who have double-digit honorees – women’s soccer with 18 honorees; men’s water polo with 16 honorees; women’s water polo and cheer & dance with 15 honorees; women’s swimming & diving, football and women’s gymnastics with 13 honorees; and women’s track & field/cross country with 11 honorees and softball with 10 honorees.
President’s Scholars (47)
Nereyda Alvarez Gonzalez Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Kinesiology
Moa Andersson Women’s Golf Business Administration/International Business
Mya Azzopardi Women’s Swimming & Diving Psychology BA
Marissa Ashton Women’s Gymnastics Business Administration/Management
Hamish Bonnar Men’s Water Polo Justice Studies/Criminology
Ava Bynes Women’s Soccer Public Relations
Tyler Chen Football Undecided – Pre-Nursing
Darae Chung Women’s Golf Psychology BA
Kyah Coady Women’s Soccer Kinesiology
Emma Cornwell Cheer & Dance Justice Studies/Criminology
Katie Dargani Cheer & Dance Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
Camille Donnelly Cheer & Dance Psychology BA
Duru Durgun Tennis Psychology BA
Cole Ehrhorn Baseball Business Administration/Management
Kayla Fortenberry Women’s Soccer Sociology
Anabel Foster Women’s Track & Field Psychology BA
Chloe Frank Women’s Gymnastics Business Administration/Management
Avinash Iyer Men’s Golf Business Administration/Finance
Ashley Jackson Women’s Swimming & Diving Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS
Mitchell Keightley Men’s Water Polo Chemistry BS
Tasaria Kilpatrick Women’s Water Polo Undeclared
Tessa Kremser Women’s Golf Business Administration/Human Resources
Lucia Lopez Ortega Women’s Golf Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS
Sebastian Macaluso Football Communication Studies
Connor Macmillan Men’s Water Polo Interdisciplinary Engineering
Sophia Martel Women’s Soccer Business Admin./Management Information Systems
Reagan Mathieson Women’s Swimming & Diving Public Health/Population Data
Shay McDowell Softball Kinesiology
Charlotte Memoly Women’s Soccer Kinesiology
Sophia Memory Women’s Soccer Advertising
Lucy Miszewski Women’s Water Polo Mechanical Engineering
Bente Pernot Women’s Soccer History
Sinia Plotz Women’s Water Polo Psychology BA
Alexey Poletaev Men’s Water Polo Biological Sciences BA
Ella Power Women’s Gymnastics Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS
Paxtyn Riehs Women’s Water Polo Psychology BA
Mia Reynolds Softball Art/Studio Practice
Kate Roberts Women’s Golf Political Science
Anna Salmon Beach Volleyball Biological Sciences BA
Lina Schubert Women’s Track & Field Psychology BA
Ellie Shorten Women’s Swimming & Diving Business Admin./Management Information Systems
Emilia Sjostrand Women’s Track & Field Sociology
Paris Thai Cheer & Dance Communicative Disorders & Science
Keira Vail Women’s Swimming & Diving Journalism
Kaylob Walker Men’s Soccer Kinesiology
Katherine Weyhmiller Women’s Gymnastics Psychology BA
Nynke Willemsen Women’s Water Polo Marine Biology
Dean’s Scholars (129)
Ronin Axelson Men’s Soccer Psychology BA
Luna Balbuena Women’s Swimming & Diving Business Administration/Business Analytics
Nathan Balestrieri Football Communication Studies
Olaya Bances Iglesias Women’s Tennis Business Administration/Marketing
Alyssa Bean Women’s Track & Field Psychology BA
Dino Beslagic Football Communication Studies
Joseph Bey Football Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
Alyssa Bjork Volleyball Public Health
Mateja Bosic Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
Keely Brown Women’s Soccer Mechanical Engineering
Carly Burns Women’s Soccer Psychology BA
Victor Cabanas Men’s Soccer Kinesiology
Letizia Cammillucci Volleyball Communication Studies
Alvaro Cardenas Men’s Basketball Kinesiology
Kyra Cato Women’s Gymnastics Psychology BA
Tiana Cello Women’s Soccer Advertising
Michael Chadwick Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field Kinesiology
Caitlin Chea Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Psychology BA
Taylor Chillingworth Softball Kinesiology
Isabella Cioe Women’s Golf Economics
Itai Cohen Men’s Golf Business Administration/Marketing
Autemn Coleman Cheer/Dance Biomedical Engineering
Nathan Correia Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Finance
Ashley Cummings Cheer/Dance Psychology BA
Sawyer Deeman Football Communication Studies
Addison DeMarse Beach Volleyball Psychology BA
Sarah Deplitch Softball Business Administration/Marketing
Anisha De Silva Cheer/Dance Undecided – Pre-Nursing
Djessira Diawara Women’s Basketball Philosophy
Hunter Dorraugh Baseball Justice Studies/Criminology
Niklas Dossmann Men’s Soccer Economics BA
Andreea Dragoi Women’s Swimming & Diving Psychology BA
Erik Duesund Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Accounting
Jade Epps Volleyball Kinesiology
Hannah Ernst Women’s Swimming & Diving Biological Sciences BA
Morgan Eoff Cheer & Dance Art/Digital Media Art
Eamon Fakhri Men’s Soccer Psychology BA
Louis Fehrensen Men’s Water Polo Biological Sciences BA
Renee Fleming Women’s Water Polo Kinesiology
Bella Flocchini Women’s Soccer Advertising
Natasha Forrand Women’s Gymnastics Physics BS
Greta Fraraccio Women’s Track & Field Business Administration/Management
Ela Freiman Women’s Swimming & Diving SAGE Biomedical Engineering
Roy Gardner Jr. Football Kinesiology
Hazel Gaspaire Women’s Track & Field Justice Studies/Criminology
Ashley Goard Softball English (Teaching Prep)
Veronica Gourley Women’s Swimming & Diving Business Administration/Marketing
Katharina Graaman Women’s Track & Field Economics BS
Colin Grabman Cheer & Dance Mechanical Engineering
Luke Griskey Football Kinesiology
Madison Gustitus Women’s Gymnastics Business Administration/Marketing
Rebecca Gyllner Women’s Golf Business Administration/Management
Kyler Halvorsen Football Justice Studies
Lacie Ham Softball Psychology BA
Rowan Henige Men’s Track & Field Kinesiology
Gabriella Hernandez Women’s Track & Field Business Administration/Accounting
Austin Hexter Men’s Water Polo English
Julianna Hogan Sports Information Communication Studies
Evan House Women’s Soccer Kinesiology
William Humer Men’s Basketball Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
Iliana Jasso Women’s Soccer SAGE Justice Studies/Criminology
Rose Jensen Women’s Water Polo Environmental Studies
Trinity Johnson Women’s Gymnastics Business Administration/Management
Nicola Kaminski Women’s Golf Kinesiology
Catie Kelly Women’s Water Polo Environmental Studies BS
Eda Koker Volleyball Philosophy
Sophia Konieczny Women’s Gymnastics Forensic Science/Biology
Nathan Lau Men’s Track & Field Electrical Engineering
Lexington Leffall Men’s Track & Field Geography
Nate Lewis Football Business Administration/Management
Kaylani Lim Softball Political Science
Jaudai Lopes Women’s Gymnastics Justice Studies/Criminology
Ryann Lucchesi Women’s Water Polo Psychology BA
Xuan Luo Men’s Golf Business Administration/Analytics
Alyssa Malla Women’s Basketball Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
Katerina Marghieri Women’s Swimming & Diving Physics BS
Ava Martin Volleyball Business Administration/Management
Jovanah Maruri Cheer & Dance Child & Adolescent Development
Kennedy Mayo Women’s Soccer/Sports Info. Journalism
Hannah McCabe Cheer & Dance Kinesiology
Alaric Mercie de Soultrait Men’s Golf Business Administration/Finance
Hudson Mesa Football Business Administration/Management
Carolina Millan Women’s Tennis Philosophy
Elon Milroy Beach Volleyball Kinesiology
Irena Muradyan Women’s Tennis Business Administration/HTEM
Zsófia Muzsnay Women’s Swimming & Diving Psychology BA
Mia Nelson Women’s Gymnastics Biological Sciences BA
Itay Nemet Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Management
Terence O’Donnell Men’s Water Polo Child & Adolescent Development (Teach Prep)
JC Osorio-Agard Baseball Economics BA
Jennine Osorio Women’s Water Polo Kinesiology
Maiken Pardon Women’s Water Polo Mechanical Engineering
Taylor Peacock Softball Undeclared
Dane Pendleton Men’s Soccer Philosophy
Taylor Phillips Women’s Soccer Business Administration/Finance
Emmitt Phinney Baseball Philosophy
Tatianna Raffin Women’s Water Polo Justice Studies/Criminology
Zach Ramans Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Finance
Olivia Reardon Women’s Gymnastics Kinesiology
Timmy Reeve Baseball Communication Studies
Jasmine Rihal Sports Information Communication Studies
Adrianna Ross Cheer & Dance Advertising
Jessica Ross Women’s Water Polo Aviation
Karissa Ruble Women’s Soccer SAGE ISE/Engineering Management BS
Mattin Sarhaddi Men’s Water Polo Data Science
Rachel Schrock Cheer & Dance Liberal Studies/Int. Teacher Prep
Ricardo Scarafia Men’s Soccer Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
Ty Seligman Men’s Track & Field Biomedical Engineering
Cheuk Ying Shek Women’s Tennis Kinesiology
Jasmine Singleton Women’s Basketball Sociology
Grace Smith Women’s Water Polo Biological Sciences BA
Amelia Snyder Women’s Swimming & Diving Business Administration/Marketing
Taylor Squires Softball Mathematics (Intg. Teaching Prep)
Jake Steele Football Undeclared – Pre-Nursing
Lauren Strazzeri Women’s Track & Field Justice Studies/Criminology
Mael Suchet Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Management
Shayla Sugai Women’s Soccer SAGE Justice Studies/Criminology
Bence Szabo Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/Management
Cameron Tarver Men’s Track & Field Business Administration/Human Resources
Aubrie Thomas Softball Psychology BA
Maro Tiozzo Men’s Water Polo Business Administration/International Business
Devyn Valuch Women’s Gymnastics Justice Studies/Criminology
Brady Van Bennekum Football Business Admin./Management Information Systems
Jack Vanoncini Baseball Business Administration/Marketing
Cammy Ventura Women’s Soccer Kinesiology
Alexander Walker Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field Chemical Engineering
Theresa Wesson Cheer & Dance Child & Adolescent Development (Teach Prep)
Sarah Woren Women’s Water Polo Psychology BA
Kalia Wyatt Cheer & Dance Sociology
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