BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University has 49 student-athletes who have earned the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal for the 2018-19 academic year, the conference announced on Friday.
FAU’s total of 49 student-athletes earning the honor is the second highest total for the school since joining C-USA in 2013.
Student-athletes who earn the Commissioner’s Academic Medal have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher. Student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA or better are named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Beach volleyball led the Owls with nine members achieving the feat. They were followed closely by men’s and women’s soccer with six from each team on the list.
2018-19 FAU C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal honorees:
Men’s basketball (3)
Mitchell Hartigan
Ryan Sandberg
Jackson Vescelus
Men’s cross country (2)
Sean Barone
Tucker Hindle
Football (2)
Landon Scheer
Matt Tauber
Men’s golf (1)
Karan Nalam
Men’s soccer (6)
Luis Aranzazu
Elias Arntsen
Marcelo Da Silva Anton
Hagay Jalon
Immanuel Sierck
Daniel Skistad
Men’s tennis (2)
Marwan Abaza
Ignacio Jimenez
Women’s basketball (2)
Taylor Strawser
Juliette Gauthier
Beach volleyball (9)
Erica Brok
Johannah Cummines
Kaila Dorish
Mackenzie Morris
Savannah Pesante
Lily Richman
Carly Scarbrough
Kristi Tekavec
Mazarine Tsuji
Women’s golf (5)
Meghan Bennett
Makenna Brown
Arielle Keating
Kayla Longo
Taylor Morgan
Women’s soccer (6)
Emma Grissom
Mary Hasler
Emma Jacobs
Hailey Landrus
Alex Maxson
Cassidy Wasdin
Softball (3)
Jolie Duffner
Abigail Morgan
Sami Williams
Women’s swimming and diving (3)
Kathleen Mulligan
Madison Rizzo
Kelsey Witkay
Women’s cross country/track & field (5)
Roshelle Francois
Morgan Graff
Madlen Kappeler
Kennedie Reese
Anne-Catherine Wasser
– FAUSports.com –
Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 CheriBundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visitwww.fau.edu.
