BOCA RATON, Fla. – (May 8, 2020) – Florida Atlantic University has 61 student-athletes who have earned the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal for the 2019-20 academic year, the conference announced on Friday.
FAU’s total of 61 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, which was released yesterday.
Beach volleyball and women’s soccer led the Owls with seven members achieving the feat. They were followed closely by softball and women’s golf, each with six players earning the medal.
2019-20 FAU C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal Winners:
Baseball (5)
Charlie Concannon
Thomas Haggerty
Mitchell Hartigan
Jack Stroud
Jackson Vescelus
Men’s Basketball (2)
Alejandro Ralat
Brant Ulmer
Men’s Cross Country (2)
Sean Barone
Lachlan Shiver
Football (3)
Dante Cousart
Matt Hayball
Nolan Lynch
Men’s Soccer (3)
Jose Alastuey
Hagay Jalon
Daniel Skistad
Men’s Swimming and Diving (3)
Carter Januzelli
Quinn LaCoursiere
Clay Riemenschneider
Men’s Tennis (1)
Gabriel Sidney
Women’s Basketball (5)
Grace Collins
Juliette Gauthier
Janeta Rozentale
Taylor Strawser
Lotta Vehka-Aho
Beach Volleyball (7)
Erica Brok
Kaila Dorish
Jackie Farris
Courtney Moon
Mackenzie Morris
Savannah Pesante
Lily Richman
Women’s Cross Country (1)
Madlen Kappeler
Women’s Golf (5)
Kim Egozi
Justine Fournand
Arielle Keating
Lilian Klug
Kayla Longo
Women’s Soccer (7)
Luisa Daikeler
Emma Grissom
Emma Jacobs
Alex Maxson
Molly Setsma
Myla Sharpless
Cassidy Wasdin
Softball (6)
Sara Berthiaume
Claire Blount
Madison Carlock
Jolie Duffner
Lynn Gardner
Sami Williams
Women’s Swimming and Diving (4)
Payton Remick
Madison Rizzo
Dominique Sauger
Kelsey Witkay
Women’s Tennis (3)
Mariam El Zeki
Drew Randle
Lauren Randle
Women’s Track and Field (2)
Nyeira Gordon
Anne-Catherine Wasser
Volleyball (2)
Sigourney Kame
Stephanie Young
– 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 4-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 52-28 victory over SMU in the 2019 Cheribundi 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, visit www.fau.edu.
