WINTER PARK, Fla. (Athletics News) – Florida Tech placed 84 student-athletes on the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the spring semester, announced Thursday by Commissioner Jay Jones. Of the 84 Panthers, 18 recorded a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the spring.

FIT led all of the SSC’s women’s tennis programs with 10 honorees. That is quite a feat considering the women’s tennis team consists of exactly 10 members. To top it off, seven earned a 4.0 GPA.

In comparison to the other softball programs in the conference, the Panthers tied for first with Barry University. Both institutions had 14 of its student-athletes honored on the spring list.

A total of 799 student-athletes from the league’s nine members were named to the SSC Spring Honor Roll and 110 carried a 4.0 GPA for the semester.

To be eligible for the Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post a minimum semester grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.0. Participants in the sports of men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s rowing, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s lacrosse were eligible for the honor roll.

Having won 78 national championships since the league was founded in 1975, the SSC’s student-athletes have also proven to be successful in the classrooms. For the fourth consecutive year, the Sunshine State Conference led all 22 Division II conferences with an Academic Success Rate of 86 percent.

Below is a breakdown by sport of the 84 student-athletes from Florida Tech that received recognition. Student-athletes in bold achieved a 4.0 GPA in the spring semester.

Baseball
Alex Alfonso, Meteorology
Brock Bontrager, Business Administration
R.J. Coffman, General Biology
David George, Psychology
Josh Hinkle, Civil Engineering
David Johannessen, General Studies
Jerrod Leinhauser, Forensic Psychology
James Mannara, Business Administration
John Mazur, Premedical
Ryan McChesney, Civil Engineering
Dillon Rose, General Engineering
Kevin Wortman, Premedical
    
Men's Basketball    
Kevin Bolhuis, Business Administration
Jermaine Jackson, Sports Management
Nikola Lucic, Business Administration
DeMario Robinson, Business Administration
Isaac Spence, Aerospace Engineering
Cameron Stahl, Aerospace Engineering
    
Women's Basketball    
Rita Acevedo, General Studies
Melissa Echols, Forensic Psychology
Ida Gustafsson, Psychology
Briauna Hagins, Psychology
Kaylin Jaichon, Business Administration
Katie Kingfield, Business Administration
Ashton McClairen, Premedical
Kayk Wilson, General Studies
    
Men's Golf    
Ray Badenhorst, Business Administration
Colin Flabbi, Business Administration
Steve Kozlowski, Civil Engineering
Christian Westhorpe, Marketing
    
Women's Golf    
Laura Fitzsimmons, Communication
Chantelle Peddycord, Aerospace Engineering
Rachel Polson, Accounting
Jara' Templet, Aerospace Engineering
    
Men's Lacrosse    
Ryan Bailey, Marine Biology
Tyler Kunce, General Engineering
Dominic Troese, Business Administration
    
Women's Rowing    
Alex Barber, Marine Biology
Amber Maiwald, Premedical
Samantha McCuskey, Chemical Engineering
Allison Metzger, Mechanical Engineering
Kathleen OrRico, Civil Engineering
Jenna Philipp, Aerospace Engineering
Aline Seekins, Space Sciences
    
Softball    
Brianna Barth, Master of Business Administration
Natalie Beach, Accounting
Amanda Bueno, Aviation Management with Flight
Lauren Cole, Humanities
Emily Densem, Master of Business Administration
Kelsey Donahue, Mechanical Engineering
Sarah Doring, Mathematics Education
Lindsy Dugan, Civil Engineering
Brooke Fisher, Humanities
Kaci Kelley, Psychology
Brooke Smith, Sports Management
Taylor Smith, International Business
Sasha Stepaniuk, Psychology
Erica Tollett, Electrical Engineering
    
Men's Swimming    
Simon Carroll, Ocean Engineering
Ross Donatelli, Biomathematics
William Mitchell, Civil Engineering
Michael Momanyi, Aerospace Engineering
    
Women's Swimming    
Jenni Larmore, Molecular Biology
Jenny McAndrews, Marine Biology
    
Men's Tennis    
Jorge Abarca Montero, Mechanical Engineering
Nicolas Clerc, Sports Management
Beau Fieldsend, Sports Management
Teddy Fournier, Meteorology
Matic Leskovar, Business Administration
James McLane, Software Engineering
Jimmy Nguyen, Electrical Engineering
D.J. Pate, Master of Business Administration
Bruno Rodrigues, Computer Science
Michael Schmidt, Aerospace Engineering & Mathematical Sciences
    
Women's Tennis    
Katie Close, Marine Biology
Stephanie Dohner, Oceanography
Abigail Greif, Psychology
Katarina Huba, Chemistry
Kristina Huba, Chemistry
Gwendolyn Kauffmann, Accounting
Abbey Keister, Aviation Management with Flight
Monica Price, Chemistry
Aly Ruschak, Psychology
Alexis Weinnig, Oceanography