MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida Tech Athletics had another excellent year in the classroom in 2025-26, with numerous scholar-athletes earning recognition at the university's Honors Convocation.
 
A total of 10 Scholar-Athletes received Outstanding Student of the Year awards. Additionally, 17 Panthers were recipients of the Distinguished Student Scholar Award from Florida Tech.
 
The Outstanding Student of the Year honorees are selected by each academic unit at Florida Tech and designated as "well-rounded, active student-scholars who have made contributions to the academic program, university, and community."
 
The full list of Scholar-Athletes who earned Outstanding Student of the Year awards is below:
 
College of Engineering and Sciences
Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences
Alvaro Cameo - Men's Track
Sandro Gardella - Men's Rowing
Melissa Zucco – Women's Swimming

Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Logan Allen - Men's Basketball
Derek Duplechin - Men's Lacrosse
Nicky Vreeland - Men's Lacrosse

Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
Jacopo De Collibus – Men's Soccer
Devyn Glassgold – Volleyball
Izzy Mohr – Women's Soccer
Ella Niles - Softball

 
The Distinguished Student Scholar award is given annually to undergraduate students who have completed more than 55 credit hours at Florida Tech with cumulative grade point averages of 3.8 or higher.
 
The full list of scholar-athletes who earned Distinguished Student Scholar recognition is below:

Women's Basketball
Emily Acampora - Biomedical Engineering
Lana Ammash - Psychology
Tai Roberts - Mechanical Engineering
Remi Smith - Marketing

Men's Lacrosse
Jonah Borynec - Mechanical Engineering
Derek Duplechin - Civil Engineering
Brooks van Esselstyn - Aerospace Engineering

Women's Lacrosse
Michaela Wittman - Biomedical Engineering

Men's Rowing
Sandro Gardella - Aerospace Engineering

Softball
Ella Niles - Business Administration

Men's Soccer
Jacopo De Collibus - Business Administration
Max Walker - Business Administration

Women's Soccer
Rebecca Storr - Biology

Women's Swimming
Sam Bullard - Aerospace Engineering
Brieleigh Wescott - Applied Mathmatics

Men's Track
Alvaro Cameo - Aerospace Engineering

Volleyball
Kari Voelstad Bogen - Computer Engineering
 
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