LATHAM, N.Y. - A total of 102 Penn State Harrisburg student-athletes earned United East Scholar-Athlete recognition thanks to their success in the classroom during the 2022-23.
To earn the conference's academic distinction, a student-athlete competing in a conference-sponsored sport must achieve a combined grade point average (GPA) of 3.4 or higher for the fall and spring semesters, while remaining in good standing on his or her team.
Among the recipients is Jostens Trophy finalist Kendis Butler, United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Region players Kylee Altland, Sydney Hemler, Sydney Mulka, and Luke Myers, National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region honoree Madelyn Lehigh, U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region runner Leah Gray, and all-region baseball players Josh Berzonski, Fisher Druck, Brendan Henn, Carlos Irizarry, and Matt Parks.
Three honorees in Butler (women's basketball), Hemler (women's soccer), and Hunter Merritt (baseball) were also named United East Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year in their respective sports, while a dozen student-athletes in women's basketball's Butler, women's cross country's Gray, women's soccer's Hemler and Sarah Toche-Manley, softball's Lauren Hess and Lehigh, baseball's Merritt, men's soccer's Luke Myers, men's tennis' Derwin Merca and Nick Rohn, and women's tennis' Breanna DeSantis and Sarah Shaub earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District recognition. Baseball's Tom Westers also earned the United East Elite 14 Award this spring, while Mackenzie Sawdey was named the United East Softball Rookie of the Year.
Most impressively, nine Penn State Harrisburg student-athletes earned 4.00 GPAs during the 2022-23 campaign, including men's cross country's Angad Bhullar and Nick Spohn, Butler from women's basketball, women's soccer's Amy Patkos, Marc Rodgers from men's soccer, women's volleyball's Anna Ruff and Emmaline Stevens, Shaub from women's tennis, and baseball's Westers.
Women's tennis had the highest percentage of student-athletes earn the honor with seven of the team's eight players recognized (88 percent), while women's soccer's 16 honorees were the most of any women's team. Baseball was the top male squad with 20 recipients and men's tennis had the highest percentage of players recognized (75 percent).
Penn State Harrisburg's 2022-23 United East Scholar-Athletes:
Baseball
Roberto Barron
Ryan Barthlow
Drew Bechtold
Julian Belardo
Josh Berzonski
Adam Bova
Simeon Davis
Luke DiSanti
Fisher Druck
Danny Eden
Tim Haftl
Brendan Henn
Carlos Irizarry
Josh Lantz
Hunter Merritt
Matt Parks
Drew Sassaman
Kyle Serine
Sam Thompson
Tom Westers
Men's Basketball
Robert Bobeck
Alex Leiba
Women's Basketball
Kendis Butler
Macy Carroll
Makayla Claggett
Sydney Hemler
Paige Kubulak
Jenna Montana
Ciani Redd-Howard
Mikayla Wright
Men's Cross Country
Angad Bhullar
Umer Chaudry
Sean Hamby
Mohammed Sakayl
Nick Spohn
Will Tyson
Women's Cross Country
Leah Gray
Abagail Marquardt
Madison Parks
Men's Golf
Ian Martin
Laksmana Ramroop
Matthew Redman
Tyler Sullivan
Men's Soccer
Alexander Benbatoul
Jon Gartley
Kobe Harris
Luke Myers
Anson Portzline
Dylan Ratjavong
Josh Rodgers
Marc Rodgers
Jonah Scholl
Harrison Shaller
Ben Stuckert
Women's Soccer
Kylee Altland
Sydney Armstrong
Hannah Arnold
Kyla Brossoit
Katherine Eimer
Abigail Frew
Sydney Hemler
Olivia Inch
Madison Lee
Mackenzie Mowery
Gabriella Muccio
Sydney Mulka
Amy Patkos
Amanda Thoryk
Sarah Toche-Manley
Hannah Wheeler
Softball
Jocelyn Bennett
Elaina Gates
Olivia Herncane
Lauren Hess
Madelyn Lehigh
Rylee Martinez
Krys Moore
Steph Reider
Mackenzie Sawdey
Carissa Yeager
Men's Tennis
Casey Detwiler
Colin Flack
Derwin Merca
Owen Ou
Nick Rohn
Andrew Schreck
Women's Tennis
Olivia Bandini
Breanna DeSantis
Carissa Fallon
Chelsy-Sippora Funebe
Cassandra Ginder
Gabrielle Sabatose
Sarah Shaub
Women's Volleyball
Hannah DeGregory
Alexa Henry
Carolina Hernandez
Grace Jentsch
Megan Morris
Katie Richardson
Anna Ruff
Claire Schuette
Alyssa Snyder
Emmaline Stevens
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