117 Student-Athletes Named to MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll

Annville, PA (June 18, 2025) – The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) announced its 2025 MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday morning and 117 DeSales student-athletes across nine sports were honored on the list.

The MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who compete in a varsity level sport and registered a spring semester GPA of 3.20 or higher.

Among the highlights for DeSales were 15 student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA including: graduate student Tim Connell (men’s outdoor track & field), graduate student Dean Ricco (men’s outdoor track & field), sophomore Weston Simak (men’s outdoor track & field), senior Cody Smith (men’s outdoor track & field), senior Elizabeth Chidester (women’s outdoor track & field), sophomore Catherine Crampton (women’s outdoor track & field), junior Abby Durbano (women’s outdoor track & field), first-year Ellie Kozich (women’s outdoor track & field), sophomore Sophia Manidis (women’s outdoor track & field), senior Emma Mele (women’s outdoor track & field), graduate student Gavin Zavorski (baseball), first-year Courtney DiPrenda (softball), senior Tori Kenney (softball), junior Nicole Minelli (women’s lacrosse), junior Emily Prokopovich (women’s tennis). 

Overall DeSales’ nine winter teams totaled 213 student-athletes eligible for the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll with 117 earning the honor and thus 54.9% percent of the eligible student-athletes were recognized by the conference.

A complete list of DeSales recipients include:

Spring Sports

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (23) – Jozef Callano, Nick Chinn, Tim Connell, Braeden DeGrazia, Lens Demosthene, Dylan Doskocil, Jordan Gallo, Bryce Guthier, Kaden Issa, Jack Jacobson, Trevor Keperling, Colin Marsh, Javell McMichael, Bryce Phillips, Alex Porambo, Dean Ricco, Weston Simak, Peter Skulski, Cody Smith, Jordan Smith, Dane Watson, Brian Whitney, Joey Wilson. 

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (19) – Sophia Amoretti, Lindsay Bednarek, Sarah Campbell, Ashley Carrier, Elizabeth Chidester, Catherine Crampton, Abby Durbano, Haley Estus, Sadie Fenstermaker, Ellie Kozich, Sophia Manidis, Emma Mele, Melissa Peller, Emma Ribeiro, Rita Salzmann, Adia Tompkins, Nina Viglianti, Kay Wiscount, Olivia Zeitler. 

Baseball (13) – Eddie Cwiertniewicz, Justin DeStaso, Matt DeStaso, Bobby Dingell, Jared Drake, Kyle Hart, Colin Houck, Travis Kerr, John Rorick, Zach Rothermel, Aaron Schneider, Eric Wert, Gavin Zavorski. 

Softball (15) – Gianna Angermeier, Brynn Balliet, Camryn Coates, Courtney DiPrenda, Ava Goodman, Arabella Heintzelman, Paige Hromin, Madison Kelly, Tori Kenney, Tabitha Lawless, Samantha Leonard, Rachel Lowry, Katie Sharkey, Amy Wood, Cassie Zellner. 

Men’s Lacrosse (18) – Ryan Ammirata, AJ Ardizone, Sean Barley, Chase Bowman, Nolan Chiulli, Liam Doyle, Braden Eastman, Jake Fratarcangeli, Anthony Gash, TJ Kearns, Patrick Kerrigan, Tim McLean, Andrew Piccola, Pat Schuett, Andrew Vogel, Taylor Wikert, Mark Winkler Jr., Seth Young. 

Women’s Lacrosse (12) – Cami Beetel, Jess Brey, Sophia Campola, Anna Edwards, Maggie Evans, Bridget Hays, Meagan Landers, Bridey Lawler, Hailey Linebaugh, Nicole Minelli, Michaela Regan, Danielle Sieja. 

Men’s Tennis (6) – Frank Boffa, Brent Holzman, Luke Jessup, Zach Marshall, Rey Salazar, Reece Stein.

Women’s Tennis (5) – Tara Clark, Lilah Maus, Afaf Nazif, Emily Prokopovich, Nyah Tomlinson. 

Golf (6) – Kyle Artis, Nick Foreman, Brandon Fox, Jimmy Kelly, Patrick Kusters, Peter McGinley.