MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Five Central Michigan Track and Field student-athletes have been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team, announced today.

The five are Emily Paupore, Emily McLean, Emily Yoshino, Emma Janesak and Chesney Wilke. Paupore is in consideration for Academic All-American from the organization, for which voting has opened on Tuesday.

 

In order to earn the honor, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better and have either attained a Top-50 individual performance at the 2024 NCAA regional competition or a top 50 regional ranking in a single event in either indoor or outdoor track and field. 

The five student-athletes, their year, hometown, major and grade point average:

Emily Paupore, senior, Negaunee, Mich., Teaching; Grades PK-6; 3.91

Emily McLean, senior, Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Secondary Education, 3.78

Emily Yoshino, sophomore, Dublin, Ohio, Marketing, 3.55

Emma Janesak, sophomore, Sparta, Mich., Public and Nonprofit Administration, 4.0

Chesney Wilke, sophomore, Tecumseh, Mich., Sport Management, 3.75

 

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference (SSC) announced its 2025 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll, presented by Barnes & Noble, on Tuesday morning. 170 Nova Southeastern University (NSU) student-athletes were recognized to the honor roll, setting a departmental record. Overall, for the Sunshine State Conference 2,254 student-athletes were recognized, including 521 who achieved a perfect 4.00 grade-point average.  

In order to be recognized on the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, student-athletes must post a minimum GPA of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00. Participants in the sports of men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming, women’s beach volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s outdoor track, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, baseball, and softball were eligible for the spring honor roll.  

Nova Southeastern Athletics also set departmental records during the winter semester. As a department, NSU Athletics recorded a 3.49 GPA – the highest on record – while reaching 30 consecutive semesters with a departmental GPA above 3.00 and the 12th consecutive semester above 3.25. The men’s and women’s basketball, women’s tennis, and men’s track programs also achieved their highest winter semester GPA in program history.  

Men’s Basketball 

Eli Allen – Management 
Ryker Cisarik – Sport and Recreation Management 
Ryan Davis – Communications  
Tyler Eberhart – Management (Master’s) 
Dallas Graziani – Sport and Recreation Management  
Alex Mangold – Business (Master’s) 
Jamie Qualley – Marketing 
Tommy Sala – Business (Master’s) 
Ryan Walsh – Finance 

Women’s Basketball 

Madison Cloonan – Business (Master’s) 
Michaela Cloonan – Business (Master’s) 
Corina Conley* – Leadership (Master’s) 
Alana Ellis – Communications 
Payton Graber – Marketing 
Suzan Kinran* – Communications 
Jess Moors – Psychcology 
Zeyno Seren – Finance  
Dash Shaw – Criminal Justice (Master’s) 
Mercedes Simmons – General Psychology (Mster’s) 
Aubrey Stupp* – Developmental Disabilities (Master’s) 
Kailyn Terrell – Marketing 
Delaney Wolfe* – Human Nutrition 

Men’s Swimming 

Luca Alessandrini* – Sport & Recreation Management 
Matthew Gush – Business (Master’s) 
Gustav Henriksen – Management 
Victor Izquierdo – Marketing  
Michael Kent* – Biology 
Gavin Lindley – Entrepreneurship 
Inigo Marina – Computer Science 
Rhett Moore – Interdisciplinary Studies 
Nickolas Peristeridis* – Finance 
Philip Peristeridis – Public Health  
Aidan Pflieger – Marine Biology 
Mateus Ribeiro – Human Nutrition 

Women’s Swimming 

Estelle Bauer* – Psychology 
Sara Dowden – Exercise and Sport Science 
Maya Esparza – Sport and Recreation Management 
Elena Fonseca – Interdisciplinary Studies 
Grace Gardner* – Marketing  
Claire Gass – Psychology & Neuroscience 
Maria Goncalves – Applied Professional Studies 
Danielle Grande – Biology 
Isabella Hernandez – Exercise and Sport Science 
Zsofia Kurdi – Sport Revenue Generation (Master’s) 
May Lowy – Management 
Michelle Marinheiro* – Law 
Hannah Montgomery – Marketing 
Mollie Morfelt* – Management 
Ilaria Murzilli – Finance 
Lauren O’Brien – Reading (Master’s) 
Kristina Orban – Management 
Callie Ott* – Exercise and Sport Science 
Isabella Pozos – Management  
Emilia Ronningdal – Applied Professional Studies 
Carin Sanchez* – Psychology 
Bethany Weber – Sports Science (Master’s) 
Hailey Williams – Psychology 

Baseball 

Edwin Alicea – Entrepreneurship  
Michael Arnold – Sport and Recreation Management 
Chase Campbell – Finance 
Trevor Corlew – Sports Science (Master’s) 
Jorge De Goti – Applied Professional Studies 
Gabriel Esquivel – Leadership (Master’s) 
Keyler Gonzalez – Biology 
Kyler Heyne – Sports Science (Master’s) 
Alexander Llinas – Exercise and Sport Science 
Yhirian Marrero – Management 
Ronny Medina* – Leadership (Master’s) 
Xavier Moronta – Public Health (Master’s) 
Ty Torti – Applied Professional Studies  
Tyler Venegas – Marketing 
Fernando Vila – Applied Professional Studies  
Justin Wachs – Exercise and Sport Science 
Federico Zapata – Sport and Recreation Management 

Softball 

Tori Copeland* – Psychology 
Samantha Dixon – Biology 
Lydia Drake – Criminal Justice 
Cassidy Duskin – Applied Professional Studies  
Aubrey Hutzler* – Health Informatics  
Alisha Lanyon – Marketing 
Maliyah Lawson – Psychology 
Brenna Lokeinsky* – Business Intelligence Analytics (Master’s) 
Brooke Mahaney – Sport and Recreation Management 
Lauren Margolis – Couple and Family Therapy (Master’s) 
Brianna Matthews – Law 
Erin McGlothlin – Applied Professional Studies 
Abbey Moore – Exercise and Sport Science 
Gianna Russo – Management 
Tierani Teslow – Entrepreneurship 
Avery Toth – Exercise and Sport Science 
Gracelyn Wallace – Management 

Men’s Golf

Jorge Berea – Finance  
James Humphries – Management 
Aidan Millham – Management 
Christian Munoz* – Finance & Accounting 
Erik Plenge – Finance 
Ivan Ponsdomenech – Finance 

Women’s Golf

Ariana Carvalho – Finance 
Mei Chan – Sport and Recreation Management 
Yariliz Delgado – Management 
Rosanna Halls – Applied Professional Studies 
Ida Lundh* – Marketing 
Haruka Muta – Management 
Lua Pousa Dacasa – Management 
Tanvi Samayam – Neuroscience 

Men’s Track

Andres Agudelo – Management 
Keel Brossard* – Finance 
Evan Crisp – Secondary Social Studies Education 
Jonathan Duarte Urbina – Finance 
Marc Gonzalez – Nursing Pathway 
Julian Granville – Property Management and Real Estate 
Cadan Hinds – Art and Design 
Michael Magnoli – Finance 
Marcus Marek Tortorella* – Engineering 
Jailen Sinclair-Bergin – Finance 
Ricardo Treco – Management 
William Watson – Management 

Women’s Track 

Bella Ascone* – Entrepreneurship 
Diana Barazarte – Biology 
Julianna Bassano – Exercise and Sport Science 
Lauren Brooks – Exercise and Sport Science 
Bella Butler – Speech-Language and Communication Disorders 
Sophia DeBellas* – Public Health 
Ornella Forgione – Engineering 
Grace Giesting – Nursing Pathway 
Isabella Grant – Exercise and Sport Science 
Jennifer Greenfield – Exercise and Sport Science 
Kristina Hankinson – Psychology 
Elizabeth Harrington – Biology 
Ally Jakubiak – Human Nutrition 
Indica James – Biology 
Sativa James – Nursing Pathway 
Bridget McGrath – Biology & Neuroscience 
Meghan McNabb – Human Nutrition 
Kiana Medina – Exercise and Sport Science 
Melissa Mitjans – Entrepreneurship 
Sana Omirbek – Marketing 
Maggie Ragsdale* – Biology & Neuroscience 
Corinne Renshaw – Environmental Science & Marine Biology 
Leena Saidi – Biology 
Amanda Stone – Optometry (Doctorate) 
Jillian Thorning* – Biology 
Eden Toal – Nursing 
Kayla Wommack – Psychology 

Tennis

Maya Benaich – Biology 
Sofia Carpi – Management 
Isabella Ciancaglini* – Business Agility and Innovation (Master’s) 
Kristyna Hranacova* – Management 
Priscila Janikian* – Finance (Master’s) 
Julia Moraes – Entrepreneurship 
Amina Sagadiyeva* – Biology 
Sofia Shing – Psychology 

Rowing 

Sadie Adamo – Nursing Pathway 
Lucia Allen* – Sport and Recreation Management 
Amanda Bogle – Environmental Science 
Azalea Daisley – Biology 
Sophia Florez Venegas – Finance 
Hattie Gump – Undecided 
Emma Hickey – Neuroscience 
Mollie Ireland – Exercise and Sport Science 
Charlotte Johannesen* – Marine Biology 
Jordan Maruskin – Accounting 
Nahiara Montenegro – Marketing 
Milly Murphy – Biology 
Danna Palacios Requena – Finance 
Anaiya Person – Criminal Justice  
Margianna Petridi – Psychology 
Ysabel Ribeiro – Exercise and Sport Science 
V Robinson* – Psychology 
Chrysta Snair – Law 

Sports

Roneil Walcott

An Hour Ago

DIAMOND Vale Government Primary, Dunross Preparatory School and St Monica’s Preparatory were in winners’ row when the finals of the 2025 Republic Bank National Primary Schools Mini Polo League were contested at the Diego Martin Community Pool on June 21.

Coming into the final day of action, the students from St Monica’s had lofty ambitions as they had advanced to the senior female final, to go along with the finals of the junior and senior male categories. By the time the last whistle was blown and the final splash was made, St Monica’s had their treble dreams dashed as they just came up short in the two male finals.

However, in a low-scoring senior female final, St Monica’s got a 6-3 win over Dunross to ensure they weren’t empty-handed on the day. St Monica’s held a slender 2-1 lead at the half thanks to a Danielle Popplewell double. However, Dunross assumed a 3-2 lead by the end of the third quarter as Bella-Marie Hill netted a hat-trick.

In the final quarter, the St Monica’s girls turned up the heat as Popplewell completed her hat-trick, with Isabella Sanoir and Sahara Ali also scoring to ensure a final-quarter comeback.

In the junior male final, Dunross and St Monica’s again locked horns. This time, the Dunross boys earned a title for their school as they got a 12-7 victory. The teams were locked at 6-6 at the halfway mark, with Lamar Rogers (St Monica’s) and Taylan Diaz (Dunross) lighting up the first half with four goals apiece.

Diaz didn’t let up in the second half as he added three more goals to his tally to help his team to the five-goal win. Bradley Alexander offered great support for Diaz and scored five goals to help push his team over the line.

In the senior male final, Rogers was in fine form again for St Monica’s as he had a five-goal showing. However, Rogers’ efforts couldn’t get St Monica’s to their second title as Diamond Vale recorded a 13-10 victory.

Mujahid Joseph bettered Rogers’ scoring brilliance as he netted seven goals for Diamond Vale, with Johan Azizan Saw and Immanuel Phillip scoring three goals apiece to give their school the senior male crown.

With confirmed appearances by creators such as Duda Garbi, Gio Lisboa, Lucaneta, Henry Japa, and FBI Tricolor, the Alfa influencer team is responsible for producing multiplatform content throughout the experience — which includes on-site activations and coverage of five key matches of the tournament:

-Boca Juniors vs. Benfica

-Real Madrid vs. Al Hilal

-Bayern Munich vs. Boca Juniors

-Inter Miami vs. Palmeiras

-Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Fluminense

The campaign also features coverage by Desimpedidos and several content creators managed by NWB (Network Brasil), including Marília Galvão, Armandinho, the Desimpedidos hosts, Pedro Ferraz, João Mercio, Futebol do Rapha, among others.

The content will be published across multiple platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Kwai, Twitter (X), and Transamérica Radio, ensuring engagement with a wide range of audiences.

“Casa Alfa” was designed to connect the public to the tournament atmosphere in a lighthearted, creative, and entertaining way, reinforcing the brand’s identity in sports entertainment and digital engagement. All content will comply with the official guidelines for the use of sports event imagery and respect the intellectual property policies in place.

“Alfa has developed a strategy that values original content aligned with our brand pillars and Brazilians’ passion for football. Casa Alfa represents another step forward in this direction — connecting sports, entertainment, and digital presence in a responsible and innovative way,” says João Paulo Marques, CMO of Alfa Entretenimento.

The partnership with NWB expands the campaign’s reach and reinforces Alfa’s commitment to creating content that resonates with football fans across digital platforms.

“Casa Alfa is a project that aligns perfectly with what we believe at NWB: bringing together football, entertainment, and creativity to engage audiences in an authentic and relevant way,” says Anderson Silva, Commercial Director at NWB.

“We’re very proud of this partnership, which allows us to bring our network of creators and talents to a global stage like the Club World Cup. We’re sending one representative per fanbase, producing high-quality content and strengthening the emotional connection between fans and the sport. Beyond the creators, we will publish over 175 pieces of content under Casa Alfa across Desimpedidos’ coverage — it’s a partnership that was born big.”

The executive production of “Casa Alfa” is led by the agency Turn On The Light, which is in charge of scenography, activity scheduling, influencer logistics, and content capture throughout the project.

Alfa is one of the first 15 companies in Brazil to receive a permanent betting license, operating officially since January 1st, 2025 under the new regulatory framework for the sports betting sector. The company stands for transparency, safety, and responsibility in its operations.

One of Alfa’s key pillars is Responsible Gambling, and it actively promotes campaigns and initiatives aimed at educating users on the importance of safe and controlled betting practices. Through its sponsorship of Grêmio and Internacional, Alfa reaffirms its commitment to Brazilian sports and the nation’s love for football.

Founded by three Brazilian entrepreneurs — Arthur Silva, Matheus Antunes, and João Paulo Marques — Alfa is a sports entertainment and betting company. With a secure and innovative platform, the brand enters the market with the goal of adding a new layer of entertainment to the public’s favorite sports.

NWB is the largest digital sports network in Brazil, featuring original channels like Desimpedidos, Acelerados, Camisa 21, André Hernan, Corrida na Veia, and Paulo Vita Show, as well as a wide range of affiliated creators with millions of followers.

The company also acts as a talent agency for sports influencers and a multiplatform content producer, delivering custom formats for sports fans. In 2024, NWB expanded its ecosystem with the creation of Desimpedidos Esporte Clube, a performance-focused football team that competes in tournaments.

Source: GMB

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 10 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons have been named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Teams.
 

The teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom. To qualify, honorees must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. In track and field, honorees must also have a top 50 performance in the region per Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS).

Women:

Riley Tate (Columbus, Ohio / Worthington Kilbourne HS) | 3.95 GPA

– Second career CSC Academic All-District nod

Ellie Zagel (West Bend, Wis. / Slinger HS) | 4.00 GPA

– First career CSC Academic All-District Award

Ali Sparks (Fort Wayne, Ind. / Carroll HS) | 3.54 GPA

– First career CSC Academic All-District Award

Marissa Van De Weg (Decatur, Ind. / Adams Central HS) | 3.95 GPA

– Second career CSC Academic All-District nod

Haylee Hile (Goshen, Ind. / Northridge HS) | 3.81 GPA

– First career CSC Academic All-District Award

Men:

Harrison Niswander (Huntington, Ind. / Huntington North HS) | 3.68 GPA

– Second career CSC Academic All-District Award

Jarred Neff (Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead HS) | 3.67 GPA

– Second career CSC Academic All-District pick

Colten Gasson (Fort Loramie, Ohio / Fort Loramie HS) | 3.82 GPA

– Second career CSC Academic All-District Award

Cody Loshe (Decatur, Ind. / Bellmont HS) | 4.00 GPA

– First career CSC Academic All-District Award

Owen Kaufman (Mentor, Ohio / Lake Catholic) | 3.67 GPA

– First career CSC Academic All-District Award

 

~ Feel The Rumble ~

 

KINGSTON, ON, Canada – The High Point University Volleyball program had two players selected to the U19 NORCECA Girls’ Pan American Cup and FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship teams. Remy Catojo, a 6’4″ setter from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Maya Bukovcan, a 6’3″ middle blocker from Ottawa, Ontario – both incoming freshman in the fall – will represent HPU on team Canada this summer.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION | LIVESTREAM | TICKETS

 

The tournament will take place at Queen’s University Athletics & Recreation Centre, June 24 to June 28, 2025 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The teams participating include Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States and Venezuela. The first game is set for June 24 at 6:30 p.m.

The teams are divided into two groups: Group A includes Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Venezuela; Group B features host Canada, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic.

Team Canada

Ashlyn Gent (AB)

Sofia Zabjek (ON)

Lydia-Jayne Wigston (AB)

Brooke Fermaniuk (AB)

Maya Bukovcan (ON)

Sol Henson (ON)

Emerson Matthews (SK)

Sydney Bell (ON)

Ana Nastase (ON)

Abby Wasutyk (SK)

Remy Catojo (MB)

Ana Stojanovic (ON)

Preliminary Round Schedule (EST Military Time)

June 24

14:30 Puerto Rico vs Mexico

16:30 USA vs Venezuela

18:30 Canada vs Costa Rica

June 25

14:30 Puerto Rico vs Venezuela

16:30 USA vs Mexico

18:30 Canada vs Dominican Republic

June 26

14:30 Mexico vs Venezuela

16:30 USA vs Puerto Rico

18:30 Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic

Semi-finals and medal rounds – June 27 – 28

 

#GoHPU