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Student-Athletes Extend 3.0 Streak to 37-Consecutive Semesters – University of South Carolina Athletics

Student-Athletes at the University of South Carolina ended the Spring 2025 semester with a departmental grade point average (GPA) of 3.45, it was announced today. This marks the department’s third-highest GPA on record and the 37th-consecutive semester with a departmental GPA above 3.0. Softball (3.86) earned the highest team GPA, followed closely by men’s soccer […]

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Student-Athletes at the University of South Carolina ended the Spring 2025 semester with a departmental grade point average (GPA) of 3.45, it was announced today. This marks the department’s third-highest GPA on record and the 37th-consecutive semester with a departmental GPA above 3.0.

Softball (3.86) earned the highest team GPA, followed closely by men’s soccer (3.68) and women’s golf (3.67).  Overall, 17 of 18 teams earned a GPA of 3.0 or better during the spring semester.

The cumulative grade point average for all student-athletes in each sport since they have arrived at Carolina is 3.46, which stands as the second highest cumulative GPA ever for Gamecock student-athletes (Spring 2020 – 3.47).

“These numbers are representative of the importance that our student-athletes, coaches and staff put on academic excellence,” said Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati.  “I am proud of their accomplishments and the priority that they have on graduating from the University of South Carolina.”

“Our students continue to exhibit their competitive academic commitment at the University of South Carolina,” said Charlie Ball, Senior Associate Athletics Director – Academics. “We are excited to continue the tradition of exceling in the classroom and in their sports. These results are proof that our students believe in the importance of quality education and our academic staff’s dedication to their academic success, leading to the matriculation of graduation.”

The department named 98 student-athletes to the President’s List for earning a 4.0 GPA, 210 student-athletes to the Dean’s List (3.5) and 460 to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0).

107 Gamecock student-athletes received their degrees at the Spring 2025 USC commencement ceremonies.

Gamecock student-athletes have led in the SEC Academic Honor Roll cumulatively for the last 10 years, leading in seven of those years.

 Team – Spring 2025 Semester GPA

Baseball – 3.13

Men’s Basketball – 2.83

Women’s Basketball – 3.672

Beach Volleyball – 3.44

Equestrian – 3.66

Football – 3.30

Men’s Golf – 3.41

Women’s Golf – 3.673

Men’s Soccer – 3.68

Women’s Soccer – 3.57

Softball – 3.86

Men’s Swimming/Diving – 3.57

Women’s Swimming/Diving – 3.61

Men’s Tennis – 3.54

Women’s Tennis – 3.64

Men’s Track & Field – 3.39

Women’s Track & Field / Cross Country – 3.32

Volleyball – 3.58





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Meet the 2025 All-Metro water polo team

The 2025 Post-Dispatch All-Metro spring series continues with water polo. Click on each player’s name to access their game by game statistics throughout the season. Read more about boys water polo and girls water polo, and other high school sports, at STLhighschoolsports.com. All-Metro water polo first team Peyton Dimmock, junior, Parkway Central People are also […]

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Nick Zimmerman did a bit of everything for SLUH: All-Metro water polo player of the year

The 2025 Post-Dispatch All-Metro spring series continues with water polo. Click on each player’s name to access their game by game statistics throughout the season.

Read more about boys water polo and girls water polo, and other high school sports, at STLhighschoolsports.com.

All-Metro water polo first team







Peyton Dimmock, Parkway Central

Peyton Dimmock, junior, Parkway Central

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Dimmock followed a solid sophomore season with an even stronger junior campaign this spring. He finished second in the area with 85 goals and was third in the area scoring race with 194 points to help lead the Colts to a third-place finish in the Missouri Water Polo district tournament.







Luke Donze, Lindbergh

Luke Donze, senior, Lindbergh

Donze had a solid spring season for the Flyers, who finished fourth in the Missouri Water Polo district tournament. He finished fourth among all players with 70 goals, and he was seventh in the area scoring race with 170 points.







Nevaeh Kerber, Marquette

Nevaeh Kerber, senior, Marquette

Kerber was dominant again this spring in winning her second consecutive Missouri Water Polo Colleen Lischwe player of the year award for the two-time district champion Mustangs. She led all MWP players (male or female) in goals (128) and points (311) this season, surpassing both of her totals from last year. Kerber has signed to play at Wagner.







Danny McAuliffe, SLUH

Danny McAuliffe, senior, SLUH

McAuliffe was one of the linchpins for the Junior Billikens in their run to a second successive Missouri Water Polo district championship. He was top 10 in the area with 42 assists and compiled 130 points, but he was even more impactful on the defensive end, earning the MWP Wil Edens defensive player of the year award. McAuliffe will play club water polo at Mizzou.







Mikey Skale, Chaminade

Mikey Skale, senior, Chaminade

Skale, an All-Metro third-team selection last season, enjoyed a strong senior campaign this spring. He was the area’s top boys scorer with 113 goals and 248 points for a Chaminade team that won 21 games and earned the No. 2 seed in the Missouri Water Polo district tournament.







Owen Waeckerle, Lafayette

Owen Waeckerle, junior, Lafayette

Waeckerle broke out last season with an All-Metro second team selection, and he kept up his strong offensive ways this year with 84 goals and 52 assists for 220 points, totals that were good for third, third and second, respectively, in the area and earned him a nod as the Missouri Water Polo Dick Newman offensive player of the year.







SLUH Scholar Athlete Evan Zimmerman

Evan Zimmerman, senior, SLUH

The only repeat member of the All-Metro first team, Zimmerman was a key cog in the Junior Billikens’ run to repeating their Missouri Water Polo district championship. He tallied 53 goals and 130 points, providing a dual threat on both ends of the pool for SLUH, which extended its own record with its 24th MWP district title. Zimmerman will play club water polo at Boston College.

All-Metro water polo second team 

Olivia Brzyski, junior, Marquette

Brzyski was the area’s top female goalie with a 19-1 record, 6.71 goals against average and 214 saves for the two-time defending district champion Mustangs. She also tied for first among all female players with 66 assists.

Gio Bucci, freshman, MICDS

Bucci made an immediate impact in his first high school season by finishing in the top six in three scoring categories — tied for sixth in goals (67), tied for fifth in assists (48) and fourth in the area scoring race with 182 points.

Nolan Budnick, junior, Lafayette

Budnick was among the area’s top goalies this season with a first-team all-district nod after a 10-win campaign that included an 8.29 goals against average and 167 saves.

Alan Conway, senior, Parkway Central

Conway ranked second among all area players with 55 assists this season, while also tossing in 36 goals and compiling 127 points for the Colts, who finished third at the district tournament.

Mili Pavlovic, freshman, Lindbergh

Pavlovic had an outstanding rookie campaign for the Flyers, who finished fourth at the district tournament, tallying 67 goals (tying for sixth in the area with fellow freshman Gio Bucci of MICDS) and 163 points, which was good for eighth in the area scoring race.

Cooper Venneman, senior, De Smet

Venneman was a key cog in the Spartans’ surprising run to a runner-up finish at the district tournament with 67 goals (tied for sixth in the area) and 46 assists (seventh) for 180 points (fifth). Venneman has signed to play at Mercyhurst.

Welek had a steady season for the Cadets with 49 goals and 39 assists (tied for 10th in the area) for 137 points, which placed him 11th in the area scoring race.

All-Metro water polo third team 

Gabe Ahlers, junior, Chaminade

Ahlers tossed in 65 goals and added 48 assists for 178 points this season, all of which ranked in the area top 10, including his sixth-place point total.

Shawn Gill, junior, Lindbergh

Gill finished 10th in the area with 61 goals and was 12th in the area scoring race with 135 points.

Noah Hoffman, junior, Parkway Central

Hoffman followed in the footsteps of all-time great Ian Conway with a strong season in goal, compiling a 14-7 record with an 8.99 goals against average and 215 saves, which ranked third in the area.

Cassidy Kerber, sophomore, Marquette

Kerber had another standout season for the two-time defending champion Mustangs with 95 goals and 65 assists for 255 points, all of which were third among area female players.

Max Moore, junior, Parkway West

Moore was a proficient offensive player for the Longhorns with 68 goals (fifth among all area players) and 146 points, which was the 10th-best scoring total in the area.

Derek Nester, senior, SLUH

Nester was a key contributor this spring for the two-time defending champion Junior Billikens with 35 goals and 25 assists for 95 points.

Talia Ramsey, senior, Lafayette

Ramsey was a strong offensive weapon again this season with 106 goals and 278 points, both ranking second among all area female players, while tying for the area lead with 66 assists.


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St. Louis University High junior Nick Zimmerman is the All-Metro water polo player of the year.


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EUGENE, Ore. – Duke track and field freshmen Braelyn Baker and Valerie Jirak competed at the 2025 USA Track & Field U20 Championships Friday evening with both individuals turning in outstanding individual efforts at Hayward Field in Track Town USA.   Baker took part in the women’s 400m and parlayed a commanding showing into a […]

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EUGENE, Ore. – Duke track and field freshmen Braelyn Baker and Valerie Jirak competed at the 2025 USA Track & Field U20 Championships Friday evening with both individuals turning in outstanding individual efforts at Hayward Field in Track Town USA.
 
Baker took part in the women’s 400m and parlayed a commanding showing into a first-place finish and the gold medal. After finishing atop the field in Thursday’s prelim via a time of 52.74 seconds, the rookie doubled down and turned in another sensational race in the final, trimming nearly a second off her preliminary time en route to clocking 51.78 seconds for the win.
 
Jirak was featured in the women’s heptathlon and garnered the silver medal following two days of elite competition. The Afton, Wyoming product totaled 5,586 points on the way to a runner-up finish with her point total checking in as a Duke freshman record and personal best. Jirak placed in the top three of each individual event during the multis, headlined by a first-place throw of 39.49m (129-6 feet) in the javelin.

To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeTFXC.”

 

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Men’s Track & Field Athletes Display Skills at U20 Nationals

EUGENE, ORE.- Two athletes from the Bucknell men’s track and field program competed at the U20 National Championships on June 19-20 and recorded successful marks against some of the nation’s best young talent. Will Feddeler and Braiden Pulver more than held their own against elite competition.  Results Feddeler competed in the decathlon, finishing tenth with […]

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EUGENE, ORE.- Two athletes from the Bucknell men’s track and field program competed at the U20 National Championships on June 19-20 and recorded successful marks against some of the nation’s best young talent. Will Feddeler and Braiden Pulver more than held their own against elite competition. 

Results

Feddeler competed in the decathlon, finishing tenth with 5376 points. His best individual event finishes occurred in the 100-meter dash and shot put where he earned eighth. He ran 11.61 in the 100-meter dash and threw 44-4.25 in the shot put. Feddeler ranks fourth all-time in the decathlon in Bucknell history with 6302 points and the rising sophomore has the trajectory to break the all-time record of 6667 set by Andrew Powell in 2012. 

Pulver placed eighth in the hammer throw. The rising sophomore made the finals, where his best distance of 195-2 arrived in his final attempt. His last two tries fouled out but the mark slotted him sixth in Bucknell history and provided a springboard for the 2025-26 campaign. 

Bucknell men’s track and field returns to collegiate competition in December with the annual Bison Opener. 

 



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BIG SPLASH: Watford coach ‘proud’ after water polo team secures another win

A water polo team based at Woodside Leisure Centre are in need of a larger trophy cabinet after securing yet another momentous win. The silverware continues to flood in at Watford Water Polo, and on Sunday, May 4, there was a chance for the Watford side to collect yet another, in the GoCardless Swim England […]

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A water polo team based at Woodside Leisure Centre are in need of a larger trophy cabinet after securing yet another momentous win.

The silverware continues to flood in at Watford Water Polo, and on Sunday, May 4, there was a chance for the Watford side to collect yet another, in the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo Open U17 National Age Group Championship Final.

Facing City of Manchester, the tough match went down to a dramatic penalty shootout.

Head coach Adam Page said: “It was nuts…But we always kept our composure. It was a difficult game; we know Manchester are very good.

“And for the penalties I couldn’t watch. I watched a little bit; I couldn’t watch some of it. I looked at the crowd half the time to see what the reactions were – people’s faces. I was bricking it is the right way to put it!”

Lucky for Adam and his Watford side, the boys came out triumphant, snatching the much-deserved trophy after beating the Manchester side 6-5 on penalties.

Adam continued: “We’ve worked so hard for this in the past four of five years… I’m just very proud of them.

“I’m so proud of the boys… I love them to bits!”

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Mitchell volleyball youth summer camp set for July

Jun. 20—MITCHELL — The Mitchell High School volleyball program will hold its summer camp on July 14-15 at the Mitchell High School gym. The camp is open to volleyball players from first grade through seniors in high school. The cost is $45 per player in grades 1-7 and $70 per player in grades 8-12, and […]

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Jun. 20—MITCHELL — The Mitchell High School volleyball program will hold its summer camp on July 14-15 at the Mitchell High School gym.

The camp is open to volleyball players from first grade through seniors in high school. The cost is $45 per player in grades 1-7 and $70 per player in grades 8-12, and will feature B.O.M.B.S. volleyball program as special guests

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Grades 8-12 will play from 9 a.m. until noon on both days. Players in grades 1-7 will have their camp from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. The camp will be a mix of both fundamentals and competition-based drills.

Registration can be completed at

kernelcamps.com

. For more information, contact coach Deb Thill at Deb.Thill@k12.sd.us.



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Ulmer continues to add international talent, signs Zelenović

Volleyball Kansas Athletics New KU volleyball coach Matt Ulmer speaks at his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. New Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer has placed a significant emphasis on strengthening […]

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New KU volleyball coach Matt Ulmer speaks at his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena.



New Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer has placed a significant emphasis on strengthening his team’s roster with international recruits.

Since the Jayhawks wrapped up their first spring with Ulmer at the helm in late April, KU has signed a trio of players from Central Europe, including most recently, and perhaps most notably, Jovana Zelenović on Friday.

Zelenović is a 6-foot-7 opposite hitter from Novi Sad, Serbia. She has won a club title with OK Železnicar and is currently competing for the Serbian national team in the Volleyball Nations League.

“Jovana is an impact player on both sides of the ball,” Ulmer said in a press release. “She has the ability to score at a high level when everyone knows the ball is going to her. Her block is very imposing to the opposition. She has a very sweet personality and she’s very excited about coming to Kansas. Our fans will really enjoy watching Jovana compete as a Jayhawk.”

The addition of Zelenović provides KU some much-needed size at the pin, as she will be the tallest player on the roster, but it also fills a need on the right side, where the Jayhawks would likely otherwise have been relying on players for whom opposite hitter is not necessarily their primary position (returnees Katie Dalton or Ellie Schneider, for example, or even Washington transfer Audra Wilmes).

Ulmer has now added seven players in total, first bringing in a trio of transfers in Wilmes, setter Cristin Cline (Oregon) and defensive specialist/libero Ryan White (Oregon State). He then added highly touted incoming freshman Logan Bell, a 5-foot-11 pin hitter who may play in the back row early in her career, following the example of Ulmer’s previous undersized outside hitter Brooke Nuneviller.

In recent months, he has bolstered KU’s depth and experience considerably with the additions of 6-foot outside hitter Selena Leban from Slovenia and 6-foot-4 middle blocker Aurora Papac from Croatia, as well as Zelenović. All three will be considered freshmen, though Leban and Papac are 20 and Zelenović is 21.

Of Leban, Ulmer said in a release, “Selena is extremely talented in every phase of the game, and we are so excited to welcome her to Kansas. She has competed against some of the best competition in the world and has thrived. Beyond that, Selena has a magnetic personality and great sense of humor which makes her a great fit for Kansas Volleyball.”

Of Papac, he added, “Aurora is a great addition to our program, and she comes to Kansas as one of the best blockers in the world for her age. She has a presence at the net that can have a large impact on a match. She has a great combination of length and quickness plus high-level international experience with her national team.”

The European additions will help flesh out a roster that is headlined by key returnees such as Reese Ptacek, a rising sophomore middle blocker who was the Big 12 freshman of the year, and libero Raegan Burns.

KU’s season begins on Aug. 23 against Vanderbilt, a brand-new team playing its first-ever match, in Lincoln, Nebraska.





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Henry is the sports editor at the Lawrence Journal-World and KUsports.com, and serves as the KU beat writer while managing day-to-day sports coverage. He previously worked as a sports reporter at The Bakersfield Californian and is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Linguistics) and Arizona State University (M.A., Sports Journalism). Though a native of Los Angeles, he has frequently been told he does not give off “California vibes,” whatever that means.









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