SAN JOSE, Calif.—As finals wrap up for the spring semester, San José State student-athletes excelled in the classroom over the past two semesters as 176 current and former student-athletes, cheer and dance team members and department student workers were recognized as either a President’s Scholar or Dean’s Scholar at SJSU.

The President’s Scholars were honored at the 63rd annual Honors Convocation held inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center in April. The celebration honored over 2,590 undergraduate students who achieved the distinction for the Spring and/or Fall 2024 semesters.  

To earn a President’s Scholar designation, a student must earn a 4.00 grade-point average in one of the two semesters (Spring 2024 & Fall 2024) before the Honors Convocation. A Dean’s Scholar is a San José State student with a 3.65 or higher grade-point average in a semester during the same academic calendar.

There are 47 student-athletes from 18 sports designated as a President’s Scholar. Women’s soccer had seven President’s Scholars, followed by women’s golf, women’s swimming and diving and women’s water polo with five each.

All 22 sports are represented among the 176 honorees, including nine teams who have double-digit honorees – women’s soccer with 18 honorees; men’s water polo with 16 honorees; women’s water polo and cheer & dance with 15 honorees; women’s swimming & diving, football and women’s gymnastics with 13 honorees; and women’s track & field/cross country with 11 honorees and softball with 10 honorees.

President’s Scholars (47)

Nereyda Alvarez Gonzalez      Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Kinesiology

Moa Andersson                           Women’s Golf                                                Business Administration/International Business

Mya Azzopardi                             Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Psychology BA

Marissa Ashton                            Women’s Gymnastics                                 Business Administration/Management

Hamish Bonnar                            Men’s Water Polo                                         Justice Studies/Criminology

Ava Bynes                                      Women’s Soccer                                           Public Relations

Tyler Chen                                      Football                                                             Undecided – Pre-Nursing

Darae Chung                                 Women’s Golf                                                Psychology BA

Kyah Coady                                    Women’s Soccer                                           Kinesiology

Emma Cornwell                           Cheer & Dance                                               Justice Studies/Criminology

Katie Dargani                                Cheer & Dance                                               Undeclared – Pre-Nursing

Camille Donnelly                         Cheer & Dance                                               Psychology BA

Duru Durgun                                 Tennis                                                                Psychology BA

Cole Ehrhorn                                 Baseball                                                            Business Administration/Management

Kayla Fortenberry                       Women’s Soccer                                           Sociology

Anabel Foster                               Women’s Track & Field                              Psychology BA

Chloe Frank                                   Women’s Gymnastics                                 Business Administration/Management

Avinash Iyer                                  Men’s Golf                                                       Business Administration/Finance

Ashley Jackson                             Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS

Mitchell Keightley                       Men’s Water Polo                                         Chemistry BS

Tasaria Kilpatrick                         Women’s Water Polo                                  Undeclared

Tessa Kremser                              Women’s Golf                                                Business Administration/Human Resources

Lucia Lopez Ortega                     Women’s Golf                                                Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS

Sebastian Macaluso                   Football                                                             Communication Studies

Connor Macmillan                      Men’s Water Polo                                         Interdisciplinary Engineering

Sophia Martel                               Women’s Soccer                                           Business Admin./Management Information Systems

Reagan Mathieson                     Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Public Health/Population Data

Shay McDowell                            Softball                                                              Kinesiology

Charlotte Memoly                      Women’s Soccer                                           Kinesiology

Sophia Memory                           Women’s Soccer                                           Advertising

Lucy Miszewski                            Women’s Water Polo                                  Mechanical Engineering

Bente Pernot                                Women’s Soccer                                           History

Sinia Plotz                                      Women’s Water Polo                                  Psychology BA

Alexey Poletaev                           Men’s Water Polo                                         Biological Sciences BA

Ella Power                                      Women’s Gymnastics                                 Biological Sciences/Systems Physiology BS

Paxtyn Riehs                                 Women’s Water Polo                                  Psychology BA

Mia Reynolds                                Softball                                                              Art/Studio Practice

Kate Roberts                                 Women’s Golf                                                Political Science

Anna Salmon                                Beach Volleyball                                            Biological Sciences BA

Lina Schubert                                Women’s Track & Field                              Psychology BA

Ellie Shorten                                  Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Business Admin./Management Information Systems

Emilia Sjostrand                           Women’s Track & Field                              Sociology

Paris Thai                                        Cheer & Dance                                               Communicative Disorders & Science

Keira Vail                                        Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Journalism

Kaylob Walker                              Men’s Soccer                                                  Kinesiology

Katherine Weyhmiller               Women’s Gymnastics                                 Psychology BA

Nynke Willemsen                        Women’s Water Polo                                  Marine Biology

Dean’s Scholars (129)

Ronin Axelson                              Men’s Soccer                                                  Psychology BA

Luna Balbuena                             Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Business Administration/Business Analytics

Nathan Balestrieri                      Football                                                             Communication Studies

Olaya Bances Iglesias                Women’s Tennis                                           Business Administration/Marketing

Alyssa Bean                                   Women’s Track & Field                              Psychology BA

Dino Beslagic                                Football                                                             Communication Studies

Joseph Bey                                     Football                                                             Business Administration/Entrepreneurship

Alyssa Bjork                                   Volleyball                                                         Public Health

Mateja Bosic                                 Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Entrepreneurship

Keely Brown                                  Women’s Soccer                                           Mechanical Engineering

Carly Burns                                    Women’s Soccer                                           Psychology BA

Victor Cabanas                             Men’s Soccer                                                  Kinesiology

Letizia Cammillucci                     Volleyball                                                         Communication Studies

Alvaro Cardenas                          Men’s Basketball                                           Kinesiology

Kyra Cato                                        Women’s Gymnastics                                 Psychology BA

Tiana Cello                                     Women’s Soccer                                           Advertising

Michael Chadwick                      Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field       Kinesiology

Caitlin Chea                                   Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Psychology BA

Taylor Chillingworth                  Softball                                                              Kinesiology

Isabella Cioe                                  Women’s Golf                                                Economics

Itai Cohen                                       Men’s Golf                                                       Business Administration/Marketing

Autemn Coleman                        Cheer/Dance                                                   Biomedical Engineering

Nathan Correia                            Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Finance

Ashley Cummings                       Cheer/Dance                                                   Psychology BA

Sawyer Deeman                          Football                                                             Communication Studies

Addison DeMarse                       Beach Volleyball                                            Psychology BA

Sarah Deplitch                              Softball                                                              Business Administration/Marketing

Anisha De Silva                             Cheer/Dance                                                   Undecided – Pre-Nursing

Djessira Diawara                         Women’s Basketball                                    Philosophy

Hunter Dorraugh                         Baseball                                                            Justice Studies/Criminology

Niklas Dossmann                         Men’s Soccer                                                  Economics BA

Andreea Dragoi                           Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Psychology BA

Erik Duesund                                Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Accounting

Jade Epps                                       Volleyball                                                         Kinesiology

Hannah Ernst                                Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Biological Sciences BA

Morgan Eoff                                  Cheer & Dance                                               Art/Digital Media Art

Eamon Fakhri                               Men’s Soccer                                                  Psychology BA

Louis Fehrensen                          Men’s Water Polo                                         Biological Sciences BA

Renee Fleming                             Women’s Water Polo                                  Kinesiology

Bella Flocchini                              Women’s Soccer                                           Advertising

Natasha Forrand                         Women’s Gymnastics                                 Physics BS

Greta Fraraccio                            Women’s Track & Field                              Business Administration/Management

Ela Freiman                                   Women’s Swimming & Diving                 SAGE Biomedical Engineering

Roy Gardner Jr.                            Football                                                             Kinesiology

Hazel Gaspaire                             Women’s Track & Field                              Justice Studies/Criminology

Ashley Goard                                Softball                                                              English (Teaching Prep)

Veronica Gourley                        Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Business Administration/Marketing

Katharina Graaman                    Women’s Track & Field                              Economics BS

Colin Grabman                             Cheer & Dance                                               Mechanical Engineering

Luke Griskey                                  Football                                                             Kinesiology

Madison Gustitus                        Women’s Gymnastics                                 Business Administration/Marketing

Rebecca Gyllner                           Women’s Golf                                                Business Administration/Management

Kyler Halvorsen                           Football                                                             Justice Studies

Lacie Ham                                      Softball                                                              Psychology BA

Rowan Henige                              Men’s Track & Field                                     Kinesiology

Gabriella Hernandez                  Women’s Track & Field                              Business Administration/Accounting

Austin Hexter                               Men’s Water Polo                                         English

Julianna Hogan                            Sports Information                                       Communication Studies

Evan House                                    Women’s Soccer                                           Kinesiology

William Humer                             Men’s Basketball                                           Business Administration/Entrepreneurship

Iliana Jasso                                     Women’s Soccer                                           SAGE Justice Studies/Criminology

Rose Jensen                                  Women’s Water Polo                                  Environmental Studies

Trinity Johnson                            Women’s Gymnastics                                 Business Administration/Management

Nicola Kaminski                           Women’s Golf                                                Kinesiology

Catie Kelly                                      Women’s Water Polo                                  Environmental Studies BS

Eda Koker                                       Volleyball                                                         Philosophy

Sophia Konieczny                        Women’s Gymnastics                                 Forensic Science/Biology

Nathan Lau                                    Men’s Track & Field                                     Electrical Engineering

Lexington Leffall                          Men’s Track & Field                                     Geography

Nate Lewis                                     Football                                                             Business Administration/Management

Kaylani Lim                                    Softball                                                              Political Science

Jaudai Lopes                                 Women’s Gymnastics                                 Justice Studies/Criminology

Ryann Lucchesi                            Women’s Water Polo                                  Psychology BA

Xuan Luo                                        Men’s Golf                                                       Business Administration/Analytics

Alyssa Malla                                  Women’s Basketball                                    Undeclared – Pre-Nursing

Katerina Marghieri                     Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Physics BS

Ava Martin                                     Volleyball                                                         Business Administration/Management

Jovanah Maruri                            Cheer & Dance                                               Child & Adolescent Development

Kennedy Mayo                             Women’s Soccer/Sports Info.                  Journalism

Hannah McCabe                          Cheer & Dance                                               Kinesiology

Alaric Mercie de Soultrait        Men’s Golf                                                       Business Administration/Finance

Hudson Mesa                               Football                                                             Business Administration/Management

Carolina Millan                             Women’s Tennis                                           Philosophy

Elon Milroy                                    Beach Volleyball                                            Kinesiology

Irena Muradyan                           Women’s Tennis                                           Business Administration/HTEM

Zsófia Muzsnay                            Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Psychology BA

Mia Nelson                                    Women’s Gymnastics                                 Biological Sciences BA

Itay Nemet                                     Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Management

Terence O’Donnell                     Men’s Water Polo                                         Child & Adolescent Development (Teach Prep)

JC Osorio-Agard                           Baseball                                                            Economics BA

Jennine Osorio                             Women’s Water Polo                                  Kinesiology

Maiken Pardon                            Women’s Water Polo                                  Mechanical Engineering

Taylor Peacock                             Softball                                                              Undeclared

Dane Pendleton                           Men’s Soccer                                                  Philosophy

Taylor Phillips                               Women’s Soccer                                           Business Administration/Finance

Emmitt Phinney                           Baseball                                                            Philosophy

Tatianna Raffin                            Women’s Water Polo                                  Justice Studies/Criminology

Zach Ramans                                 Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Finance

Olivia Reardon                             Women’s Gymnastics                                 Kinesiology

Timmy Reeve                                Baseball                                                            Communication Studies

Jasmine Rihal                                Sports Information                                       Communication Studies

Adrianna Ross                              Cheer & Dance                                               Advertising

Jessica Ross                                   Women’s Water Polo                                  Aviation

Karissa Ruble                                Women’s Soccer                                           SAGE ISE/Engineering Management BS

Mattin Sarhaddi                          Men’s Water Polo                                         Data Science

Rachel Schrock                             Cheer & Dance                                               Liberal Studies/Int. Teacher Prep

Ricardo Scarafia                           Men’s Soccer                                                  Business Administration/Entrepreneurship

Ty Seligman                                   Men’s Track & Field                                     Biomedical Engineering

Cheuk Ying Shek                          Women’s Tennis                                           Kinesiology

Jasmine Singleton                       Women’s Basketball                                    Sociology

Grace Smith                                  Women’s Water Polo                                  Biological Sciences BA

Amelia Snyder                              Women’s Swimming & Diving                 Business Administration/Marketing

Taylor Squires                               Softball                                                              Mathematics (Intg. Teaching Prep)

Jake Steele                                     Football                                                             Undeclared – Pre-Nursing

Lauren Strazzeri                           Women’s Track & Field                              Justice Studies/Criminology

Mael Suchet                                  Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Management

Shayla Sugai                                  Women’s Soccer                                           SAGE Justice Studies/Criminology

Bence Szabo                                  Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/Management

Cameron Tarver                          Men’s Track & Field                                     Business Administration/Human Resources

Aubrie Thomas                            Softball                                                              Psychology BA

Maro Tiozzo                                  Men’s Water Polo                                         Business Administration/International Business

Devyn Valuch                                Women’s Gymnastics                                 Justice Studies/Criminology

Brady Van Bennekum               Football                                                             Business Admin./Management Information Systems

Jack Vanoncini                              Baseball                                                            Business Administration/Marketing

Cammy Ventura                          Women’s Soccer                                           Kinesiology

Alexander Walker                       Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field       Chemical Engineering

Theresa Wesson                          Cheer & Dance                                               Child & Adolescent Development (Teach Prep)

Sarah Woren                                 Women’s Water Polo                                  Psychology BA

Kalia Wyatt                                    Cheer & Dance                                               Sociology

#AllSpartans

No team was a perfect 2-0-0 on the first day of DreamLeague Season 26, but six different Dota 2 teams got off to strong starts with one win and one tie in Monday’s action.

Aurora Gaming and BetBoom Team are 1-0-1 to sit atop Group A, while four teams are tied atop Group B: Gaimin Gladiators, NAVI Junior, PARIVISION and Yakult Brothers. Three days remain in Group Stage 1 for the clubs to get some separation from one another.

Sixteen teams are competing in the $1 million Dota 2 tournament, divided into two groups of eight in Group Stage 1. The top four teams from each group will advance to Group Stage 2, consisting of one single round-robin group.

All matches are two-game series in Group Stage 1, while the next phase will feature best-of-three matches. Four teams will then compete in a double-elimination playoff bracket, featuring best-of-three matches until the best-of-five grand final on June 1.

The first-place team will take home $250,000 of the $1 million prize pool, plus a $40,000 club reward. There will also be 29,200 ESL Pro Tour points distributed among the participating teams.

In Group A on Monday, Aurora claimed a 2-0 win over BOOM Esports (44 minutes on red, 32 minutes on green) and BetBoom defeated Team Liquid (47 and 64 minutes, both on green). Three other matches also ended in 2-0 sweeps: Nigma Galaxy over Shopify Rebellion, Team Liquid over Nigma Galaxy and Shopify Rebellion over Xtreme Gaming.

As for Group B, PARIVISION’s victory came over Team Falcons in 35 minutes on green and 30 minutes on red. Gaimin Gladiators defeated Edge in 28 minutes on green and 34 minutes on red. NAVI Junior triumphed over AVULUS in 51 minutes on green and 38 minutes on red, and Yakult Brothers swept Edge in 57 minutes on red and 23 minutes on green.

Group Stage 1 standings (win-loss-tie, map record)

Group A
T1. Aurora Gaming, 1-0-1, 3-1
T1. BetBoom Team, 1-0-1, 3-1
T3. Nigma Galaxy, 1-1-0, 2-2
T3. OG.LATAM, 0-0-2, 2-2
T3. Shopify Rebellion, 1-1-0, 2-2
T3. Team Liquid, 1-1-0, 2-2
T7. BOOM Esports, 0-1-1, 1-3
T7. Xtreme Gaming, 0-1-1, 1-3

Group B
T1. Gaimin Gladiators, 1-0-1, 3-1
T1. NAVI Junior, 1-0-1, 3-1
T1. PARIVISION, 1-0-1, 3-1
T1. Yakult Brothers, 1-0-1, 3-1
5. Talon Esports, 0-0-2, 2-2
T6. AVULUS, 0-1-1, 1-3
T6. Team Falcons, 0-1-1, 1-3
8. Edge, 0-2-0, 0-4

–Field Level Media

Gustavus juniors Gage Gohl and Kaya De Bruijn received the award for men’s and women’s tennis, respectively; St. Olaf junior Zach Martin and Bethel senior Hailey Gregg were the recipients in outdoor track & field; St. Catherine senior Sarah Posey received the award in softball and Saint John’s junior Collin Kray received baseball’s Elite 22 award.

The MIAC Elite 22 Award recognizes the true essence of the term “student-athlete” by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the conference championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. Modeled after the NCAA Elite 90 Award, the MIAC Elite 22 Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest grade-point average (GPA) in each sport who meets similarly high, sport-specific athletic requirements.

In all sports with MIAC team playoff tournaments, including tennis, baseball, and softball, the MIAC Elite 22 Award is presented to the individual with the highest GPA on the active postseason roster of a playoff-qualifying team. In championship meet sports, including outdoor track & field, the winner is the individual with the highest GPA who was named All-Conference. Each winner must be a junior or senior and in at least their second full academic year at their current institution. Ties are broken by the number of credits earned.

De Bruijn (Jr. | Maasland, Netherlands | Stedelijk Gymnasium) enjoyed a banner season on the court that began with winning the ITA Midwest regional doubles title and will conclude this weekend in the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Doubles Championships. One-half of the 2024-25 MIAC Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Year, De Bruin went 20-5 in doubles play and 17-8 in singles action this season. Named to the College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-District Team earlier this month, De Bruijn has a 4.0 grade point average at Gustavus while majoring in geology and environmental studies.

Gohl (Jr. | Sioux Falls, S.D. | Lincoln) began the 2024-25 men’s tennis season by clinching the ITA Midwest regional singles championship and will defend his NCAA Division III doubles national championship later this week in the national individual tournament. Gohl was 11-7 in singles dual matches throughout the season and 14-7 atop the doubles lineup. He has a 3.97 GPA as a communication studies and sport management major at Gustavus.

Gregg (Sr. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | Air Academy) helped the Royals set a new meet record in the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3:49.64 at the 2025 MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships earlier this month, an event she will compete in later this week at the NCAA Division III Championships. Gregg won both the MIAC Elite 22 and NCAA Elite 90 awards earlier this year for the indoor track & field portion of the schedule. She has a 4.0 GPA at Bethel while majoring in elementary education and teaching English as a second language.

Kray (Jr. | Little Falls, Minn.) helped the Johnnies clinch their 15th consecutive MIAC Baseball Playoff berth this season. The first baseman hit 0.286 for the season, driving home three runs and crossing home plate four times. He maintains a 4.0 GPA while majoring in chemistry at Saint John’s.

Martin (Jr. | Eagan, Minn. | Trinity School at River Ridge) ran on the Oles’ first-place 4×800-meter squad at the 2025 MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships earlier this month. The St. Olaf quartet set a new facility record with a time of 7:41.52 to win the event by just under 1.5 seconds. Martin has a 4.0 GPA while majoring in mathematics and quantitative economics at St. Olaf.

Posey (Sr. | Sierra Vista, Ariz. | Veritas) was part of a Wildcats team that clinched its fourth MIAC Softball Playoff berth in the last five seasons in 2025. The senior catcher started 71 games over that span, batting 0.295 at the plate with 64 hits and 16 RBI on her resume. She has a 3.98 GPA as a public health major at St. Kate’s.

A physical award will be provided to the winners to commemorate their MIAC Elite 22 Award. The conference also recognizes the honorees on the MIAC Elite 22 Award website, which archives each of the winners throughout the academic year.

| 2024-25 MIAC Elite 22 Award | Elite 22 Home Page |

CANTON, Ga. (May 20, 2025) – The Southern Athletic Association will have 11 student-athletes vying for medals at the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship, May 22-24 at Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
 
The Centre women lead the way with six individual entrants and a relay at the championship. SAA Track Athlete of the Year Madjo Doumbia is seeded third in the 100m and 14^th in the 200m dash. She anchors the Colonels 4×100 relay team, joining Amari Robinson, Janea Bottinelli and Chloe Hein as the 14^th-seeded squad. Hein is also competing in the 100m dash and is seeded sixth in the long jump. Conference Field Athlete of the Year Serena McNeilly is seeded third in the high jump and 14^th in the triple jump.
 
Berry will send two to coastal Ohio for the championship. Onoyeme Egure is seeded ninth in the shot put and Macy Murdock enters 14^th in the 400m hurdles.
 
On the men’s side, Centre will have a trio competing. Nick Whitlow is seeded 12^th in the decathlon, Dirk Grambel 19^th in the 400m hurdles and Cree Ross fourth in the triple jump.
 
SAA Track Athlete of the Year Hugh Stokes of Rhodes qualified in the 400m hurdles and is seeded 19^th.
 
Fans can follow the NCAA National Championship live at NCAA.com.
 

Berry:
400m Hurdles – Macy Murdock – 1:01.71 (14^th)
Shot Put – Onoyeme Egure – 12.12m (T9^th)
 
Centre:
400m Hurdles – Dirk Grambel – 52.70 (T19^th)
Triple Jump – Cree Ross – 15.15m (T4th)
Decathlon –  Nick Whitlow – 6541 (12^th)
 
100m Dash – Madjo Doumbia – 11.58 (3^rd)
100m Dash – Chloe Hein – 11.78 (T15^th)
200m Dash – Madjo Doumbia – 24.16 (14^th)
4x100m Relay – Amari Robinson, Janea Bottinelli, Chloe Hein, Madjo Doumbia – 46.49 (T14^th )
High Jump – Serena McNeilly – 1.72m (T3^rd)
Long Jump – Chloe Hein – 6.03m (T6^th)
Triple Jump – Serena McNeilly – 12.05m (T14^th)
 
Rhodes:
400m Hurdles – Hugh Stokes – 52.70 (T19^th)