A Record 177 Blue Demons Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team
8/13/2019 12:13:00 PM | CROSS COUNTRY, ATHLETICS, MEN'S BASKETBALL, MEN'S GOLF, MEN'S SOCCER, MEN'S TENNIS, SOFTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, WOMEN'S SOCCER, WOMEN'S TENNIS, WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
BIG EAST's 2,938 All-Academic honorees most since conference realignment six years ago
CHICAGO – For the third year in a row, DePaul's Blue Demons came through with another record-breaking performance in the academic arena.
The BIG EAST All-Academic Team announced by the conference on Tuesday featured 177 student-athletes from DePaul. That tops the school record of 172 accomplished after the 2017-18 season. The 2016-17 Blue Demons had reset the standard at 170.
DePaul's 177 honorees came from the university's 15Â sports programs and was second in the BIG EAST with a remarkable 83.1 percent of Blue Demon student-athletes being named to the All-Academic Team. Seton Hall (14 teams) led with 83.7 percent. Creighton (14 teams) was third at 76 percent.
Villanova with 24 teams had the most total All-Academic selections with 342 which represented 53 percent of its student-athlete population. Georgetown (25 teams) had 74 percent selected to the All-Academic Team as did St. John's (17 teams). Butler (20 teams) had 73 percent.
The BIG EAST Conference recognized nearly 3,000 student-athletes selected to the 2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 10 member schools and affiliate institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in a BIG EAST-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work totaling 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the BIG EAST Academic Affairs Committee. There are 2,938 honorees for the 2018-19 academic year---the highest total in the six years since conference realignment. Affiliate student-athletes made up 179 of the honorees.
For the second-consecutive year, Villanova led all schools in total student athletes named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team with 342. Georgetown was second with 304. Butler and Seton Hall tied for third with 269 student-athletes receiving certificates.Â
In addition, the Blue Demon softball and women's tennis programs received BIG EAST Team Excellence Awards for posting their sport's highest team grade-point average in the conference. Women's tennis finished with a sparkling 3.711 GPA and softball topped out at 3.59.
DePaul's BIG EAST All-Academic Team Year-by-Year
2005-06: 107
2006-07: 127
2007-08: 133
2008-09: 144
2009-10: 166
2010-11: 148
2011-12: 150
2012-13: 151
2013-14: 154
2014-15: 163
2015-16: 159
2016-17: 170
2017-18: 172
2018-19: 177
2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
DePaul
Men's Basketball: Flynn Cameron, John Diener, Jason Malonga, Paul Reed, Lyrik Shreiner, Max Strus, Pantelis Xidias.
Men's Cross Country: Jeremy Lozano, Chris Ahlers, Noah Deck, Conor Fagan, Matthew Gagen, Henry Harper, Shane Knanishu, Jack Korte, Anthony Perry, Daniel Peterson, Ryan Taylor.
Men's Golf: Grant Boyson, Perry Chong, Carlo Gatmaytan, Ronnie Griggs, Joe McCarthy, Charlie Spencer-White, Bobby Thomas, Campbell Wolf.
Men's Soccer: Justin Bohlig, Matthew Brickman, Brayden Callipari, Max de Bruijne, Sadra Golzarian, Harry Hilling, Timmy Iscra, Michael Mojarro, Drew Nuelle, Eddie Perry, Robert Rao, Jack Richards, Anton Sell, Bryan Simons, Kyle Smith, Matthew Solem, Patrick Watkins.
Men's Tennis: Christopher Casati, Conor O'Meara, Boris Spanjaard, Fran Tonejc, Vito Tonejc, Tripp Tuff, Luuk Wassenaar, Tamas Zador.
Men's Track and Field: Babajide Bamgbose, Chris Cadet, Kyle Casper, Joe Davies, Kyle Decker, Scott Jonske, Eamon Kuhne, Henry Larkin, Ben Litwin, Alex Lucking, Dominic Marshall, Kyle Mastrangeli, Paul Monteleone, Alex Murray, Adam Nelson, Antonio Pavloski, Joshua Pearson, Andrew Rocco, Brendan Van Voorhis.
Softball: Erin Andris, Pearl Barroso, Jessica Cothern, Krista Dalgarn, Madison Fisher, Morgan Greenwood, Maranda Gutierrez, Natalie Halvorson, Skylor Hilger, Riley Holmgren, Cara Jimenez, Gabby O'Riley, Kate Polucha, Alysia Rodriguez, Angela Scalzitti, Brianna Viles, Taylor Young.
Volleyball: Claire Anderson, Isabelle Banez, Donna Brown, Isabell De La Rosa, Kathleen Dolan, Avarie Evans-Allen, Mireya Garcia, Natalie, Hayward, Dominika Kowalska, Ashley Marshall, Brittany Maxwell, Mattie Norris, Emma Price, Mariah Robinson, Mackenzie Savage, Maddie Torti.           Â
Women's Basketball: Tanita Allen, Dee Bekelja, Kelly Campbell, Rebekah Dahlman, Jolene Daninger, Martè Grays, Lexi Held, Nadège Jean, Courtney Krol, Ashton Millender, Sonya Morris, Chante Stonewall, Maya Stovall.
Women's Cross Country: Ericka Burgess, Lorie Cashdollar, Maret Elgren, Jessica Harris, Margaret Hastings, Kate Jacobs, Caroline Kurdej, Mackenzie Mescher, Halle Nash, Courtney Pickering, Miranda Rea, Talia Saleh, Emma Stephens.
Women's Soccer: Kristina Barczak, Jackie Batliner, Franny Cerny Sarah Cohen, Jade Eriksen-Russo, Mollie Eriksson, Madeline Frick, Avery Hay, Chelsey Henry, Mikaela Hoard, Sydney Hunt, Jessica Lazo, Ellie Mink, Mira Nepomuceno, Vanessa Nigg, Sydney Parker, Elizabeth Parrilli, Bina Saipi, Mary Tierney, Morgan Turner, Gwen Walker, Adrian Walker, Brooke Weitzel.  Â
Women's Tennis: Lenka Antonijevic, Aspasia Avgeri, Keisha Clousing, Hristina Dokic, Marija Jovicic, Alina Kuzmenkova, Milica Tesic, Maddie Yergler.
Women's Track and Field: Esther Aldana, Dylan Armstrong, Alexia Brooks, Terece Brown, Rutendo Chimbaru, Rebecca Chouinard, Kaitlen Crawford, Ariel Davis, Laura Edwards, Emily Eller, Jade Gates, Isabel Ingram, Siarah Jones, Caroline Muller, Isabella Uscila, Kiersten Walker, Jessica Watkins.
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The BIG EAST All-Academic Team announced by the conference on Tuesday featured 177 student-athletes from DePaul. That tops the school record of 172 accomplished after the 2017-18 season. The 2016-17 Blue Demons had reset the standard at 170.
DePaul's 177 honorees came from the university's 15Â sports programs and was second in the BIG EAST with a remarkable 83.1 percent of Blue Demon student-athletes being named to the All-Academic Team. Seton Hall (14 teams) led with 83.7 percent. Creighton (14 teams) was third at 76 percent.
Villanova with 24 teams had the most total All-Academic selections with 342 which represented 53 percent of its student-athlete population. Georgetown (25 teams) had 74 percent selected to the All-Academic Team as did St. John's (17 teams). Butler (20 teams) had 73 percent.
The BIG EAST Conference recognized nearly 3,000 student-athletes selected to the 2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 10 member schools and affiliate institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in a BIG EAST-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work totaling 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the BIG EAST Academic Affairs Committee. There are 2,938 honorees for the 2018-19 academic year---the highest total in the six years since conference realignment. Affiliate student-athletes made up 179 of the honorees.
For the second-consecutive year, Villanova led all schools in total student athletes named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team with 342. Georgetown was second with 304. Butler and Seton Hall tied for third with 269 student-athletes receiving certificates.Â
In addition, the Blue Demon softball and women's tennis programs received BIG EAST Team Excellence Awards for posting their sport's highest team grade-point average in the conference. Women's tennis finished with a sparkling 3.711 GPA and softball topped out at 3.59.
DePaul's BIG EAST All-Academic Team Year-by-Year
2005-06: 107
2006-07: 127
2007-08: 133
2008-09: 144
2009-10: 166
2010-11: 148
2011-12: 150
2012-13: 151
2013-14: 154
2014-15: 163
2015-16: 159
2016-17: 170
2017-18: 172
2018-19: 177
2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
DePaul
Men's Basketball: Flynn Cameron, John Diener, Jason Malonga, Paul Reed, Lyrik Shreiner, Max Strus, Pantelis Xidias.
Men's Cross Country: Jeremy Lozano, Chris Ahlers, Noah Deck, Conor Fagan, Matthew Gagen, Henry Harper, Shane Knanishu, Jack Korte, Anthony Perry, Daniel Peterson, Ryan Taylor.
Men's Golf: Grant Boyson, Perry Chong, Carlo Gatmaytan, Ronnie Griggs, Joe McCarthy, Charlie Spencer-White, Bobby Thomas, Campbell Wolf.
Men's Soccer: Justin Bohlig, Matthew Brickman, Brayden Callipari, Max de Bruijne, Sadra Golzarian, Harry Hilling, Timmy Iscra, Michael Mojarro, Drew Nuelle, Eddie Perry, Robert Rao, Jack Richards, Anton Sell, Bryan Simons, Kyle Smith, Matthew Solem, Patrick Watkins.
Men's Tennis: Christopher Casati, Conor O'Meara, Boris Spanjaard, Fran Tonejc, Vito Tonejc, Tripp Tuff, Luuk Wassenaar, Tamas Zador.
Men's Track and Field: Babajide Bamgbose, Chris Cadet, Kyle Casper, Joe Davies, Kyle Decker, Scott Jonske, Eamon Kuhne, Henry Larkin, Ben Litwin, Alex Lucking, Dominic Marshall, Kyle Mastrangeli, Paul Monteleone, Alex Murray, Adam Nelson, Antonio Pavloski, Joshua Pearson, Andrew Rocco, Brendan Van Voorhis.
Softball: Erin Andris, Pearl Barroso, Jessica Cothern, Krista Dalgarn, Madison Fisher, Morgan Greenwood, Maranda Gutierrez, Natalie Halvorson, Skylor Hilger, Riley Holmgren, Cara Jimenez, Gabby O'Riley, Kate Polucha, Alysia Rodriguez, Angela Scalzitti, Brianna Viles, Taylor Young.
Volleyball: Claire Anderson, Isabelle Banez, Donna Brown, Isabell De La Rosa, Kathleen Dolan, Avarie Evans-Allen, Mireya Garcia, Natalie, Hayward, Dominika Kowalska, Ashley Marshall, Brittany Maxwell, Mattie Norris, Emma Price, Mariah Robinson, Mackenzie Savage, Maddie Torti.           Â
Women's Basketball: Tanita Allen, Dee Bekelja, Kelly Campbell, Rebekah Dahlman, Jolene Daninger, Martè Grays, Lexi Held, Nadège Jean, Courtney Krol, Ashton Millender, Sonya Morris, Chante Stonewall, Maya Stovall.
Women's Cross Country: Ericka Burgess, Lorie Cashdollar, Maret Elgren, Jessica Harris, Margaret Hastings, Kate Jacobs, Caroline Kurdej, Mackenzie Mescher, Halle Nash, Courtney Pickering, Miranda Rea, Talia Saleh, Emma Stephens.
Women's Soccer: Kristina Barczak, Jackie Batliner, Franny Cerny Sarah Cohen, Jade Eriksen-Russo, Mollie Eriksson, Madeline Frick, Avery Hay, Chelsey Henry, Mikaela Hoard, Sydney Hunt, Jessica Lazo, Ellie Mink, Mira Nepomuceno, Vanessa Nigg, Sydney Parker, Elizabeth Parrilli, Bina Saipi, Mary Tierney, Morgan Turner, Gwen Walker, Adrian Walker, Brooke Weitzel.  Â
Women's Tennis: Lenka Antonijevic, Aspasia Avgeri, Keisha Clousing, Hristina Dokic, Marija Jovicic, Alina Kuzmenkova, Milica Tesic, Maddie Yergler.
Women's Track and Field: Esther Aldana, Dylan Armstrong, Alexia Brooks, Terece Brown, Rutendo Chimbaru, Rebecca Chouinard, Kaitlen Crawford, Ariel Davis, Laura Edwards, Emily Eller, Jade Gates, Isabel Ingram, Siarah Jones, Caroline Muller, Isabella Uscila, Kiersten Walker, Jessica Watkins.
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Hurdles
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Forward
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Hurdles
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Distance
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OH
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Guard
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Distance
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Sprints
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