The Valparaiso University Department of Athletics announced its annual academic honors on Sunday evening at the department’s Presidential Academic Honors Banquet. President José Padilla recognized 142 student-athletes with Presidential Academic Honors.
Presidential Academic Honors are awarded to student-athletes who have earned a term grade point average of 3.25 or higher for at least two consecutive semesters at Valpo. Valpo Athletics also revealed the department’s Top of the Class Awards, Dean’s Awards, Laurel Award and Team Academic Award.
The Laurel Award is presented to the graduating senior student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average. This year’s honor was presented to Kurt Kessen of football.
The Top of the Class Awards are presented annually to graduating seniors with a 3.9 or better cumulative GPA. The Dean’s Awards are awarded to the highest cumulative GPA by a student-athlete in each college.
The tennis program earned the Team Academic Award by posting the department’s highest team GPA for the third consecutive year.
Dean’s Award (College of Arts and Sciences)
Allie Anderson, Women’s Soccer. Exercise Science
Gretchen Kuckkan, Volleyball. Education
Elizabeth Sobieski, Women’s Tennis. Biochemistry
Dean’s Award (College of Business)
Cara Crompton, Women’s Soccer. Marketing
Ricky Helmboldt, Men’s Swimming. Integrated Business and Engineering
Dean’s Award (College of Engineering)
Anna Fay, Women’s Golf. Bioengineering
Anthony Martin, Men’s Swimming. Mechanical Engineering
Dean’s Award (College of Nursing and Health Professions)
Madi Boor, Women’s Swimming. Health Sciences
Dean’s Award (Graduate College)
Caleb VanArragon, Men’s Golf. Master of Analytics and Modeling
Abbey Hillman, Women’s Soccer. Master of Business Administration
Miranda Strongman, Volleyball. Master of Health Administration
Top of the Class Award
Lena Luebbering, Women’s Track & Field. Elementary Education
Ellie Roeglin, Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country. Psychology & Biology
Grace Aurand, Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country. Political Science & English
Nikki Coryell, Women’s Soccer. Accounting & Sports Management
Alex Ryan, Baseball. Finance
Kurt Kessen, Football. Mechanical Engineering
Simeon Ehm, Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country. Environmental Engineering
Laurel Award
Kurt Kessen, Football. Mechanical Engineering
Team GPA Award
Women’s Tennis
Presidential Academic Honors Awards
Allison Anderson
Evan Annis
Michael Appel
Cadence Augustine
Grace Aurand
Mia Bertino
Andrew Berzai
Jake Birmingham
Olivia Blackketter
Mason Bonn
Madison Boor
Samuel Booth
Abigail Boyle
Olivia Brown
Victoria Bulmahn
Max Carter
Owen Cherry
Austin Chilton
Lauren Cook
Thomas Cooper
Nicole Coryell
Joshua Cottrill
Cara Crompton
Emily Crompton
Owen Cullinan
Sean Curran
Olivia Czerwonka
Ousmane Dabo
Anthony Delisanti
Lindsey Dusatko
Leah Earnest
Natalie Eaton
Tyler Eberhart
Cassidy Eckstein
Simeon Ehm
Peyton Evans
Anna Fay
Abby Figley
Emil Freese-Vilien
Brenden Freiermuth
Kaia Garnica
Victoria Gerhardt
Alexander Goworowski
Santiago Gutierrez Morales
Christian Hack
Samuel Hafner
Kaleb Hannahs
Raegan Hecker
Richard Helmboldt
Emily Hickey
Abigail Hillman
Gavin Hooper
Haley Hume
Katelyn Hyde
Jonathan Hyman
Patrick Ilitch
Ava Interrante
Grant Jablonski
Jeffrey Jackson
Madison Janickovic
Mallory Januski
Evan Jernegan
Alexis Johnson
Addison Joiner
Garner Jones
Madison Keil
Kurt Kessen
Angela Kleich
Addyson Kois
Caitlyn Kowalski
Gretchen Kuckkan
Barret Labus
Roslyn Leitner
Cameron Livingston
Lena Luebbering
Timothy Mai
Ryan Maka
Thaddeus Malatlian
Ryan Mann
Matthew Mantz
Anthony Martin
Evan Matthes
Katelyn McCoy
Trent Miller
Madelyn Moan
Matthew Molnar
Emma Morrison
Nicole Norfolk
Grant Norman
Brady Nowicki
Molly O’Rear
Joely Overstreet
Nikola Paic
Isabella Palamaro
Thomas Palmer
Bridget Pollard
James Pouba
Cashlee Price
Tytus Ragle
Aubrey Ramey
Isabella Ravotto
Chase Ray
Brady Renfro
Danielle Renno
Elizabeth Roeglin
Alexander Ryan
Kyle Schmack
Emma Schmidt
Anthony Sciarroni
Lauren Sena
Katherine Sheridan
Moira Elle Silva
Padraic Sim
Olivia Sims
Kayla Skapyak
Nathaniel Smith
Lilu Smith
Isabella Smith
Elizabeth Sobieski
MacKenzie Sorrell
Kevin Spelman
Brian Sponaugle
Brendan Stangeland
Miranda Strongman
Jeremy Marcus Suarez
Keith Szczepanski
Alexandria Szostak
Amelia Tandy
Emma Tecca
Thomas Thurston
George Trojanek
Trenton Turzenski
Ella Van Weelden
Caleb VanArragon
Jordan Vick
Evan Walda
Spencer Warfield
Samantha Warren
Nathan Wessel
Abigail White
Drew Wilson
Carter Woody