DENVER – Metropolitan State University of Denver Director of Athletics Todd Thurman has announced that a record total of 118 MSU Denver student-athletes have been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the 2021 fall semester.
 
Student-athletes are recognized for achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester. MSU Denver had 233 student-athletes enrolled for the first semester, and they compiled an overall GPA of 3.20.
 
Highlighting the award winners are 34 who earned perfect 4.0 GPAs, five short of the record of 39.
 
Those with 4.0 GPAs in the fall are: baseball players Eric Cox, Brad Helton, Brady Mello and Jake Williams; men's cross country and track & field athletes Mick Norton and Peter Speier; men's soccer players Noah Hannula, Hernan Ibarra, Ross Miller and Nicco Schiappa; women's basketball player Anais Bonnemaison; women's cross country and track & field athletes Makenna Kemp, Jocelyn Korbe, Graciela Leal, Allyssa Romero and Heidi Yagen; women's golfer Mackenzie Carpenter; women's soccer players Miriam Caballero, Katy Coats, Jordan Lewis, Ellie MacKendrick, Kailey Maness, Emi Matalon, Jaimy Sawaged and Elli Zimmer; softball players Haley Doughty, Destinee Lopez, Shelby Robb and Ari Valdez; women's tennis players Isabel Heras, Kayla Myburgh and Lilly Stienemeier; and volleyball players Rylee Hladky, Abbie McCrimmon, Jessa Megenhardt, Caiden Rexius and Joli Sadler.
 
It was a banner semester for academic recognition on the conference, district and national levels for the Roadrunners.
 
Volleyball's Hladky was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America first team after also earning Academic All-District as well as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Academic Player of the Year and the RMAC Summit Award (highest cumulative GPA of any player at the RMAC Tournament semifinal site). Megenhardt earned her second Academic All-District nod as well as Academic All-RMAC.
 
Men's soccer's Chiles earned Academic All-District honors, while women's soccer's Kate Giordano was Academic All-District for the second time and was joined on the Academic All-RMAC team by Annie Rolf.
 
Meanwhile, Vanessa Kort earned her third Academic All-RMAC selection in women's cross country, and was joined on that list by Erin Norton.
 
The MSU Denver Athletic Director's Honor Roll:

Baseball

Name	Term GPA
Gabe Austin	3.65
Clayton Burke	3.80
Jayden Cordova	3.50
Eric Cox	4.0
Tanner Garner	3.80
Brad Helton	4.0
Blake Mattey	3.50
Brady Mello	4.0
Conner Nantkes	3.50
Josh Thompson	3.58
Christian Villa	3.50
Jake Williams	4.0

Men's Basketball

Maris Colton	3.67
Keyshaad Dixon	3.84
Isaac Lungren	3.60
Laolu Oke	3.50
Camden Smithburg	3.80

 
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field

Reid Cass	3.92
Tommy Gilfillan	3.60
Brant Killmon	3.74
Ethan Loper	3.51
Anthony Martinez	3.50
Justin McDaniel	3.93
Mick Norton	4.0
Nick Nowlen	3.89
Cory Shea	3.67
Peter Speier	4.0

 
Men's Soccer

Aaron Biggerstaff	3.52
Evan Bleyer	3.73
Bryson Chiles	3.75
Noah Hannula	4.0
Hernan Ibarra	4.0
Ross Miller	4.0
Kazuki Peralta	3.60
Jonathan Rascon	3.92
Nicco Schiappa	4.0
Jonas Votaw	3.75
Tyler Welch	3.50

 
Men's Tennis

Jeanloup Auzias	3.69
Dayton Fisher	3.67
David Kijak	3.75
Jack McDermott	3.75
Kacey Walisundara	3.53

 
Women's Basketball

Brianna Bailey	3.83
Anais Bonnemaison	4.0
Alex Carlton	3.83
Morgan Griego	3.50
Jordon Heckert	3.67
Maggie Justinak	3.80
Sarah Litchford	3.56

 
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field

Alexa Bauer	3.69
Teagan Garand	3.75
Claire Hummel	3.81
Raygen Ivins	3.67
Makenna Kemp	4.0
Jocelyn Korbe	4.0
Vanessa Kort	3.69
Jaivion Lattimore	3.75
Graciela Leal	4.0
Ashley Morton	3.50
Riley Negrey	3.53
Erin Norton	3.92
Abi Read	3.91
Anna Swanson	3.58
Allyssa Romero	4.0
Heidi Yagen	4.0

 
Women's Golf

Antonella Blanco	3.80
Isabel Botero	3.80
Mackenzie Carpenter	4.0
Sydney Eye	3.80

Women's Soccer

Kylie Bach	3.71
Miriam Caballero	4.0
Katy Coats	4.0
Elisa Dean	3.92
Luna Garcia	3.72
Tessa Killmon	3.93
Jordan Lewis	4.0
Ellie MacKendrick	4.0
Kailey Maness	4.0
Emi Matalon	4.0
Jessica Mooney	3.64
Dani Nelson	3.89
Regan Ostler	3.75
Riley Ostler	3.90
Annie Rolf	3.84
Maddy Rueter	3.79
Jaimy Sawaged	4.0
Elli Zimmer	4.0

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Softball

Audrey Burt	3.98
Haley Doughty	4.0
Jaiden Geist	3.62
Miah Hartvigsen	3.80
Julia Heitz	3.67
Mackenzie Jamieson	3.79
Destinee Lopez	4.0
Sarah Norton	3.71
Shelby Robb	4.0
Ari Valdez	4.0

Women's Tennis

Marie Cool	3.67
Isabel Heras	4.0
Kayla Myburgh	4.0
Ava Neuburger-Higby	3.67
Lilly Stienemeier	4.0

 
Volleyball

Alexis Benda	3.59
Abby Breeding	3.85
Ember Canty	3.93
Ashlyn Cianciulli	3.82
Delaney Eckhardt	3.53
Rylee Hladky	4.0
Avaline Lai	3.80
Mikayla McClinton	3.60
Abbie McCrimmon	4.0
Jessa Megenhardt	4.0
Caiden Rexius	4.0
Joli Sadler	4.0
Trinity Weidinger	3.75
Maddy Williams	3.53
Brier Ziemer	3.86