Tampa Athletics Places 270 on SSC Spring Honor Roll

ORLANDO – The Sunshine State Conference named a record 2,276 student-athletes to the 2026 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll. The awards were announced on Wednesday, June 23rd, by SSC Commissioner Chris Graham. Of the student-athletes recognized, 552, also an SSC record, carried a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the spring semester.

The University of Tampa hailed 270 SSC Honor Roll selections, marking a new record for the Spartans. Tampa placed 244 on the honor roll in 2025. The Spartans also had a record 43 student-athletes achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester. The national championship men's lacrosse team led the way, registering 39 SSC Honor Roll recipients.

The number of 2026 honorees breaks the previous record of 2,264 student-athletes named last year's Spring Honor Roll. This year's numbers mark the seventh time the SSC has recognized over 350 perfect grade-point averages on the Spring Honor Roll, besting the previous record of 522 perfect grade-point averages set in 2025.

Student-athletes must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00 to be eligible for the Spring SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Participants in the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, women's beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's outdoor track, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, baseball, and softball are eligible for the spring honor roll.

Having won 144 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. The SSC ranked first among NCAA Division II conferences in ASR (Academic Success Rate) for the third-straight year in 2024-25 and has never fallen below second in the metric's 19-year history.

University of Tampa Sunshine State Conference Spring Honor Roll Recipients

Baseball (15) - B.J. Bailey, Mathew Fogel, Garrett Hill, Merric Hunt, Jhoander Irigoyen, Drew Kennedy (4.0), Maddox King, Alex Laiche, Jacob Mackara, Dennis McCaffery, Slaide Naturman, Nikolas Pereira (4.0), Kenneth Robinson, Josiah Velazquez, Brayden Woodburn

Beach Volleyball (14) - Anna Bayes, Taylor Bedinghaus, Jordan Berglin, Lauren Duke, Kaelyn Fredette-Huffman, Brooke Green, Reese Haley (4.0), Samantha Ostrander (4.0), Hailey Peterson, Kayleigh Schmehl, Angle Williams, Hailey Wolfe (4.0), Nevaeh Wolfe (4.0), Madison Wood

Men's Basketball (5) - Ryan Blount, Jorge Cardenas, Drew Knuppel, Benjamin Southerland, Justin Taylor

Women's Basketball (11) – Brooklynn Butler, Olivia Davis, Alanis Diaz (4.0), Helena Eccel Kuck (4.0), Ryan Franklin, Noelle Mengel (4.0), Madeline O'Berski (4.0), Giorgia Palmieri (4.0), Faith Pickens, Amy Thompson (4.0), Baily Walden

Men's Golf (6) - Mohit Balaji, Kyle Honer, Linus Landahl, Aidan Millham, Louis Galvin, William Webb

Women's Golf (6) - Silvia Barnes, Justine Bayle, Kat Brictson, Maxime Holletschek (4.0), Kelly Shanahan, Ruth Toennessen

Men's Lacrosse (39) - Benjamin Anton, Jake Barber, Harry Boland, Brady Bolton, Eric Burbank, Aaron Cho, Mitchell Cummings, Gavin Dean, Rober Demert, Broden Dold, Noah Driggs, Samuel Forte, Evan Gibbs (4.0), Gordon Gombold, Samuel Gotham, Grant Green, Caden Hayes, Zachary Johnson, Finnian Kelly, Michael Kesselring (4.0), Maxwell Krumme, Brendan Ly, Samuel Millison, Charlie Mock, Peter Morgan, Connor O'Brien, Cashton Papadelis (4.0), Blake Paris (4.0), Maxwell Rader, Dominic Rottura, Charlie Ruoss, Westin Schmidt, Michael Thomas, Ethan Tunucci, Matthew Vara, Charles Villa, Braden Welsh, Kyle White, Brayden Ziegler

Women's Lacrosse (35) - Alexis Abe, Isabella Avila, Taylor Bergey, Sarah Bette, Alexa Borges (4.0), Paige Borkowski, Payton Boteler, Jillian Cobaugh, Danielle Cox, Katherine DeShan (4.0), Mary Hage, Peyton Howell, Alivia Hunsche, Olivia Jacinto, Payton Jeffers, Audrey Kahoun, Grace Lichtenberger, Kailem Mant, Isabel McGarvey, Emerson Mustard, Jenna Myhal (4.0), Sara Novak, Quinn Nutter, Eleanor Palmer, Mary Kate Person, Kaitlin Price, Miranda Ricciardi, Brooke Robinson, Stella Scudillo, Ann Smith (4.0), Madeline Szyluk, Kaylee VanVladricken, Audrey Wisdom, Anna Wolfgang, Kierstyn Zinter

Rowing (17) - Lillian Cavanagh (4.0), Sofia Daddona, Danielle Eaton, Lily Fridl (4.0), Olivia Ice, Christina Kilduff, Jenna Manning (4.0), Piper McDonald, Eve Mundok (4.0), Mya Phares, Paige Rockwood (4.0), Charlotte Scalora, Rowan Shanahan (4.0), Kyleigh Thorne, Mckenzie Walker, Malina Wandtke, Bliss Weiler

Softball (13) - Bella Campbell, Olivia Feldman, Abbey Johns, Kinnah Kreidler, Gwendolen McGinnis, Jenna Neupaver, Makenzie Reynolds, Emma Sic, Koda Travers (4.0), Joey Trawick, Lennox Ullrich, Kelsey Winters, Hannah Yetter

Men's Swimming (19) - Jared Allison, Rufus Bernhardt, Benjamin Castro, Aiden Clements, Diego Dulieu, Hudson Evans, Brady Farren (4.0), Barnabas Fluck, Mathias Holmann (4.0), Julian Ithier, Walker Lanoue, Joshua Noll, Riccardo Pandin, Benjamin Parsons, Oliver Pope, Jaxson Row, River Streefland, Tibor Tistan, Kasparas Venslauskas

Women's Swimming (33) - Lainey Blase, Burlingtyn Bokos, Carolina Byers, Marissa DeMarco, Julia Denes (4.0), Cameron Dukat (4.0), Carolina Foltz, Avery Frece, Sophia Frece, Mary Freiburger, Choli Harper, Katharina Hibbeln, Laura Hodgson, Laney Jones (4.0), Hannah Jowers (4.0), Julia Kiley, Sofia Krstolic, Lindsey Louder, Kimberly McCaffrey, Sidni Meister, Tilde Morin, McKenna Patrick, Brooke Punnewaert, Katelyn Ramsey, Madalee Roberts (4.0), Alicia Soderlind, Sara Teague, Lily Turco, Carlie Tyler, Stephine Vogt, Riley Wagers, Alyssa Webb, Morgan Wimberly

Tennis (7) - Ida Axelsson, Nicole Casas, Alexandra Chebli, Nicole Cierniak, Linn Sundling, Max Lippens, Sophie Wagner

Men's Track (28) - Nolan Bonta (4.0), Samuel Buytaert, Aidan Carroll, William Cerrutti, Antonio Colon, Ayden Estevez, Max Faught, Declan Fiorucci (4.0), Kyle Friend, Trevor Fuller, Cyron Gray, Hunter Hinrichsen, Calvin Jordan, Luke Kain (4.0), Collin Kavulic, Jacob Khashou, Jayden Leonard, Eliezer Nicolas, Revin Olsen, Rory Olsen, Issac Perez, William Poe, Hayden Reich, Luca Rius, Cole Ruby, John Ruggiero, Anthony Russo, Brandon Witherow

Women's Track (22) - Cameron Bates, Kara Bergeron (4.0), Tea Briggs, Campbell Caldwell, Katelin Carter, Molly DeMarzo, Brooke Gable (4.0), Chloe Green (4.0), Elisabeth Irwin, Emily Kriney, Kendra Krueger, Blair Lobdell, Tatum Lunsford, Molly Morris (4.0), Allison Murphy, Bella Noreika, Mary Richmond, Ellie Stabnik, Ava Stout (4.0), Anna Thomas, Madison Tweedie, Alaina Williams