Temple University Athletics
Temple Places 199 Student-Athletes on American Academic Team
7.13.17 | General
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the names of more than 2,400 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, with those names including 199 from Temple University.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American Athletic Conference's member institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American Athletic Conference-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, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the American Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Committee. There are a conference-record 2,417 honorees for the 2016-17 academic year.
Temple Student-Athletes Named to the 2017 American Athletic Conference Academic Team:
Men's Basketball
Daniel Dingle, Educational Leadership, Graduate
Steve Leonard, Media Studies and Production, Senior
Isaiah Lewis, Adult & Organizational Development, Junior
Ayan Nunez De Carvalho, Advertising, Sophomore
Quinton Rose, Criminal Justice, Freshman
Men's Cross Country
Johnathan Condly, Finance, Sophomore
Ben Evans, Mathematics/Computer Science, Sophomore
David Fitzgerald, Political Science, Sophomore
Kevin Lapsansky, Finance, Freshman
Tyji Mays, Media Studies and Production, Sophomore
Donovan Mears, Advertising, Freshman
Shane Ramdeo, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Ben Ryherd, Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore
Zach Seiger, Management Information Systems, Freshman
Marc Steinsberger, Adult & Organizational Development, Graduate
Football
Nick Apostolu, Finance, Junior
Daniel Archibong, Criminal Justice, Freshman
Cole Boozer, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Aaron Boumerhi, Biochemistry, Sophomore
Darian Bryant, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Dion Dawkins, Criminal Justice, Senior
Kevin DeCaesar, Engineering, Sophomore
Dan Drewes, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Marshall Ellick, Communication Studies, Senior
Avery Ellis, Sport Business, Graduate
David Fofi, Finance, Freshman
Jared Folks, Strategic Communication, Junior
Jonny Forrest, Sport & Recreation Management, Freshman
Artrel Foster, Criminal Justice, Senior
Matt Hennessy, Business Management, Freshman
David Hood, Media Studies and Production, Junior
Freddie Johnson, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Leon Johnson, Advertising, Senior
Todd Jones, Adult & Organizational Development, Junior
Keith Kirkwood, Criminal Justice, Senior
Sam Kramer, Business Management, Freshman
Josh Lang, Human Resource Management, Senior
Corey Lerch, Finance, Junior
Brendan McGowan, Innovation Management & Entreprenuership, Graduate
Zach Mesday, Early Childhood Education, Junior
Chris Myarick, Marketing, Junior
Domenic Nigrelli, Finance, Junior
Frank Nutile, Accounting, Senior
Jake O'Donnell, Innovation Management & Entreprenuership, Graduate
Steve Petrick, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Vincent Picozzi, Undeclared-Liberal Arts, Freshman
Haason Reddick, Criminal Justice, Senior
Jeromy Reichner, Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore
Rob Ritrovato, Marketing, Junior
Averee Robinson, Criminal Justice, Senior
Nick Sharga, Kinesiology, Senior
Chris Smith, Business Management, Senior
Alex Starzyk, Criminal Justice, Junior
Gordon Thomas, Criminal Justice, Junior
Chris Tucker, Public Health, Freshman
William Updegrove, Adult & Organizational Development, Junior
Benny Walls, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Golf
John Barone, Accounting, Junior
Mark Farley, Risk Management and Insurance, Junior
Bobby Firth, Accounting, Junior
Phil Held, Undeclared-Business & Management, Freshman
Gary McCabe, Business Management, Sophomore
Evan Notaro, Risk Management and Insurance, Senior
Erik Reisner, Real Estate, Sophomore
Sam Soeth, Sport & Recreation Management, Junior
Aaron Tobin, Sport & Recreation Management, Freshman
Men's Soccer
Trevor Babin, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Chris Brignall, Engineering, Freshman
Alex Cagle, Environmental Science, Senior
Brendon Creed, Civil Engineering, Junior
Hermann Doerner, International Business, Sophomore
Tarek Fayed, Chemistry, Junior
Lukas Fernandes, Kinesiology, Freshman
Tanner Giles-Tucker, Marketing, Senior
Robin Goetz, Management Information Systems, Sophomore
Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Economics, Senior
Mark Grasela, Accounting, Senior
Joonas Jokinen, Sport & Recreation Management, Junior
Kevin Klett, Kinesiology, Senior
Matt Mahoney, Kinesiology, Senior
Albert Moreno, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Carlos Moros Gracia, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Stefan Mueller, Kinesiology, Senior
Nick Patel, Biology, Sophomore
Nick Sarver, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Ramzi Shaheen, Finance, Freshman
Connor Stevenson, Civil Engineering, Freshman
Matt Trepanier, Exercise & Sport Science, Freshman
Dan White, Risk Management and Insurance, Senior
Jordan Wix-Rauch, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Men's Tennis
Eric Biscoveanu, Secondary Education-Social Studies, Freshman
Uladzimir Dorash, Risk Management and Insurance, Sophomore
Steven Hollander, Entreprenuership & Innovation Management, Freshman
Artem Kapshuk, Computer Science, Sophomore
Florian Mayer, International Business, Sophomore
Vineet Naran, Philosophy, Senior
Filip Stipcic, Finance, Senior
Women's Basketball
Alliya Butts, Communication Studies, Junior
Safiya Martin, Therapeutic Recreation, Senior
Takora McIntyre, Journalism, Freshman
Lena Niang, Undeclared-Business & Managemennt, Sophomore
Ruth Sherrill, Sport Business, Graduate
Shantay Taylor, Biology, Freshman
Women's Cross Country
Ashton Dunkley, Anthropology, Sophomore
Millie Howard, Economics, Freshman
Katie Leisher, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Grace Moore, Exercise & Sport Science, Freshman
Emily Nist, Sport Business, Graduate
Caitlin O'Brien, Economics, Sophomore
Katie Pinson, Exercise & Sport Science, Senior
Megan Schneider, Kinesiology, Senior
Women's Rowing
Emma Alford, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Victoria Brooks, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Charlotte Cimino, Film and Media Arts, Freshman
Sierra Derti, Biology, Senior
Sofia Farrell, Marketing, Freshman
Meghan Fowler, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Eliza Frensley, Undeclared-Tyler School of Art, Freshman
Megan Gleason, Strategic Communication, Junior
Kaitlin Grisanti, Kinesiology, Senior
Stephanie Hartman, Chemistry, Freshman
Lauren Hill, Undeclared-Tyler School of Art, Sophomore
Kelsey Holloway, Actuarial Science, Sophomore
Louise Huuki, Biology, Senior
Rachel Kelley, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Emily Kiehn, English, Freshman
Olga Kolodziejska, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Kelly McGee, Kinesiology, Junior
Kerianne McGee, Accounting, Freshman
Emily Mehler, Secondary Education-English Education, Senior/Fifth
Lea Millio, History, Senior
Allie Nussbaum, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Danielle Ober, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Ciara O'Sullivan, Sociology, Junior
Anna Pansky, Exercise & Sport Science, Sophomore
Allie Rainey, Actuarial Science, Sophomore
Jenna Rosado, Sport & Recreation Management, Sophomore
Jennifer Schreiber, Early Childhood Education, Freshman
Julia Schroth, Bioengineering, Junior
Katherine Tambasco, Secondary Education-Social Studies, Freshman
Mariel Tucker, Film and Media Arts, Sophomore
Madison Weis, Psychology, Junior
Women's Soccer
Hannah Alexander, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Morgan Basileo, Engineering, Freshman
Jules Blank, Kinesiology, Freshman
Elaine Byerley, Marketing, Senior
Kayla Cunningham, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Fran Davis, Biology, Freshman
Kelcie Dolan, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Victoria Dutille, Civil Engineering, Junior
Juliet Esposito, Nursing 4 Year, Sophomore
Elana Falcone, Early Childhood Education, Junior
Toni Feite, Kinesiology, Freshman
Cait Jackson, Marketing, Junior
Rachel Kaplan, Finance, Junior
Emily Keitel, Early Childhood Education, Freshman
Taylor Matsinger, Physical Therapy, Graduate
Katie McCoy, Business Management, Sophomore
Kerri McGinley, Accounting, Sophomore
Sarah McGlinn, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Gabriella McKeown, Advertising, Junior
Morgan Morocco, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Cydney Niedermeyer, Kinesiology, Senior
Lacey Powell, Kinesiology, Freshman
Paige Rachel, Marketing, Graduate
Cassy Skelton, Criminal Justice, Freshman
Delia Trimble, Psychology, Junior
KJ Waghorne, Biology, Sophomore
Women's Tennis
Mariana Bedon, Economics, Senior
Cecilia Castelli, Sport & Recreation Management, Freshman
Galina Chernykh, Marketing, Graduate
Anais Nussaume, Entrepreneurship, Senior
Women's Track & Field
Madison Beecher, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Simone Brownlee, Strategic Communication, Senior
Simone Chapman, Environmental Studies, Senior
Kenya Gaston, Psychology, Senior
Attallah Goodman, Public Health, Junior
Keion Greenhow, Social Work - Undergraduate, Freshman
Ebonee Jackson, Pre Business, Freshman
Sydnee Jacques, Psychology, Senior
Crystal Jones, Pre-Health Info Management, Sophomore
Jimmia McCluskey, Therapeutic Recreation, Senior
Cortlyn Raynes, Kinesiology, Junior
Mariah Slade, Media Studies and Production, Freshman
Biona St.Fleur, International Business, Senior
Jazmyne Williams, Strategic Communication, Freshman
Sylvia Wilson, Strategic Communication, Sophomore
Volleyball
Kyra Coundourides, Kinesiology, Junior
Tyler Davis, Finance, Senior
Iva Deak, Economics, Sophomore
Caroline Grattan, Environmental Science, Senior
Carla Guennewig, Marketing, Sophomore
Mia Heirakuji, Marketing, Sophomore
Kirsten Overton, Media Studies and Production, Senior
Dara Peric, Finance, Junior
Izzy Rapacz, Sport & Recreation Management, Junior
Janine Simmons, Political Science, Senior
Hannah Vandegrift, Kinesiology, Junior
Dana Westfield, Secondary Education-Math Education, Sophomore
*Class used on this list is reflective of a student-athlete's academic standing.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American Athletic Conference's member institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American Athletic Conference-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, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the American Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Committee. There are a conference-record 2,417 honorees for the 2016-17 academic year.
Temple Student-Athletes Named to the 2017 American Athletic Conference Academic Team:
Men's Basketball
Daniel Dingle, Educational Leadership, Graduate
Steve Leonard, Media Studies and Production, Senior
Isaiah Lewis, Adult & Organizational Development, Junior
Ayan Nunez De Carvalho, Advertising, Sophomore
Quinton Rose, Criminal Justice, Freshman
Men's Cross Country
Johnathan Condly, Finance, Sophomore
Ben Evans, Mathematics/Computer Science, Sophomore
David Fitzgerald, Political Science, Sophomore
Kevin Lapsansky, Finance, Freshman
Tyji Mays, Media Studies and Production, Sophomore
Donovan Mears, Advertising, Freshman
Shane Ramdeo, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Ben Ryherd, Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore
Zach Seiger, Management Information Systems, Freshman
Marc Steinsberger, Adult & Organizational Development, Graduate
Football
Nick Apostolu, Finance, Junior
Daniel Archibong, Criminal Justice, Freshman
Cole Boozer, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Aaron Boumerhi, Biochemistry, Sophomore
Darian Bryant, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Dion Dawkins, Criminal Justice, Senior
Kevin DeCaesar, Engineering, Sophomore
Dan Drewes, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Marshall Ellick, Communication Studies, Senior
Avery Ellis, Sport Business, Graduate
David Fofi, Finance, Freshman
Jared Folks, Strategic Communication, Junior
Jonny Forrest, Sport & Recreation Management, Freshman
Artrel Foster, Criminal Justice, Senior
Matt Hennessy, Business Management, Freshman
David Hood, Media Studies and Production, Junior
Freddie Johnson, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Leon Johnson, Advertising, Senior
Todd Jones, Adult & Organizational Development, Junior
Keith Kirkwood, Criminal Justice, Senior
Sam Kramer, Business Management, Freshman
Josh Lang, Human Resource Management, Senior
Corey Lerch, Finance, Junior
Brendan McGowan, Innovation Management & Entreprenuership, Graduate
Zach Mesday, Early Childhood Education, Junior
Chris Myarick, Marketing, Junior
Domenic Nigrelli, Finance, Junior
Frank Nutile, Accounting, Senior
Jake O'Donnell, Innovation Management & Entreprenuership, Graduate
Steve Petrick, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Vincent Picozzi, Undeclared-Liberal Arts, Freshman
Haason Reddick, Criminal Justice, Senior
Jeromy Reichner, Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore
Rob Ritrovato, Marketing, Junior
Averee Robinson, Criminal Justice, Senior
Nick Sharga, Kinesiology, Senior
Chris Smith, Business Management, Senior
Alex Starzyk, Criminal Justice, Junior
Gordon Thomas, Criminal Justice, Junior
Chris Tucker, Public Health, Freshman
William Updegrove, Adult & Organizational Development, Junior
Benny Walls, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Golf
John Barone, Accounting, Junior
Mark Farley, Risk Management and Insurance, Junior
Bobby Firth, Accounting, Junior
Phil Held, Undeclared-Business & Management, Freshman
Gary McCabe, Business Management, Sophomore
Evan Notaro, Risk Management and Insurance, Senior
Erik Reisner, Real Estate, Sophomore
Sam Soeth, Sport & Recreation Management, Junior
Aaron Tobin, Sport & Recreation Management, Freshman
Men's Soccer
Trevor Babin, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Chris Brignall, Engineering, Freshman
Alex Cagle, Environmental Science, Senior
Brendon Creed, Civil Engineering, Junior
Hermann Doerner, International Business, Sophomore
Tarek Fayed, Chemistry, Junior
Lukas Fernandes, Kinesiology, Freshman
Tanner Giles-Tucker, Marketing, Senior
Robin Goetz, Management Information Systems, Sophomore
Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Economics, Senior
Mark Grasela, Accounting, Senior
Joonas Jokinen, Sport & Recreation Management, Junior
Kevin Klett, Kinesiology, Senior
Matt Mahoney, Kinesiology, Senior
Albert Moreno, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Carlos Moros Gracia, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Stefan Mueller, Kinesiology, Senior
Nick Patel, Biology, Sophomore
Nick Sarver, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Ramzi Shaheen, Finance, Freshman
Connor Stevenson, Civil Engineering, Freshman
Matt Trepanier, Exercise & Sport Science, Freshman
Dan White, Risk Management and Insurance, Senior
Jordan Wix-Rauch, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Men's Tennis
Eric Biscoveanu, Secondary Education-Social Studies, Freshman
Uladzimir Dorash, Risk Management and Insurance, Sophomore
Steven Hollander, Entreprenuership & Innovation Management, Freshman
Artem Kapshuk, Computer Science, Sophomore
Florian Mayer, International Business, Sophomore
Vineet Naran, Philosophy, Senior
Filip Stipcic, Finance, Senior
Women's Basketball
Alliya Butts, Communication Studies, Junior
Safiya Martin, Therapeutic Recreation, Senior
Takora McIntyre, Journalism, Freshman
Lena Niang, Undeclared-Business & Managemennt, Sophomore
Ruth Sherrill, Sport Business, Graduate
Shantay Taylor, Biology, Freshman
Women's Cross Country
Ashton Dunkley, Anthropology, Sophomore
Millie Howard, Economics, Freshman
Katie Leisher, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Grace Moore, Exercise & Sport Science, Freshman
Emily Nist, Sport Business, Graduate
Caitlin O'Brien, Economics, Sophomore
Katie Pinson, Exercise & Sport Science, Senior
Megan Schneider, Kinesiology, Senior
Women's Rowing
Emma Alford, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Victoria Brooks, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Charlotte Cimino, Film and Media Arts, Freshman
Sierra Derti, Biology, Senior
Sofia Farrell, Marketing, Freshman
Meghan Fowler, Kinesiology, Sophomore
Eliza Frensley, Undeclared-Tyler School of Art, Freshman
Megan Gleason, Strategic Communication, Junior
Kaitlin Grisanti, Kinesiology, Senior
Stephanie Hartman, Chemistry, Freshman
Lauren Hill, Undeclared-Tyler School of Art, Sophomore
Kelsey Holloway, Actuarial Science, Sophomore
Louise Huuki, Biology, Senior
Rachel Kelley, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Emily Kiehn, English, Freshman
Olga Kolodziejska, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Kelly McGee, Kinesiology, Junior
Kerianne McGee, Accounting, Freshman
Emily Mehler, Secondary Education-English Education, Senior/Fifth
Lea Millio, History, Senior
Allie Nussbaum, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Danielle Ober, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Ciara O'Sullivan, Sociology, Junior
Anna Pansky, Exercise & Sport Science, Sophomore
Allie Rainey, Actuarial Science, Sophomore
Jenna Rosado, Sport & Recreation Management, Sophomore
Jennifer Schreiber, Early Childhood Education, Freshman
Julia Schroth, Bioengineering, Junior
Katherine Tambasco, Secondary Education-Social Studies, Freshman
Mariel Tucker, Film and Media Arts, Sophomore
Madison Weis, Psychology, Junior
Women's Soccer
Hannah Alexander, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Morgan Basileo, Engineering, Freshman
Jules Blank, Kinesiology, Freshman
Elaine Byerley, Marketing, Senior
Kayla Cunningham, Adult & Organizational Development, Senior
Fran Davis, Biology, Freshman
Kelcie Dolan, Early Childhood Education, Sophomore
Victoria Dutille, Civil Engineering, Junior
Juliet Esposito, Nursing 4 Year, Sophomore
Elana Falcone, Early Childhood Education, Junior
Toni Feite, Kinesiology, Freshman
Cait Jackson, Marketing, Junior
Rachel Kaplan, Finance, Junior
Emily Keitel, Early Childhood Education, Freshman
Taylor Matsinger, Physical Therapy, Graduate
Katie McCoy, Business Management, Sophomore
Kerri McGinley, Accounting, Sophomore
Sarah McGlinn, Undeclared-Business & Management, Sophomore
Gabriella McKeown, Advertising, Junior
Morgan Morocco, Undeclared-University Studies, Freshman
Cydney Niedermeyer, Kinesiology, Senior
Lacey Powell, Kinesiology, Freshman
Paige Rachel, Marketing, Graduate
Cassy Skelton, Criminal Justice, Freshman
Delia Trimble, Psychology, Junior
KJ Waghorne, Biology, Sophomore
Women's Tennis
Mariana Bedon, Economics, Senior
Cecilia Castelli, Sport & Recreation Management, Freshman
Galina Chernykh, Marketing, Graduate
Anais Nussaume, Entrepreneurship, Senior
Women's Track & Field
Madison Beecher, Undeclared-Health Professions, Freshman
Simone Brownlee, Strategic Communication, Senior
Simone Chapman, Environmental Studies, Senior
Kenya Gaston, Psychology, Senior
Attallah Goodman, Public Health, Junior
Keion Greenhow, Social Work - Undergraduate, Freshman
Ebonee Jackson, Pre Business, Freshman
Sydnee Jacques, Psychology, Senior
Crystal Jones, Pre-Health Info Management, Sophomore
Jimmia McCluskey, Therapeutic Recreation, Senior
Cortlyn Raynes, Kinesiology, Junior
Mariah Slade, Media Studies and Production, Freshman
Biona St.Fleur, International Business, Senior
Jazmyne Williams, Strategic Communication, Freshman
Sylvia Wilson, Strategic Communication, Sophomore
Volleyball
Kyra Coundourides, Kinesiology, Junior
Tyler Davis, Finance, Senior
Iva Deak, Economics, Sophomore
Caroline Grattan, Environmental Science, Senior
Carla Guennewig, Marketing, Sophomore
Mia Heirakuji, Marketing, Sophomore
Kirsten Overton, Media Studies and Production, Senior
Dara Peric, Finance, Junior
Izzy Rapacz, Sport & Recreation Management, Junior
Janine Simmons, Political Science, Senior
Hannah Vandegrift, Kinesiology, Junior
Dana Westfield, Secondary Education-Math Education, Sophomore
*Class used on this list is reflective of a student-athlete's academic standing.
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