St. John's University Athletics
230 St. John’s Student-Athletes Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team
8/3/2020 12:17:00 PM | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball
Red Storm Student-Athletes Honored for Excellence in the Classroom
QUEENS, N.Y. (Aug 3, 2020) – The St. John's Athletic Department placed a program-record 230 student-athletes on the 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Academic Team, it was announced Monday by the league office.
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, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
In total, there were 2,766 BIG EAST All-Academic Team honorees for the 2019-20 academic year with affiliate student-athletes making up 212 of the award winners.
The Red Storm men's lacrosse team led all St. John's sport programs with 35 selections to the conference's all-academic team. St. John's women's track & field/cross country and baseball teams finished close behind, each placing 32 student-athletes on the list. Twenty-six members of the women's soccer team were honored as 24 men's soccer, 20 softball and 15 volleyball student-athletes received the recognition.
The Red Storm men's basketball, women's tennis, men's tennis and men's golf programs each placed nine on the All-Academic Team. Women's golf featured seven student-athletes while women's basketball rounded out the group with four honorees.
Below is a complete list of the student-athletes honored by the conference as broken down by team.
Men's Lacrosse (35)
Brody Agres
Cameron Bieler
Benjamin Bishop
Colin Bosak
Harrison Bowen
Roland Bryan
Francis Cannizzo
Ricardo Carreras
Dante Colaiacovo
Vinh Dawkins
Jonathan Dugenio
Matt Duncan
Patrick Ednie
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Grant Galligan
Connor Kalmus
Tim Kiel
Christopher Lancaster
Clayton Lancaster
John Leffler
Stuart McDonald
William Mahecha
Kyle McBride
Matthew Oehl
Michael Pisanelli
Brian Quick
Christian Rega
Graham Roediger
Eddie Shannon
JT Shoop
Erik Suh
Ruchard Sullivan
Sam Uva
Kyle Wasilewski
Dylan Willis
Baseball (32)
Peter Abinanti
Mike Antico
Brandon Backman
Carson Bartels
Vinny Bianchi
Avery Cook
Dominic Coombe
Brandyn Cruz
Tim Cunningham
Andrew DuPont
Sonny Fauci
Justin Folz
Brian Hendry
Mitchell Henshaw
Marty Higgins
Ryan Hogan
Ryan Horstman
Josh Lajoie
Jake Lazzaro
Ryan Markey
Sean McGeehan
Nick Mondak
Brian Morrell
Geoff Mosseau
Ian Murphy
Paul Orbon
Tommy Papadopoulos
Joe Rodriguez
Ethan Routzahn
Nick Schwartz
Chris Stefl
Colin Wetterau
Men's Basketball (9)
David Caraher
Justin Cole
Rasheem Dunn
Marcellus Earlington
Mustapha Heron
Thomas O'Connell
Jalean Rosemond
Damien Sears
Greg Williams Jr.
Men's Golf (9)
Austin Briggs
Joseph Busiello
Tyler Gerbavsits
Alex Kyriacou
Gerald Mackedon
Ryan Rittberger
Jack Simon
James Smoot
Gage Wolfle
Men's Soccer (24)
Johan Aquilon
Atila Ashrafi
Rafael Bustamante
Matt Chandler
Shawn Coles
Matt Forster
Luka Gavran
Jan Hoffelner
Brandon Knapp
Einar Lye
Mateo Marra
Dimitri Mendrinos
Tani Oluwaseyi
Niko Petridis
Anthony Petrucci
Nuno Reigones
Drew Rosen
Jack Russo
Sanoussi Sangary
Tommy Scalici
Bennett Scheib
Ethan Shaw
David Targett
Men's Tennis (9)
Udayan Bhakar
Ignacio Garcia
Charlie James
Dylan Loru
Igor Maslov
Louis-Nils Michel
Djuro Opacic
Aditya Vashistha
Giuseppe de Camelis
Softball (20)
Natalie Alheidt
Gretchen Bowie
Erin Brown
Jessica Bryant
Peyton Cody
Gabriella Conca
Laura Delgado
Amelia Ditolvo
Mia Faieta
Anna Freveletti
Natalie Giroux
Kayla Kmett
Kaitlyn Lologo
Amy Mallah
Kaitlin Mattera
Elyse Morris
Marissa Rizzi
Angela Saric
Kalei Sorensen
Kamryn Tiumalu
Softball (20)
Natalie Alheidt
Gretchen Bowie
Erin Brown
Jessica Bryant
Peyton Cody
Gabriella Conca
Laura Delgado
Amelia Ditolvo
Mia Faieta
Anna Freveletti
Natalie Giroux
Kayla Kmett
Kaitlyn Lologo
Amy Mallah
Kaitlin Mattera
Elyse Morris
Marissa Rizzi
Angela Saric
Kalei Sorensen
Kamryn Tiumalu
Volleyball (15)
Efrosini Alexakou
Jovana Askovic
Tiziana Baumrukova
Erica Di Maulo
Ariadni Kathariou
Mimi Larry
Jordan McCalla
Klara Mikelova
Maria Angelica Palacios
Rachele Rastelli
Iliana Rodriguez
Amanda Sanabia
Hanna Wagner
Kayley Wood
Sheena Yoshioka
Women's Basketball (4)
Cecilia Holmberg
Qadashah Hoppie
Emma Nolan
Sophia Nolan
Women's Golf (7)
Laia Simone Barro
Jill Beglin
Cloe Clocchiatti
Jessie Kweon
Andrea Sanchez Mejorada Mendoza
Phyllis Shee
Linda Wang
Women's Soccer (26)
Sofia Ambrosio
Isabelle Aviza
Grace Bernardi
Brooke Boyd
Maia Cabrera
Alexis Casella
Vanessa Cole
Alexa Dolgos
Jessica Garziano
Samantha Gordon
Sierra Granata
Addison Hornsey
Zsanett Kajan
Jordan Kamp
Naya Lipkens
Alexandria Madden
Kayla Mesaros
Michelle Money
Shannon Moore
Grace Paradis
Emily Purtell
Meredith Reinhardt
Devon Schiller
Angelina Scoma
Katherine Turner
Ann Wysong
Women's Tennis (9)
Willa Bay Breunich
Najah Dawson
Jenelle Downer
Oceane Garibal
Milka Genkova
Olaya Inclan Solis
Gabriela Tenorio
Camila Ordonez
Kajsa Stegrell
Women's Track & Field/XC (32)
Grace Adolphe
Leah Anderson
Amanda Belgrave
Amarys Berry
Katherine Bessey
Niemah Brown
Brianna Burkley
Eleftheria Christogeorgou
Claire Cushing
NinaD'Amato
Destiny Davis
Antonia Frazier
Jacqueline Gallagher
Therese Gallagher
Stephanie Gerland
Melissa Greaves
Maryn Hess
Gabriella Kelly
Tiffany-Ann Matturro
Nicole McCarthy
Bernadette McGowan
Samantha Morillo
Olivia Pantale
Kayla Parker
Esmeralda Reyes
Onassha Rogers
Avon Samuels
Chantai Smith
Marsella Ventura
Ashley Walsh
Nyela Williams
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, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
In total, there were 2,766 BIG EAST All-Academic Team honorees for the 2019-20 academic year with affiliate student-athletes making up 212 of the award winners.
The Red Storm men's lacrosse team led all St. John's sport programs with 35 selections to the conference's all-academic team. St. John's women's track & field/cross country and baseball teams finished close behind, each placing 32 student-athletes on the list. Twenty-six members of the women's soccer team were honored as 24 men's soccer, 20 softball and 15 volleyball student-athletes received the recognition.
The Red Storm men's basketball, women's tennis, men's tennis and men's golf programs each placed nine on the All-Academic Team. Women's golf featured seven student-athletes while women's basketball rounded out the group with four honorees.
Below is a complete list of the student-athletes honored by the conference as broken down by team.
Men's Lacrosse (35)
Brody Agres
Cameron Bieler
Benjamin Bishop
Colin Bosak
Harrison Bowen
Roland Bryan
Francis Cannizzo
Ricardo Carreras
Dante Colaiacovo
Vinh Dawkins
Jonathan Dugenio
Matt Duncan
Patrick Ednie
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Grant Galligan
Connor Kalmus
Tim Kiel
Christopher Lancaster
Clayton Lancaster
John Leffler
Stuart McDonald
William Mahecha
Kyle McBride
Matthew Oehl
Michael Pisanelli
Brian Quick
Christian Rega
Graham Roediger
Eddie Shannon
JT Shoop
Erik Suh
Ruchard Sullivan
Sam Uva
Kyle Wasilewski
Dylan Willis
Baseball (32)
Peter Abinanti
Mike Antico
Brandon Backman
Carson Bartels
Vinny Bianchi
Avery Cook
Dominic Coombe
Brandyn Cruz
Tim Cunningham
Andrew DuPont
Sonny Fauci
Justin Folz
Brian Hendry
Mitchell Henshaw
Marty Higgins
Ryan Hogan
Ryan Horstman
Josh Lajoie
Jake Lazzaro
Ryan Markey
Sean McGeehan
Nick Mondak
Brian Morrell
Geoff Mosseau
Ian Murphy
Paul Orbon
Tommy Papadopoulos
Joe Rodriguez
Ethan Routzahn
Nick Schwartz
Chris Stefl
Colin Wetterau
Men's Basketball (9)
David Caraher
Justin Cole
Rasheem Dunn
Marcellus Earlington
Mustapha Heron
Thomas O'Connell
Jalean Rosemond
Damien Sears
Greg Williams Jr.
Men's Golf (9)
Austin Briggs
Joseph Busiello
Tyler Gerbavsits
Alex Kyriacou
Gerald Mackedon
Ryan Rittberger
Jack Simon
James Smoot
Gage Wolfle
Men's Soccer (24)
Johan Aquilon
Atila Ashrafi
Rafael Bustamante
Matt Chandler
Shawn Coles
Matt Forster
Luka Gavran
Jan Hoffelner
Brandon Knapp
Einar Lye
Mateo Marra
Dimitri Mendrinos
Tani Oluwaseyi
Niko Petridis
Anthony Petrucci
Nuno Reigones
Drew Rosen
Jack Russo
Sanoussi Sangary
Tommy Scalici
Bennett Scheib
Ethan Shaw
David Targett
Men's Tennis (9)
Udayan Bhakar
Ignacio Garcia
Charlie James
Dylan Loru
Igor Maslov
Louis-Nils Michel
Djuro Opacic
Aditya Vashistha
Giuseppe de Camelis
Softball (20)
Natalie Alheidt
Gretchen Bowie
Erin Brown
Jessica Bryant
Peyton Cody
Gabriella Conca
Laura Delgado
Amelia Ditolvo
Mia Faieta
Anna Freveletti
Natalie Giroux
Kayla Kmett
Kaitlyn Lologo
Amy Mallah
Kaitlin Mattera
Elyse Morris
Marissa Rizzi
Angela Saric
Kalei Sorensen
Kamryn Tiumalu
Softball (20)
Natalie Alheidt
Gretchen Bowie
Erin Brown
Jessica Bryant
Peyton Cody
Gabriella Conca
Laura Delgado
Amelia Ditolvo
Mia Faieta
Anna Freveletti
Natalie Giroux
Kayla Kmett
Kaitlyn Lologo
Amy Mallah
Kaitlin Mattera
Elyse Morris
Marissa Rizzi
Angela Saric
Kalei Sorensen
Kamryn Tiumalu
Volleyball (15)
Efrosini Alexakou
Jovana Askovic
Tiziana Baumrukova
Erica Di Maulo
Ariadni Kathariou
Mimi Larry
Jordan McCalla
Klara Mikelova
Maria Angelica Palacios
Rachele Rastelli
Iliana Rodriguez
Amanda Sanabia
Hanna Wagner
Kayley Wood
Sheena Yoshioka
Women's Basketball (4)
Cecilia Holmberg
Qadashah Hoppie
Emma Nolan
Sophia Nolan
Women's Golf (7)
Laia Simone Barro
Jill Beglin
Cloe Clocchiatti
Jessie Kweon
Andrea Sanchez Mejorada Mendoza
Phyllis Shee
Linda Wang
Women's Soccer (26)
Sofia Ambrosio
Isabelle Aviza
Grace Bernardi
Brooke Boyd
Maia Cabrera
Alexis Casella
Vanessa Cole
Alexa Dolgos
Jessica Garziano
Samantha Gordon
Sierra Granata
Addison Hornsey
Zsanett Kajan
Jordan Kamp
Naya Lipkens
Alexandria Madden
Kayla Mesaros
Michelle Money
Shannon Moore
Grace Paradis
Emily Purtell
Meredith Reinhardt
Devon Schiller
Angelina Scoma
Katherine Turner
Ann Wysong
Women's Tennis (9)
Willa Bay Breunich
Najah Dawson
Jenelle Downer
Oceane Garibal
Milka Genkova
Olaya Inclan Solis
Gabriela Tenorio
Camila Ordonez
Kajsa Stegrell
Women's Track & Field/XC (32)
Grace Adolphe
Leah Anderson
Amanda Belgrave
Amarys Berry
Katherine Bessey
Niemah Brown
Brianna Burkley
Eleftheria Christogeorgou
Claire Cushing
NinaD'Amato
Destiny Davis
Antonia Frazier
Jacqueline Gallagher
Therese Gallagher
Stephanie Gerland
Melissa Greaves
Maryn Hess
Gabriella Kelly
Tiffany-Ann Matturro
Nicole McCarthy
Bernadette McGowan
Samantha Morillo
Olivia Pantale
Kayla Parker
Esmeralda Reyes
Onassha Rogers
Avon Samuels
Chantai Smith
Marsella Ventura
Ashley Walsh
Nyela Williams
Players Mentioned
OF
/ Baseball
/ Women's Track and Field
GK
/ Men's Lacrosse
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
C/UTIL
/ Softball
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
OF
/ Baseball
Defender
/ Men's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
RS/OH
/ Women's Volleyball
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
RHP
/ Baseball
INF
/ Baseball
S
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Track and Field
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Men's Tennis
INF/P
/ Baseball
GK
/ Men's Lacrosse
DEF
/ Men's Lacrosse
F/O
/ Men's Lacrosse
DEF
/ Men's Lacrosse
UTIL
/ Softball
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
/ Men's Golf
P
/ Softball
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Men's Golf
Defender
/ Men's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
DEF
/ Men's Lacrosse
Guard/Forward
/ Men's Basketball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Women's Golf
C/UTIL
/ Softball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
OF
/ Softball
RHP/1B
/ Baseball
RHP
/ Baseball
LHP
/ Baseball
RHP
/ Baseball
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Women's Track and Field
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
/ Women's Tennis
UTIL
/ Softball
S
/ Women's Volleyball
IF
/ Softball
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
F/O
/ Men's Lacrosse
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
OF
/ Baseball
Forward
/ Men's Basketball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
P
/ Softball
RHP
/ Baseball
F/O
/ Men's Lacrosse
INF
/ Baseball
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
OF
/ Softball
/ Women's Track and Field
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
/ Men's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Goalkeeper
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
/ Men's Golf
/ Women's Track and Field
UTIL
/ Softball
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
RHP
/ Baseball
C
/ Baseball
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
INF
/ Baseball
GK
/ Men's Soccer
C
/ Baseball
Forward
/ Women's Basketball
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
M/A
/ Men's Lacrosse
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Track and Field
P/UTIL
/ Softball
Midfielder/Defender
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Golf
/ Men's Golf
RHP
/ Baseball
DEF
/ Men's Lacrosse
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
DS
/ Women's Volleyball
IF
/ Baseball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
UTIL
/ Softball
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Golf
UTIL
/ Softball
OF/2B
/ Baseball
Forward
/ Men's Soccer
/ Men's Tennis
1B/C
/ Softball
/ Women's Track and Field
DEF
/ Men's Lacrosse
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Track and Field
OF
/ Baseball
/ Women's Track and Field
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
LHP
/ Baseball
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
RHP/OF
/ Baseball
OF
/ Softball
LHP
/ Baseball
RHP
/ Baseball
Forward
/ Women's Basketball
Forward
/ Women's Basketball
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
Forward/Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
/ Men's Tennis
OF
/ Baseball
/ Women's Tennis
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Track and Field
INF
/ Baseball
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
GK
/ Men's Soccer
LMID
/ Men's Lacrosse
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
GK
/ Men's Lacrosse
RS
/ Women's Volleyball
ATT
/ Men's Lacrosse
Defender
/ Men's Soccer
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Men's Golf
UTIL/P
/ Softball
L/DS
/ Women's Volleyball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
/ Women's Track and Field
Forward
/ Men's Soccer
RHP
/ Baseball
Defender/Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
L/DS
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Golf
Defender
/ Men's Soccer
P
/ Softball
Forward
/ Men's Soccer
GK
/ Men's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
C
/ Baseball
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
/ Men's Basketball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
/ Men's Golf
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Men's Golf
OF
/ Softball
1B/P
/ Baseball
/ Women's Tennis
Midfielder
/ Men's Soccer
/ Women's Tennis
IF
/ Softball
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
/ Men's Tennis
/ Women's Track and Field
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
/ Women's Golf
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
C
/ Baseball
/ Women's Track and Field
Guard
/ Men's Basketball
MID
/ Men's Lacrosse
/ Men's Golf
MB/RS
/ Women's Volleyball
L/DS
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