University of Delaware Athletics
University of Delaware Student-Athletes Complete Record-Breaking Fall Semester in the Classroom
1/25/2017 11:20:00 AM | Delaware Athletics
Tim Morrissey, now in his 24th year leading the unit. “I think it really speaks to the quality of our coaches, academic support staff, and primarily our student-athletes who put in all of the hard work to earn these grades. It's always wonderful to see when our achievements mirror the values of the Athletic department and the University of Delaware as a whole.”
A total of 242 student-athletes, roughly 43 percent of the Delaware's total, earned Dean's List honors, breaking the previous record of 209 set during the spring semester in 2016. An impressive 30 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall semester while 174 surpassed the 3.5 mark and 317 - more than half of the school's student-athletes - recorded a 3.0 mark.
From a percentage standpoint, men's soccer led the way with 71 percent of its team members earning Dean's List honors followed by women's soccer (70 percent), women's golf (70 percent), women's lacrosse (69 percent), and women's cross country (68 percent).
Among the individual highlights from the fall included all-region men's soccer standout Ben Sampson, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, earning the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) national Academic All-American of the Year honors - the highest academic award possible within the sport - as well as being named CAA Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year; field hockey All-American Esmée Peet, an operations management major, being named CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for field hockey; and football standouts Jalen Randolph and Ryan Torzsa each being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team with Randolph earning the honor for the third straight year. Randolph is enrolled in the MBA master's program while Torzsa is a finance major.
In addition, women's tennis player Denny LaMachia graduated in three years and recorded a 4.000 GPA in the Master's of Finance program this past fall; tennis teammate Amanda Studnicki had a 4.000 GPA as a biomedical engineering major; and rower Kaitlyn Thomesen graduated in 3.5 years with a quantitative biology degree and posted a 3.903 GPA this past fall in the MBA program.
Also of note was that 96 student-athletes competing for fall teams other than football were nominated for the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (3.2+ GPA either for the semester or as a cumulative total), an increase of 17 from the 2015 fall semester. Football, whose players earn CAA Academic All-Conference honors, had 41 student-athletes nominated for the award, breaking the school record for the third straight year.
MEDIA INFORMATION: Contact Scott Selheimer | selheime@udel.edu | Office: 302-831-8007 | Cell: 302-562-5129
A total of 242 student-athletes, roughly 43 percent of the Delaware's total, earned Dean's List honors, breaking the previous record of 209 set during the spring semester in 2016. An impressive 30 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall semester while 174 surpassed the 3.5 mark and 317 - more than half of the school's student-athletes - recorded a 3.0 mark.
From a percentage standpoint, men's soccer led the way with 71 percent of its team members earning Dean's List honors followed by women's soccer (70 percent), women's golf (70 percent), women's lacrosse (69 percent), and women's cross country (68 percent).
Among the individual highlights from the fall included all-region men's soccer standout Ben Sampson, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, earning the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) national Academic All-American of the Year honors - the highest academic award possible within the sport - as well as being named CAA Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year; field hockey All-American Esmée Peet, an operations management major, being named CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for field hockey; and football standouts Jalen Randolph and Ryan Torzsa each being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team with Randolph earning the honor for the third straight year. Randolph is enrolled in the MBA master's program while Torzsa is a finance major.
In addition, women's tennis player Denny LaMachia graduated in three years and recorded a 4.000 GPA in the Master's of Finance program this past fall; tennis teammate Amanda Studnicki had a 4.000 GPA as a biomedical engineering major; and rower Kaitlyn Thomesen graduated in 3.5 years with a quantitative biology degree and posted a 3.903 GPA this past fall in the MBA program.
Also of note was that 96 student-athletes competing for fall teams other than football were nominated for the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (3.2+ GPA either for the semester or as a cumulative total), an increase of 17 from the 2015 fall semester. Football, whose players earn CAA Academic All-Conference honors, had 41 student-athletes nominated for the award, breaking the school record for the third straight year.
MEDIA INFORMATION: Contact Scott Selheimer | selheime@udel.edu | Office: 302-831-8007 | Cell: 302-562-5129
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