All-Time Best 76 Flames Named to 2015 HL Fall Honor Roll

Men's cross country/ track & field led UIC with 11 honorees

INDIANAPOLIS - Seventy-six UIC student-athletes across 17 sports have been named to the 2015 Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll as announced on Friday by the conference office. The 76 honorees represents an all-time best for UIC.

Men's cross country/ track and field led the Flames with 11 honorees, followed by women's soccer with nine. Baseball and softball each had eight representatives, while men's soccer and women's swimming & diving each earned seven.

Six members from both the men's swimming & diving and women's cross counry/ track & field teams were honored. Both the men's and women's tennis teams had four honorees, as the women's basketball team earned three. Volleyball received two honorees and Shannon Menard represented UIC women's golf.

Among the 76 student-athletes, Alex Bashqawi, Olivia Everin, Haley Kittle, Taylor Cairns, Savannah Soppet, Piotr Lagowski, Max Cederkall, Christopher Cole and Tracy Friel all maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA.

As a whole, the Horizon League honored 948 student-athletes, with women's soccer earning the most honorees for the second consecutive semester with 127. Women's track & field earned the second-most with 115, followed by men's track & field with 90.

Candidates for the Honor Roll must meet three criteria in order to qualify: 1) participation in at least one of the League's 19 sports during the most recent (or current) season; 2) completion of three semesters (or four quarters, where applicable) as a full-time student at the same member institution; and 3) a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale).

UIC's 2015 Fall Horizon League Academic Honor Roll Representatives
Men's Cross Country/ Track & Field (11)
Alex Bailey, Jr. 3.28 Exercise Science/Health Promotion
Alex Bashqawi, So. 4.00 Mechanical Engineering
Lucas Beltran, Sr. 3.85 Kinesiology
Matt Grider, So. 3.20 Computer Science
Kyle Hauser, Jr. 3.58 Neuroscience
Zade Kurdieh, So. 3.53 Undecided
Maciej Markiewicz, So. 3.43 Undecided
Christian Saporiti, Jr. 3.63 Management
Luke Taccola, So. 3.33 Kinesiology
Raymond Tolentino, Jr. 3.35 Finance
Shaun Wollenweber, So. 3.25 Mechanical Engineering

Women's Soccer (9)
Jasmin Carrera, Jr. 3.96 Criminology, Law & Justice
Annie DiCanio, So. 3.63 Undecided
Olivia Everin, So. 4.00 Biological Sciences
Haley Kittle, So. 4.00 Biochemistry
Cecilia Magos, Jr. 3.22 Biological Sciences
Jennifer Novak, So. 3.58 Chemistry
Madison Pollard, So. 3.72 Kinesiology
Paige Proctor, So. 3.60 Undecided
Rachel Zobott, So. 3.38 Management

Baseball (8)
Rob Calabrese, So. 3.34 Finance
Gabe Dwyer, R-So.3.89 Accounting
Trevor Lane, Sr. 3.23 Criminology, Law & Justice
Ian Lewandowski, Sr. 3.43 Teaching of Mathematics
Tyler Murphy, R-So.3.70 Finance
Ricardo Ramirez, Jr. 3.46 Finance
Connor Ryan, Jr. 3.41 Mathematics
Mitchell Schulewitz, Jr. 3.39 Communication

Softball (8)
Bridget Boyle, Sr. 3.78 Accounting
Taylor Cairns, So. 4.00 Biological Sciences
Dana Capocci, Sr. 3.40 Communication
Alice Fitzpatrick, RS-Jr. 3.28 Communication
Elaine Heflin, Jr. 3.47 Criminology, Law & Justice
Tiana Mack-Miller, So. 3.72 Biological Sciences
Savannah Soppet, Jr. 4.00 Kinesiology
Laura Swan, Sr. 3.80 Kinesiology

Men's Soccer (7)
Elias El Metennani, So. 3.23 Mechanical Engineering
Kyle Hamann, Jr. 3.37 Biological Sciences
Goran Ikic, R-Sr. 3.58 Communication
Piotr Lagowski, R-Sr. 4.00 Finance
Joel Leon, R-So. 3.23 Criminology, Law & Justice
Sasha Simon, R-So. 3.57 Civil Engineering
Thomas Villamil, R-Sr.3.36 Urban Education

Women's Swimming & Diving (7)
Claire Haggerty, Jr. 3.35 Psychology
Katherine Hare, Sr. 3.29 Psychology
Katy Knight, So. 3.29 Undecided
Marisa Savegnago, So. 3.53 Industrial Design
Erin Sivak, Jr. 3.96 Urban Education
Danel Voorhees, Sr. 3.69 Kinesiology
Hannah Zimmer, So. 3.88 Kinesiology

Men's Swimming & Diving (6)
Nathan Bosse, So. 3.89 Biological Sciences
Mark Ciesielski, Sr. 3.84 Biological Sciences
Christian Grobe, Sr. 3.41 Kinesiology
Dimitar Kirilov, So. 3.32 Mechanical Engineering
Nicholas Kowaleski, Jr. 3.60 Chemical Engineering
Ryota Kuwahara, Sr. 3.23 Biological Sciences

Women's Cross Country/ Track & Field (6)
Lizzie Deutsch, Jr. 3.80 Psychology
Michelle Laygo, So. 3.21 Undecided
Lauren Lindholm, Sr. 3.34 Kinesiology
Emma Preston, Sr. 3.66 Electrical Engineering
Desirae Ranberg, Sr. 3.21 Urban Education
Brittany Schwarz, Jr. 3.42 Criminology, Law & Justice

Men's Tennis (4)
Max Cederkall, Sr. 4.00 Marketing
Christopher Cole, Sr. 4.00 Economics
Mitch Granger, R-Sr. 3.37 Communication
Carl Hedstrom, Jr. 3.78 Finance

Women's Tennis (4)
Ann-Sophie Hahn, Sr. 3.31 Finance
Melika LeBlanc, So. 3.83 Entrepreneurship
Oana Manole, Jr. 3.58 Biological Sciences
Bianca Zuzu, So. 3.38 Undecided

Women's Basketball (3)
Marissa Grossfeld, R-Jr. 3.80 Accounting
Manuella Kanmegni, Sr. 3.32 Accounting
Cate Soane, R-So.3.23 Psychology

Volleyball (2)
Tracy Friel, R-Sr.4.00 Instructional Leadership
Nicole Johnson, R-So.3.24 Biochemistry

Women's Golf (1)
Shannon Menard, Jr. 3.85 Psychology