April 20, 2015 PHOTO GALLERY
CHICAGO -- UIC student-athletes from all 20 teams were honored for their academic achievements by coaches, staff and family Thursday night (April 16) at the annual "Night of Champions" Academic Banquet. The men's tennis team earned the Academic Team of the Year with a 3.55 cumulative grade-point-average.
The men's tennis team was also named the Men's Horizon League Academic Team of the Year. The Flames' women's tennis team was honored as the Women's Horizon League Academic Team of the Year with the squad receiving a cumulative GPA of 3.38.
Male Athlete of the Year ended in a three-way tie between Cody Lee (cross country), Piotr Lagowski (soccer) and Christopher Cole (tennis). The three Flames also won the award last year and own cumulative 4.0 GPA's.
Four female student-athletes shared the title of Female Athlete of the Year: Kayla Stueland (golf), Gabrielle May (gymnastics), Jasmin Carrera (soccer) and Savannah Soppet (softball). Stueland and May also shared the honor last year. All four UIC student-athletes have 4.0 GPA's.
Prestigious scholarship awards were presented to deserving UIC student-athletes, and the student-athlete with the highest GPA on each team. Desirae Ranberg (women's track & field) and Lucas Beltran (men's cross country) were awarded the Thomas Beckham Scholarship; Dana Capocci from softball received the Colvin Communications Scholarship; Marc Brown from the men's basketball team earned the Don Nash Scholarship; Erica Hampton (softball) and Vince Errichiello (men's swimming) shared the Aileen S. Andrew Scholarship; while Ksenia Kopylova (women's swimming) and Rodolfo Zuniga (men's swimming) were presented with the Port Academic Center Scholarship.
2015 Night of Champions Banquet Award Winners
UIC Academic Team of the Year - Men's Tennis
Men's Horizon League Academic Team of the Year - Men's Tennis
Women's Horizon League Academic Team of the Year - Women's Tennis
Horizon League Awards - Women's Basketball, Dana Capocci (softball), Mitch Granger (men's tennis)
Thomas Beckham Scholarship - Desirae Ranberg (women's track & field), Lucas Beltran (men's cross country)
Colvin Communications Scholarship - Dana Capocci (softball)
Don Nash Scholarship - Marc Brown (men's basketball)
Aileen S. Andrew Scholarship - Erica Hampton (softball), Vince Errichiello (men's swimming)
Port Academic Center Scholarship - Ksenia Kopylova (women's swimming), Rodolfo Zuniga (men's swimming)
Female Athlete of the Year (tie) - Kayla Stueland (golf), Gabrielle May (gymnastics), Jasmin Carrera (soccer), Savannah Soppet (softball)
Male Athlete of the Year (tie) - Cody Lee (cross country), Piotr Lagowski (soccer), Christopher Cole (tennis)
Team-by-Team Academic Athletic Honor Roll Award Winners (Fall 2013-Fall 2014)
Baseball
Gabe Dwyer, 3.87 GPA, Accounting
Men's Basketball
Hans-Christian Lauer, 3.93, Management
Women's Basketball
Marissa Grossfeld, 3.82, Accounting
Men's Cross Country
Cody Lee, 4.0, Biochemistry
Women's Cross Country
Tess Ehrhardt, 3.81, Movement Sciences
Women's Golf
Kayla Stueland, 4.0, Communication
Men's Gymnastics
Travis Burke, 3.49, Electrical Engineering
Women's Gymnastics
Gabrielle May, 4.0, English
Men's Soccer
Piotr Lagowski, 4.0, Finance
Women's Soccer
Jasmin Carrera, 4.0, Criminology, Law and Justice
Softball
Savannah Soppet, 4.0, Biological Sciences
Men's Swimming
Mark Ciesielski, 3.85, Biological Sciences
Women's Swimming
Erin Sivak, 3.93, Education
Men's Tennis
Christopher Cole, 4.0, Economics
Women's Tennis
Keti Mebuke, 3.41, Criminology, Law and Justice
Men's Track
Pawel Klimek, 3.54, Electrical Engineering
Women's Track
Desirae Ranberg, 3.35, Education
Volleyball
Nicole Johnson, 3.47, Biochemistry
