University of Houston Athletics
Cougars Post High Marks During 2021-22
7/7/2022 9:59:00 AM | General
American Athletic Conference recognizes 179 student-athletes on All-Academic Team
HOUSTON – A total of 179 University of Houston student-athletes have been named to the 2021-22 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, the latest highlight in another strong calendar year in the classroom, the conference office announced Thursday.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each member institution. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have 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.
Houston Soccer led all programs with 26 honorees followed by Swimming and Diving (24), Baseball (17) and Softball (16). In total, 11 teams registered 3.0 GPAs during the spring and seven recorded a 3.0 GPA during the fall semester.
Cross Country paced the way among all men's sports with a 3.35 GPA during the spring followed by Golf (3.02) and Baseball (2.80). On the women's side, Tennis notched a team-best 3.57 GPA followed by Soccer (3.56) and Swimming and Diving (3.52).
Houston student-athletes were recognized on the Dean's List 194 times during 2021-22 with 14 student-athletes earning a 4.0 GPA during the fall and 22 posting a perfect mark in the spring.
The University of Houston matched a new department benchmark as six sport programs earned perfect 1,000 scores in the 2020-21 Academic Progress Rate report, released by the NCAA in June. Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf and Volleyball each posted perfect scores.
2021-22 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC HONOREES
FOOTBALL (10)
David Anenih
Davis Beal
Deondre Dansby
Jack Freeman
Chinemerem Nnanna
Louis Ogbogu
Peyton Sawyer
DJ Small
Spencer Wells
Dalton Witherspoon
SOCCER (26)
Ava Alaniz
Madison Bowers
Zionah Browne
Kate Burgess
Emma Clarke
Cordelia Cross
Madison Dichiara
Kaylee Dressback
Sydni Dusek
Amanda Farris
Taylor Garza-Freeman
Madison Gear
Salma Ghazal
Mikaela Gracia
Rylie Haussler
Kayla Izaguirre
Nadia Kamassah
Nicole Laz
Caityln Matthews
Anna Reysa
Genaye Sanders
Emma Shields
Janna Singleton
Adeline Tate
Sam Wiehe
Haley Woodward
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (13)
Zosia Bulhak
Daniela Castillo-Sabido
Madeline Castleberry
Hannah Gault
Darby Gauntt
Camille Harris
Eleni Kaiser
Reganc Lobidzinski
Michelle Meyer
Claire Meyer
Sondos Moursy
Erin Rivera
Alisi Talbot
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (9)
Carlos Castillo-Sabido
Thomas Crider
Alan Elbanna
Christian Gilmore
Trey Grant
Tyler Keranen
Brandon Seagreaves
Devin Vallejo-Bannister
Jeremiah Wilson
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (8)
Julia Blackshell-Fair
Laila Blair
Ca'Leyah Burrell
Fatou Diagne
Kamryn Jones
Britney Onyeje
Eryka Sidney
Tiara Young
SWIMMING AND DIVING (24)
Abbie Alvarez
Sophie Anderson
Jolie Blodgett
Alyssa Bloser
Lauren Chaney
Katie Deininger
Shayla Erickson
Hannah Esopenko
Henrietta Fangli
Chase Farris
Josie Graves
Hedda Grelz
Rachel Hicks
Abby Jackson
Mary Catherine Jurica
Julia Koluch
Margot Little
Laura Garcia Marin
Audrey McKinnon
Kathryn Power
Elizabeth Richardson
Makayla Wallar
Jessie Wallin
Emilia Waters
SOFTBALL (16)
Rock Benavides
Mattison Boyd
Kati Ray Brown
Bethany Busch
Amanda Carden
Saleen Flores
Jasmine House
Aspen Howie
Paige Hulsey
Megan Lee
Paige Lott
Leanne Matthews
Baylea Myers
Britaney Shaw
Hannah Todd
Kenna Wilkey
BASEBALL (17)
Zach Arnold
Samuel Benjamin
Kade Brewer
Brandon Burckel
Jason Burger
Joshua Coleman
Jackson Dannelley
Santiago Garcia
Kyle LaCalameto
Alexander Lopez
Cody Morse
Taylor Parrett
Dylan Post
Michael Rhylick
Luke Robertson
Jose Torrealba
Anthony Tulimero
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (10)
Jordan Booker
Triston Gibbons
John Howell
Floyd Iglehart
Caleb Malbrough
Miles Marhofer
Ben Percefull
Antonio Ruiz
Tyler Stafford
Joshua White
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (10)
Priscilla Adejokun
Iman Babineaux
Winter Bogan
Imari Chatman
Ryan Pickering
Hailey Pollard
Melanie Prieto
Cecilia Tamayo-Garza
Naomi Taylor
Alexis Tilford-Rutherford
WOMEN'S GOLF (3)
Anna Economon
Annie Kim
Ariana Saenz
MEN'S GOLF (9)
Andres Aranguren
Alexander Frances
Carson Hunsucker
Laurence Cera
Drew Murdock
Niko Nebout
Julio Rios-Brache
Braxton Watkins
Marcus Wochner
TENNIS (9)
Stephanie Belovukovic
Sophia Chang
Maja Dodik
Maria Dzemeshkevich
Sophie Gerits
Gabriela Giraldo
Azul Pedemonti
Manasi Reddy
Jovana Vukovic
VOLLEYBALL (14)
Bryshanna Brown
Kelsey Childers
Torie Fredrick
Kate Georgiades
Kendall Haywood
Sarah Martinez
Grayson Schirpik
Jillian Thompson
Kennedy Warren
Ryleigh Whitekettle
Grace Wiley
Alexis Cheatum
Bridget Wallenberger
Isabel Theut
MEN'S BASKETBALL (1)
Ryan Elvin
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Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each member institution. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have 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.
Houston Soccer led all programs with 26 honorees followed by Swimming and Diving (24), Baseball (17) and Softball (16). In total, 11 teams registered 3.0 GPAs during the spring and seven recorded a 3.0 GPA during the fall semester.
Cross Country paced the way among all men's sports with a 3.35 GPA during the spring followed by Golf (3.02) and Baseball (2.80). On the women's side, Tennis notched a team-best 3.57 GPA followed by Soccer (3.56) and Swimming and Diving (3.52).
Houston student-athletes were recognized on the Dean's List 194 times during 2021-22 with 14 student-athletes earning a 4.0 GPA during the fall and 22 posting a perfect mark in the spring.
The University of Houston matched a new department benchmark as six sport programs earned perfect 1,000 scores in the 2020-21 Academic Progress Rate report, released by the NCAA in June. Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf and Volleyball each posted perfect scores.
2021-22 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC HONOREES
FOOTBALL (10)
David Anenih
Davis Beal
Deondre Dansby
Jack Freeman
Chinemerem Nnanna
Louis Ogbogu
Peyton Sawyer
DJ Small
Spencer Wells
Dalton Witherspoon
SOCCER (26)
Ava Alaniz
Madison Bowers
Zionah Browne
Kate Burgess
Emma Clarke
Cordelia Cross
Madison Dichiara
Kaylee Dressback
Sydni Dusek
Amanda Farris
Taylor Garza-Freeman
Madison Gear
Salma Ghazal
Mikaela Gracia
Rylie Haussler
Kayla Izaguirre
Nadia Kamassah
Nicole Laz
Caityln Matthews
Anna Reysa
Genaye Sanders
Emma Shields
Janna Singleton
Adeline Tate
Sam Wiehe
Haley Woodward
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (13)
Zosia Bulhak
Daniela Castillo-Sabido
Madeline Castleberry
Hannah Gault
Darby Gauntt
Camille Harris
Eleni Kaiser
Reganc Lobidzinski
Michelle Meyer
Claire Meyer
Sondos Moursy
Erin Rivera
Alisi Talbot
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (9)
Carlos Castillo-Sabido
Thomas Crider
Alan Elbanna
Christian Gilmore
Trey Grant
Tyler Keranen
Brandon Seagreaves
Devin Vallejo-Bannister
Jeremiah Wilson
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (8)
Julia Blackshell-Fair
Laila Blair
Ca'Leyah Burrell
Fatou Diagne
Kamryn Jones
Britney Onyeje
Eryka Sidney
Tiara Young
SWIMMING AND DIVING (24)
Abbie Alvarez
Sophie Anderson
Jolie Blodgett
Alyssa Bloser
Lauren Chaney
Katie Deininger
Shayla Erickson
Hannah Esopenko
Henrietta Fangli
Chase Farris
Josie Graves
Hedda Grelz
Rachel Hicks
Abby Jackson
Mary Catherine Jurica
Julia Koluch
Margot Little
Laura Garcia Marin
Audrey McKinnon
Kathryn Power
Elizabeth Richardson
Makayla Wallar
Jessie Wallin
Emilia Waters
SOFTBALL (16)
Rock Benavides
Mattison Boyd
Kati Ray Brown
Bethany Busch
Amanda Carden
Saleen Flores
Jasmine House
Aspen Howie
Paige Hulsey
Megan Lee
Paige Lott
Leanne Matthews
Baylea Myers
Britaney Shaw
Hannah Todd
Kenna Wilkey
BASEBALL (17)
Zach Arnold
Samuel Benjamin
Kade Brewer
Brandon Burckel
Jason Burger
Joshua Coleman
Jackson Dannelley
Santiago Garcia
Kyle LaCalameto
Alexander Lopez
Cody Morse
Taylor Parrett
Dylan Post
Michael Rhylick
Luke Robertson
Jose Torrealba
Anthony Tulimero
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (10)
Jordan Booker
Triston Gibbons
John Howell
Floyd Iglehart
Caleb Malbrough
Miles Marhofer
Ben Percefull
Antonio Ruiz
Tyler Stafford
Joshua White
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (10)
Priscilla Adejokun
Iman Babineaux
Winter Bogan
Imari Chatman
Ryan Pickering
Hailey Pollard
Melanie Prieto
Cecilia Tamayo-Garza
Naomi Taylor
Alexis Tilford-Rutherford
WOMEN'S GOLF (3)
Anna Economon
Annie Kim
Ariana Saenz
MEN'S GOLF (9)
Andres Aranguren
Alexander Frances
Carson Hunsucker
Laurence Cera
Drew Murdock
Niko Nebout
Julio Rios-Brache
Braxton Watkins
Marcus Wochner
TENNIS (9)
Stephanie Belovukovic
Sophia Chang
Maja Dodik
Maria Dzemeshkevich
Sophie Gerits
Gabriela Giraldo
Azul Pedemonti
Manasi Reddy
Jovana Vukovic
VOLLEYBALL (14)
Bryshanna Brown
Kelsey Childers
Torie Fredrick
Kate Georgiades
Kendall Haywood
Sarah Martinez
Grayson Schirpik
Jillian Thompson
Kennedy Warren
Ryleigh Whitekettle
Grace Wiley
Alexis Cheatum
Bridget Wallenberger
Isabel Theut
MEN'S BASKETBALL (1)
Ryan Elvin
SUPPORT HOUSTON RISE
Join Houston Rise, a $150 million fundraising campaign for Houston Athletics dedicated to championship success in the Big 12 Conference. Every Houston Rise contribution prepares our Cougars to compete and win when we start Big 12 competition in July 2023. Click here to rise and be counted.
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