By: Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications
AUGUSTA, Ga. | Georgia College & State University had 152 student-athletes named to the 2024-25 Peach Belt Conference's Presidential Honor Roll presented by Barnes & Noble College.??
The PBC announced that 1,742 student-athletes were named to the Presidential Honor Roll and gives the Peach Belt 1,500 or more honorees for the fifth year in a row and the 15th consecutive year over 1,000. Each student-athlete will receive a certificate from the conference office.
The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes all student-athletes at the 10 PBC core and eight associate member institutions in the league's 18 NCAA championship sports who had a grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the academic year. The honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA from 3.0 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49, Silver Scholars are 3.50 to 3.74 and Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00. GCSU had 59 student-athletes named as Gold Scholars to go along with the 39 Silver Scholars, 29 Bronze Scholars and 25 Presidential Scholars.Â
The women's soccer team led the way for the Bobcats with 29 student-athletes being named to the honor roll, edging out softball with 24 and baseball with 21. Women's cross country had 14 named to the Presidential Honor Roll with women's volleyball (13), women's basketball (13), and men's basketball (10) right behind. Women's tennis had eight named to the honor roll, while men's tennis and men's golf added seven more. Men's cross country finished with six.Â
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Below are the members of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll from GCSU:
Gold Scholars:Â Anna Agi (women's cross country),
Emily Agi (women's soccer),Â
Kaitlyn Anders (softball),Â
Carter Barnes (baseball),Â
Lexi Baum (women's volleyball),Â
Haven Bejnerowicz (women's cross country),Â
Reid Bissell (men's tennis),Â
Rachel Black (women's tennis),Â
Chase Blanton (men's golf),Â
Natalia Bolden (women's basketball),Â
Abbie Brown (women's cross country),Â
Hannah Cail (women's basketball),Â
Divina Checo (softball),Â
Mackenzly Cheely (women's soccer),Â
Shradha Chhabra (women's tennis)
J.D. Coleman (baseball),Â
Stephanie Condland (softball),Â
Chandler Davis (women's basketball),Â
Maddie Drake (women's soccer),Â
Aralyn Everett (women's soccer),Â
Natalie Eydam (women's soccer),Â
Ellie Fuller (women's soccer), Eva Garbadian (women's basketball),Â
Mackenzie Geddings (softball),Â
Arin Goriscak (women's soccer),Â
Karlie Gutierrez (softball),Â
Emily Hobbs (softball),Â
Emily Hutcheson (softball),Â
Eva Jeswald (women's cross country),Â
Bridget Johnson (women's soccer),Â
Emma Jow (women's cross country),Â
Kimber Kent (softball),Â
Sarah King (women's soccer),Â
Natalie Kirka (women's tennis),Â
Aidan Kudlas (men's basketball),Â
Sydney Lancaster (softball),Â
Skylar Lee (softball),Â
Oscar Lynch (men's basketball),Â
Chase Martin (men's tennis),Â
Sarah Mason (women's soccer),Â
Tams Mullins (baseball),Â
Jillian Muncus (women's cross country),Â
Grace Phillips (women's soccer),Â
Hunter Phillips (men's golf),Â
Brooke Roberts (women's volleyball),Â
Taylor Salvaggio (women's soccer),Â
Chiara Santoro (women's tennis),Â
Andy Scott (men's golf),Â
Gavyn Seitz (baseball),Â
Maddie Reese Smith (women's cross country),Â
Emma Sundermeyer (softball), Lily Swanson (women's volleyball),Â
Bailey Vick (women's basketball),Â
Jaycob Wagner (men's cross country),Â
Jada Warren (women's basketball),Â
Nya Warren (women's volleyball),Â
Bradley Wilson (baseball),Â
Emily Wright (women's cross country),Â
Amelia Wylly (women's basketball).
Silver Scholars: Laura Almagro (women's tennis),Â
Ali Amrozowicz (women's soccer),
Morgan Amrozowicz (women's soccer),Â
Landon Armstrong (baseball),Â
Riley Barsby (softball),Â
Finley Burns (women's volleyball),Â
Camryn Carlton (women's volleyball),Â
Sydney Charles (women's soccer),
Gabe Cizek (men's tennis),Â
Victoria Conde Vendrell (women's tennis),Â
Blane Davis (men's golf),Â
Christian Donaldson (baseball),Â
Lauren Dozier (women's soccer),Â
Carter Drake (women's soccer),Â
Mason Etter (men's basketball),Â
Alexis Figures (women's basketball),Â
Kassidy Fortin (women's soccer),Â
Deshona Gaither (women's basketball),Â
Reed Glaser (men's cross country),Â
Ella Hayes (women's soccer),Â
Riese Johnson (women's volleyball),Â
Eliza Kuhne (softball),
Holden LaCour (baseball),Â
Anna Lavoie (women's cross country),Â
Chloe Markey (women's soccer),Â
Lily Markey (women's soccer),Â
Devin McClain (men's basketball), Emersyn Mullvain (women's volleyball),Â
Sadie Parkerson (women's volleyball),Â
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo (men's tennis),Â
Ty Petrovich (baseball),Â
Caroline Pollock (softball),
Lauren Rule (softball),Â
Savannah Sause (women's soccer),Â
Sara Schultz (women's soccer),Â
Jacy Singleton (softball),Â
Campbell Smith (women's cross country),Â
Shipley Smith (men's cross country),Â
Noé Villen (men's tennis).
Bronze Scholars:Â Tessa Balsman (women's soccer),Â
Charlie Banks (baseball),Â
Alanis Bernis (women's volleyball),Â
Rand Bestermann (baseball),Â
Addison Black (softball),Â
Tiffany Caban (softball),Â
Lorena Cazora (women's cross country),Â
Sarah Charney (women's soccer),Â
Ian Davis (men's basketball),Â
Adriana Duque (women's soccer),Â
Lauren Hailey (women's cross country),Â
Ben Hamacher (baseball),Â
Camryn James (women's basketball),Â
Lex Kenny (baseball),Â
TJ Kloiber (baseball),Â
Jake Mooney (men's basketball),Â
Nylah Nuri (women's basketball),Â
Miracle Parker (women's basketball),Â
Aiden Payne (baseball), Harley Peyton (men's cross country),Â
John Raines (baseball),Â
Brendan Rigsbee (men's basketball),Â
Logan Seigle (softball),Â
Anna Claire Smith (women's soccer),Â
Conyer Smith (men's basketball),Â
Jacob Speece (men's golf),Â
Kacie Wiggins (softball),Â
Elora Wilmot (softball),Â
Jada Young (women's tennis).
Presidential Scholars:Â
Keagan Baxter (baseball),Â
James Beaver (baseball),Â
Browning Benton (men's golf),Â
Gabe Bolden (men's basketball),Â
Mason Brown (baseball),Â
Reina Checo (softball),Â
Alisa Chiang (women's tennis),Â
Evie DePetro (women's basketball),Â
Rosa Fisher (women's volleyball),Â
Madeline Gilmartin (women's volleyball),Â
Luke Krawczyk (men's basketball),Â
Nour Nazim (men's cross country),Â
Mia Palumbo (women's soccer),Â
Kate Phillips (women's soccer),Â
Brendan Rice (men's cross country),Â
Matthew Rogers (men's golf),Â
Luka Sauer Jimenez (men's basketball), Hayley Shephard (women's volleyball),Â
Braeden Smith (baseball),Â
Lauren Thisdale (women's cross country),Â
Maddie Todd (softball),Â
Jada Warren (women's cross country),Â
Samantha Wilson (softball),Â
Braxton Wright (men's tennis),Â
Gabe Wuerth (baseball).
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Owning the top Academic Success Rate among all public colleges and universities in Division II for four consecutive academic years, the Georgia College Department of Athletics sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. GCSU Athletics has won five consecutive Presidents' Awards for Academic Excellence, and are two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup and four-time winners of the PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' continued appearances in postseason competition as well as high-level academic success and community-service involvement. Bobcat Athletics embodies the mantra of "Graduating Champions for Life." Sign up at @GCSUBobcats on all social media outlets for up-to-the-minute reports or subscribe to the GSCU Athletics e-newsletter to receive the latest news, schedule updates and to interact with GCSU Athletics.Â