Gardner-Webb Lands 339 Student-Athletes to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
July 31, 2023 | Baseball, Cross Country, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Softball, Swimming, Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Women's Soccer
43 student-athletes earn Commissioner's Award
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Gardner-Webb placed 339 student-athletes to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll, announced on Monday, July 31.
To be named to the Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently completed academic year. GWU had the fourth-highest percentage of eligible student-athletes named to the Honor Roll, with 76.87 percent (339-of-441) student-athletes earning the accolades. The Runnin' Bulldogs led the conference with its 339 student-athletes earning the award, as the closest school to Gardner-Webb was Campbell with 265 student-athletes being named to the list.
Wrestling is not eligible for the list, as they compete in the SoCon, but nine GWU wrestlers earned SoCon Honor Roll honors last month.
In addition, 43 total student-athletes earned the Big South Conference Commissioner's Award distinction in 2022-23 for having a 4.0 GPA. The conference saw 647 total Gold Award scholars (3.75-3.99), while another 587 received Silver Award (3.50-3.74) accolades in 2022-23 for a combined total of 1,481 student-athletes with at least a 3.50 GPA last year -- 63.18 percent of all Presidential Honor Roll members at or above that threshold.
Standouts for Gardner-Webb include Lucas Stieber being the only men's basketball player in the entire conference to earn the Big South Commissioner's Award, and men's tennis player Victor Putter, who was named the Big South Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year. Women's swimming led the Runnin' Bulldogs with nine student-athletes earning the Commissioner's Award.
The 339 total Gardner-Webb student athletes on the list is a massive jump from the 2021-22 school year, where 67.84 percent of all Gardner-Webb student-athletes landed on the Presidential Honor Roll, with just 23 earning the Commissioner's Award distinction.
This past season, 2,344 out of 3,443 eligible Big South student-athletes achieved the benchmark for Presidential Honor Roll, a league-record 68.08 percent.
The Gardner-Webb Big South Commissioner Award winners are listed below, while the entire Big South Presidential Honor Roll winners are listed here.
Commissioner's Award Winners (4.0 GPA)
Michael Portela, Baseball
Curtis Robison, Baseball
Grant Vera, Baseball
Lucas Stieber, Men's Basketball
Grace Knutsen, Women's Basketball
Eli Brooks, Football
Evan Hoskyns, Football
Linnea Hofgren, Women's Golf
Gillian O'Brien, Women's Golf
Emma Duchscherer, Women's Lacrosse
Victoria Fischetti, Women's Lacrosse
Reese Jones, Women's Lacrosse
Sarah Lynn, Women's Lacrosse
Kyla Pascucci, Women's Lacrosse
Jada Preston, Women's Lacrosse
Avery Hogan, Men's Soccer
Braeden Pratt, Men's Soccer
Owen Zaldivar, Men's Soccer
Rebecka Fredrik Hemlin, Women's Soccer
Christabel Thompson, Women's Soccer
Kasey Fava, Softball
Abbey Goodrum, Softball
Meredith Wayland, Softball
Victor Putter, Men's Tennis
Emilia Roslund, Women's Tennis
Joseph Waller, Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Khalilah Conway, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Isabella Drewek, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Tori Weatherley, Volleyball
Justin Bender, Men's Swimming
Landon Clark, Men's Swimming
Garrett Despres, Men's Swimming
Theodore Drescher, Men's Swimming
James Wyatt, Men's Swimming
Alyssa Church, Women's Swimming
Ellisa Eckert, Women's Swimming
Anna Frye, Women's Swimming
Alexandra Haasser, Women's Swimming
Andrea Hunt, Women's Swimming
Sara Jann, Women's Swimming
Jasmine Kremer, Women's Swimming
Hailey Williams, Women's Swimming
Alaina Yeater, Women's Swimming
To be named to the Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently completed academic year. GWU had the fourth-highest percentage of eligible student-athletes named to the Honor Roll, with 76.87 percent (339-of-441) student-athletes earning the accolades. The Runnin' Bulldogs led the conference with its 339 student-athletes earning the award, as the closest school to Gardner-Webb was Campbell with 265 student-athletes being named to the list.
Wrestling is not eligible for the list, as they compete in the SoCon, but nine GWU wrestlers earned SoCon Honor Roll honors last month.
In addition, 43 total student-athletes earned the Big South Conference Commissioner's Award distinction in 2022-23 for having a 4.0 GPA. The conference saw 647 total Gold Award scholars (3.75-3.99), while another 587 received Silver Award (3.50-3.74) accolades in 2022-23 for a combined total of 1,481 student-athletes with at least a 3.50 GPA last year -- 63.18 percent of all Presidential Honor Roll members at or above that threshold.
Standouts for Gardner-Webb include Lucas Stieber being the only men's basketball player in the entire conference to earn the Big South Commissioner's Award, and men's tennis player Victor Putter, who was named the Big South Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year. Women's swimming led the Runnin' Bulldogs with nine student-athletes earning the Commissioner's Award.
The 339 total Gardner-Webb student athletes on the list is a massive jump from the 2021-22 school year, where 67.84 percent of all Gardner-Webb student-athletes landed on the Presidential Honor Roll, with just 23 earning the Commissioner's Award distinction.
This past season, 2,344 out of 3,443 eligible Big South student-athletes achieved the benchmark for Presidential Honor Roll, a league-record 68.08 percent.
The Gardner-Webb Big South Commissioner Award winners are listed below, while the entire Big South Presidential Honor Roll winners are listed here.
Commissioner's Award Winners (4.0 GPA)
Michael Portela, Baseball
Curtis Robison, Baseball
Grant Vera, Baseball
Lucas Stieber, Men's Basketball
Grace Knutsen, Women's Basketball
Eli Brooks, Football
Evan Hoskyns, Football
Linnea Hofgren, Women's Golf
Gillian O'Brien, Women's Golf
Emma Duchscherer, Women's Lacrosse
Victoria Fischetti, Women's Lacrosse
Reese Jones, Women's Lacrosse
Sarah Lynn, Women's Lacrosse
Kyla Pascucci, Women's Lacrosse
Jada Preston, Women's Lacrosse
Avery Hogan, Men's Soccer
Braeden Pratt, Men's Soccer
Owen Zaldivar, Men's Soccer
Rebecka Fredrik Hemlin, Women's Soccer
Christabel Thompson, Women's Soccer
Kasey Fava, Softball
Abbey Goodrum, Softball
Meredith Wayland, Softball
Victor Putter, Men's Tennis
Emilia Roslund, Women's Tennis
Joseph Waller, Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Khalilah Conway, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Isabella Drewek, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Tori Weatherley, Volleyball
Justin Bender, Men's Swimming
Landon Clark, Men's Swimming
Garrett Despres, Men's Swimming
Theodore Drescher, Men's Swimming
James Wyatt, Men's Swimming
Alyssa Church, Women's Swimming
Ellisa Eckert, Women's Swimming
Anna Frye, Women's Swimming
Alexandra Haasser, Women's Swimming
Andrea Hunt, Women's Swimming
Sara Jann, Women's Swimming
Jasmine Kremer, Women's Swimming
Hailey Williams, Women's Swimming
Alaina Yeater, Women's Swimming
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