W&M recognizes 98 student-athletes with Provost Award
Academic excellence The William and Mary Athletics Department held its 10th annual Provost Award reception recently, where a record 98 student-athletes were recognized for having cumulative GPAs of better than 3.5. Pictured here is Athletics Director Terry Driscoll (left) with junior Matt Crisafi (football) and Provost Michael R. Halleran. Tribe Athletics photo
William & Mary's Athletics Department hosted its 10th annual Provost Award reception on March 14 to honor an exceptional group of 98 student-athletes in Kaplan Arena.
The 98 student-athletes set a record total for the 10-year history of the event and saw at least one representative from all 23 of the Tribe's varsity programs. The Provost Award is earned based on achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or above.
While the Provost Award recognizes the highest achievers, the entire athletics department (approximately 500 student-athletes) turned in a cumulative GPA of 3.06, with 19 of the 23 varsity sports showing GPAs of better than 3.0 (for the academic year ending is 2011). It marked the fourth consecutive year the Tribe Athletics program either maintained, or improved, its total GPA.
"The Provost Award was created by student-athletes to recognize peers who have achieved outstanding academic success," noted Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll. "I think that fact alone makes this a remarkable event. Our student-athletes and coaches work extremely hard to excel, both competitively and in the classroom."
The event is sponsored by the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was hosted by Provost Michael R. Halleran. The program was initiated by the SAAC, which is a group of student representatives from each of W&M's 23 intercollegiate teams.
"William & Mary is an academically elite institution and competes at the highest level of Division I Athletics," said Halleran during the event. "For a student to be successful in either academics or or athletics is impressive; to succeed in both is truly remarkable and a cause for celebration."
The students who received the award are:
Baseball
(4)
Ryan Brown
Ryan Hissey
Jason Inghram
Kevin Nutter
Men's
Basketball (2)
Jonathan
Goodloe
Thomas Schalk
Women's Basketball (1)
Jaclyn
McKenna
Field
Hockey (4)
Lindsey Buckheit
Taylor Hodge
Kelsea Hull
Catherine Johnson
Football
(2)
Matthew
Crisafi
Alexandre Tremblay
Men's
Golf (3)
Michael
Bekken
Spencer Kushner
Patrick Leisure
Women's
Golf (4)
Elizabeth
L. Birchall
Kaitlyn
Hutcherson
Alessandra Liu
Anna McMullen
Men's
Gymnastics (7)
Robert Courter
Blake Erickson
Landon
Funiciello
Sam
Patterson
Daniel
Potemski
Peter Ten Eyck
Kris Yeager
Women's
Gymnastics (6)
Taylor James
Allison Marko
Jessica
Pritchard
Stacia Ruse
Brittany Stover
Jennifer
Ware
Women's
Lacrosse (7)
Sarah Gunter
Allison Henry
Kelly Martins
Caitlin Murphy
Colleen Nofi
Ellen Shaffrey
Catherine Shaughnessy
Men's
Soccer (4)
Ben
Coffey
Ryan Flesch
Tyler Kent
William
Smith
Women's
Soccer (11)
Audrey
Barry
Jacquelyn
Blake-Hedges
Ashley Booth
Samantha Cordum
Emily Fredrikson
Barbara Platenberg
Christina Popps
Mallory
Schaffer
Margaret
Scott
Alyson Shaughnessy
Samantha
Trail
Men's
Swimming (5)
Austin Glass
Carter Head
Douglas Natal
Kendall Shaw
Andrew Strait
Women's
Swimming (7)
Jennifer Bentley
Devin Henry
Megan Howard
Noelle Klockner
Greta Schneider
Sara Shaner
Men's Tennis (5)
Anton Andersson
John Banks
Scott Huang
William Juggins
Adrian Vodislav
Women's
Tennis (4)
Anik Cepeda
Hope Johnson
Zara
(Marlen) Mesgarzadeh
Sydney
Smith
Men's
Track and Field (2)
Mark Moran
Jackson Stone
Women's Track and
Field (17)
Erica Amatori
Melissa DiVecchia
Nicole Dory
Leanna Eisenman
Sarah Garratt
Anna Gellert
Margaret Gutierrez
Felizitas Hammer
Olivia Harding
Casey Lardner
Sara Lasker
Avery Mattingly
Meghan McGovern
Meghan Mulroy
Emily Stites
Grace Thomas
Kayla Trantham
Women's Volleyball (3)
Elizabeth Brown
Olivia Jebb
Monika Stanciauskas
