MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference recognized 896 student-athletes to the 2024 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll presented by Barnes & Noble College. The awards were announced on Thursday, February 6th, by SSC Acting Commissioner Maryanne Simkulak. Of the student-athletes, 255 carried a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the fall semester.
This year’s student-athlete total breaks the previous record number of 840 student-athletes named to the 2023 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll. It is the twelfth consecutive record-breaking fall for the SSC Honor Roll. Student-athletes must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00 to be eligible for the Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Participants in men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball were eligible for the fall honor roll.
Nova Southeastern had 85 student-athletes recognized on the Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll, with 19 student-athletes recording a perfect 4.00 GPA.
Volleyball
- Olivia Aniol* – Psychology
- Jordan Chessar* – Biology
- Emerson Deferme – Undecided
- Juliana Imbuzeiro – Psychology
- Ella Kern – Exercise and Sport Science
- Brittany Landrum* – Counseling (Master’s)
- Kate Mihacevich – Property Management and Real Estate
- Cameron Mitrovich – Psychology
- Marley Navaretta – Elementary Education
- Varshini Panuganti* – Health Informatics
- Avery Piatt – Psychology
- Elizabeth Price* – Exercise and Sports Science
- Gabrielle Spankus* – Chemistry
- Brooke Spurgeon* – Marketing
- Taylor Stockman* – Exercise and Sport Science
Men’s Cross Country
- Jaime Blazquez – Exercise and Sport Science
- Ryan Elfring – Marketing
- Marc Gonzalez – Nursing Pathway
- Michael Magnoli – Finance
- Marcus Marek Tortorella – Engineering
- Jan Schmied – International Business (Master’s)
- Ricardo Treco – Management
Women’s Cross Country
- Bella Ascone – Entrepreneurship
- Julianna Bassano – Exercise and Sports Science
- Sophia DeBellas – Public Health
- Gracie Giesting – Nursing Pathway
- Isabella Grant – Exercise and Sport Science
- Kristina Hankinson – Psychology
- Ally Jakubiak – Human Nutrition
- Hope Laughlin – Exercise and Sport Science
- Lucie Leonhard – Nursing Pathway
- Bridget McGrath – Biology & Neuroscience
- Meghan McNabb* – Human Nutrition
- Kiana Medina – Exercise and Sport Science
- Sana Omirbek* – Marketing
- Maggie Ragsdale* – Neuroscience
- Corinne Renshaw – Environmental Science
- Leena Saidi – Biology
- Amanda Stone – Optometry (Doctorate)
- Jillian Thorning – Biology
- Eden Toal – Nursing
Men’s Soccer
- Furkan Arter – Management (Master’s)
- Paul Boos-Patton – Criminal Justice
- Jamie Bulloch – Sport and Recreation Management
- Henrik Dahl – Management
- Marco Gueli – Marketing
- Fabio Hasler – Chemistry
- Zacharia Hasler – Supply Chain Management and Operational Systems (Master’s)
- Matteo Innocenti – Management
- Santi Marengo – Management
- Massimo Natoli – Finance
- Theo Ohrwall* – Management
- Ade Olumyiwa* – Compostion, Rhetoric, & Digital Media (Master’s)
- Nik Ricardo – Entrepreneurship
- Markus Rokseth – Management
- Alessandro Salvadego – Nutrition (Master’s)
- Mani Steinbjornsson* – Business Intelligence Analytic (Master’s)
- Amedeo Tufano – Marketing
- Sunao Yamamoto – Accounting
Women’s Soccer
- Engla Aliris – Sport and Recreation Management
- Alexa Bereczki – Biology
- Emma Besl – Engineering
- Saga Bjorling* – Finance
- Julliet Bujak – Management
- Emily Cabral – Exercise and Sport Science
- Isabel Davis – Marketing
- Mariela Dolan – Exercise and Sport Science
- Genesis Hernandez – Exercise and Sport Science
- Maja Isaksson – Management
- Maria Jansen – Finance
- Freya Jones – Psychology
- Kajsa Lang – Applied Professional Studies
- Isabella Larriu – Biology
- Hannah Light – Exercise and Sports Science
- Izzy Martinez* – Business (Master’s)
- Haley Mettrick – Entrepreneurship
- Indie Morgan – Psychology
- Ella Niemela – Sport and Recreation Management
- Kirra Polley – Exercise and Sport Science
- Stina Roswell – Marketing
- Emilie Schroder* – Sociology
- Tabea Schutt – Business Intelligence Analytic (Master’s)
- Emma Sellden – Criminal Justice
- Cheyan Smith – Exercise and Sport Science
- Sofia Suarez* – Exercise and Sport Science
Having won 129 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. SSC student-athletes recently achieved an NCAA Division II record 90-percent Academic Success Rate (ASR) following the 2023-24 academic year. The SSC ranks first among NCAA Division II conferences in ASR and has never fallen below second in the metric’s 18-year history.
