SUNY Athletic Conference honors scores of Mid-Hudson athletes for solid academics
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The SUNY Athletic Conference has issued the recipients for the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. It recognizes student-athletes will a 3.30 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Nearly 2,000 were recognized for the 2023-24 school year.
Here are the winners from Orange, Ulster, Sullivan and Dutchess counties:
SUNY Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
SUNY New Paltz
Baseball – Nico Barkay, Soph. (Hopewell Junction, Biology); Jeffrey Lundstedt, Soph. (East Fishkill, Early Childhood Ed); Connor Olson, Grad (Monroe, Business Administration); Xavier Zykoff, Soph. (Poughkeepsie, General Business); Men’s basketball – Diamonte McMillan, Soph. (Newburgh, Management); Women’s basketball – Erin-Rose Cooney, Sr. (Montgomery, Political Science); Morgan Hammell, Jr. (Pleasant Valley, Communication Disorders); Women’s cross country – Allison English, Jr. (Monroe, Business Analytics); Field hockey – Rachel Tama, Soph. (Hopewell Junction, Business Analytics); Women’s lacrosse – Grace Berardi, Sr. (Red Hook, Visual Arts); Ava Cronin, Soph. (New Paltz, General Business); Men’s soccer – Logan Yamamoto, Fr. (Monroe, undeclared); Women’s soccer – Maggie Cameron, Jr. (Cornwall, Accounting); Softball – Kelsey O’Brien, Soph. (Monroe, Mathematics); Jacqueline Rometo, Jr. (Montgomery, Communication Disorders); Men’s swimming – Jack Samko, Fr. (Stone Ridge, Visual Arts); Women’s volleyball – Courtney Meyer, Fr. (Pine Bush, Early Childhood Ed)
SUNY Cortland
Baseball – Daniel Jackson, Soph. (Lagrangeville, BUSE); Men’s cross country – Adam Beach, Grad (Red Hook, PHE); Jordan Hidalgo, Fr. (Newburgh, GDD); Field hockey – Abigail Kresser, Fr. (Kingston, PEM); Football – Mike Baloga, Jr. (New Windsor, PEM); Jayden Lont , Soph. (New Windsor, BUSE); Women’s golf – Rachel Curatolo, Sr. (Poughkeepsie, GLY); Men’s lacrosse – Richard Finn, Sr. (Pleasant Valley, SEL); Women’s soccer – Keara Johnson, Soph. (Otisville, PEM); Softball – Kaeli Murtagh, Soph. (Montgomery, SHS); Men’s swimming – Kellen Dickman, Soph. (Montgomery, BCH); Sean Zupko, Jr. (Montgomery, ACM); Women’s tennis – Alexandra Thut, Fr. (Poughquag, AEM); Women’s track and field – Yasmine Peralta, Soph. (Monroe, EXSC); Wrestling – Patrick Ross, Jr. (Woodstock, PEM)
Buffalo State
Softball – Sydney Shuta, Jr. (Newburgh, Speech Pathology)
SUNY Brockport
Baseball – Matthew McGowan, Grad (Poughkeepsie, Physical Education); Women’s basketball – Kelsey Morgans, Sr. (Liberty, Exercise Science); Football – John Matthew, Fr. (Hopewell Junction, Exercise Science intent); Isaiah Weathers, Soph. (Poughkeepsie, Sport Management); Women’s lacrosse – Julia Quinlann, Sr. (Saugerties, Sport Management); Softball – Caitlyn Dailey, Soph. (Goshen, Adolescent Social Studies); Ciara Olivo, Fr. (Slate Hill, Physical Ed Teacher Cert.); Women’s soccer – Mackenzie Bieger, Fr. (Monroe, Nursing); Brianna Marino, Fr. (Wingdale, Exercise Science intent); Men’s swimming – Ren Watson, Jr. (New Windsor, Exercise Science); Women’s swimming – Emma Conner, Fr. (Kingston, Nursing intent); Corinne Wilson, Jr. (Washingtonville, Exercise Science); Esther Zadov, Jr. (Monroe, Nursing intent); Men’s track and field – Oluseye Ilori, Soph. (Middletown, Political Science)
SUNY Fredonia
Men’s track and field – Logan Ceiley, Fr. (Pine Bush, Audio Radio Production); Softball – Megan Guidry, Jr. (Newburgh, Childhood Education)
SUNY Geneseo
Field hockey – Shannon Cunningham, Jr. (Poughquag, Childhood/Special Ed); Women’s golf – Sara Ippolito, Sr. (Montgomery, Biology); Women’s tennis – Rory Tobin, Sr. (Cornwall-on-Hudson, Psychology); Talia Wutz, Soph. (Walden, Psychology); Women’s track and field – Rachel Hirschkind, Sr. (Monroe, Chemistry, ACSD cert.); Women’s volleyball – Cecilia Dignan, Sr. (Millbrook, English and Communications)
SUNY Oneonta
Baseball – Bradley Turner, Sr. (Stone Ridge, Criminal Justice); Men’s basketball – Delano Knox, Soph. (Pleasant Valley, Communication Studies); Women’s basketball – Megan Desrats, Fr. (Warwick, Business Administration); Emma Schwarzbeck, Soph. (Wallkill, Sport Management); Molly Stephens, Sr. (Poughkeepsie, Exercise Science); Field hockey – Larkin Uhl, Sr. (Hurley, Human Development & Family Studies); Women’s lacrosse – Margaret Byrne, Sr. (Hopewell Junction, Exercise Science); Madison Viera, Sr. (Hopewell Junction, Early Childhood Ed); Paige Wilkinson, Sr. (Cornwall, Adolescence Ed: English); Men’s soccer – Dillon Kelly, Soph. (Wappingers Falls, Biology); Erik Popp, Fr. (Hopewell Junction, Business Administration); Owen Siegl, Jr. (Liberty, Communication Studies); Tudor Wolfson, Fr. (Newburgh, Business Administration); Women’s soccer – Jianna Chapman, Sr. (Washingtonville, Psychology); Softball – Gianna Cancelleri, Sr. (Campbell Hall, Business Administration); Men’s swimming – Mason DeLisio, Jr. (Kingston, Business Economics); Men’s tennis – Christopher Chippari, Fr. (Poughkeepsie, Adolescence Ed, Mathematics); Brandon Retcho, Soph. (New Windsor, Music Industry); Women’s swimming – Claire Armstrong, Sr. (Highland Mills, Early Childhood Ed); Emily Kendrick, Soph. (Middletown, Fashion and Textiles); Alyssa Thompson, Soph. (Montgomery, Early Childhood Ed.); Women’s tennis – Haley Peck, Fr. (West Point, Adolescence Ed: Social Studies); Men’s track and field – Joseph Ayala, Sr. (Highland, Sports Management); Joseph Ciardi, Jr. (Accord, Criminal Justice); Elijah Cruz, Fr. (Pine Bush, Adolescence Ed: Social Studies); Christopher Ganley, Grad (Pine Bush, Music Industry); Alexander Mavros, Sr. (Hopewell Junction, Business Economics); Women’s track and field – Daniea Austin, Fr. (Goshen, Biology); Isabella Fabrizio, Sr. (Highland Mills, Exercise Science); Aubrey Soller, Sr. (Monticello, Psychology); Women’s volleyball – Isabella Fabrizio, Sr. (Highland Mills, Exercise Science); Abby Stevens, Fr. (Otisville, Psychology)
SUNY Oswego
Baseball – Jake Danyluk, Sr. (New Windsor, Finance); Matthew Drillings, Fr. (Chester, Business Administration); Christian McCarthy, Grad (Pawling, Management); Women’s soccer – Jillian Brosnan, Soph. (Goshen, Childhood Ed.); Softball – Mackenzie Carlson, Fr. (Livingston Manor, Psychology); Kylie Detz, Jr. (Wallkill, Childhood Ed.); Christina Kania, Sr. (Pine Bush, Adolescence Ed Social Studies); Kira Wright, Fr. (Stormville, Childhood Ed. English); Women’s tennis – Alexandra Sperling, Sr. (Monroe, Broadcasting and Mass Communications)
SUNY Plattsburgh
Baseball – Luciano Fiorello, Fr. (Cornwall, History); Aidan Flanagan-Diltz, Grad (Monroe, Fitness and Wellness Leadership); Kolby Mordecki, Jr. (Poughkeepsie, Ecology); Women’s basketball – Mya Smith, Grad (Wappingers Falls, Clinical Mental Health Counseling); Men’s lacrosse – Timothy Keenan, Soph. (Poughquag, Marketing); Women’s lacrosse – Madison Garcia, Jr. (New Paltz, Social Work); Men’s soccer – Connor Howe, Fr. (Hopewell Junction, Finance); Francesco Palumbo, Sr. (Wallkill, Biomedical Sciences); Women’s soccer – Lily Bailey, Fr. (Warwick, Fitness and Wellness Leadership); Tara Bendsak, Sr. (Washingtonville, Criminal Justice); Claire Bottjer, Soph. (Poughkeepsie, Communication Sciences and Disorders); Softball – Megan Pillus, Soph. (Poughkeepsie, Childhood Ed.); Men’s track and field – Michael Brockway, Sr. (Washingtonville, Adolescence Geology); Charles Cypress, Soph. (New Windsor, Nursing); Women’s track and field – Natalia Castro, Sr. (Washingtonville, Biochemistry)
SUNY Potsdam
Women’s soccer – Rylee Semco, Soph. (Slate Hill, Psychology); Men’s track and field – Timothy Petty, Sr. (Highland, Politics); Samuel Renaud, Jr. (Lagrangeville, Chemistry)
Associate members
SUNY Canton
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SUNY Morrisville
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Rochester Institute of Technology
Wrestling – Josh Sam, Sr. (Middletown, Chemical Engineering)
St. John Fisher
Wrestling – Michael Rosenblum, Fr. (Highland Mills, Philosophy)
Utica
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