Record 237 Bulls Named to American All-Academic Team

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USF Athletics totals more than 200 honorees for the third straight academic year and fourth time since 2015-16.

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RECORD 237 BULLS NAMED TO AMERICAN ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

July 30, 2020

 

 

 

• Seven Bulls teams set or match milestones with the highest number of honorees in the respective programs' histories.
• Football's 37 selections help Athletics set record with 115 men's All-Academic Team honorees.
• Men's cross country receives Team Academic Excellence Award from the conference.

 
TAMPA, JULY 30, 2020 – Continuing the mission of achieving excellence in the classroom, in competition and in the community, USF Athletics reached another new academic milestone with a department record 237 student-athletes named to the 2019-20 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, announced Thursday by the conference.

The 237 Bulls honored across AAC-sponsored sports helped USF shatter its previous record since entering the American, which stood at 214 student-athletes honored in 2015-16. This marks the third straight academic year the Bulls have had more than 200 honorees and the fourth time USF has accomplished the feat since 2015-16.

USF Athletics had a record 115 men's student-athletes named to the All-Academic Team and football led all programs with 37 honorees. Men's cross country earned a Team Academic Excellence Award from the conference and combined with men's track & field to add 18 total members to USF's lengthy All-Academic Team list.

Four men's teams set or tied records for the most American Athletic All-Academic team selections in their programs' respective histories. Men's basketball set a new record with seven honorees from the squad, one more than the program's previous top mark of six reached in each of head coach Brian Gregory's first two seasons with the Bulls.

Head coach Billy Mohl's baseball team had the highest number of honorees with 19. Men's soccer, led by head coach Bob Butehorn, set a record with 18 selections. Head coach Ashley Fisher's men's tennis team tied its top program mark of eight selections that was set in 2015-16.

Three women's programs set or matched program records for honoree totals. Women's soccer broke new ground with 26 selections after head coach Denise Schilte-Brown's Bulls captured their third conference title since 2017, won a school record 16 games and made their first-ever Sweet 16 appearance during the 2019 season.

Head coach Ken Eriksen's softball team matched a program high mark with 25 honorees, equaling the 2018-19 school year. Head coach Jose Fernandez's women's basketball team also tied its program record with 11 selections, originally set in 2016-17.

Women's track & field/cross country contributed to USF Athletics' record total with 31 honorees. The volleyball and women's tennis teams also reached double-digit totals with 11 and 10 selections, respectively. Men's and women's golf added to the total eight members from each program earning All-Academic Team accolades.

To be eligible for the All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have competed in an AAC sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credit hours.

USF congratulated its most-ever AAC All-Academic Team members after the program shattered its overall department grade-point average record with a 3.41 in the spring 2020 term, which marked a record 11^th consecutive semester the Bulls posted a 3.0 GPA or higher. USF's annual GPA of 3.28 for the 2019-20 academic year marked the fifth straight year the Bulls have been above a 3.0 as a department.

 

USF's AAC All-Academic Team Selections for 2019-20
First Name	Last Name	Sport	Academic Class
Dillon	Besnier	Baseball	Freshman
Daniel	Cantu	Baseball	Freshman
Connor	Churchill	Baseball	Junior
Nick	Davila	Baseball	Junior
Danny	Gutcher	Baseball	Sophomore
Graham	Hoffman	Baseball	Junior
Riley	Hogan	Baseball	Junior
Max	Holmes	Baseball	Junior
Jack	Jasiak	Baseball	Freshman
Orion	Kerkering	Baseball	Freshman
Ben	Koff	Baseball	Senior
Matt	Marini	Baseball	Senior
Tanner	Mink	Baseball	Freshman
Andres	Perez	Baseball	Senior
Carson	Ragsdale	Baseball	Senior
Joseph	Sanchez	Baseball	Junior
Jordan	Santos	Baseball	Senior
Baron	Stuart	Baseball	Junior
Collin	Sullivan	Baseball	Senior
Madut	Akec	Men's Basketball	Sophomore
Mark	Calleja	Men's Basketball	Sophomore
Jamir	Chaplin	Men's Basketball	Freshman
Michael	Durr	Men's Basketball	Sophomore
B.J.	Mack	Men's Basketball	Freshman
Antun	Maricevic	Men's Basketball	Senior
Austin	Camps	Men's Cross Country	Junior
Max	Cooper	Men's Cross Country	Freshman
Jacob	Hensley	Men's Cross Country	Freshman
Ben	Kailes	Men's Cross Country	Freshman
Nickolas	Kamen	Men's Cross Country	Freshman
Alec	Latzke	Men's Cross Country	Freshman
Matt	Neeley	Men's Cross Country	Junior
Sean	Atkins	Football	Freshman
William	Atterbury	Football	Postgraduate
Blake	Barnett	Football	Postgraduate
Andrew	Beardall	Football	Sophomore
Chris	Carter	Football	Sophomore
Brad	Cecil	Football	Sophomore
Stanley	Clerveaux	Football	Postgraduate
Augie	DeBiase	Football	Senior
Daquan	Evans	Football	Freshman
Troy	Fields	Football	Junior
AJ	Franco	Football	Junior
Cody	Gentry	Football	Junior
Darrien	Grant	Football	Junior
Blake	Green	Football	Junior
Dustyn	Hall	Football	Freshman
Christian	Helms	Football	Freshman
Jarrett	Hopple	Football	Senior
Donovan	Jennings	Football	Sophomore
Kevin	Kegler	Football	Junior
Andrew	Mims	Football	Junior
Flaubert	Akepeu	Football	Freshman
Brock	Nichols	Football	Junior
Hal	Roberson	Football	Senior
Sebastian	Sainterling	Football	Sophomore
Bentlee	Sanders	Football	Junior
Nico	Sawtelle	Football	Postgraduate
Tyler	Schlegel	Football	Sophomore
Trent	Schneider	Football	Senior
Kenny	Scribner	Football	Freshman
Trent	Shaw	Football	Postgraduate
Spencer	Shrader	Football	Freshman
Devin	Studstill	Football	Postgraduate
Jason	Vaughn	Football	Freshman
Ethan	Watson	Football	Sophomore
Coby	Weiss	Football	Junior
Michael	Wiggs	Football	Senior
Latrell	Williams	Football	Junior
Albin	Bergstrom	Men's Golf	Sophomore
Cole	Castro	Men's Golf	Junior
Kyle	Flexsenhar	Men's Golf	Senior
Luke	Gifford	Men's Golf	Sophomore
Massimo	Mbetse	Men's Golf	Sophomore
Anthony	Muttillo	Men's Golf	Sophomore
Sam	Nicholson	Men's Golf	Freshman
Runchanapong	Youprayong	Men's Golf	Freshman
Felipe	Baptista	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Adrian	Billhardt	Men's Soccer	Junior
Cooper	Blay	Men's Soccer	Freshman
Javain	Brown	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Santiago	Burgos	Men's Soccer	Junior
Victor	Claudel	Men's Soccer	Freshman
Henrique	Gallina	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Harrison	Devenish-Meares	Men's Soccer	Senior
Avionne	Flanagan	Men's Soccer	Junior
Trey	Jackson	Men's Soccer	Junior
Richard	Laval	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Vinicius	Loureiro	Men's Soccer	Freshman
Salvatore	Mazzaferro	Men's Soccer	Freshman
Gordon	Phipps	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Sergio	Pineros-Mayorga	Men's Soccer	Freshman
Jonathan	Rosales	Men's Soccer	Senior
Stephen	Rudderham	Men's Soccer	Senior
Berk	Watson	Men's Soccer	Sophomore
Chase	Ferguson	Men's Tennis	Sophomore
Sergio	Gomez Montesa	Men's Tennis	Sophomore
Pierre	Luquet	Men's Tennis	Junior
Jose	Muniz-Hidalgo	Men's Tennis	Sophomore
Tobias	Sonne	Men's Tennis	Sophomore
Niels	Van Noord	Men's Tennis	Sophomore
Jakub	Wojcik	Men's Tennis	Junior
Ivan	Yatsuk	Men's Tennis	Sophomore
Stone	Baker	Men's Track & Field	Sophomore
Melvin	Briley	Men's Track & Field	Sophomore
Jonathan	Daniels	Men's Track & Field	Senior
Yancey	Guest	Men's Track & Field	Freshman
Yohance	Haynes	Men's Track & Field	Senior
Hunter	Hummel	Men's Track & Field	Sophomore
Luke	Lafferty	Men's Track & Field	Senior
Seth	Musselman	Men's Track & Field	Junior
Monte	Parker	Men's Track & Field	Freshman
Evan	Babatz	Men's Track & Field/Cross Country	Junior
Alec	Collado	Men's Track & Field/Cross Country	Freshman
Maria	Alvarez	Women's Basketball	Freshman
Cristina	Bermejo	Women's Basketball	Freshman
Kristyna	Brabencova	Women's Basketball	Freshman
Beatriz	Jordao	Women's Basketball	Sophomore
Sydni	Harvey	Women's Basketball	Sophomore
Tamara	Henshaw	Women's Basketball	Senior
Mihaela	Lazic	Women's Basketball	Freshman
Enna	Pehadzic	Women's Basketball	Senior
Elisa	Pinzan	Women's Basketball	Sophomore
Silva	Serrat	Women's Basketball	Junior
Elena	Tsineke	Women's Basketball	Freshman
Ana Maria	Barriga	Women's Golf	Freshman
Diane	Burress	Women's Golf	Junior
Sadie	Dewinton-Davies	Women's Golf	Senior
Ramya	Meenakshisundaram	Women's Golf	Sophomore
Mariale	Merchan	Women's Golf	Senior
Erika	Smith	Women's Golf	Freshman
Jessica	Whitting	Women's Golf	Senior
Ashley	Zagers	Women's Golf	Junior
Maya	Alicea	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Rebekah	Anderson	Women's Soccer	Senior
Brianna	Blethen	Women's Soccer	Senior
Andrea	Capmany	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Olivia	Cooke	Women's Soccer	Sophomore
Chyanne	Dennis	Women's Soccer	Junior
Lexi	Dubreuze	Women's Soccer	Junior
Ricquelle	Farquharson	Women's Soccer	Junior
Katrina	Haarmann	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Andrea	Hauksdottir	Women's Soccer	Senior
Katie	Kitching	Women's Soccer	Junior
Bella	Kober	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Camryn	Lizardi	Women's Soccer	Sophomore
Alanna	Lutchmansingh	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Ashley	Meade	Women's Soccer	Junior
Rosalia	Muino Gonzalez	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Sydny	Nasello	Women's Soccer	Sophomore
Fanny	Pelletier-Laroche	Women's Soccer	Junior
Ivymae	Perez	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Lucy	Roberts	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Sophie	Shrader	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Landry	Singleton	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Lizzy	Spears	Women's Soccer	Freshman
Evelyne	Viens	Women's Soccer	Senior
Sabrina	Wagner	Women's Soccer	Junior
Chloe	Zamiela	Women's Soccer	Junior
Nicole	Bechtel	Softball	Sophomore
AnaMarie	Bruni	Softball	Senior
Alexis	Buchman	Softball	Freshman
Aliyah	Carter	Softball	Junior
Georgina	Corrick	Softball	Junior
Camryn	Dolby	Softball	Sophomore
Tayli	Filla	Softball	Sophomore
Taryn	Freshwater	Softball	Freshman
Riley	Gore	Softball	Senior
Megan	Hargraves	Softball	Sophomore
Brooke	Hartman	Softball	Senior
Brittany	Hooke	Softball	Sophomore
Jordyn	Kadlub	Softball	Freshman
Bethaney	Keen	Softball	Senior
Kelsey	Lay	Softball	Senior
Aubrey	Ledbetter	Softball	Postgraduate
Bailee	Leistl	Softball	Freshman
Brooke	Leistl	Softball	Junior
Jaycie	Michael	Softball	Sophomore
Megan	Pierro	Softball	Sophomore
Viviann	Ponn	Softball	Freshman
Meghan	Sheehan	Softball	Sophomore
Alexis	Swearingen	Softball	Freshman
Kyndall	Williams	Softball	Senior
Natalie	Zweig	Softball	Freshman
Amelie	Boy	Women's Tennis	Sophomore
Janvhi	Clark	Women's Tennis	Senior
Grace	Eland	Women's Tennis	Freshman
Lucia	Garrigues-Melendez	Women's Tennis	Freshman
Marcela	Ifju	Women's Tennis	Junior
Alexandria	Mjos	Women's Tennis	Junior
Laura	Pellicer Perello	Women's Tennis	Sophomore
Margriet	Timmermans	Women's Tennis	Freshman
Evelyne	Tiron	Women's Tennis	Junior
Selin	Yaylali	Women's Tennis	Sophomore
Arielle	Boone	Women's Track & Field	Sophomore
Faith	Bostick	Women's Track & Field	Freshman
Nicole	Carroll	Women's Track & Field	Postgraduate
Nataki	Close	Women's Track & Field	Freshman
Destiny	Fairley	Women's Track & Field	Senior
Zaria	Fuller	Women's Track & Field	Freshman
Raleigh	Illig	Women's Track & Field	Sophomore
Adriana	Janic	Women's Track & Field	Senior
Loren	Johnson	Women's Track & Field	Freshman
Brittany	Krug	Women's Track & Field	Senior
Stephanie	Lambeth	Women's Track & Field	Senior
Kiara	Miles	Women's Track & Field	Junior
Aicha	Naouai	Women's Track & Field	Sophomore
Alexis	Rickman	Women's Track & Field	Sophomore
Anissa	Tammaoui	Women's Track & Field	Freshman
Annie	Allmark	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Senior
Zoe	Areford	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Senior
Nicole	Bello	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Senior
Alivia	Bienz	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Sophomore
Kaleigh	Biss	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Junior
Amanda	Brake	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Freshman
Nicole	Capparell	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Freshman
Emily	Escamilla	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Sophomore
Joy	Jackson	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Senior
Cassandra	Montalvo	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Sophomore
Aubrey	Myrick	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Junior
Jessica	O'Bryan	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Sophomore
Olivia	Ramsey	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Sophomore
Kayla	Skelton	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Junior
Natalie	Walsh	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Freshman
Alexandra	Weir	Women's Track & Field/Cross Country	Freshman
Ally	Barnhart	Volleyball	Freshman
Rafaela	Biegelmeyer	Volleyball	Junior
Madison	Bragan	Volleyball	Freshman
CC	Clausen	Volleyball	Sophomore
Eboni	Harris	Volleyball	Sophomore
Madisyn	Lyons	Volleyball	Sophomore
Nyemba	Musemuna	Volleyball	Senior
Jacqueline	St. Cin	Volleyball	Freshman
Jordan	Valley	Volleyball	Freshman
Jac'cara	Walker	Volleyball	Senior
Makayla	Washington	Volleyball	Freshman

[DELdaBull]

Congratulations brainiac athletes. 

[jchem1995]

Wowzers. Lots of lineman on that list.

[Outlaw]

Great job on off the field performance, now lets translate to the football field boys!