Big East All-Academic Team Honors 135 #USFBulls

[Brad]

Big East All-Academic Team Honors 135 Bulls

 

By TOM ZEBOLD

USF Senior Writer

 

TAMPA – The Bulls are well represented on the 2012-13 Big East All-Academic Team that was released on Wednesday.

 

USF had a total of 135 student-athletes, not including football players, that completed in a Big East event and had a grade point average of at least 3.0 for the preceding academic year. The Bulls also had to have completed at least two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.

 

Here is a complete list of USF's Big East All-Academic Team members:

 

Baseball: Joe Adel, Nik Alfonso, Joe Altieri, Michael Clarkson, Anthony Diaz, Zach Gilcrease, Nick Gonzalez, Cody Hernandez, Steven Leasure, Vincent Leto, Luke Maglich, Theodore Martin, Alex Mendez, Chris Norton, Lawrence Pardo, James Ramsay, Diego Rapalino Herrera, Jordan Strittmatter, Blake Sydeski, Chad Taylor, Kyle Teaf.

 

Men’s Basketball: Musa Abdul-Aleem, Mike McCloskey, Kore White.

 

Men’s Golf: Branden Collins, Grant Gaugler, Devin Hernandez, Bodi Karsono, Chase Koepka.

 

Men’s Soccer: Roberto Alterio, Luis Avila Murati, Brandon Curriston, Gerardo Hernandez Rivero, Samuel Hosseini, Dallas Jaye, Matthew O’Neal, Leston Paul, Stiven Salinas, Ben Sweat, Lucas Baldin, Ricardo Webb.

 

Men’s Tennis: Jun Carlos Acuna Gerard, Ravi Patel, Oliver Pramming, Federico Sabogal.

 

Men’s Track and Field: Kevin Bell, Eddie Galan, Landon Hargrove, Bryan Kilts, Derek Messmore, Matthew O’Neal, Justin Osking, Giscard Petion, Drew Volz, Roshard Williams.

 

Women’s Basketball: Laura Marcos Canedo, Courtney Williams.

 

Women’s Golf: Anna Hancock, Karli Heimbecker, Brienna Heinzler, Michelle Pilo, Diana Rabago.

 

Women’s Soccer: Daniela Andrade, Kayla Bala, Erica Burt, Kelly Campbell, Olivia Chance, Sydney Drinkwater, Hannah Jasurda, Catherine Leibbrandt, Ana Lopez Yrigoyen, Sara Miller, Gunnhildur Omarsdottir, Taylor Patterson, Cara Patterson, Jacqueline Simpson, Demi Stokes, Taylor Tippett.

 

Softball: Sydney Dinelli, Ashli Goff, Courtney Goff, Sam Greiner, Stormi Grzbek, Kenshyra Jackson,  Stephanie Juergens, Courtney Kramer, Nicollette Levine, Stephanie Medina, Erica Nunn, Allison Patierno, Ilaura Reeves, Lindsey Richardson, Kourtney Salvarola, Kaitlyn Santo.

 

Women’s Tennis: Loreto Alonso-Martinez, Alessandra Bonte, Fanny Fracassi, Katherine Pyne, Katie Vasenina, Danielle Mills.

 

Women’s Track and Field: Lindsay Arnold, Aireonna Bailey, Jessica Barquero, Mira Carrozza, Onalee Collins, Paige Cooke, Marshara Fross, Hannah Gospodinsky, Mallory Johnson, Lauren Kilts, Rachael Klinger, Carissa Leonardi, Brittany London, Kaylin Martin, Mariana Ostrenko, Allie Prendergast, Miriam Skipper, Nicole Smith, Samantha Specht, Marqueshia Stallworth, Ashanti Stewart, Casey Wagner, Atasha Warren.

 

Volleyball: Casey Albano, Shelbey Bleke, Ciara Brown, Jessica Burghart, Claudia Cabrera, Wylie Devlin, Valerie El Houssine, Natalia Eltz Soares, Andrea Rodriguez Gomez.

[DELdaBull]

That is great

[vwlbull]

Kudos to these Student/Athletes for representing our alma mater in fine fashion!

[hbryan]

What about the football players?  

[Triple B]

What about the football players?  

 

Football was done earlier:

 

By TOM ZEBOLD

USF Senior Writer

TAMPA - Starting defensive tackle Luke Sager was one of 20 Bulls named to the 2012 Big East All-Academic Team on Thursday.

 

To be nominated, a player had to post a cumulative grade-point index of at least 3.0 and completed at least two semesters of academic work.

 

The honor for Sager comes a day after he was named an American Eagle Outfitters Big East Scholar-Athlete. The award includes a $2,000 scholarship for Sager to use for his graduate studies in entrepreneurship in applied technologies.

 

USF's Big East All-Academic Team Members

USF (20)

Pos

Cl

Hometown

Major

David Burdetsky

LS

Fr.

Jacksonville, Fla.

Engineering

Edsel Caprice

LB

Fr.

Cape Coral, Fla.

Business Administration

Mattias Ciabatti

K

Fr.

Tampa, Fla.

Engineering

Mak Djulbegovic

OL

Fr.

Tampa, Fla.

Psychology

Jordan Duval

WR

So.

Tampa, Fla.

Business Administration

Matt Floyd

QB

Fr.

Milton, Fla.

Political Science

Ruben Garcia

LB

So.

Plant City, Fla.

Economics

Trevon Griffin

DB

Fr.

Miami, Fla.

Business Administration

Brandon Harris

LB

So.

Tampa, Fla.

Biomedical Sciences

Colton Hudson

DL

Sr.

Bradenton, Fla.

Criminology

Steven Jacques

OL

Jr.

Hollywood, Fla.

Communication

Stefan Konjanovski

DL

Jr.

Largo, Fla.

Mechanical Engineering

Lindsey Lamar

RB

Sr.

Tampa, Fla.

Communication

Michael Lanaris

LB

Sr.

Lake Mary, Fla.

Entrepreneurship (Graduate)

Evan Landi

TE

Sr.

Coral Springs, Fla.

Criminology (2^nd Bachelors)

Alexander Mut

WR

Fr.

Port Charlotte, Fla.

Biology

Kyle Peck

RB

Jr.

Lakeland, Fla.

Engineering

Luke Sager

DL

Jr.

Niceville, Fla.

Entrepreneurship (Graduate)

Demi Thompson

DL

Jr.

Longwood, Fla.

Communication

Grant White

RB

So.

Orlando, Fla.

Mass Communications

 

 

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[hbryan]

Happy to see a bunch of engineering students in the bunch.

[Brad]

USF basketball's Kore White, who played last season as graduate transfer from FAU, earned his master's degree today in physical education.

— Greg Auman (@gregauman)

August 10, 2013

[Brad]

This report from Greg, to me, is a bigger story:

 

Three years out of football, ex-Bull Sinclair graduates

 

Three years ago, defensive back Charlton Sinclair's USF football days ended when he opted to transfer to Mississippi Valley State, only to realize quickly a smaller school wasn't the answer for him.

 

Academic problems had limited his football success, but he decided to return to Tampa as a regular student, re-enrolling in January 2011 on his own steam and working part-time jobs to help pay for his tuition. On Saturday, he graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary social sciences, remembering that football got him started toward today.

 

"It was a grind," said Sinclair, who has worked at Busch Gardens, at the airport and as a valet since he stopped playing football, keeping in touch with his Bulls teammates.

 

Sinclair graduated from Jacksonville's Mandarin High School in 2007, but wasn't eligible to join the Bulls until January 2008, playing as a true freshman for Jim Leavitt that fall. He had five tackles, mostly on special teams, and is best-known for returning a blocked punt 27 yards for a touchdown in a 2008 loss to Pittsburgh when the Bulls were ranked No. 10 nationally (see the 0:55 mark in this video). He was academically ineligible in 2009 and was with the team when Skip Holtz became coach in the spring of 2010, but chose to transfer, leaving Mississippi Valley before the fall semester started. Football didn't last for him, but he said the lessons he learned stayed with him.

 

"Coach Leavitt, just being around that guy, he taught me a whole lot about life," said Sinclair, who wants to work in the justice system, perhaps as a probation officer. "He was more than a football coach. He was like the father that I didn't have growing up, teaching me about hard work."

 

Sinclair said his biggest motivation to stay in school was his older brother Gerrod, who played linebacker at South Carolina.

 

"He stayed on me pretty well, because football didn't work out for him, but he always said you can have your degree to fall back on," he said.

 

Link

 

 

Congratulations Mr. Sinclair!

 

:applause: :applause:

[vwlbull]

Thank you for sharing this story featuring Mr. Sinclair. Great work by Greg. As for honorees listed, I like seeing that the football team has honor achievers who have chosen some of the more demanding majors.