Blinn names record 196 students to athletic director’s honor roll
The Blinn College District has named a school-record 196 student-athletes to the spring 2021 Don Wilhelm Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
To be eligible, student-athletes must post a 3.0 or better grade point average (GPA) and pass a minimum of 12 college-level credit hours.
Fifty student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average: softball players Marley Mahoney, Emily Murphy, Acie Prince, Natilee Reed, Bailee Stanzione, Chandler Talbot, and Renna Toomey; volleyball players Brooke Borden, Kyndal Coufal, Megan Kessler, Lixai Perez Velez, Emily Smajstrla, Tatum Smidovec, and Ashley Taylor; baseball players Tyler Burg, Callum Burton, Jett Garcia, Patrick Hail, Mason Muras, John Schell, and Dalton Stevenson; women's soccer players Angel Chase, Maribel Garza, Hope Hillhouse, Madison Kanelos, Grace Parada, Margarita Roussos, and Morgan Zachos; men's soccer players Joseph Boyce, Rodrigo Marquez, Edwin Mata, Ethan Unger, and Brook Williams; dance team members Emilee Cochran, Haley Miller, Destiny Ramos, Haley Rodriguez, and Jamia Smith; women's basketball players Hailey Atwood, Alex Bowman, Rebekah Malik, and Amani Landers; football players Jared Esparza and Jackson Mueller; men's golfers Aaron Reardon and Riley Simmons; women's golfer Madeline Goad; men's basketball player Jadon Vann; cheerleader Madelyn Tamburello; and trainer Lauren Huenefeld.
The volleyball team led all Blinn athletic programs with a 3.62 GPA, while the softball team followed with a 3.55 GPA. Baseball had the most honor roll students with 31, followed by football with 25.
"I am very proud of our student-athletes for excelling in the classroom in the midst of a world-wide pandemic," said Scott Schumacher, Athletic Director. "This group set the bar with a record-breaking number of honor roll recipients. They represent the type of well-rounded student-athletes that our coaches aim to recruit, and the entire athletic department is proud of their effort in academics and athletics this semester."
The honor roll is named after former Blinn Athletic Director Don Wilhelm, an NJCAA Hall of Famer who served the College for 10 years.
Here is the complete list of spring 2021 honor roll student-athletes:
BASEBALL (31)
Evan Aschenbeck, Luke Banister, Ethan Box, Tyler Burg, Callum Burton, Colten Drake, Graden Emmons, Jett Garcia, Patrick Hail, Preston Hoffart, Caden Homniok, Jace Hutchins, Kamden Kelton, Conner Kestler, Jonathan Lugo, Michael Michaux, Michael Mott , Mason Muras, Jake Olson , John Rodgers, Andrew Romero, John Schell, Caleb Schulz, Cullen Sherrill, Tanner Sherrill, Cole Smajstrla, Dalton Stevenson, Dylan Theut, Garrison Weiss, Brandon Williams, and Grant Wood.
FOOTBALL (25)
Donathan Adams, Joshua Berry, Johnathan Bloom, Chase Davidson, Jared Esparza, Nickalos Falsone, Daryl French, Vernon Hartfield, Fred Henderson, Pearson Hendrix, Jordan Jenkins, Bryce Linder, Caleb Longoria, Joseph McKay-Rhea, Erik Michel, Jackson Mueller, Taurean Muhammad, Chandler Rogers, Jailynn Simon, Jaymian Simon, Cedric Smith, Jalen Waddy, Michael Witherwax, Jordan Woodard, and Daedelus Amon (manager).
MEN'S SOCCER (21)
Adalid Abrego, Joseph Boyce, Jose Cavazos, Dave Danielles, Benjamin Davila , Luis De Santiago, Seth Donelan, Stefan Fevrier Sildor, Baylor Ford, Oliver Hebbard, William Lopez, Rodrigo Marquez, Ian Martinez, Edwin Mata, Jeremy Mwarabu, Derek Norsworthy, Marco Rodriguez, Angel Romero, Josh Stone, Ethan Unger, and Brook Williams
WOMEN'S SOCCER (21)
Mia Anguiano, Morgan Beene, Mercy Breazeale, Victoria Cantu, Angel Chase, Keana Flores, Maribel Garza, Hope Hillhouse, Lindy Jenkins, Madison Kanelos, Lexington Kneedler, Jocelynn Lausell, Jannell Medellin, Grace Parada, Emily Rodriguez, Margarita Roussos, Jessica Vital, Morgan Winthrop, Hayleigh Young, Morgan Zachos, and Bianca Vital (manager).
SOFTBALL (16)
Bailey Barrile , Keely Castillo, Nevada Dolnik, Amy Hitt, Kendall Johnson, Marley Mahoney, Emily Murphy, Acie Prince, Natilee Reed, Samantha Rodriguez, Shaelyn Sanders, Italie Speziale, Bailee Stanzione, Chandler Talbot, Renna Toomey, and Chloe Woodward.
DANCE (15)
Breanna Butler, Emilee Cochran, Kaytlyn Cooke, Ivana Delgado, Trinity Hill, Ashley Jacobs-Sheppard, Haley Miller, Izmeth Montelongo, Destiny Ramos, Alexandra Richaurd, Karlie Rieniets, Haley Rodriguez, Amber Scarborough, Taylor Shelton, and Jamia Smith.
VOLLEYBALL (14)
Ashley Acuna , Brooke Borden, Essence Clerkley, Kyndal Coufal, Jessica Hardin, Megan Kessler, Lixai Perez Velez, Megan Rek, Loren Scott, Savannah Sebek, Emily Smajstrla, Tatum Smidovec, Ashley Taylor, and Charde Vanzandt.
MEN'S BASKETBALL (13)
Sam Chigbo, Davion Coleman, Oluwasanmi Fajana, Bonke Maring, Lewis McGlasson, Elias Ngoga, Kylon Owens, Jacob Paske, Ethan Rodela, Marko Susic, Jadon Vann, Blake Bills (manager), and Cotton Harris (manager).
CHEER (12)
Mia Avila, Sidney Bird, Olivia Castilho, Caitlyne Guillory, Madison Hefner, Madilynn Isaacs, Noelle Pratt, Laci Prause, Angel Rodriguez, Briana Slaby, Madelyn Tamburello, and Cheyenne Tuley-Dittmer.
MEN'S GOLF (12)
John Baker, Chandler Brooks, Justin Dees, Travis Edwards, Cameron Gray, John Honeck, Jack Looney, Aaron Reardon, Hayden Roup, Brock Schobel, Riley Simmons, and Michael Strout.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (7)
Aldayshein Adrian, Hailey Atwood, Alex Bowman, Ah'Jaya Johnson, Rebekah Malik, Jessica Soders, and Amani Landers (manager).
TRAINERS (6)
Lauren Huenefeld, Destiny Johnson, Tamara Ockelberry, Bailey Poynter, Alyssa Sidwell, and Kori Valchar.
WOMEN'S GOLF (3)
Katelyn Foster, Madeline Goad, and Brill Wise.