Raiders set new record

Shippensburg University‘s Raiders set a new record for Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athletes. The conference office announced Monday that 200 Raiders were recipients of the honor for the 2019-20 academic year. Data was distributed by the conference office.

A PSAC Scholar-Athlete has maintained a 3.25 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) while competing in an intercollegiate varsity sport.

This is the eighth time in the last 10 years that Shippensburg has matched or surpassed a new record total for PSAC Scholar-Athletes. The 2019-20 accomplishment shatters the previous mark by 34 student-athletes. SU had a record total of 166 PSAC Scholar-Athletes last academic year (2018-19). Other record enhancements in recent years had occurred in increments of two (164 in 2017-18, 162 in 2014-15 and 2015-16).

SU’s PSAC Scholar-Athlete total includes 123 women and 77 men. Forty-two percent of SU’s student-athletes earned the classification of PSAC Scholar-Athlete. That shatters the previous record of 36% of student-athletes set in 2014-15.

Data was first compiled by the PSAC in 1994.

The following is the list of Shippensburg’s PSAC Scholar-Athletes for the 2019-20 academic year. (Data was provided to PSAC by SU’s Office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes).

Baseball (10): 

• Justin Darden,
• Andrew Haynes,
• Kiernan Higgins,
• Chris Horst,
• Austen LaBarre,
• Lake Lloyd,
• Jacob Pollock,
• Ben Werkheiser,
• Logan Williamson,
• Nick Zanic

Field Hockey (14): 

• Valen Alonso,
• Jody Boyer,
• Rosalia Cappadora,
• Megan Green,
• Anna Gruber,
• Megan Hart,
• Molly Herigan,
• Megan Lay,
• Annie Megonnell,
• Jazmin Petrantonio,
• Maddie Reuther,
• Jenna Sluymer*,
• Meg Thompson,
• Kristen Zellner

Football (21): 

• Aaron Alphee,
• Cole Balint,
• David Balint III,
• Mike Banks,
• Chris Butler,
• Matt Feeney,
• Riley Good,
• Chisom Ifeanyi,
• Ray Jones,
• Sean Judge,
• Bret Legath,
• Shane McGarry,
• Brycen Mussina,
• Trey Paul,
• Tyler Petucci,
• David Shank,
• Dontae Samari
• Amir Slocum,
• Nyzair Smith,
• Tig Spinelli,
• Cameron Tinner,
• Carter Van Scyoc

Lacrosse (15): 

• Clairanne Chairs,
• Jessica DeMarte,
• Kami Holt,
• Madi Jones,
• Addie Kalama,
• McKenna Keller,
• McKenzie Pope,
• Hannah Raines,
• Gabby Savarino,
• Morgan Schantz,
• Kasey Schuchardt,
• Hannah Seifried,
• Hope Shearer,
• Carly Switala,
• Lauren Twomey

Men’s Basketball (2): 

• Jake Biss,
• Geoff Helm

Men’s Cross Country (9): 

• Joseph Bujdos,
• Drew Dailey,
• Alexander Ermold,
• Andrew Feldman,
• Nathan Harding,
• Cole Harris,
• Joshua Jackson,
• Chayce Macknair,
• AJ Plowman

Men’s Soccer (11): 

• Zach Bailey,
• Seth Crabbe,
• Chase Estes,
• Cory Ferguson,
• Owen Iacobelli, 
• Tim McNamara, 
• Nolan Ross,
• JJ Saukko,
• Ilari Seunavaara,
• Max Sieg,
• Kyle Willwerth

Men’s Swimming (9): 

• Jeff Beyer,
• Alec Burger,
• David Bussard,
• Austin Durand,
• Hunter Keck,
• Trevor Woolwine,
• Tylor Yakaitis,
• Eric Zimmerman,
• Elijah Zinn

Men’s Track & Field (12): 

• Josh Booth,
• Chase Carpenter,
• Jacob Gieringer,
• Tommy Haas,
• Josh Herbster,
• Matt Karlheim,
• Eric Kirk,
• Michael Lingard,
• Conner Oldt,
• Nate Reed,
• Alec Stimson,
• Cam Strohe

Softball (18): 

• Kayla Bonawitz,
• Morgan DeFeo,
• Morgan Fetter,
• Carissa Hagerty,
• Lacey Hunter,
• Hannah Johnson,
• Tressa Kagarise,
• Meghan Klee,
• Maria Leedom,
• Hannah Marsteller,
• Alyssa Nehlen,
• Hannah Palinkas,
• Grace Palmieri,
• Hanna Phillips,
• Taylor Radziewicz,
• Sydney Reffner,
• Bridget Sharkey,
• Halle Zullinger

Tennis (6): 

• Kendall Geis,
• Sahar Islam,
• Callie Papoutsis,
• Maddy Reeves,
• Kayla Tryanski,
• Hannah Wieller

Women’s Basketball (5): 

• Ashley Adams,
• Jacquelynne Baker,
• Aunbrielle Green,
• Olivia Gregory,
• Fiona Rowan

Women’s Cross Country (12): 

• Katie Booth,
• Ava Franklin,
• Jade Fry,
• Kyra Gerber,
• Isabelle Gulgert,
• Phylicia Hockman,
• Mackenzie Kurtz,
• Amanda LaVana,
• Emily Montag,
• Sydney Morgan,
• Jenna Robbins,
• Olivia Sommers

Women’s Soccer (17): 

• Casey Bell,
• Mara Bowman,
• Alyse Caffrey,
• Julianne Capozzoli,
• Alexandra Cottingham,
• Julia Dalton,
• Kelli Dunagan,
• Laura Fazzini,
• Kelsy Fitzgerald,
• Sydney Miller,
• Mackenzie Mitchell,
• Emma Oberholtzer,
• Lauren Ocker,
• KK O’Donnell,
• Cassidy Skilton,
• Sakiah Veur,
• Izzy Weigel

Women’s Swimming (12): 

• Madison Breiner,
• Manisha Kapoor,
• Kallie Lyle,
• Shannan Maher,
• Mari Reott,
• Erika Rundquist,
• Nicole Smith,
• Kayla Sudbrink,
• Eva Tice,
• Gracee Tothero,
• Riley Weller,
• Brenna White

Women’s Track & Field (12): 

• Lieke Black,
• Sarah Bourdon,
• Rachel Bruno,
• Leah Graybill,
• Ellie Kuhn,
• Jordan McIntosh,
• Sara McKean,
• Ashlee Newton,
• Carson Pennings,
• Malayna Rowe,
• Jessica Rutkowsky,
• Mallory Sunderland

Wrestling (3): 

• John Bachar,
• Alex Fouse,
• Caleb Stephenson

Volleyball (12): 

• Oyinda Agbale,
• Emily Hangen,
• Gabriella Johnson#,
• Kendall Johnson,
• Faith Loehle,
• Alana Pergine,
• Dana Roberts,
• Gianna Sigado,
• Jordan Skoff,
• Kaitlyn Townsend,
• Rachel Verhoef,
• Samantha Webber

Most cross country athletes are also members of the track & field teams for their respective gender. They are listed as cross country athletes for the purpose of this listing.

* Jenna Sluymer is a two-sport athlete listed at field hockey.

# Gabriella Johnson is a two-sport athlete listed at volleyball.