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Lexi Woodcock

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Saints Set New Academic Benchmark

Siena Athletics Punctuates Record-Setting Year of Academic Success With 234 MAAC Academic Honor Roll Selections

LOUDONVILLE, NY – Siena Athletics' mission to "Build Better Saints" produced a new academic standard for the 2021-22 school year. A Siena benchmark 234 student athletes earned recognition on the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll, capping a record-setting year of academic achievements across the board.
 
Siena Athletics set new department records during the 2021-22 school year in MAAC Academic Honor Roll selections, the percentage of student athletes named to the MAAC Academic Honor Roll, overall student athlete cumulative grade-point average, and the total number of Saints who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during either or both semesters. Additionally, Siena stood out amongst its peers, leading all MAAC institutions in both the total number of programs which achieved perfect multi-year NCAA academic progress rates, and the number of teams posting 100% graduation success rates.
 
"Success is contagious and winning is a habit. That's true in both sports and academics," said Siena College President Chris Gibson '86, Ph.D. "Record-smashing academic success this year reflects our legacy commitment to achievement in the classroom. Coaches, staff, and students prioritize academic wins, and that attitude permeates throughout the department and down to each class. I couldn't possibly be prouder of the culture we've worked incredibly hard to establish."
 
Siena Athletics set a new department record for the fifth consecutive school year with its 234 MAAC Academic Honor Roll selections, which marked an increase of 11 student athletes from the previous benchmark achieved during the 2020-21 school year. A record 65% of Siena College's 360 student athletes earned MAAC Academic Honor Roll recognition for meeting the criteria of maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better. An additional 14 members of the Siena College E-Sports team, which is recognized as an official MAAC club sport, were also named to MAAC Academic Honor Roll. Men's lacrosse led all of Siena's 21 Division I athletic programs with 28 MAAC Academic Honor Roll selections, while women's lacrosse boasted 27 honorees.
 
"The unprecedented level of academic success achieved by our student athletes over this past year underscores their commitment to earn a Siena College degree and be leaders in their community," noted Siena College Vice President and Director of Athletics John D'Argenio. "All of the credit goes to our student athletes, with a sincere thank you to both our S.A.IN.T.S. advisors who help guide our Saints, and to our coaches who recruit and develop both athletically and academically talented individuals."
 
Siena College's 360 student athletes collectively maintain a stellar record-high 3.37 cumulative GPA through the conclusion of the 2021-22 school year, which is three points better than last year's previous standard, and 10 points higher than Siena's non-student athlete GPA. A record total 55 different Saints accrued a perfect 4.0 GPA during either the Fall 2021 or Spring 2022 semester, including 19 who achieved an unblemished mark both terms. Women's lacrosse stands at the vanguard with a Siena Athletics' leading 3.67 cumulative GPA, with men's tennis pacing all male programs with a 3.48 mark. Additionally, the women's golf and women's tennis teams each achieved sensational department-high 3.73 GPA's during the most recent spring semester.
 
"It's remarkable, and yet not surprising, that two in every three Siena student athletes were named to the MAAC Academic Honor Roll," commented Siena College Provost Margaret Madden, Ph.D. "As an institution, we expect our student athletes to be leaders in the classroom, but more importantly, they set lofty standards for themselves. The bar for academic achievement among our student athletes is incredibly high because, as Siena Saints, they placed it there."
 
Earlier this past academic year, Siena Athletics scored MAAC-leading marks in both the NCAA Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Success Rate reports. Siena led all MAAC schools with a total of six athletic programs achieving perfect multi-year APR scores, and 12 teams posting unblemished 100% graduation success rates. Overall, Siena achieved a 94% department GSR, marking its highest rate in nine years.
 
"Our Saints continue to rise above and beyond expectations despite any and all challenges they may face," added S.A.IN.T.S. Advisor Sarah Sivertson. "I am excited to help our student athletes continue to build on this tremendous success, and am confident that with the recent launch of the Bob Guido '68 Athletic Academic Center that we will indeed continue to Build Better Saints."
 
Additional 2021-22 Siena Athletics academic highlights included water polo senior Georgia Vargas '22 being selected as one of two MAAC nominees for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award, another new record 12 Saints earning Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars recognition and, perhaps most notably, the launching of the Bob Guido '68 Athletic Academic Center which will help Siena further its mission of "Building Better Saints."
 
2021-22 Academic Achievement

Siena College's 2021-22 MAAC Academic Honor Roll Honorees
 
First Name Last Name Sport Year Major GPA
Vincent DiNicola Baseball So. Sociology 3.36
James Flood Baseball Sr. Finance 3.26
Randall Hien Baseball So. Health Studies Health Science 3.46
Matt Kenney Baseball Fr. Finance 3.64
Brooks Knapek Baseball Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.83
Carter  Knapek Baseball Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.88
Trevor Kobryn Baseball Fr. Communications-Marketing 3.80
Devan Kruzinski Baseball Sr. Finance 3.43
Kyle Lev Baseball Jr. Economics 3.57
Arlo Marynczak Baseball Sr. Health Studies Health Science 3.24
Bryce Mordecki Baseball Jr. Finance 3.50
Brett Young Baseball R-Jr. Communications-Sports 3.84
Michael Baer Men's Basketball Gr. Masters of Business 3.66
Jared Billups Men's Basketball Fr. Economics 3.35
Steven Lazar Men's Basketball So. Biology 3.81
Robert Mahala Men's Basketball Sr. Business 3.48
Taihland Owens Men's Basketball Fr. Communications-Marketing 3.40
Jackson Stormo Men's Basketball Sr. Communications-Sports 3.41
Haley Blasetti Women's Basketball Sr. Business 3.30
Rayshel Brown Women's Basketball 5th Business 3.48
Anja Knoflach Women's Basketball Jr. Business 3.84
Emina Selimovic Women's Basketball Fr. Economics 3.97
DeAnna Winston Women's Basketball Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.56
Dan Brooks Men's Golf Fr. Business 3.73
Alex Kelley Men's Golf So. Finance 3.69
Andy Knoll Men's Golf So. Computer Science 3.32
Nick Lyons Men's Golf Fr. Economics 3.81
Jack  Tobin Men's Golf Jr. Marketing 3.57
Pudge Williams Men's Golf Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.71
Brody Yates Men's Golf Sr. Marketing 3.27
Jillian Barend Women's Golf Fr. Psychology 3.89
Manoella Barcellos Women's Golf Fr. Mathematics 3.92
Isabella Diaz Women's Golf Jr. Applied Physics Mechanical 3.50
Emily Nash Women's Golf Jr. Finance 3.90
Margot Osterman Women's Golf So. Psychology 3.55
Cole Allen Men's Lacrosse Sr. Business 3.33
Dale Alto Men's Lacrosse Fr. Finance 3.66
Andrew Arcuri Men's Lacrosse So. History Education 3.28
Nick Casner Men's Lacrosse Gr. MBA Business Analytics 3.82
Jack Cavaioli Men's Lacrosse So. Marketing 3.35
Jack Cheney Men's Lacrosse Jr. Finance 3.72
Sam DiChristina Men's Lacrosse Jr. Biology 3.48
Ethan Eckert Men's Lacrosse So. Biology 3.36
Matt Edell Men's Lacrosse So. Finance 3.62
Jack Erb Men's Lacrosse So. Computer Science 3.77
Mitch Fanning Men's Lacrosse Sr. Finance 3.57
Sean Jeffery Men's Lacrosse So. Business 3.21
Luke Julien Men's Lacrosse Sr. Finance 3.50
Chris Kiely Men's Lacrosse Jr. Business 3.32
Jack Kiernan Men's Lacrosse Gr. MBA Business Analytics 3.57
Ryan McCarthy Men's Lacrosse Fr. Business 3.22
Brandon Meir Men's Lacrosse Sr. American Studies Education 3.38
Tyler Menniti Men's Lacrosse Sr. Finance 3.80
Sean Miller Men's Lacrosse Fr. Exploring Business 3.30
Dylan Pape Men's Lacrosse Jr. Finance 3.21
Hunter Pemrick Men's Lacrosse Jr. Business 3.26
Nick Pepe Men's Lacrosse Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.39
Pratt Reynolds Men's Lacrosse Fr. Marketing 3.51
George Rusnak Men's Lacrosse Sr. Finance 3.62
Sean Swenson Men's Lacrosse So. Political Science American Political Justice 3.22
Charles Szumita Men's Lacrosse Fr. Political Science American Political Justice 3.84
Seth Van Schepen Men's Lacrosse Sr. Psychology 3.22
Christopher Yanchoris Men's Lacrosse Sr. Business 3.96
Taryn Asselin Women's Lacrosse So. Applied Physics Mechanical 3.43
Jordan Bentley Women's Lacrosse R-Fr. Communications-Marketing 3.70
Laura Bonomo Women's Lacrosse So. Marketing 3.97
Christina Burnam Women's Lacrosse Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.51
Jenna Colabufo Women's Lacrosse Jr. Economics 3.74
Mikayla Cooke Women's Lacrosse Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.78
Meghan Decker Women's Lacrosse Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.57
Grace Dobrzyski Women's Lacrosse Fr. Biology 4.00
Hannah Field Women's Lacrosse Sr. Marketing 3.95
Emily Fiorillo Women's Lacrosse Gr. Accounting MS 3.97
Rebecca Gilhooley Women's Lacrosse So. Health Studies Health Science 3.83
Sarah Irish Women's Lacrosse Fr. Communications-Journalism 3.57
Sabrina Krasner Women's Lacrosse Jr. Finance 3.47
Haylee Kuprianchik Women's Lacrosse Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.59
Grace Kush Women's Lacrosse So. Communications-Marketing 3.86
Kelsey Lane Women's Lacrosse Gr. MBA Business Analytics 3.91
Kelly Logue Women's Lacrosse Fr. Psychology 3.85
Kendra  MacCaull Women's Lacrosse Jr. Psychology 3.85
Nicole McNeely Women's Lacrosse 5th Data and Analytics Certificate 3.42
Ally Mervine Women's Lacrosse 5th Biochemistry 3.96
Amanda Nieman Women's Lacrosse Jr. Communications-Marketing 3.47
Kit O'Hara Women's Lacrosse So. Communications-Marketing 3.35
Jillian Risavi Women's Lacrosse Sr. Psychology 3.69
Mary Soures Women's Lacrosse Sr. English 3.87
Reagan Tenaglia Women's Lacrosse Fr. Communications-Sports 3.46
Katy Wangsness Women's Lacrosse Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.87
Gaby Welch Women's Lacrosse So. Psychology 3.82
Christopher Adamski Men's Cross Country/Track Jr. Marketing 3.77
Tommy Anderson Men's Cross Country/Track Jr. Biology 3.58
Aidan Canavan Men's Cross Country/Track Gr. Data and Analytics Certificate 3.92
Jackson Cayward Men's Cross Country/Track Fr. Biology 3.53
Collin Clinton Men's Cross Country/Track Fr. Accounting   3.97
Stosh Davis Men's Cross Country/Track Gr. MBA Business Analytics 3.88
Christopher DeForest Men's Cross Country/Track So. Finance 3.41
Aidan Gillooley Men's Cross Country/Track Jr. Finance 3.43
Noah Greski Men's Cross Country/Track Fr. Software Development 3.41
Ben Guerin Men's Cross Country/Track So. Finance 3.33
Matthew Laframboise Men's Cross Country/Track Jr. Applied Physics Electrical 3.75
Killian McNamee Men's Cross Country/Track So. Biology 3.90
Nathan Poirier Men's Cross Country/Track Jr. Computer Science 3.62
Nathaniel Sletten Men's Cross Country/Track Fr. Software Development 3.53
Jimmy Smith Men's Cross Country/Track So. Management 3.49
Bryan Spence Men's Cross Country/Track So. Conservation Science 3.78
Jacob Sandun Arachchige-Jensen Men's Soccer Fr. Management 3.25
Niko Dimkopoulos Men's Soccer R-So. Finance 3.48
Luke Ferrari Men's Soccer Jr. Economics 3.81
Olafur Freysson Men's Soccer Fr. Business 3.24
Zach Gardner Men's Soccer Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.37
Cole Hellert Men's Soccer So. Marketing 3.64
Salko Kanic Men's Soccer So. French 3.26
Antonio La Gamba Men's Soccer Jr. Business 3.62
Antonio Linge Men's Soccer R-Jr. Business 4.00
Michael Maloney Men's Soccer So. Business 3.57
Greg Monroe Men's Soccer Sr. Finance 3.53
Svavar Nokkvason Men's Soccer Jr. Communications-Marketing 3.52
Jacob   Pacheco Men's Soccer 5th Data and Analytics Certificate 3.65
Erik Reis Men's Soccer Fr. Exploring Business 3.64
Jesper Schone Vogtengen Men's Soccer Fr. Business 3.51
Mark Sojer Men's Soccer Jr. Marketing 3.65
Birgir Thorsteinsson Men's Soccer Sr. Business 3.27
Henrik Winkelmann Men's Soccer Fr. Business 3.97
Leslie Adams  Women's Soccer Sr. Mathematics 3.46
Lexi Bartlow Women's Soccer Jr. Biology 3.81
Brooke Boermeester Women's Soccer R-So. Economics 3.98
Danielle Borrino Women's Soccer Jr. Business 3.63
Morgan Camarda Women's Soccer Sr. Mathematics 3.42
Sinead Carroll Women's Soccer Sr. Communications-Marketing 3.57
Darby D'Angelo Women's Soccer Gr. MBA Marketing 3.52
Gabby DeAngelis Women's Soccer So. Biochemistry 3.89
Grace Dimkopoulos Women's Soccer So. Health Studies Health Science 3.96
Angela Fini Women's Soccer So. Health Studies Health Science 3.49
Grace George Women's Soccer So. Psychology 3.56
Francesca Gerbasi Women's Soccer Fr. Biochemistry 3.44
Julianna Kissane Women's Soccer Sr. Mathematics 3.68
Carrie Krohn Women's Soccer Sr. American Studies Education 3.86
Katrina Kurtz Women's Soccer Jr. Psychology 3.54
Emily McNelis Women's Soccer Sr. Health Studies Health Science 3.99
Jayanna Monds Women's Soccer Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.57
Brianna Montinard Women's Soccer Sr. Health Studies Health Science 3.30
Melina Ortiz Women's Soccer So. Political Science American Political Justice 4.00
Rebecca Rolland Women's Soccer So. Actuarial Science 3.97
Ashleigh Sarafin Women's Soccer Sr. Health Studies Health Science 3.31
Caitlin Wania Women's Soccer Jr. Communications-Marketing 3.80
Antonia Alba Softball Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.54
Shannon Bonewit Softball Jr. Psychology 3.60
Sophia Caputo Softball Jr. Biology 3.90
Kaitlyn Davis Softball Jr. Biology 3.23
Alissa Eimont Softball Fr. Communications-Marketing 3.25
Peyton Elzey Softball Sr. Marketing 3.81
Ava Fitzmaurice Softball Gr. Masters of Business 3.25
Ashley Giampolo Softball Fr. Business 3.81
Kaitlyn Govea Softball Jr. Psychology 3.78
Emma McLaughlin Softball Jr. Marketing 3.82
Nicole Patille Softball Jr. Biology 3.48
Adriana Romano Softball Fr. Psychology 3.50
Allison Speshyock Softball Jr. English 3.66
Angelina Stile Softball Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.33
Sabrina Vargas Softball Sr. Biology 3.37
Maxwell Acri Men's Tennis Fr. Finance 3.63
Griffin Barnett Men's Tennis Sr. Finance 3.77
Tomas del Olmo Men's Tennis Sr. Accounting 3.94
Darek Kuczynski Men's Tennis So. Data Science 3.62
Andrea Moro Men's Tennis Jr. Business 3.80
Marvin Oberli Men's Tennis Jr. Accounting 3.91
Agustin Suarez Men's Tennis Jr. Computer Science 3.23
Mathis  Tremblay Men's Tennis Fr. Finance 3.65
Soma Yokoyama Men's Tennis So. Economics 3.91
Emma Boggiali Women's Tennis So. Business 3.93
Meagan Brown Women's Tennis Sr. Biology 3.30
Jade Gautier Women's Tennis Fr. Marketing 3.93
Laia Giralt Women's Tennis Fr. Data Science 3.96
Anastasia Koniaev Women's Tennis Sr. Political Science   3.69
Shelby Madeiros Women's Tennis So. Psychology 3.67
Maanya Viswanath Women's Tennis Jr. Psychology 3.41
Kaitlyn Canelas Volleyball Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.42
Maddy Dunigan Volleyball Sr. Communications-Marketing 3.37
Meg  Giordano Volleyball Sr. Communications-Marketing 3.64
Hailey Hinkel Volleyball So. MC Dual Degree Nursing Program 3.86
Abby Huffman Volleyball Sr. Visual Art and Design 3.66
Claire Isaksen Volleyball Fr. Psychology 3.23
Meghan Johnsson Volleyball So. Environmental Studies 3.80
Olga Sawinska Volleyball Fr. Biology 3.56
Greta Stjade Volleyball So. Business 4.00
Sara Wagner Volleyball Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.36
Madoka Weldon Volleyball Jr. History   3.69
Grace Wilhelm Volleyball Fr. Exploring Business 3.97
Emily  Wunder Volleyball Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.48
Sydney Arnold Water Polo So. History 3.32
Caroline Behr Water Polo So. Health Studies Health Science 3.47
Grace Boeve Water Polo Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.20
Lily Graham Water Polo Jr. Communications-Marketing 3.77
Anna Mossakowski Water Polo Jr. Biology 3.55
Bianca Prinsloo Water Polo Sr. Data Science 3.41
Georgia Vargas Water Polo Sr. Psychology 3.65
Maggie Verduijn Water Polo Jr. Social Work 3.61
Elaine Atanasova Women's Cross Country/Track Jr. Biology 3.53
Holly Bednarek Women's Cross Country/Track Sr. Political Science 3.68
Shannon Bergin Women's Cross Country/Track Sr. Marketing 3.42
Lizzie Brown Women's Cross Country/Track Fr. Creative Arts 3.57
Julia  Bryant Women's Cross Country/Track Sr. English 3.87
Keira Cohen Women's Cross Country/Track Jr. Biology 3.78
Olivia Durant Women's Cross Country/Track Sr. Finance 3.73
Keira Flaherty Women's Cross Country/Track Fr. Astrophysics 3.60
Claire Gardner Women's Cross Country/Track Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.29
Miranda Gilbert Women's Cross Country/Track So. English 3.76
Katharine Hesler Women's Cross Country/Track So. Health Studies Health Science 3.76
Bella Kieser Women's Cross Country/Track So. Economics 3.93
Sydney Levison Women's Cross Country/Track Jr. Earth Systems 3.71
Olivia Lomascolo Women's Cross Country/Track Sr. Dual Degree Nursing Program 3.55
Delia McDade Clay Women's Cross Country/Track Jr. Psychology 3.74
Ashley Moskowitz Women's Cross Country/Track Jr. Health Studies Health Science 3.40
Isabella Painter Women's Cross Country/Track So. Communications-Marketing 3.68
Christina Peppy Women's Cross Country/Track Fr. Communications-Political 3.93
Regina Rosati Women's Cross Country/Track Gr. MBA Strategic Management 3.51
Sophia Vinciguerra Women's Cross Country/Track Jr. Marketing 3.72
Elisabeth Balicanta Women's Swimming and Diving Jr. Communications-Journalism 3.88
Demi Bobarakis Women's Swimming and Diving So. English 3.69
Maddie Buck Women's Swimming and Diving Fr. Business 3.59
Maggie Caputo Women's Swimming and Diving Jr. English Education 3.47
Kylie Carter Women's Swimming and Diving Fr. Biology 3.75
Natalie Colaizzo Women's Swimming and Diving So. Conservation Science 3.49
Francesca Coppola Women's Swimming and Diving Fr. Health Studies Health Science 3.40
Sarah Duggan Women's Swimming and Diving Sr. Biology 3.89
Olivia Martin Women's Swimming and Diving Fr. Business 3.52
Ellie Murphy Women's Swimming and Diving Jr. Communications-Marketing 3.40
Kristyn Sampath Women's Swimming and Diving Jr. Political Science 3.79
Abigail Sheridan Women's Swimming and Diving Sr. Biology 3.80
Jessica Shine Women's Swimming and Diving Jr. Psychology 3.54
Audrey Shultz Women's Swimming and Diving So. Communications-Journalism 3.92
Talia Spenziero Women's Swimming and Diving So. Health Studies Health Science 3.74
Emily Sulik Women's Swimming and Diving So. MC Dual Degree Nursing Program 3.43
Adam Ahmadzai E-Sports Fr. Computer Science 3.20
Will Daugherty E-Sports Fr. Biology 3.79
Topher Fronda E-Sports So. Finance 3.75
Nicholas Galvam E-Sports Jr. Applied Physics 3.62
Ryan Gill  E-Sports So. Psychology 3.65
Matt Helfant E-Sports Jr. Accounting 3.34
Aidan Janusas E-Sports So. Marketing 3.28
Andrew Jop E-Sports Fr. Computer Science 3.49
Wafeeq  Khan E-Sports So. Actuarial Science 3.20
Colin Palladino E-Sports Sr. Computer Science 3.43
Leanna Ramus E-Sports Jr. Conservation Science 3.55
Olivia Rivera E-Sports Fr. Social Work 3.26
Michael Scanlan E-Sports Sr. Computer Science 3.29
Aidan Wendt E-Sports Jr. Accounting  3.64
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