106 Student-Athletes Earn UAA Winter Sport All-Academic Accolades

02/13/08

One hundred and six New York University student-athletes were among the 533 2007-08 University Athletic Association (UAA) Winter Sport All-Academic honors.

Seventeen women's swimmers and divers to lead all teams for the Violets. Men's swimming and diving and men's fencing each placed 14 UAA Winter Sport All-Academic honorees, while women's fencing and wrestling each had 13. Both men's and women's indoor track and field recorded 12 award-winners.

Men's (6) and women's (5) basketball also had stellar showings, when you consider both squads have rosters laden with freshmen, who are not eligible for UAA Winter Sport All-Academic honors, as per Association rules.

Overall, 533 student-athletes were honored from the UAA's eight member insitutions. All-Academic recognition is given to student-athletes who have completed at least one full year of college study and carry a minimum of a 3.200 grade point average -- the same academic qualifying standard used by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for the nonimation of Academic All-America candidates in all sports.

Here is a breakdown of each of the Violets' 88 award-winners by sport:

Men’s Basketball (6)
Chip Borsi
Jesse Greenberg
Keith Jensen
Michael Magee
Danny McMahon
Omar Meziab

Women’s Basketball (5)
Gena Brown
Elana Fogel
Megan Fox
Sarah McDevitt
Chelsea Seabron

Men’s Fencing (14)
Radeeb Akhter
Philip Andrews
Scott Bell
Lawrence Costa III
Robert Curtin
Tai DiMaio
Barret Elward
Ryan Gelsinger
Jared Hammond
Timothy Keating
Andrew Stanco
Brandon Taverni
Brian Wang
Seth Webster

Women’s Fencing (13)
Marianna Barry
Catherine Contiguglia
Angie Dang
Victoria Dominguez
Parisa Fayzar
Eliza Friar
Eugenia Lee
Jennifer Lee
Janel Matir
Alyxandra Mattison
Alexandra St. Charles
Angelica Verrelli

Men’s Swimming and Diving (14)
Roger Almeida
Aldo Chang
Andrew Guyton
Brad Hartstein
Paul Hogan
Shaughn Keating
Kieran Layton
Cooper Morton
Eric Pcholinski
Kevin Ryan
Brad Thornton
Eric Wang
Christopher Wolff
Jeffrey Yuan

Women’s Swimming and Diving (17)
Caitlin Albrecht
Samantha Ashby
Patricia Beck
Skyler Cantone
Kelsey Dean
Michelle Del Rio
Amy Gartman
Danielle Hildebrandt
Alexandra Kawecki
Julia Lui
Kacey McCaffrey
Andrea Miller
Melanie Peters
Elyssa Romino
Janelle Szary
Meg Weichman
Mu-Ran Xu

Men’s Indoor Track and Field (12)
Nicholas Haycock
Robert Joynt
Bernier Lauredan, Jr.
Calvin Lee
James McDevitt
Geoffrey McGrane
Nile Nahar-Brown
Daniel Reveles
Colin Ryan
Jesse Schneider
Maciej Szelazek
Ryan Williams

Women’s Indoor Track and Field (12)
Lindsey Agee
Ashley Chase
Sanishya Fernando
Maureen Griffin
Beatrix Jackson
Tilona Moore
Daniella Orton
Ashley Quinn
Raquel Rivera
Kathryn Shannon
Natalie Wilson
Jane Wolkowicz

Wrestling (13)
Greg Accetta
Mark Arpaia
Alex Chianurashvili
Kyle Christensen
Nick Coleman
Andrew Cotlov
Michael Cunningham
Tyler Jeffries
Patrick Knight
Mark Shirian
Naum Shuminov
Elliot Smith
Byron Tuyay