86 Griffins Land on 2024-2025 East-Comm Academic Honor Rolls

All 17 of GMercyU's athletic programs were represented on the 2024-2025 Eastern Athletic Communications Association (EAST-COMM) Academic Honor Rolls with a total of 86 Griffins making the lists. GMercyU contributed 34 student-athletes to the EAST-COMM Fall Academic Honor Roll, eight to the EAST-COMM Winter Academic Honor Roll, and 44 to the EAST-COMM Spring Academic Honor Roll.

A first for the professional development and educational organization for intercollegiate athletic communicators, the EAST-COMM Academic Honor Rolls are designed to honor student-athletes – sophomore and beyond – with a cumulative 3.4 grade point average (GPA), or better, for their impressive performance in the classroom. Of EAST-COMM’s current constituency, this year’s academic honor rolls recognized 6,697 student-athletes, from 43 sports, and 34 institutions across National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, II, III competition.

EAST-COMM’s mission is to provide affordable, high-level professional development, educational opportunities, and networking for its members by providing an avenue for growth as strategic communicators in collegiate athletics. The organization’s primary method of delivering on its mission comes via hosting an annual workshop located in the Northeastern part of the United States.

2024-2025 EAST-COMM Academic Honor Rolls 

FALL (34)

• Men’s Cross Country (2): Sebastian DeSimone (West Orange, N.J.), Branden Soubik (Lansdale, Pa.).
  Women’s Cross Country (3): Natalie O’Neill (Philadelphia, Pa.), Hailey Bloom (Margate City, N.J.), Mikayla Brennan (Bensalem, Pa.).
• Field Hockey (6): Cheyenne Avellino (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), Keleigh Clausius (Landenberg, Pa.), Laura Filchner (Bath, Pa.), Morgan Hoban (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Maddie Jeter (Bensalem, Pa.), Taylor Reynolds (Philadelphia, Pa.).
• Men’s Soccer (8): C.J. Clyde (Southampton, Pa.), Javier Hidalgo (Palisades Park, N.J.), Braedon Kehan (Warrington, Pa.), Tony Mendoza (King of Prussia, Pa.), Hagan Meyer (Warrington, Pa.), Luke, O’Donnell (Glenside, Pa.), Joe Romano (Blue Bell, Pa.), Alex Saldanha (Philadelphia, Pa.).
• Women’s Soccer (12): Miranda Abrams (Philadelphia, Pa.), Jordyn Basile (Quakertown, Pa.), Bethany Beinlich (Forksville, Pa.), Elena DiPrinzio (Warrington, Pa.), Demmi Fox (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.), Natalie Gablein (Philadelphia, Pa.), Rebecca Gordon (Sicklerville, N.J.), Kyra Malloy (Limerick, Pa.), Natalie Morris (Boyertown, Pa.), Jessica Parker (Philadelphia, Pa.), Madisson Ronn (Warrington, Pa.), Ksenia Semenovykh (Warrrington, Pa.).
• Women’s Volleyball (4): Charlotte Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa.), Amanda Lopez (Houston, Texas), Kate Etter (Chambersburg, Pa.), Ayanna Gaston (Middletown, Del.).

WINTER (8)

• Women’s Basketball (3): Alyssa Cresto (Newark, Del.), Alexis Eagan (Drexel Hill, Pa.), Leah Harrington (Horsham, Pa.).
• Men’s Basketball (1): Dylan Harris (Bloomsburg, Pa.).
• Cheerleading (4): Ava Augustine (Conshohocken, Pa.), Samantha Brennan (Wenonah, N.J.), Czariah Castelo (Willow Grove, Pa.), Aja Foster (Willow Grove, Pa.).

SPRING (44)

• Baseball (14): Tommy Angelucci (Mount Laurel, N.J.), Jon Cimino (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), Tim DiRusso (Royersford, Pa.), Quin Dye (Conshohocken, Pa.), Ethan Ferraro (Gilbertsville, Pa.), Dom Gerasimowicz (Pottstown, Pa.), Pete Hoffman (Levittown, Pa.), Ryan Horner (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Michael Inglisa (Delran, N.J.), A.J. Johnson (Lavallette, N.J.), Chris Nodeland (Hamilton, N.J.), Ryan Schultz (Westmont, N.J.), Patrick Talley (Collingswood, N.J.), Ricky Templeton (West Deptford, N.J.).
• Men’s Lacrosse (5): Josh Devine (Pottstown, Pa.), Richie Hughes (Turnersville, N.J.), Dominic Romania (Phoenixville, Pa.), Gunnar Seaman (Worcester, Pa.), Jake Tedeschi (Goshen, N.Y.).
• Women’s Lacrosse (10): Cheyenne Avellino (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), Hailey Bloom (Margate City, N.J.), Alysia Collins (Royersford, N.J.), Ava DeMarco (Woolwich Twp., N.J.), Brianna Godwin (Telford, Pa.), Rebecca Gordon (Sicklerville, N.J.), Maddie Jeter (Bensalem, Pa.), Teagan O’Neill (Pennsauken, N.J.), Gianna Papa (Stratford, N.J.), Victoria Sloan (Philadelphia, Pa.).
• Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field (2): Sebastian DeSimone (West Orange, N.J.), Branden Soubik (Lansdale, Pa.)
• Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field (3): Mikayla Brennan (Bensalem, Pa.), Brigid McCluskey (Philadelphia, Pa.), Natalie O’Neill (Philadelphia, Pa.).
• Softball (10): Jocelyn Baumeister (Willow Grove, Pa.), Grace Carney (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Hannah Cohen (North Wales, Pa.), Shylynn Cordero (Allentown, Pa.) Maya Hellyer (Quakertown, Pa.), Carly Maw (Bensalem, Pa.), Ally McDaid (Maple Glen, Pa.), Emily Murphy (Philadelphia, Pa.), Avery Schwartz (Collegevillle, Pa.), Hannah Smith (Levittown, Pa.).