April 27, 2011
CHICAGO - UIC student-athletes, coaches and staff from all 17 sports congregated at the Student Services Building Tuesday night to celebrate the Flames' academic success at the annual "Night of Champions" Academic Banquet.
The women's swimming team was honored as the Academic Team of the Year after compiling a 3.3 team grade-point-average during the 2010 Fall Semester.
Sophomore gymnast Emily Lawrence and Coryn Schmidt, a sophomore on the softball team, shared the Female Academic Athlete of the Year Award after maintaining perfect 4.0 GPA's. Senior men's tennis player Alex Marginean, who boasts a 3.93 GPA as a biology major, was named the Male Academic Athlete of the Year.
Prestigious scholarship awards, such as the Avery Brundage Scholarship, the Thomas Beckham Scholarship, the Colvin Communication Scholarship, the Don Nash Scholarship, the Port Academic Center Scholarship and the Aileen S. Andrew Scholarship, were presented to deserving UIC student-athletes, and the student-athlete with the highest grade point average on each team was honored.
Avery Brundage award winners were as follows: Lukasz Adamczyk (men's gymnastics), Erin Duggan (women's gymnastics) and Danielle Reusnow (women's gymnastics). Receiving the Port Center Award was Claire Donyanavard (softball); Briana Hinkle from women's basketball accepted the Don Nash Award; Clair Martin, a women's swimmer, earned the Colvin Communication Award; men's gymnast Andre Gatorano and Christine Girard from women's gymnastics accepted the Aileen S. Andrew Award, while Erik Perez (men's track & field) accepted the Thomas Beckham Award.
During the 2010 Fall Semester, UIC student-athletes compiled a 2.97 cumulative grade-point-average, the second-best mark in school history. Nine of the Flames' 17 teams recorded a team GPA of 3.0 or higher, including five programs above a 3.2.
Individually, 136 student-athletes compiled a GPA of 3.0 or better, more than 40 percent of all student-athletes. A total of 32 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Additionally, seven Flames' student-athletes from four sports were named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Team.
Academic Award Winners, 2010-11
Baseball
Andrew Leonard - 3.5 -Management
Nicholas Addison - Communication
Steven McGuiggan - Communication
Men's Basketball
Jimmy Harding - 3.16 - Civil Engineering
Anthony Kelley - Movement Sciences
Robo Kreps - Exercise and Fitness
Arman Rasul - Criminology, Law and Justice
Men's Cross Country
Matthew Morse - 3.79 - History
Brian Denk - Teaching of History
Rogelio Pinon - Elementary Education
Matt Zaluckyj - Teaching of Mathematics
Men's Gymnastics
David Mohr - 3.88 - Movement Sciences
Andrew Arnold - Exercise and Fitness, Physics
Aaron Eyster - Psychology
Andre Gatorano - Bioengineering
Dan Hutton - Entrepreneurship
Gabriel Kadar - Marketing
Ned-Daniel Kamimura - Mathematics
Mateusz Rybarski -Liberal Arts
Men's Soccer
Zachary Kaleta - 3.65 - Management
Moriba Diallo - Political Science
Felipe Carrasco-Liberal Arts
Joseph Radice - Liberal Arts
Alexander Rickett - Economics
Men's Swimming & Diving
Evan Dunn - 3.74 - Exercise and Fitness
Michael Greco -Liberal Arts
Will Ikeda - Mechanical Engineering
Konrad Korth - Movement Sciences
Andrew Schmitt - Environmental Sciences
Zachary Van Swol - Biology
Stephen Yemm - Anthropology
Men's Tennis
Alexandru Marginean - 3.92 - Biology
Luiz Gonzaga Neto - Mechanical Engineering
Nathan Kirk - Finance
David Robare - Economics
Scott Shepardson - Finance
Men's Track and Field
Erik Perez - 3.85 - Teaching of Mathematics
Anthony Crawford - Exercise and Fitness
Justen Garth - Communication
Justin Higginbotham - Biology
Roy Mwale - Architecture
Cory Renner - Finance
Joshua Stanner - Finance
Women's Basketball
Kristin Petrinec - 3.91 - Mathematics
Shamiea Green - Criminology, Law and Justice
Briana Hinkle - Education - M.Ed., Instructional Leadership
Women's Cross Country
Rosemary Gillam - 3.86 - English
Stephanie Johnson - Psychology
Women's Gymnastics
Emily Lawrence - 4.0 - Liberal Arts
Erin Duggan - Nursing
Emily Fiorilli - Biology
Christine Girard - Bioengineering
Jamie Krause - Elementary Education
Rachel Montoya - Psychology
Sarah Murray - Psychology
Andrea Skala - Finance
Chantel Turk - Psychology
Softball
Coryn Schmit - 4.0 - Movement Sciences
Claire Donyanavard - English
Kara Komp - Urban and Public Affairs
Melinda Macias - Accounting
Devin Miller - Management
Melissa Preish - Movement Sciences
Christie Seddon - Accounting
Women's Swimming & Diving
Sarah Harper - 3.93 - English
Lillian Cabel - Nursing
Alex Farrar - Marketing
Emily Hare - Psychology
Laurel Heath - Nursing
McKinzie Jacobs - Human Nutrition
Clair Martin - Communication
Hannah Mikrut - Liberal Arts
Brooke Sawyer - Psychology
Julia Shallcross - Teaching of Mathematics
Sarah Walsh - Teaching of English
Sarma Zemjanis - Communication
Women's Tennis
Ilinca Cristescu - 3.79 - Spanish
Mariya Kovaleva - Finance
Women's Track & Field
Ashley Williams - 3.92 - Biology
Erin Clark - Communication
Andrea Crump - Sociology
Theresa Karras - Biology
Aimee Schuh - Movement Sciences
Kellie Schuh - Biology
Constance Sciacero - Exercise and Fitness
Volleyball
Jacqueline Lang - 3.7 - Liberal Arts
Jessica Dalke - Masters, Real Estate
Kelsey Safranek - Teaching of Mathematics
Aubrey Sniegowski - Industrial Design
Casie Sullivan - Education - M.Ed., Instructional Leadership
Taylor Szatkowski - Sociology
Specialty Awards
Avery Brundage Award (3): Lukasz Adamczyk-Men's Gymnastics, Erin Duggan-Women's Gymnastics, Danielle Reusnow-Women's Gymnastics
Female Academic Athlete of the Year (2 awards): Emily Lawrence & Coryn Schmit - 4.0
Male Academic Athlete of the Year: Alexandru Marginean - 3.93
Academic Team of the Year: Women's Swimming - 3.3
Port Center Award: Claire Donyanavard - Women's Softball
Don Nash Award: Briana Hinkle - Women's Basketball
Colvin Communication Award: Clair Martin - Women's Swimming & Diving
Aileen S. Andrew Award - Andre Gatorano - 3.73 - Bioengineering - Men's Gymnastics, Christine Girard - 3.9 - Bioengineering - Women's Gymnastics
Thomas Beckham Award - Erik Perez, Men's Track & Field, Erin Duggan, Women's Gymnastics
