ORLANDO, Fla. – Nova Southeastern had 166 student-athletes named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll the conference announced on Friday afternoon. Of the student-athletes honored, 40 Sharks achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester.

The Sunshine State Conference named 2,276 student-athletes to the 2026 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll. Of the student-athletes recognized, 552, an SSC record, carried a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the spring semester.

The number of 2026 honorees breaks the previous record of 2,264 student-athletes named last year's Spring Honor Roll. This year's numbers mark the seventh time the SSC has recognized over 350 perfect grade-point averages on the Spring Honor Roll, besting the previous record of 522 perfect grade-point averages set in 2025.

Several athletes recognized at the top of their respective sports found their way onto the Honor Roll. Of the 28 "of-the-year" award winners in the 15 winter and spring sports that recognize top individuals, 25 made the honor roll, including 10 who had 4.0 GPAs. Six of the 25 won national championships, including three of the 4.0 students: Kristina Orban (Nova Southeastern-women's swimmer of the year), Max Barile (Florida Southern-men's golf player of the year) and Kolby Cohen (Florida Southern-women's lacrosse draw control specialist of the year).

Student-athletes must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00 to be eligible for the Spring SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Participants in the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, women's beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's outdoor track, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, baseball, and softball are eligible for the spring honor roll.

Student-Athletes marked with a "*" have achieved a 4.00 semester GPA.
 
Men's Basketball

• Eli Allen – Management
• Dallas Graziani – MS-Leadership
• Bennett Kayser – Exercise and Sport Science
• Jaxon Nap – Applied Professional Studies
• Ross Reeves – MS-Business Intelligence Analytics
• Bobby Rosenberger - Applied Professional Studies
• Patrick Rowe – Marketing
• Blaise Vespe - Applied Professional Studies
• Ryan Walsh – Finance

Women's Basketball

• Zoe Adams – Management
• Layla Cannon – Biology
• Markayla Holland – MS-Finance
• Unique Horton – Psychology
• Chynna Mattair* - MS-Counseling
• Kaliyah Morales – Communication
• Celeste Reed – Management
• Taydra Simpson – Applied Professional Studies 
• Sophia Zoerb* - Management

Men's Swimming

• John Aegerter – Communication
• Jake Baker – Sport and Recreation Management
• Danny Bishop – Sport and Recreation Management
• Gustav Henriksen – Management
• Paul Huvet-Pansard – Exercise & Sport Science
• Tres Izquierdo – Marketing
• Michael Kent* - Biology
• Carter Miller – Finance
• Rhett Moore – Interdisciplinary Studies
• Josh Parry – Management
• Jackson Patterson – Finance
• Nicko Peristeridis – Finance
• Philip Peristieridis – Public Health
• Aiden Pflieger* - Marine Biology
• Mateus Ribeiro* – Human Nutrition
• Gabe Rzezwicki* - Applied Professional Studies  

Women's Swimming

• Estelle Bauer* - MS-Counseling
• Kylie Boyle – Finance
• Bree Buchanan* - Computer Science
• Harliai Curthoys-Davies* – MS-Public Health
• Sara Dowden – Exercise and Sport Science
• Maxine Egner – Property Management and Real Estate
• Maya Esparza – Sport and Recreation Management
• Elena Fonseca – Interdisciplinary Studies
• Grace Gardner – MS-Management
• Danielle Grande – Biology
• Isabella Hernandez – Exercise and Sport Science
• Vika Kostromina – MS-Sport Revenue Generation
• Zsofia Kurdi – MS-Sport Revenue Generation
• Michelle Marinheiro – Law
• Hannah Montgomery – Marketing
• Mollie Morfelt – Management
• Kristina Orban* - Management
• Callie Ott – Exercise and Sport Science
• Isabella Pozos – MS-Entrepreneurship
• Sara Quintero - Exercise and Sport Science
• Emilia Ronningdal - Applied Professional Studies 
• Danika Senekal – Biology
• Nika Tomic – Marketing
• Ariana Valle – Communication
• Hailey Williams* - Psychology

Baseball

• Michael Alfonso – Management
• Mikey Arnold* - Sport and Recreation Management
• Nyle Banks – MS-Marketing
• Frank Bilisi* – MS-Sport Revenue Generation
• Jack Cue - Applied Professional Studies 
• Jorge DeGoti - Applied Professional Studies 
• Michael Diaz – Criminal Justice
• Jonathan Fernandez-Andrew – Political Science
• Sebastian Garavito – Marketing
• Emilio Gonzalez - Applied Professional Studies 
• JC Hernandez – Public Health
• Dakota Jones - Applied Professional Studies 
• Yhirian Marrero – Management
• Ty Torti - Applied Professional Studies 
• Erik Tovar - Applied Professional Studies 
• Antonio Turco – Entrepreneurship
• Federico Zapata – Sport and Recreation Management

Men's Golf

• Lucas Albert Pons – Finance
• Jorge Berea* - Finance
• James Humphries* - Management
• Elias Mardeni – Finance
• William McGhie – Management

Women's Golf

• Ariana Carvalho – Finance
• Mei Chan – Sport and Recreation Management
• Rosanna Halls – Applied Professional Studies
• Sofia McGhie* - Sport and Recreation Management
• Lua Pousa Dacasa – Management
• Alex Remaklus – Entrepreneurship
• Tanvi Samayam - Neuroscience

Rowing

• Lucia Allen – Sport and Recreation Management
• Madison Artman – Exercise and Sport Science
• Marlene Camm* - Marine Biology
• Sophia Florez – Finance
• Emma Hickey* - Neuroscience
• Mollie Ireland – Exercise and Sport Science
• Jordan Maruskin – MS-Public Accounting
• Grechiangeliz Ortiz Mendez – Nursing Pathway
• Margianna Petridi – Psychology
• V Robinson* - Psychology
• Chrysta Snair – Law

Softball

• Brynn Burchfield* - MS-Sports Science
• Sami Ciccia – Exercise and Sport Science
• Aubrie Claverie – Applied Professional Studies
• Christina D'Agostino* - Entreprenuership
• Emily Garcia - Applied Professional Studies
• Savanna Isaacson – Nursing Pathway
• Bella Ligotti* – Applied Professional Studies
• Brooke Mahaney – Sport and Recreation Management
• Brianna Matthews* - Law
• Ana Richiez – Criminal Justice
• Taylor Rogers – Criminal Justice
• Gianna Russo* - Management
• Mia Schwaner – Nursing Pathway

Tennis

• Jana Boegner* - MS-Business Intelligence Analytics
• Noemie Dadoun* - Management
• Gia Fine – Management
• Chloe Henderson – Applied Professional Students
• Kristyna Hranacova* - Management
• Priscila Janikian – MS-Finance
• Katja Markus* - Applied Professional Studies
• Amina Sagadiyeva - Biology

Men's Track

• Jaime Blazquez – Exercise and Sport Science
• Keel Brossard* - Finance
• Chaz Chambers - Exercise and Sport Science
• Phillip DiMarco - Exercise and Sport Science
• Ryan Elfring* - Marketing
• Marc Gonzalez – Nursing Pathway
• Julian Granville – Property Management and Real Estate
• Dimitri Kates – Finance
• Michael Magnoli – Finance
• Marcus Marek Tortorella* - Engineering
• Federico Meneses – Finance
• Joseph Pinheiro – Criminal Justice
• Seth Roque Munoz – Management
• Jailen Sinclair-Bergin – Finance
• William Watson – Management

Women's Track

• Bella Ascone – Entrepreneurship and Management
• Arianna Bittner* - Nursing Pathway
• Pearl Bixler – Exercise and Sport Science
• Catherine Botacio – Nursing Pathway
• Natalie Burkhart – Marketing
• Ava Crosson – Philosophy
• Sophia DeBellas* - Public Health
• Ornella Forgione – Engineering
• Isabella Grant* - Exercise and Sport Science
• Kristina Hankinson* - Psychology
• Tayla Hummel – Applied Professional Studies
• Ally Jakubiak* - Human Nutrition
• Sativa James – Nursing Pathway
• Aaliyah Jordan – Elementary Education
• Soli Karagianis – Exercise and Sport Science
• Vivian Kirk – Marine Biology
• Amanda Mannino - Exercise and Sport Science
• Bridget McGrath* - Biology and Neuroscience
• Kiana Medina - Exercise and Sport Science and Neuroscience
• Sana Omirbek – Marketing
• Maggie Ragsdale* – Biology & Neuroscience
• Leena Saidi – MS-General Psychology
• Anna Simpson – Biology
• Allison Sjosward – Marine Biology
• Kegan Smith – Criminal Justice
• Alayna Stewart – Exercise and Sport Science
• Jordan Stygar - Exercise and Sport Science
• Shaelyn Taylor – Marine Biology
• Naima Thomas* - Psychology
• Jillian Thorning* - Biology

 
Having won 144 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. The SSC ranked first among NCAA Division II conferences in ASR (Academic Success Rate) for the third-straight year in 2024-25 and has never fallen below second in the metric's 19-year history