SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 22, 2021) – Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) announced that its 17 athletics teams boasted a combined 3.01 GPA for the fall 2020 semester.
Athletic Director Shane Hurley commented, "It's always important to express our gratitude toward all professors and staff who assist our student-athletes on their way to earning a degree from OLLU. We appreciate all of our academic support services and personnel, as well. Congratulations to the coaches for supporting their athletes in every way and emphasizing the importance of being scholar-athletes. Our student-athletes had difficulties this past semester and most of last year's spring semester due to adjusting to virtual learning, yet they were able to mark higher than a 3.0 GPA. They deserve the recognition for a job well done, and we all thank them for their efforts in their sport and the classroom."
Of the 295 student-athletes at OLLU:
- 188 received GPAs of 3.0 and above
- 81 earned GPAs of 3.0-3.49
- 64 earned GPAs of 3.5-3.9
- 43 earned GPAs of 4.0
The teams posting GPAs of 3.0 and above and the number of student-athletes within that sport who earned recognition include:
- 3.652 – Men's and Women's Golf (12 of 12)
- 3.622 – Men's Cross-Country (6 of 5)
- 3.538 – Men's and Women's Tennis (9 of 10)
- 3.483 – Women's Soccer (29 of 34)
- 3.415 – Women's Cross-Country (6 of 7)
- 3.363 – Dance (7 of 11)
- 3.250 – Volleyball (18 of 26)
- 3.199 – Baseball (26 of 50)
- 3.107 – Men's Soccer (22 of 36)
- 3.095 – Men's Track and Field (2 of 3)
Those earning 4.0 GPAs this fall semester are:
Baseball
Connor Dayton (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Jose Diaz (SR/Pinar del Rio, Cuba)
Matthew Klar (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Angel Nunez (FR/McAllen, Texas)
Noah Herrera (FR/San Juan, Texas)
Women's Soccer
Ijayla Criswell (FR/San Antonio)
Rachel Dziuba (FR/Germantown, Md.)
Sarah Miles (SO/Helotes, Texas)
Samantha Nava (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Riley Perez (SO/El Paso, Texas)
Tess Pitcher (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Baye Polansky (SR/Helotes, Texas)
Softball
Marissa Bradley (FR/Seguin, Texas)
Alexis Valdez (SO/Seguin, Texas)
Volleyball
Sadie Ballesteros (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Analisa Fernandez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Madalyn Gonzalez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Jaalin Rosser (FR/Killeen, Texas)
Anna Sujo Hernandez (FR/Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico)
Golf
Diego Garcia Hernandez (JR/Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico)
Monica Cecelia Lattuado
Christina Trujillo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Cheer
Skylar Lloyd (FR/Eagle River, Alaska)
Melanie Padron (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Dance
Jacqueline Baldazo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Jessica Garcia (SO/El Paso, Texas)
Tennis
Artur Etzberger (SR/Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil)
Sebastian Rodriguez (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Vinicius Silva (JR/Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Men's Basketball
Edvin Tedesjo (SR/Stockholm, Sweden)
Colby Borak (FR/El Paso, Texas)
Jacob Duncan (SO/New Branfels, Texas)
Cross-Country
Antonio Bustamante (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Gloria Cervantes (SO/Laredo, Texas)
Peyton Lammons (JR/Prosper, Texas)
Kimber Watson (JR/Kingwood, Texas)
Men's Soccer
Bernard Cutini Alvarenga (SR/Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil)
Joseph Baker (SO/Llantwit Major, Wales, U.K.)
Juan Martin Chica (JR/Cali, Colombia)
Scott Couper (SR/Glasgow, Scotland)
Jack Parker (JR/Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.)
Patrick Pye (JR/Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.)
Oluwatimileyin Talabi (SO/Abeokuta, Nigeria)
Those earning 3.5-3.9 this fall are:
Baseball
Joey Baker (SR/Victoria, Texas)
Ryan Chapa (JR/Corpus Christi, Texas)
Jorge Collazo Jr. (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Miguel Galindo (FR/Jourdanton, Texas)
Layne Klostermann (SO/Raymondville, Texas)
Ram Maldonado (JR/McAllen, Texas)
Matt Mihalov (SR/Conroe, Texas)
Jacob Mitchell (JR/Harker Heights, Texas )
Jacob Montejano (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Women's Basketball
Gabrielle Guzman (JR/Moore, Okla.)
Tiffany Lopez (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Natalia Trevino (SO/Laredo, Texas)
Atlantis White (FR/Houston, Texas)
Women's Soccer
Samantha Benne (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Dawson Brinkley (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Liliana Briseno (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Kaelyn Carnahan (JR/Chandler, Ariz.)
Mikaela Gilbert (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Savannah Hernandez (SR/El Paso, Texas)
Madison Herrera (SO/Helotes, Texas)
Sophia Mora (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Victoria Morales (SR/Brownsville, Texas)
Emily Morin (SO/McAllen, Texas)
Haley Smith (SO/Spring Branch, Texas)
Kyleigh Spree-Kolos (FR/Victoria, Texas)
Deanna Tarango (FR/El Paso, Texas)
Yolanda Vazquez (SR/Los Angeles, Calif.)
Brianna Yanez (SO/Portland, Texas)
Softball
Kayla Dreese (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Katelyn Esparza (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Jennifer Estrada (JR/El Paso, Texas)
Ysa Gonzales (SO/San Marcos, Texas)
Jalin Oliva-St. Romain (SR/Highlands, Texas)
Volleyball
Daisy Cantwell (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Ashley Maldonado (JR/Laredo, Texas)
Alyssa Marquez (JR/Albuquerque, N.M.)
Tory Rodriguez (FR/Helotes, Texas)
Mia Soto (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Skyla St. Clair (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Golf
Kane Ybarra (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Massimo Garcia (SO/Laredo, Texas)
Raul Gutierrez (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Joshua Sturt (JR/Portsmouth, U.K.)
Chase White (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Cheer
Jazmin MontaNadia Torres (SO/Houston, Texas)
Tennis
Aaron Arrezola (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Michael Canales (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Malachi Farley (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Murilo Salviato (SO/Araras, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Caio Ravagnani (SO/Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Men's Basketball
Ethan White (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Walter Garfield (JR/Birmingham, Ala.)
Jonathan Ochoa (FR/Midland, Texas)
Diego Torres (FR/El Paso, Texas)
Cross-Country
Lindsey Broussard (SO/Kingwood, Texas)
Isaac Martinez (SO/Weslaco, Texas)
Nathaniel Rodriguez (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Men's Soccer
Connor Bagley (SO/Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.)
Carlos Beltran (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Gustavo Lemos Borba (SR/Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Orlando Medina (FR/Houston, Texas)
Mitchell Medrano (SR/Baytown, Texas)
Those earning 3.0-3.49 GPAs this spring are:
Baseball
Devin Benavides (FR/Laredo, Texas)
Nicholas Castillo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Javier De Alejandro (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Boedy Flores (SO/Harlingen, Texas)
Brandon Garcia (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Adrian Gonzalez Jr. (JR/Weslaco, Texas)
Robert Lopez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Alec Martinez (JR/Corpus Christi, Texas)
Pablo Montante (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
John B. Ortega II (FR/Harlingen, Texas)
Christopher Perez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Jarod Smith (FR/Baytown, Texas)
Triston Scherer (JR/Crosby, Texas)
Xavier Solis (SR/Victoria, Texas)
Pablo Trevino (FR/San Juan, Texas)
Brett Vasquez (SO/Mont Belvieu, Texas)
Nico Ybarra (FR/San Benito, Texas)
Women's Basketball
Cormia Lewis (FR/Houston, Texas)
Angeline Sanchez (SO/Cibolo, Texas)
Zerina Shatri (SR/Istog, Kosovo)
Women's Soccer
Olivia Eagleson (JR/El Paso, Texas)
Nallely Infante (SO/Houston, Texas)
Abigail Payne (FR/El Paso, Texas)
Ambree Rheinberger (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Jaylin Seto (JR/Houston, Texas)
Stephanea Valles (FR/El Paso, Texas)
Erika Zapata (JR/Baytown, Texas)
Jessica Zapata (JR/Baytown, Texas)
Softball
Eneli Garza (FR/La Feria, Texas)
Joanna Gonzalez (JR/San Benito, Texas)
Kennah Kennedy (SR/Frost, Texas)
Kaili Luna (FR/Converse, Texas)
Ciera Martinez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Devan Miller (FR/Marion, Ohio)
Kaylie Norris (SO/Schertz, Texas)
Angela Ramirez (JR/Converse, Texas)
Kaitlyn Salazar (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Kelly Anne Salinas (SO/Laredo, Texas)
Deandra Vera (SO/Uvalde, Texas)
Volleyball
Valerie Bolanos (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Amanda Esparza (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Alyssa Gallardo (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Megan Montalvo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Ashleigh Ramirez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Madelynn Strzelczyk (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Anissa Tamez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Golf
Matthew Cantu (FR/Corpus Christi, Texas)
Sergio Garcia (SO/Kenedy, Texas)
Raul Gonzalez (FR/McAllen, Texas)
Daniel Jones (JR/Comfort, Texas)
Cheer
Nadia Torres
Dance
Jaelyn Garza (SO/Runge, Texas)
Nadia Gloria (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Desiree Gutierrez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Klarissa Siebert (SR/El Paso, Texas)
Tennis
Delfina Rodriguez Molina
Men's Basketball
Cristian Flores (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Javier Gonzalez (FR/Laredo, Texas)
Jose Herrera (FR/Laredo, Texas)
Ruben Monzon (JR/San Diego, Calif.)
Julius Saldivar (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Josh Williams (SR/Houston, Texas)
Cross-Country
Robbie Sue Espericueta (SO/La Villa, Texas)
Viridiana Zuniga (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Track and Field
Destiny Joseph (SR/Houston, Texas)
Brianna Pantoja (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Tamaj Gordon (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Colton Townsend (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Men's Soccer
Luan Balestieri (SR/Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Miguel Barrera (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Jose Delgado (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Randy Dominguez (SO/Katy, Texas)
Keelin Garrity (JR/Hartford, Conn.)
Samuel Martinez (FR/Cibolo, Texas)
Kevin Rios (SO/Houston, Texas)
Miguel Sanchez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Remington Shappa (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Pedro Tavarez (JR/Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)