MELBOURNE, Fla. - Palm Beach Atlantic University had 113 student-athletes named to the 2023 Sunshine State Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll presented by Barnes & Noble. 15 Sailfish athletes between men's and women's basketball, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, baseball and softball finished the semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The awards were announced Thursday, June 29, by Commissioner Ed Pasque. The total student-athletes named from PBA is a department record for the SSC Honor Roll. This caps a historic year for PBA in the classroom that saw every program finish with a 3.0 or higher GPA for the academic year for the first time in PBA's DII-era.
The Sunshine State Conference recognized 1,678 student-athletes named to the 2023 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll. A total of 350 student-athletes carried a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the spring semester in the conference.
The 15 student-athletes who were recognized for earning a perfect GPA are
Jillian Schenk (Women's Basketball),
Roberto Binaghi (Men's Tennis),
Juan Fernandez (Men's Tennis),
Michal Precikowski (Men's Tennis),
Axel Reich (Men's Tennis),
Frida Alsterhem (Women's Tennis),
Avery Brothers (Women's Tennis),
Svea Crohn (Women's Tennis),
Alina Hoermann (Women's Tennis),
Giovana Kelm (Women's Tennis),
Cecilia Peroni (Women's Tennis),
Anabelle Robichaud (Women's Tennis),
Jasmine Williams (Women's Tennis),
Cole Gehman (Men's Lacrosse),
Jonah Robertson (Men's Lacrosse).
To be eligible for the Spring SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00. Participants in the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's golf, 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.
Having won 122 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC's student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. SSC student-athletes recently achieved an 88-percent Academic Success Rate (ASR) for 2021-22. The SSC ranks second among NCAA Division II conferences in ASR and has never fallen below that mark in the metric's 17-year history.
Complete List of PBA Student-Athletes on the 2023 Spring SSC Honor Roll:
*Denotes 4.0 GPA
Baseball
Men's Basketball
Men's Golf
Men's Lacrosse
Men's Tennis
Softball
Women's Basketball
Women's Golf
Women's Lacrosse
Women's Tennis