108 student-athletes post 3.30-or-higher semester GPA; eight perfect 4.0s

RINDGE, N.H. (February 4, 2011) – The Franklin Pierce University Department of Athletics is proud to announce that 108 of its student-athletes were recently named to the University's Fall 2010 Athletic Department Honor Roll. To be eligible for selection, each student-athlete needed to post a 3.30 grade-point average, or higher, during the fall semester. The 108 student-athletes were honored on Tuesday night at halftime of the men's basketball game against Stonehill.

On Tuesday night, the department's faculty athletic representative, Bill Costa, was on-hand to honor the student-athletes, each of which was presented with a certificate commemorating the honor. In addition to the 108 eligible athletes, 52% of the University's student-athletes achieved at least a 3.0-or-higher grade-point average in the fall of 2010. Eight student-athletes completed a perfect semester with a 4.0 grade-point average.

"I wish to congratulate all 108 student-athletes who have earned selection to the Athletic Department Honor Roll for the fall semester," said Bruce Kirsh, Vice President and Director of Athletics at Franklin Pierce. "Their academic success speaks not just to the quality of student-athletes our coaches are recruiting to our campus on the playing fields, but in the classroom as well. To have eight student-athletes achieve a 4.0 grade-point average last semester is incredible."

Franklin Pierce Fall 2010 Athletic Department Honor Roll

Cross Country
Natasha Pastor
Melissa Dymek

Field Hockey
Megan Bird (also a member of the softball team)
Renee DesPres
Beth Haight
Julie Hemphill (also a member of the women's lacrosse team)
Alyssa Juszczyk
Tia Levins
Liz Noddin
Britt Nyzio
Jess Rogers

Men's Soccer
Tim Adamchuk
Michael Busto
Robert Cooley
Shaliek Dawkins
Victor Goncalves
Jeff Hay
Rob Harpin
Amory Houghton
Vinny Papageorgiou
Tom Reilly
Andre Tameirao
Shaun Taylor
Sjors Van Velzen

Women's Soccer
Nikki Chalifoux
Christina Curnias
Tori Gikas
Emily Lodge (also a member of the women's lacrosse team)
Aya Noguchi
Amanda Panaro
Heather Riley
Snezana Stojkovic
Jannice Sundqvist

Volleyball
Katie Jackson
Chelsie Kohout
Sandy Maliangos
Michelle Marguette
Lauren Miller
Pamela Walker

Men's Basketball
Kinard Dozier
Josh Jones

Women's Basketball
Tori Ahrens
Brooke Coderre
Cynthia Gaudet
Marielle Giroud
Jordan Grant
Jessica Hurd
Tiffany Johnson
Brittany Martelle
Amanda Saab

Ice Hockey
Justin Adams
Sean Carroll
Anthony Chighisola
Nate Schursky
Roscoe Sweeney
Bill Sullivan
Sean Woodring

Baseball
Jake Alconada
Matthew Bidwell
Mike Dowd
Charles Erickson
T.J. Ferguson
Derek Ingui
Dan Kemp
Evan Kirsch
Kyle Morse
William Mott
Mike Munoz
Riley Palmer
Jeffrey Richer
Josh Rouse
Erik Sommers
Ryan Thompson
Pete Wilbur
Casey Williams
Matt Wojichowski

Golf
Justin Haapala
Tyler Merrill
Andrew Thomson

Men's Lacrosse
Bryan Bourque
Pat Doliber
Timothy Izzo
Ryanold Kelley
Matt Leslie
Ben McDannell
Eric Vincens
Zach Wielgoszinski

Women's Lacrosse
Jill Benn
Jill Bolduc
Kristen Norton
Melissa Richtel
Lauren Stille

Men's Rowing
Daniel Forget
Zachard Goodman
Joshua Sophos

Women's Rowing
Samantha Bizon
Alycia Nazzaro

Women's Tennis
Drew Alexander
Christina Bonelli
Amy Carpentier
Natasha McCarthy
Lauren Smilovich

Softball
Alexa Demsey
Jess Furtado
Emily Griffin
Kayla Johnson
Meaghan O'Neal
Jamie Verner

For more information on Franklin Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics' official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/FPUathletics).