Annville, PA (June 18, 2025) - The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) announced its 2024-25 MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday morning and 51 DeSales student-athletes across four sports were honored on the list.
The MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who compete in a varsity level sport and registered a winter semester GPA of 3.20 or higher.
Among the highlights for DeSales were 11 student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA including: senior
Morgan Sterner (women's basketball), graduate student
Tim Connell (men's indoor track & field), graduate student
Dean Ricco (men's indoor track & field), sophomore
Weston Simak (men's indoor track & field), senior
Cody Smith (men's indoor track & field), senior
Elizabeth Chidester (women's track & field), sophomore
Catherine Crampton (women's track & field), junior
Abby Durbano (women's track & field), first-year
Ellie Kozich (women's track & field), sophomore
Sophia Manidis (women's track & field), senior
Emma Mele (women's track & field).
Overall DeSales' four winter teams totaled 91 student-athletes eligible for the MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll with 51 earning the honor and thus 56.0% percent of the eligible student-athletes were recognized by the conference.
A complete list of DeSales recipients include:
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball (4) - Devin Atkinson, Matt Ciszkowski, Caleb Gibbs, Brian Whitney.
Women's Basketball (9) - Lindsay Bednarek, Mackenzie Gordos, Cadence Hiller, Kayla Ishigami, Julia Kowalski, Marissa LaVerghetta, Emma Pyne, Morgan Sterner, Mia Stock.
Men's Indoor Track & Field (20) - Jozef Callano, Nick Chinn, Tim Connell, Lens Demosthene, Josh Deremer, Dylan Doskocil, Jordan Gallo, Bryce Guthier, Jack Jacobson, Trevor Keperling, Colin Marsh, Javell McMichael, Bryce Phillips, Alex Porambo, Dean Ricco, Andrew Sidorski, Weston Simak, Peter Skulski, Cody Smith, Joey Wilson.
Women's Indoor Track & Field (18) - Sophia Amoretti, Sarah Campbell, Ashley Carrier, Elizabeth Chidester, Catherine Crampton, Abby Durbano, Haley Estus, Sadie Fenstermaker, Angelina Klein, Ellie Kozich, Sophia Manidis, Emma Mele, Melissa Peller, Emma Ribeiro, Adia Tompkins, Nina Viglianti, Kay Wiscount, Olivia Zeitler.
