PORTLAND, Ore. – The University of Portland honored its student-athletes for their academic excellence at the Annual Academic Awards Excellence Banquet held on Sunday night at the Bauccio Commons on the UP campus.
The night was used to honor Portland's student-athletes for their accomplishments in the classroom during the 2015-16 school year, and teams were recognized for combining for the highest GPA's.
Thirteen student-athletes earned 4.00 GPAs in the 2015 fall semester, and eighteen earned a 4.00 GPA in the spring of 2016. The women's tennis team had the highest team semester GPA in the fall (3.64), while the women's cross country team achieved the highest GPA in the spring (3.68).
Below are the 4.00 GPA honorees as well as the student-athletes with the top GPA from each of the University's 4 professional schools and the College of Arts & Science.
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Members 4.00 GPA Club for the 2015-16 Academic Year
Fall Semester
- Ryan Clarke (Mechanical Engineering), Men's Track & Field
- Saroop Dhatt (Biology), Women's Tennis
- Sarah Jones (Chemistry), Women's Soccer
- Parkes Kendrick (Mathematics), Women's Soccer
- Kelsey Kincaid (Psychology), Women's Rowing
- Anne Luijten (Sociology), Women's Track & Field
- Emily Peterson (Computer Science), Women's Cross Country
- Triton Pitassi (Computer Science), Men's Track & Field
- Tayte Pollmann (English), Men's Track & Field
- Justin Rocereto (Finance), Men's Track & Field
- Victoria Troesch (Biology), Women's Tennis
- Calli VanderWilde (Environmental Science), Women's Cross Country
- Daniel Wittaker (Chemistry), Baseball
Spring Semester
- Lucia Butkovska (Finance), Women's Tennis
- Ryan Clarke (Mechanical Engineering), Men's Track & Field
- Nathan DeVaughn (Marketing), Men's Track & Field
- Saroop Dhatt (Biology), Women's Tennis
- Radina Dimitrova (Business Admin: Undeclared), Women's Tennis
- Anna Farello (Psychology), Women's Track & Field
- Madeleine Hutson (Electrical Engineering), Women's Track & Field
- Sarah Jones (Chemistry), Women's Soccer
- Parkes Kendrick (Mathematics), Women's Track & Field
- Kelsey Kincaid (Psychology), Women's Rowing
- Anne Luijten (Sociology), Women's Track & Field
- Grace McConnochie (Mechanical Engineering), Women's Track & Field
- Emily Peterson (Computer Science), Women's Cross Country
- Triton Pitassi (Computer Science), Men's Track & Field
- Tayte Pollmann (English), Men's Track & Field
- Andrea Theriau (Spanish), Women's Track & Field
- Calli VanderWilde (Environmental Science), Women's Cross Country
- Victoria Zellerhoff (Mechanical Engineering), Women's Track & Field
UP's Top 6 Awards
College of Arts & Sciences (Sciences Division)
- Parkes Kendrick, Women's Track & Field
- Sarah Jones, Women's Soccer
College of Arts & Sciences (Liberal Arts Division)
- Tayte Pollman, Men's Track & Field
Pamplin School of Business
- Radina Dimitrova, Women's Tennis
Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering
- Ryan Clark, Men's Track & Field
- Emily Peterson, women's cross country/track & field
School of Nursing
- Lindsay Tompkins, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
School of Education
