While having plenty of success on the playing field in 2014-15, the Purdue University Calumet athletics department showed perhaps its greatest strength in a different area: the classroom.
“I am proud to share the 2014-15 Academic Report,” Director of Athletics Rick Costello said. “Our student-athletes are clearly ‘Students First and Athletes Second.’ Once again, the Peregrines have proven to be leaders in the classroom, competitive field and the community.”
Highlights of the report include:
A 3.02 department-wide grade point average.
19 student-athletes with a 4.0 in either spring, fall or both semesters
56 percent of student-athletes with a 3.0 or higher
74 Dean’s List honorees
10 NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athletes
5 NAIA Scholar Teams (Women’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, and Men’s Cross Country)
41 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Selections
2 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-Americans (Rachel Shmagranoff, Women’s Soccer, and Lori Hass, Women’s Tennis)
The department would also like to recognize the 12 student-athletes who achieve a perfect 4.0 and the 91 who received a 3.0 or higher in their Spring semester coursework. These recipients will be awarded with a place on the Spring Semester Athletic Director’s Honor Roll:
Student-Athletes With a 4.0 (Spring Semester)
Murilo Cunha, Men’s Soccer and Men’s Tennis (Spring Dean’s List)
Christina Kotas, Women’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Lori Haas, Women’s Tennis (Spring Dean’s List)
Daniel King, Men’s Golf (Spring Dean’s List)
Stephen Bajzatt, Men’s Cross Country
Ellie Michalski, Women’s Basketball (Spring Dean’s List)
Gabrielle Martin, Volleyball (Spring Dean’s List)
Tiffani Kotas, Women’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Danny Hamilton, Baseball (Spring Dean’s List)
Bailey Kozbiel, Softball
Haley Loden, Softball (Spring Dean’s List)
Kaspars Brencans, Men’s Basketball (Spring Dean’s List)
Student-Athletes with a 3.0 or higher (4.0s not included, Spring Semester)
Alberto Monaco, Men’s Tennis
Delmer Fleming, Men’s Tennis
Patrick Mudd, Men’s Golf and Men’s Tennis (Spring Dean’s List)
Abigail Bondi, Women’s Cross Country (Spring Dean’s List)
Ashley Ulanowski, Women’s Cross Country (Spring Dean’s List)
Ashley Adams, Softball
Shelbie Jones, Softball
Alison Kimble, Softball (Spring Dean’s List)
Jessica Loy, Softball (Spring Dean’s List)
Alex Morales, Softball
Holly Pagan, Softball
Kaitlyn Skarecky, Softball (Spring Dean’s List)
Alicia Ward, Softball
Skyler Woods, Softball
Jonny Albers, Baseball
Tyler Borgman, Baseball (Spring Dean’s List)
Kurt Davia, Baseball (Spring Dean’s List)
Giulio Fantasia, Baseball
Brendon Fitzgerald, Baseball
Cody Glass, Baseball
John Livingston, Baseball
Avery Lochow, Baseball
Zach Miller, Baseball
Eric Rapacz, Baseball
Matt Sandoval, Baseball
Luke Schmidt, Baseball
Jimmy Skiff, Baseball
Anthony Spangler, Baseball
Justin Stowe, Baseball
Miriam Giron, Women’s Soccer
Kami Graber, Women’s Basketball (Spring Dean’s List)
Rosalynn Hassebrock, Women’s Soccer
Shyla Huppenthal, Women’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Lauren McElroy, Women’s Soccer
Iridiana Mendoza, Women’s Soccer
Natalia Nacovksi, Women’s Soccer
Kirsten Nirtaut, Women’s Soccer
Heather Olson, Women’s Soccer
Isabella Parrilli, Women’s Soccer
Kara Polus, Women’s Soccer
Jenny Sobierajski, Women’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Michelle Wartman, Women’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Carley Bartolini, Volleyball
Sammy Basar, Volleyball (Spring Dean’s List)
Christina Colon, Volleyball
Erica Dinnocenzo, Volleyball
Kelly Duke, Volleyball (Spring Dean’s List)
Hannah Kelly, Volleyball (Spring Dean’s List)
Alexis Michael, Volleyball
Kenyatta Scales, Volleyball
Haley Smith, Volleyball
Stephanie Balon, Women’s Basketball
Cassidy Deno, Women’s Basketball (Spring Dean’s List)
Jessica Kiser, Women’s Basketball (Spring Dean’s List)
Patrice McBee, Women’s Basketball
Darien Thompson, Women’s Basketball
Katie Wampler, Women’s Basketball
Alex Cordova, Men’s Cross Country (Spring Dean’s List)
Justin Peterson, Men’s Cross Country
Dustin Pluard, Men’s Cross Country
Cody Porter, Men’s Cross Country
Arturo Ruiz, Men’s Cross Country
Brad Bobrowski, Men’s Golf
Mat Bowen, Men’s Golf (Spring Dean’s List)
Paul Shane, Men’s Golf
Evan Sylvester, Men’s Golf
Miguel David, Men’s Soccer
Chris Delapaz, Men’s Soccer
Zac Doepke, Men’s Soccer
JP Garza, Men’s Soccer
Pedro Mendieta, Men’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Sahid Navarro, Men’s Soccer (Spring Dean’s List)
Nico Monteiro, Men’s Soccer
Tulio Ribeiro, Men’s Soccer
Jawayne Spence, Men’s Soccer
Michael Waldmarson, Men’s Soccer
Matt Willinger, Men’s Soccer
Noah Allen, Men’s Basketball
Aaron Davis, Men’s Basketball
Andis Malahovkskis, Men’s Basketball
Darric Obinger, Men’s Basketball (Spring Dean’s List)
Ryan Rader, Men’s Basketball
Chaz Schneider, Men’s Basketball
Kasey Kulesa, Women’s Tennis (Spring Dean’s List)
Abby Kvachkoff, Women’s Tennis
Ashley Pabey, Women’s Tennis
Purdue Calumet offers 12 varsity sports which feature more than 200 student-athletes. The Peregrines compete in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference of the NAIA, while men’s and women’s basketball both compete in NAIA Division II.