University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
197 Bulldogs Named to the 2025-26 Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll
07.22.2026 | Baseball, Cross Country, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Track and Field, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Athletics News
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 197 UNC Asheville student-athletes were named to the 2025-26 Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, announced by the league today (Wednesday, July 22).
To earn a spot on the Presidential Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the academic year. Asheville had 77.56 percent of its athlete population eligible this year, while 77 percent of all Big South Conference student-athletes were eligible this year for the second-highest percentage in league history. This was also the third consecutive year that at least 74 percent of all Big South Conference student-athletes were eligible for the honor roll.
28 Bulldogs earned the Commissioner's Award with a 4.0 GPA for the year, while another 61 earned the Gold Award for a GPA between 3.75-3.99. 49 Bulldogs earned the Silver Award with marks between 3.5 and 3.74, while 59 earned the Bronze Award with a GPA between 3.0-3.49.
"Congratulations to our student-athletes that made the Presidential Honor Roll this past year," said Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone. "They demonstrate daily the student-athlete experience at UNC Asheville is the academic centric model, and why each and every day we continue to Dream Bigger and Achieve More at UNC Asheville."
Below is Asheville's full list of honorees:
Baseball
Jake Pereira
Garrett Crum
Jake Parham
Josh Williams
Chase Klingemann
Zeb Swangim
Ben Green
Matthew Hall
Eric Krumpe
Ryland Howell
Drew Turner
Coleman McGinnis
Tyler Parks
Caiden Chilausky
Cooper Smith
Daylinh Nguyen-Brown
TJ Brooks
Owen Michelson
Jack Torbett
Branden Barna
Gunner Millsap
Ben Hemphill
Lucas Boesen
Nic Melton
Patrick Gillen
Nick Bruno
Men's Basketball
Rasheed Baldwin
Corey Jones
Connor Dubsky
Jakel Powell
Justin Wright
Daniel Thomas
Brayden Rivers
DJ Patrick
Hugo Maton
Women's Basketball
Clementina Odom
Abigail Wilson
Jazlyn Ware
Aileen Marquez
Jamaria Freeman
Jaidyn Koerdt
Sara Yarnell
Deborah Orianegbena
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Tadiyos Sloan-Westmoreland
Jaheem O'Hara
Jan Malek
Noah Jones
Bennett Moreno
Lance Surles
Preston Core
Sam Hulsey
Quinn Jacquez
Jacoby Ennis
Greg Schell
Max Smydra
Asher Roach
Chad Lasher
Noah Henthorn
Gabriel Buie
Kelechi Anyanwu
Dylan Metcalf
Bryce James
Sam Reed
Nkosi Jeju
Joseph Oliver
Lucas Keller
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field
Ella Moore
Addi Corl
Eva Weaver
Marika Dickel
Nikole Baikova
Sophie Lundin
Grace Thompson
Alison Graf
Aneta Kucerova
Ella Warren
Ashley Keazer
Maddie Hamuka
Alyx Beausoleil
Isabel Richardson
Alexis Vaughan
Kieayla Williams
Christina Jones
Kamryn Peeples
Jaelyn Arnold
Madison Hannah
Lee Kania
Women's Golf
Breanna Hoese
Pennie Osterberg
Caroline Patterson
Sydney Craven
Carly Sherman
Jordyn Arts
Lauren Madson
Kennedy Noe
Men's Soccer
Edvin Grolimund
Eli Berry
Rinta Takagi
Rodrigo Mendes
Joe Ling
Arnor Hardarson
Dylan Kwasnik
Charlie Wood
Aysa Hamid
Vidar Ragnarsson
Lucca Barros
Nicolas Nava
Lennart Granzow
Sjoerd Spijkers
Louis Beckett
Dylan Culbertson
Conrad Ryu Eriksson
Brede Fiksdal
Miller Hayden
Nathan Montini
Women's Soccer
Emmie Henderson
Lexi Dooley
Akari Kishida
Campbell Stoll
Emilee Nooney
Lili Adams
Nao Kawasaki
Olivia Doyle
Sage Branch
Kathleen Doane
Azalea Mihailovich
Olivia Simpson
Ashley Macfarlane
Karlee Benz
Alexa Francis
Makayla Cihlar
Lilly Graumann
Alison Little
Maleigh Dawson
Reagan Donnelly
Shae Hassig
Gracie Murray
Jordan Schaetzly
Manuela Schreier
Women's Swimming and Diving
Miriam Wheatley
Leigha Travis
Celine Petruschke
Haley Fein
Taylor Smith
Kathryn Walters
Gracie Hunt
Beatrice Cocconcelli
Anna Kate Halligan
Gracelyn Cox
Alessia Cunegatti
Andie Quisumbing
Danai Gkogkosi
Madden Weir
Anna Marcotti
Savanna Bush
Tess Peny
Amelia Presley
Gianna Riffel
Rose Sciaudone
Men's Tennis
Griffin Lovern
Cian Ingles
Jip Mens
Olle Sonesson Lidholt
Trevor Gray
Leo Kolbe
Women's Tennis
Isabella Moss
Sofia Segui
Avery Sager
Valeria Centeno
Angelina Joy Hug
Women's Volleyball
Cadence Nichols
Kimberly Williams
Izzy Perkins
Sage Sutulovich
Suzuka Kato
Avery Schwieger
Selina Koc
Albertine van der Goot
Shelby Connor
Kai Kofoed-Cooke
Alison Goldberg
Catherine Hubiak
Baylor Herlehy
Addie Brookbank
Riley Barr
Mackensie Baldridge
Ella Stroehmann
Kylie Cackovic
Avery Loeback
Payton Rolfsen
Michelle Thao
Ana Djurovic
Lydia Pate
Katie Nichols
Megan Oppegard
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 197 UNC Asheville student-athletes were named to the 2025-26 Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, announced by the league today (Wednesday, July 22).
To earn a spot on the Presidential Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the academic year. Asheville had 77.56 percent of its athlete population eligible this year, while 77 percent of all Big South Conference student-athletes were eligible this year for the second-highest percentage in league history. This was also the third consecutive year that at least 74 percent of all Big South Conference student-athletes were eligible for the honor roll.
28 Bulldogs earned the Commissioner's Award with a 4.0 GPA for the year, while another 61 earned the Gold Award for a GPA between 3.75-3.99. 49 Bulldogs earned the Silver Award with marks between 3.5 and 3.74, while 59 earned the Bronze Award with a GPA between 3.0-3.49.
"Congratulations to our student-athletes that made the Presidential Honor Roll this past year," said Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone. "They demonstrate daily the student-athlete experience at UNC Asheville is the academic centric model, and why each and every day we continue to Dream Bigger and Achieve More at UNC Asheville."
Below is Asheville's full list of honorees:
Baseball
Jake Pereira
Garrett Crum
Jake Parham
Josh Williams
Chase Klingemann
Zeb Swangim
Ben Green
Matthew Hall
Eric Krumpe
Ryland Howell
Drew Turner
Coleman McGinnis
Tyler Parks
Caiden Chilausky
Cooper Smith
Daylinh Nguyen-Brown
TJ Brooks
Owen Michelson
Jack Torbett
Branden Barna
Gunner Millsap
Ben Hemphill
Lucas Boesen
Nic Melton
Patrick Gillen
Nick Bruno
Men's Basketball
Rasheed Baldwin
Corey Jones
Connor Dubsky
Jakel Powell
Justin Wright
Daniel Thomas
Brayden Rivers
DJ Patrick
Hugo Maton
Women's Basketball
Clementina Odom
Abigail Wilson
Jazlyn Ware
Aileen Marquez
Jamaria Freeman
Jaidyn Koerdt
Sara Yarnell
Deborah Orianegbena
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Tadiyos Sloan-Westmoreland
Jaheem O'Hara
Jan Malek
Noah Jones
Bennett Moreno
Lance Surles
Preston Core
Sam Hulsey
Quinn Jacquez
Jacoby Ennis
Greg Schell
Max Smydra
Asher Roach
Chad Lasher
Noah Henthorn
Gabriel Buie
Kelechi Anyanwu
Dylan Metcalf
Bryce James
Sam Reed
Nkosi Jeju
Joseph Oliver
Lucas Keller
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field
Ella Moore
Addi Corl
Eva Weaver
Marika Dickel
Nikole Baikova
Sophie Lundin
Grace Thompson
Alison Graf
Aneta Kucerova
Ella Warren
Ashley Keazer
Maddie Hamuka
Alyx Beausoleil
Isabel Richardson
Alexis Vaughan
Kieayla Williams
Christina Jones
Kamryn Peeples
Jaelyn Arnold
Madison Hannah
Lee Kania
Women's Golf
Breanna Hoese
Pennie Osterberg
Caroline Patterson
Sydney Craven
Carly Sherman
Jordyn Arts
Lauren Madson
Kennedy Noe
Men's Soccer
Edvin Grolimund
Eli Berry
Rinta Takagi
Rodrigo Mendes
Joe Ling
Arnor Hardarson
Dylan Kwasnik
Charlie Wood
Aysa Hamid
Vidar Ragnarsson
Lucca Barros
Nicolas Nava
Lennart Granzow
Sjoerd Spijkers
Louis Beckett
Dylan Culbertson
Conrad Ryu Eriksson
Brede Fiksdal
Miller Hayden
Nathan Montini
Women's Soccer
Emmie Henderson
Lexi Dooley
Akari Kishida
Campbell Stoll
Emilee Nooney
Lili Adams
Nao Kawasaki
Olivia Doyle
Sage Branch
Kathleen Doane
Azalea Mihailovich
Olivia Simpson
Ashley Macfarlane
Karlee Benz
Alexa Francis
Makayla Cihlar
Lilly Graumann
Alison Little
Maleigh Dawson
Reagan Donnelly
Shae Hassig
Gracie Murray
Jordan Schaetzly
Manuela Schreier
Women's Swimming and Diving
Miriam Wheatley
Leigha Travis
Celine Petruschke
Haley Fein
Taylor Smith
Kathryn Walters
Gracie Hunt
Beatrice Cocconcelli
Anna Kate Halligan
Gracelyn Cox
Alessia Cunegatti
Andie Quisumbing
Danai Gkogkosi
Madden Weir
Anna Marcotti
Savanna Bush
Tess Peny
Amelia Presley
Gianna Riffel
Rose Sciaudone
Men's Tennis
Griffin Lovern
Cian Ingles
Jip Mens
Olle Sonesson Lidholt
Trevor Gray
Leo Kolbe
Women's Tennis
Isabella Moss
Sofia Segui
Avery Sager
Valeria Centeno
Angelina Joy Hug
Women's Volleyball
Cadence Nichols
Kimberly Williams
Izzy Perkins
Sage Sutulovich
Suzuka Kato
Avery Schwieger
Selina Koc
Albertine van der Goot
Shelby Connor
Kai Kofoed-Cooke
Alison Goldberg
Catherine Hubiak
Baylor Herlehy
Addie Brookbank
Riley Barr
Mackensie Baldridge
Ella Stroehmann
Kylie Cackovic
Avery Loeback
Payton Rolfsen
Michelle Thao
Ana Djurovic
Lydia Pate
Katie Nichols
Megan Oppegard
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