SAN MARCOS, Texas – Showcasing another strong year in the classroom, 126 Texas State student-athletes earned the 2022 Bobcat Academic Excellence Award for recording a 3.5 or higher GPA in the spring and/or fall 2021 semester.
 
Of those 126 on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher), 50 also received the Star of Excellence Award for earning a 4.0 GPA in one or both semesters.
 
Star of Excellence (4.0 GPA in the spring and/or fall 2021 semester)
Baseball
Matthew Nicholas
Austin Smith
 
Football
Russell Baker
Nic Foster
Jake Lynch
Owen McClintock
Kaydon Olivia
Micah Strahan
Sione Tupou
Tyler Vitt
 
Men's Basketball
Dalen Whitlock
 
Men's Golf
Hynek Groh
Fabian Sunden
 
Soccer
Anna Dunch
Addison Gaetano
Gabie Jones
Bailey Peschel
Haley Shaw
Avery Thies
Karlee Torisk
Wimberley Wright
 
Softball
Claire Ginder
Missy Muras
Karsen Pierce
 
Tennis
Jadeh Chan
Sofia Fortuno
Kate Malazonia
 
Track & Field/Cross Country
Lee-Anne Blake
Mathilde Canet
Tina Douglas
Jada Fleming
Owen McGlothlin
Jessica Myers
Jordan Perry
Kiana Rollins
Aubrey Schmidt
Daniela Wisniewski
Michelle Wisniewski
 
Volleyball
Emily DeWalt
Kayla Granado
Tessa Marshall
 
Women's Basketball
Presley Bennett
Sierra Dickson
Tianna Eaton
Chelsea Johnson
Gabby Standifer
Kennedy Taylor
 
Women's Golf
Matilda Cederholm
Federica Tavelli-Westerlund
Halle Whitney
 
Another 76 student-athletes were on the Dean's List and received an Academic Excellence Award for earning a 3.5-3.99 GPA during one or both semesters. They include:

• Baseball: Cameron Bush, Wesley Faison, Peyton Lewis, Cade Manning, Rhett McCaffety, Edward Mendoza, Tony Robie, John Wuthrich, Peyton Zabel
• Football: Austin Groeschel, Liam Dobson, Ty Evans, Kenny Frazier, Durham Harris, Micah Hilts, Drue Jackson, Brooks McCoy, Conner Motsinger, Valen Penn, Chandler Speights, Brock Sturges
• Men's Basketball: Nate Martin, Isiah Small
• Men's Golf: Terrin Anderson, Jack Burke, Hayes Hutton, Wyatt Koricanek, Kasper Nyland, Ben Swaffield
• Men's Track & Field/Cross Country: Will Blaser, Justin Botello, Blaine Brokschmidt, Daniel Harrold, Tyler Noles, Pedro Osorio Lopez, Isaac Sadzewicz
• Soccer: Beth Agee, Katelyn Chrisman, Abbey Miller, Lindsey Salisbury, Hannah Solano, Mya Ulloa
• Softball: Hannah Earls, Anna Jones, Tori McCann, Caitlyn Rogers
• Volleyball: Caitlan Buettner, Daleigh Ellison, Janell Fitzgerald, Jada Gardner, Courtney Heiser, Jacqueline Lee, Alissa Miramontez, Emily Smylie, Kayla Tello, Lauren Teske
• Women's Basketball: Nicole Leff
• Women's Golf: Junia Gabasa, Marine Griffaut, Matilda Svahn
• Women's Tennis: Renata Gonzalez, Hana Kvapilova, Maria Lora, Mae McCutcheon, Nikita Pradeep
• Women's Track & Field/Cross Country: Jada Glispie, Christine Irving, Megan Ombres, Luize Opola, Lauryn Small, Katherine Stuckly, Anayah Washington, Victoria Wright, Arianna Stegall

 
An additional 75 student-athletes earned between a 3.0 and 3.49 GPA during one or both semesters. The numbers do not include 41 graduates who met one or more of these benchmarks.
 
Among other academic highlights for the Bobcats in 2021-22 are:

• Men's and women's golf won the Emmett Shelton Awards, which is awarded to the programs with the best 2021 team GPA in men's and women's sports at Texas State
• Tyler Vitt (football) and Emily DeWalt (volleyball) won the 2022 Texas State Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards
• Women's golf had the best team GPA at Texas State in the spring 2022 semester (3.74)
• Men's golf had its highest spring GPA on record in the spring 2022 semester (3.34)
• Nine teams had a team GPA of 3.0 or higher across spring 2021 and fall 2021: men's golf, soccer, softball, volleyball, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's tennis, women's track & field