To be eligible, student-athletes must post a 3.0 or better grade point average (GPA) and pass a minimum of 12 college-level credit hours.
Forty student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average: baseball players Christopher Benavidez, Tyler Bogusz, Hunter Bond, Alexander Cruz, Grayson Doggett, Bryson Dudley, Cortt Gentry, Jacob Kolkhorst, Marshall Lipsey, and Blaine Zeplin; volleyball players Don’Yah Cosie, Lexington Higgins, Kaylen Kruse, Laneah Lara, and Bojana Marojevikj; men’s golfers Cole Killian, Cole McClellan, Tyler Thomas, and Carson Wray; softball players Alayna Calvillo, Emily Kristynik, Skylar Shanahan, and Madeline Stephenson; women’s basketball players Amillion Fowler, Allana Thompson, and Tiffany Tullis; women’s soccer players Isabelle Bass, Kay-Lynn McCall, and Sofia Penning; football players Bennett Castleberry, Brooks Rigney, and William Thursland; esports athletes Alyssa Bowman, Connor Frank, and Dylan Gerlach; men’s basketball player Alex Tsynkevich; women’s golfer Kimberly Tiefenbach; cheerleader Bianca Garcia; dancer Skylar Cox; and student athletic trainer Emma Mauer.
The volleyball team led all Blinn athletic programs with a 3.54 GPA, while the softball and men’s golf teams followed with GPAs of 3.46 and 3.22, respectively. Baseball had the most honor roll students with 24, followed by football with 23 and men’s soccer with 20.
“It is an immense honor to oversee a collection of athletic programs which put an emphasis on academic excellence,” Blinn Athletic Director Scott Schumacher said. “Year after year, Blinn College student-athletes continue to excel both in the classroom and on the court and field, and I continue to be both proud and impressed by their success.”
The honor roll is named after former Blinn Athletic Director Don Wilhelm, an NJCAA Hall of Famer who served the College for 10 years.
Here is the complete list of spring 2023 honor roll student-athletes:
BASEBALL (24)
Christopher Benavidez, Tyler Bogusz, Hunter Bond, Alexander Cruz, Grayson Doggett, Bryson Dudley, Cortt Gentry, Jacob Kolkhorst, Marshall Lipsey, Blaine Zeplin, Brandon Bishop, Shane Connell, Sam Crain, Coy DeFury, Daniel Daniel Dickinson, Tristan Duke, Christian Dunn, Shane Martin, Carson Peschel, Kyle Peschel, Ryan Scott, Christopher Smith, Brayden Sprencel, and Keller Thompson.
FOOTBALL (23)
Bennett Castleberry, Brooks Rigney, William Thursland, Giovanny Alegria, Christian Avelar, Jermiah Bell, John Branham Jr., Patrik Brinkley, Joshua Brown, Kelson Cotner, Malik Francis, Chakka Garnett, Bryan Hernandez, Mikado Hinson, Caden Holt, Dalton Merryman, Ifeanyi Ohalete, Troy Oliver, Kameron Regis, Joshua Richardson, Roberto Rios, Jeremiah Sanders, and Courage Ugochukwu.
MEN’S SOCCER (20)
Dafe Akpoguma, Said Chavarria, David Garcia, Brandon Gasca, Joshua Gutierrez, Jay Laboy, Tom Hooper, Koen Kok, Kamille Kum, Toby Lansdowne, Abraham Lopez, Joseph Loughnane, Noah Lazano, Brandon Padilla, Kevin Pena, Pascal Pfeiffer, Peyton Robinson, Julian Saldierna, William Spellman, and David Yearwood.
ESPORTS (16)
Alyssa Bowman, Connor Frank, Dylan Gerlach, Andrew Askins, Jaxson Barfknecht, Landon Campos, Wesley Cappellucci, Jackson Dixson, Wyatt Hall, Ethan Hernandez, Jonathan MacMullen, Isaias Nieto, Vince Purcell, Austin Ray, Marc Van Speybroeck, and Madison Whisonant.
SOFTBALL (15)
Alayna Calvillo, Emily Kristynik, Skylar Shanahan, Madeline Stephenson, Alyssa Boozy, Erynne Castillo, Sydnie Cline, Madison Dorrow, Madyson Henley, Chloee Mason, Michyla Saenz, Camdyn Shugart, Caitlyn Stevens, Peyton Welker, and Ripley Welker.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (12)
Alex Tsynkevich, Karsen Anderson, Elijah Elliott, Messiah Gilyard, Bakari LaStrap, Zaveon Little, Jakari Marshall, Jonathan Medina, Shabue Mosley, Maurice Pinnock, Joey Ramirez, and Kelvin Tamakloe..
MEN’S GOLF (12)
Cole Killian, Cole McClellan, Tyler Thomas, Carson Wray, Colby Beamon, Grant Brennan, Austin Hassell, Cason Holzshu, Cameron Hubbard, Van Miller, Fidel Riojas, and Sam Sewell.
DANCE (11)
Skylar Cox, Bryanna Aguilera, Taylor Bearden, Alexis Burchfield, Daphne Cantu, Nataly Diaz, Ashleigh Greenwood, Macie Lindstrom, Jocelynn Luna, Brianna Mendoza, and Kristal Ortega.
VOLLEYBALL (10)
Don’Yah Cosie, Lexington Higgins, Kaylen Kruse, Laneah Lara, Bojana Marojevikj, Pollyanna Hernandez, Emily Hardee, Darby Nash, Zuzanna Rut, and Ellie Turner.
WOMEN’S SOCCER (10)
Isabelle Bass, Kay-Lynn McCall, Sofia Penning, Anissa Chairez, Sydney Gibbs, Nathalie Hernandez, Dejah Marsh, Haylee McBride, Kara Papadimitrio, and Rileigh Toner.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (9)
Amillion Fowler, Allana Thompson, Tiffany Tullis, Kaidance Glenn, Jasmyn Jackson, Jakoriah Long, Makayla Patterson, Desiree Rogers, and Crystal Smith.
CHEER (9)
Bianca Garcia, Iris Aguilar, Madeline ALvarez, Connor Hancock, Melanie McGuire, Cadence Mouton, Sophia Perla, Levi Stringham, and Cheyenne Wiseman.
WOMEN’S GOLF (5)
Kimberly Tiefenbach, Yulisa Espinoza, Emily Madeley, Cailey Nuckolls, and Holly Paterson.
TRAINERS (2)
Emma Mauer and Jada Burr.
Blinn has competed in intercollegiate athletics since 1903 and captured 43 NJCAA national championships since 1987.
