LANCASTER, Pa. – Washington College softball senior
Lexi Barnhart (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) and women's lacrosse senior
Abby Laubach (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Central) have been Centennial Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for softball and women's lacrosse respectively by the Centennial Conference today. Barnhart and Laubach are two of the Washington College spring student-athletes to be named Academic All-Centennial and 59 to be named to the conference's Spring Academic Honor Roll.
The scholar-athlete of the year goes to the student-athlete who had the high grade-point average who earned All-Centennial Conference recognition.
Barnhart, a Data Science and Economics major, is the conference's scholar-athlete of the year in softball for the second straight year. She also became the 19th student-athlete in the history of the Centennial, and first from Washington College, to win scholar-athlete of the year and player/pitcher/athlete of the Year as she was named the CC Co-Pitcher of the Year earlier this week. A first team All-Centennial pick, Barnhart is the 31st student-athlete to earn scholar-athlete of the year on two occasions.
Laubach, a Biology major is the women's lacrosse scholar-athlete of the year for the first time. She was named all-conference first team last week.
To qualify for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a sophomore, junior or senior and carry at least a 3.40 cumulative grade-point average.
Academic All-Centennial honors are bestowed upon student-athletes who are named All-Centennial Conference and earn a spot on the Academic Honor Roll in the same season.
Joining Barnhart and Laubach as Academic All-Centennial are sophomore
Drew Kinsey (Monkton, Md./Hereford) and senior
Logan Yi (Aldie, Va./John Champe) of baseball, junior
McKenna Seashole (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) of women's lacrosse, sophomore
Jenna Harper (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) and junior
Lilly Cook (Linthicum, Md./North County) of softball and junior
Aaradith Ravichandran (Chennai, India/APL Global School) of men's tennis.
Baseball had 15 named to the Academic Honor Roll. Joining Kinsey and Yi were senior
Cole McGee (Cockeysville, Md./Dulaney), juniors
Alex Martin (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury),
Nick Miller (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy),
Scooter SanFilippo (Bluffton, S.C./IMG Academy [Fla.]) and
Will Turner (Preston, Md./Colonel Richardson) and sophomores
Ty Everitt (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown),
RJ Fiore (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep),
Graham Halfpenny (Audubon, Pa./Methacton),
Kenyon Mickie (Tampa, Fla./Sequoyah),
Stephen Oneto (Brookeville, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel),
Elias Philiposian (Woolwich, N.J./Paul VI),
Chase Ruppel (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) and
Tyler Titus (Chestertown, Md./Queen Anne's County). Yi was named to the Academic Honor Roll for the third time and Martin and McGee were selected for the second time in baseball. Everitt, Fiore, Halfpenny, Kinsey, Mickie, Miller, Oneto, Philiposian, Ruppel, SanFilippo, Titus and Turner are first time qualifiers in baseball.
Men's golf had five selected to the Academic Honor Roll. Joining Martin are seniors
Michael Burgess (Johannesburg, South Africa) and
Chris Comber (Chester Springs, Pa./Dowiningtown East), junior
Colby Byer (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) and sophomore
Ben McCumber (Pottstown, Pa./Cedar Crest). All five are first time qualifiers in golf.
Men's lacrosse had nine make the Academic Honor Roll. Seniors
Connor Garrison (Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink),
Mac Hale (Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day) and
Grant Thomas (Lewes, Del./Sussex Academy), juniors
Shane Kirwan (Olney, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel), Luke Phillips (Yonkers, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) and
Cole White (Seaford, Del./Sussex Academy) and sophomores
Ben Hazlehurst (Phoenix, Md./Friends School),
Allan Szydlowski (Oakland Township, Mich./The Frederick Gunn School [Conn.]) and
Logan Trombley (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll) were the octet. Garrison, Hale and Thomas were named for the third consecutive year, Kirwan and Phillips made it for the second straight year and Hazlehurst, Szydlowski, Trombley and White are first time members.
Women's lacrosse had 13 tabbed to the Academic Honor Roll. Joining Laubach and Seashole were seniors
Mackenzie Boughey (Arnold, Md./Severn School),
Ciara Deemer (Ephrata, Pa/Ephrata),
Ashley Devlin (Margate City, N.J./Ocean City),
Maddie Morris (Reisterstown, Md./Garrison Forest),
Morgan Sutherland (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) and
Alexis Tackney (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's), junior
Emma Fisher (Middletown, Del./Middletown) and sophomores
Malery Andrews (Ocean City, Md./Stephen Decatur),
MaryCate Anson (Newark, Del./Newark Charter),
Peyton Baldwin (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) and
Gianna Maggi (Chesapeake, Va./Catholic). Boughey, Deemer, Devlin, Laubach, Morris, Sutherland and Tackney are three-time selections, Fisher was tabbed for the second straight year and Andrews, Anson, Baldwin, Maggi and Seashole are first-time qualifiers.
Softball had 12 players earn Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll honors. Joining Barnhart, Cook and Harper were juniors
Emmalee Cole (Middletown, Del./St. Georges Vocational Tech),
Maddy Kendall (Galena, Md./Kent County),
Gen Kozub (Rutledge, Pa./Strath Haven) and
Chloe Trefz (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) and sophomores
Brynn Balliet (Germansville, Pa./Northwest Lehigh),
Becca Foulk (New Providence, Pa./Solanco),
Mia Mavoides (Phoenix, Ariz./Arcadia),
Emmie Meeks (Broomfield, Colo./Broomfield) and
Julia Weglarz (Bear, Del./Appoquinimink). Barnhart was tabbed for the third straight year, Cole, Cook, Kendall and Trefz garnered a spot for the second consecutive year and Balliet, Foulk, Harper, Kozub, Mavoides, Meeks and Weglarz are first time recipients representing softball.
Men's tennis had three land on the Academic Honor Roll. Joining Ravichandran was junior
Johannes Ludwigstorff (Guntersdorf, Austria) and sophomore
Kohl Perkins (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School). Ludwigstorff and Perkins are two-time selections, while Perkins was named for the first time.
Women's tennis placed three on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. Seniors
María Cristina Diaz Nazario (San Juan, P.R./Commonwealth-Parkville School) and
Piper Sartison (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Western Canada) and sophomore
Isabella Sorhegui (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier) all got a spot. Diaz Nazario and Sartison made it for the third time, while Sorhegui is on it for the first time.
The Centennial had 983 total student-athletes named to the Academic Honor Roll and 182 tabbed Academic All-Centennial this spring.