NEW YORK, N.Y. — St. Francis College Brooklyn of the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) and Wagner College of the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) combined for 31 Fall Academic Honor Roll and 14 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selections from the Northeast Conference (NEC).
A total of 812 student-athletes in the NEC earned Fall Academic Honor Roll status for recording grade point averages of 3.20 or better, a 6.1 percent increase from 2017. There were also a record 276 student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll, recognizing those superior student-athletes with a 3.75 or better grade point average. The Commissioner’s Honor Roll figure represents a 14.5 percent increase from a year ago.
St. Francis Brooklyn notched 14 Fall Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) and six Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.75+ GPA) selections as the following athletes were recognized:
- Ognjen Antanaskovic (Sr., Management) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Ricardo Berenguer (So., Biology) – Academic Honor Roll
- Zane Drobenko (Fr., Economics) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Cody-Alexander Jones (Fr., Undecided) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Viktor Klauzer (Jr., Accounting) – Academic Honor Roll
- Bogdan Kostic (Sr., Management) – Academic Honor Roll
- Benedek Molnar (Jr., Professional Studies) – Academic Honor Roll
- Vukasin Petrovic (Jr., English) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Boris Posavec (Jr., Accounting) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Nikita Prokhin (Sr., Political Science) – Academic Honor Roll
- Tadeu Rogrigues (Jr., Management) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Matheus Santos (Jr., Professional Studies) – Academic Honor Roll
- Alexander Teplitsky (Jr., Management) – Academic Honor Roll
- Jonas Veazey (Sr., Chemistry) – Academic Honor Roll
Wagner accounts for the remaining 17 Fall Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) and eight Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.75+ GPA) selections with accolades bestowed on:
- Jordi Alonso (So., Economics) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Benjamin Angulo (So., Undeclared) – Academic Honor Roll
- Andras Bimbo-Szuhai (So., Biology) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Vuk Bulajic (Fr., Undeclared) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Teo Dadic (Sr., Business Administration) – Academic Honor Roll
- James Grady (Sr., Business Administration) – Academic Honor Roll
- Jasmin Kolasinac (So., Business Administration) – Academic Honor Roll
- Aaron Leighton (Jr., Arts Administration) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Jack Leighton (So., Undeclared) – Academic Honor Roll
- Oscar Nomura (Jr., Undeclared) – Academic Honor Roll
- Tristan O’Connell (Jr., Anthropology) – Academic Honor Roll
- Devin O’Donnell (Sr., Physics) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Luigi Paparella (Jr., History) – Academic Honor Roll
- James Parker Allen (So., Undeclared) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Lachlan Trabinger (Jr., Economics) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Michael Ward (Jr., Business Administration) – Academic Honor Roll
- Kaelin Wolf (So., Biopsychology) – Academic Honor Roll/Commissioner’s Honor Roll
About the Northeast Conference:
Now in its 38th year, the Northeast Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 22 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 14 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant University, Central Connecticut State University, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Teaneck, Long Island University Brooklyn, Mount St. Mary’s University, Robert Morris University, Sacred Heart University, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis University and Wagner. Merrimack College will join the NEC as a full-time member in July, 2019.
