ALFRED, NY – Fifty-four Alfred University student-athletes were named to the Empire 8 Conference President's List for the Spring 2015 semester, the Empire 8 announced this week. In addition, seven AU teams were honored for academic excellence.

President's List recipients must earn a 3.75 grade point average or higher and have participated in athletics at one of the conference's full-time member institutions or affiliate members. In addition, the student-athlete must display positive contact on and off campus and be enrolled full-time at the member institution.
 
The Empire 8 also announced teams that earned All-Academic honors for the spring 2015 semester. Teams earn All-Academic honors from the conference for having a cumulative team grade point average of at least 3.20. Teams earning All-Academic honors for AU were: women's tennis (3.72 team GPA); Alpine skiing (3.42); equestrian (3.33) men's soccer (3.31); women's volleyball (3.26); and women's soccer (3.24); and women's swimming and diving (3.20).
 
Following are the AU student-athletes named to the spring 2015 President's List:
 
EQUESTRIAN — Haley Argersinger (West Monroe, NY/Paul V. Moore), junior, biology; Sterling Campbell (Glen Mills, PA/Unionville), sophomore, chemistry; Matt Chabot (Utica, NY/Notre Dame), junior, accounting; Victoria Dziekciasz (Venango, PA/Venango Christian) freshman, biomedical engineering; Brittany Green (Middletown, NY/Minisink Valley), junior, accounting; Alexandra Morency (Argyle, NY/Argyle), junior, environmental studies; Allie Neclario (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) freshman, undecided; Alexandria Scott (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg), junior, psychology; Cheyenne Seymour (Elmira, NY/Thomas Edison), junior, undecided; Kelly Jo Stein (Scottsville, NY/Caledonia-Mumford), junior, accounting; Emily Tuttle (Durham, CT/Coginchaug), freshman, undecided; Stephanie Zimicki (Lockport, NY/St. Mary's), junior, accounting.
 
FOOTBALL — Bobby Broddus (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), senior, athletic training; A.J. Licata (Lakeview, NY/Frontier), freshman, business administration; Shyheim Wingate (Jamaica, NY/Holy Cross), sophomore, accounting; Grant Tomasso (Rochester, NY/Greece Odyssey), freshman, marketing.
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL —Tim Pacheco (Mt. Pocono, PA/Mt. Pocono East), senior, accounting.
 
MEN'S LACROSSE — Ryan Wetzel (Fairport, N Y/Fairport), freshman, biomedical engineering.
 
MEN'S SOCCER — Graeme Corrigan (Troy, NY/Troy), sophomore, undecided; Richard Lander (Narrowsburg, NY/Sullivan West), sophomore, mechanical engineering; James Piombino (Ballton Spa, NY/Ballston Spa), sophomore, undecided; Jeff Thomas (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua), graduate student, business administration; Mason Vreugde (Lake George, NY/Lake George), sophomore, business administration; Eric Witkowski (LeRoy, NY/LeRoy), sophomore, mechanical engineering..
 
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING — Jacob Olson (Dansville, NY/Dansville), junior, chemistry; Matthew Watterson (Westerville, OH/Worthington Christian), freshman, art and design.
 
MEN'S TENNIS — Mathew Baloga (Goshen, NY/Goshen), junior, mechanical engineering.
 
SOFTBALL — Julie Canova (Maspeth, NY/Mary Louis Academy), junior, business administration; Samantha Jauregui (Lindsay, CA/Lindsay), junior, early childhood education; Hannah Lawrence (Spencer, NY/Spencer-Van Etten), sophomore, business administration; Taylor Sparks (Corning, NY/Corning East), sophomore, athletic training.
 
WOMEN'S ALPINE SKIING — Ali Feeney (Vail, CO/Battle Mountain), senior, art and design; Holly Mager (Warsaw, NY/Warsaw), senior, sociology.
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL — Maddie Flint (Caledonia, NY/Caledonia-Mumford), sophomore, ceramic engineering; Taylor Kelley (Andover, NY/Andover), freshman, mechanical engineering.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER — Brooke Dunham (Wellsville, NY/Wellsville), sophomore, undecided; Samantha Faller (Red Lion, NY/Red Lion), freshman, undecided; Allison Piedmonte (Cato, NY/Cato-Meridian), sophomore, mechanical engineering; Jasmine Ramon (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh), junior, communication studies.
 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING — Molly Blair (Auburn, NY/Auburn), senior, psychology; Samantha Brown (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport), junior, chemistry; Elizabeth Finney (Dryden, NY/Dryden), junior, undecided; Kelsey McRill (Solon, OH/Solon), junior, art and design; Leah Zimmerman (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua), junior, art and design.
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS —Paige Beeber (Syosset, NY/Syosset), senior, art and design; Elizabeth Clark (Webster, NY/Bishop Kearney), senior, glass engineering science; Emily Eisenberg (Oyster Bay, NY/Oyster Bay), senior, art and design; Brennan Ferguson (Destrechan, LA/Ursuline), senior, environmental studies;
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD — Alyssa Goot (Cassadaga, NY/Fredonia), junior, art and design; Lindsay Piraino (Nunda, NY/Keshequa), freshman, biomedical engineering.
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL — Heather D'Andrea (Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep), freshman, accounting; Jessica Scoones (Deansboro, NY/Waterville), freshman, renewable engineering.
 
WOMEN'S MULTI-SPORT — Nicole Lobur (Akron, NY/Akron), women's soccer/equestrian, senior, ceramic engineering; Megan Steen (Portsmouth, RI/Portsmouth), women's swimming and diving/track and field, freshman, early childhood education.