ALFRED, NY – Fifty-six Alfred University student-athletes were named to the Empire 8 Conference President's List for the Spring 2016 semester, the Empire 8 announced this week. In addition, six AU teams were cited 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 2016 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: volleyball (3.50); equestrian (3.39);  women's tennis (3.38 team GPA); women's swimming and diving (3.34); Alpine skiing (3.33); and men's soccer (3.21).
 
Following are the AU student-athletes named to the Spring 2016 President's List:
 
EQUESTRIAN
Nellie Burch (Wells, VT/Long Trail), junior, undecided; Sterling Campbell (Glen Mills, PA/Unionville), senior, business administration; Brittany Green (Middletown, NY/Minisink Valley), senior, accounting; Caitlin Hughes (North Chittenden, VT/Proctor), senior, biology; Jessica Lewis (Clarence, NY/Clarence), junior, biology; Kassandra McCarn (Gouverneur, NY/Gouverneur), senior, psychology; Alexandra Morency (Argyle, NY/Argyle), senior, environmental science; Sydney Popovski (Springville, NY/Springville-Griffith), sophomore, undecided; Haley Ruffner (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone), sophomore, undecided; Cheyenne Seymour (Elmira, NY/Edison), senior, mathematics; Megan Szczerba (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport), senior, biology; Emily Tuttle (Durham, CT/Coginchaug), junior, undecided; Nicole Zanetti (Sayville, NY/Sayville), senior, environmental science; Stephanie Zimicki (Lockport, NY/St. Mary's), senior, accounting
 
FOOTBALL
John Becht (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North), freshman, ceramic engineering; Toby Hale (Swampscott, MA/Swampscott), sophomore, undecided; Vinny Williams (East Northport, NY/Northport), sophomore, athletic training; Shyheim Wingate (Jamaica, NY/Holy Cross), junior, accounting.
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Kyle Gallo (Ontario, NY/Wayne), junior, marketing.
 
MEN'S LACROSSE
Pat Byrne (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg), senior, mechanical engineering; Cody Cornelius (Newark, NY/Newark), junior, athletic training; Patrick DuPree (Corning, NY/Corning East), junior, marketing; Josh Kinsey (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan), sophomore, mechanical engineering; Max Wilson (Menlo Park, CA/Menlo-Atherton), senior, mechanical engineering.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Graeme Corrigan (Troy, NY/Troy), junior, psychology; Sam Craver (Great Falls, VA/Field School), freshman, undecided; Brennan Jelstrom (Loudonville, NY/Shaker), freshman, undecided; Richard Lander (Narrowsburg, NJ/Sullivan West), junior, mechanical engineering.
 
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Richard Berger (New Paltz, NY/New Paltz), freshman, undecided; Zachary Goodwin (Holden, MA/Wachusett), freshman, undecided; Matthew Watterson (Westerville, OH/Worthington Christian), sophomore, art and design.
 
SOFTBALL
Julie Canova (Maspeth, NY/Mary Louis Academy), senior, business administration; Kerri Keeler (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt), sophomore, undecided; Hannah Lawrence (Spencer, NY/Spencer-Van Etten), junior, business administration; Nora Passuite (Lockport, NY/Lockport), senior, biology.
 
VOLLEYBALL
Valerie Cardillo (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder), junior, psychology; Elisabeth Estep (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads), freshman, undecided; Mary Lou Patnaude (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), junior, independent art.
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Maddi Flint (Caledonia, NY/Caledonia-Mumford), junior, ceramic engineering; Taylor Kelley (Andover, NY/Andover), sophomore, mechanical engineering; Sarah Kichman (Portville, NY/Portville), senior, psychology; Amanda Off (New Berlin, NY/Unadilla Valley), senior, athletic training.
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Brynn Hyde (Homer, NY/Homer), sophomore, art and design; Lindsay Piraino (Nunda, NY/Keshequa), sophomore, biomedical engineering.
 
MEN'S ALPINE SKIING
Michael Fradin (Middleton, RI/Providence Country Day), junior, finance.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Patricia Banahene (Brighton, NY/Brighton), graduate, business administration; Erin Siebert (Campbell, NY/Haverling), freshman, undecided; Emily Wright (Dallas, TX/Plano West), freshman, undecided.
 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Kelsey McRill (Solon, OH/Solon), senior, art and design; Dylan Staniszewski (Oakton, VA/Oakton), junior, art and design; Leah Zimmerman (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua), junior, art and design.
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Emma Jackson (Wellsville, NY/Wellsville), senior, athletic training; Nurila Kambar (Almaty, Kazakhstan/Republic Physics and Mathematics School), freshman, materials science engineering; Rachel Pera (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West), freshman, undecided.
 
MULTIPLE SPORTS
Tracy Johnston (Akron, NY/Akron), junior, marketing (women's cross country/women's lacrosse); Megan Steen (Portsmouth, RI/Portsmouth), junior, early childhood/childhood education (women's swimming and diving/women's track and field).