The Valparaiso University Department of Athletics announced its annual academic honors on Sunday evening at the department’s Presidential Academic Honors Banquet. President José Padilla recognized 122 student-athletes with Presidential Academic Honors.

Presidential Academic Honors are awarded to student-athletes who have earned a term grade point average of 3.25 or higher for at least two consecutive semesters at Valpo. Valpo Athletics also revealed the department’s Top of the Class Awards, Dean’s Awards, Laurel Award and Team Academic Award.

The Laurel Award is presented to the graduating senior student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average. This year’s honor featured a tie between five student-athletes, all of whom boast a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average – Olivia Brown of women’s basketball, Caleb VanArragon of men’s golf, Elizabeth Park of women’s soccer, Allie Anderson of women’s soccer and Abbey Hillman of women’s soccer.

The Top of the Class Awards are presented annually to graduating seniors with a 3.9 or better cumulative GPA. The Dean’s Awards are awarded to the highest cumulative GPA by a student-athlete in each college.

The tennis program earned the Team Academic Award by posting the department’s highest team GPA for the second consecutive season.

Dean’s Award (College of Arts & Sciences)

Elizabeth Park, Women’s Soccer. Chemistry & Biology major

Caleb VanArragon, Men’s Golf. Biology & Statistics major

Allie Anderson, Women’s Soccer. Exercise Science major

Olivia Brown, Women’s Basketball. Communication major

Gretchen Kuckkan, Volleyball. Education majo

Dean’s Award (College of Business)

Abbey Hillman, Women’s Soccer. Accounting major

Cara Crompton, Women’s Soccer. Marketing major

Dean’s Award (College of Engineering)

Anna Fay, Women’s Golf. Bioengineering major

Dean’s Award (College of Nursing and Health Professions)

Bella Ravotto, Volleyball. Master’s in Health Administration

Dean’s Award (Graduate College)

Thomas Kithier, Men’s Basketball. Master’s in Sports Administration

Jeffrey Jackson, Football. Master’s in Sports Administration

Kohlton Sherman, Football. Master’s in Business Administration

Top of the Class Award

Olivia Brown, Women’s Basketball. Communication major

Caleb VanArragon, Men’s Golf. Biology & Statistics major

Elizabeth Park, Women’s Soccer. Chemistry & Biology major

Allie Anderson, Women’s Soccer. Exercise Science major

Abbey Hillman, Women’s Soccer. Accounting major

Drew Parrish, Football. Electrical Engineering major

Noelle Doody, Women’s Bowling. Biology major

Cameron Sheehy, Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country. Business Analytics & Marketing major

Ryan Milkowski, Softball. Biology major

Eric Carothers, Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country. Meteorology major

Demi Jhaveri, Women’s Tennis. Digital Media major

Sophie Morelock, Women’s Swimming. Psychology major

Nolan Tucker, Baseball. Management major

Kelsey Eichenauer, Women’s Golf. Education major

Maddy Boyer, Volleyball. Nursing major

Laurel Award

Olivia Brown, Women’s Basketball. Communication major

Caleb VanArragon, Men’s Golf. Biology & Statistics major

Elizabeth Park, Women’s Soccer. Chemistry & Biology major

Allie Anderson, Women’s Soccer. Exercise Science major

Abbey Hillman, Women’s Soccer. Accounting major

Team GPA Award

Women’s Tennis

Presidential Academic Honors Awards

Madeline Aldrich

Allie Anderson

Evan Annis

Michael Appel Jr.

Grace Aurand

Gillian Bedenk

Mia Bertino

Andrew Berzai

Olivia Blackketter

Mason Bonn

Maddy Boyer

Abigail Boyle

Olivia Brown

Aaron Byrd

Claire Campbell

Eric Carothers

Nathan Chasey

Alex Conlin

Lauren Cook

Kara Cooper

Nikki Coryell

Josh Cottrill

Cara Crompton

Emily Crompton

Sean Curran

Olivia Czerwonka

Brian Daniels

Anthony Delisanti

Noelle Doody

Kiley Dugan

Maya Dunson

Leah Earnest

Cassidy Eckstein

Simeon Ehm

Kelsey Eichenauer

Peyton Evans

Anna Fay

Dana Fish

Emil Freese-Vilien

Tori Gerhardt

Alyssa Gonzalez

Sam Gountounas

Natalie Graf

Jillie Grant

Sam Hafner

Joe Hedstrom

Abbey Hillman

Kaylee Hodson

Haley Hume

Jonathan Hyman

Patrick Ilitch

Grant Jablonski

Jeffrey Jackson

Kelsie James

Madison Janickovic

Mallory Januski

Demi Jhaveri

Olivia Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

Addy Joiner

Garner Jones

Lauren Kehlenbrink

Madison Keil

Kurt Kessen

Thomas Kithier

Angela Kleich

Caitlyn Kowalski

Ben Krikke

Gretchen Kuckkan

Roslyn Leitner

Ethan Litavecz

Brett Little

Cameron Livingston

Lena Luebbering

Ryan Mann

Allison McConnell

Ryan Milkowski

Trent Miller

Sophie Morelock

Talia Morgan

Emma Morrison

William Neupert

Nicole Norfolk

Patrick Oliva

Matt Olive

Joely Overstreet

Isabella Palamaro

Brooke Palmer

Thomas Palmer

Elizabeth Park

Drew Parrish

Michelle Pierce

Bridget Pollard

Morgan Purser

Tytus Ragle

Isabella Ravotto

Chase Ray

Danielle Renno

Elizabeth Roeglin

Alexander Ryan

Katherine Schreiner

Lauren Sena

Lukas Sepulveda

Cameron Sheehy

Kohlton Sherman

Kayla Skapyak

Lilu Smith

Sara Strauss

Amanda Tabanera

Thomas Thurston

George Trojanek

Nolan Tucker

Trenton Turzenski

Ella Van Weelden

Caleb VanArragon

Ignacio Veloz Bonilla

Spencer Warfield

Sam Warren

Nathan Wessel

Abby White

Amanda Willy

Drew Wilson