Brandeis sets program record for winter UAA All-Academics with 81

TEXT: WINTER 2021-22 UAA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
IMAGES: Brandeis Athletics gavel logo, flags flying over the Gosman Center

WALTHAM, Mass. – The University Athletic Association named its Fall 2022 Academic All-UAA team, and  Brandeis student-athletes earned 81 accolades, the most ever for the Judges during the winter season. Brandeis's previous high was the 78 winter athletes who were honored in 2021.

Within the UAA, All-Academic recognition is awarded to student-athletes who have completed at least one full year of college study and who carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.300. The 3.300 minimum cumulative grade point average is the same academic standard used as a qualifying threshold by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for the nomination of Academic All-America® candidates in all sports.

The Brandeis honorees are:

Women's Basketball (7)

Macy Arsenault                                   So.                                        Berlin, NH (Holderness School)

Camila Casanueva                              Sr.                                         Santa Barbara, CA (Dos Pueblos)

Francesca Marchese                           Jr.                                          Staten Island, NY (Staten Island Academy)

Tathiana Pierre                                     Jr.                               Jericho, NY (Sacred Heart Academy)

Emma Reavis                                       Jr.                                          Miami, OK (Deerfield, MA, Academy)

Kerry Tanke                                         Sr.                                         Manalapan, NJ (Manalapan)

Courtney Thrun                                   Sr.                                         Regina, Sask. (Wilbraham & Monson Acad.)

 

Men's Basketball (6)

Austin Clamage                                   Gr.                                         Lake Forest, IL (Lake Forest Academy)

Tommy Eastman                                Gr.                                         Honeoye Falls, NY (Honeoye Falls-Lima)

Nolan Hagerty                                     Sr.                                         Yarmouth, ME (Yarmouth)

Sam Nassar                                           Sr.                                         Milford, CT (Jonathan Law)

Ryan Power                                          So.                                        Waltham, MA (Waltham)

Collin Sawyer                                      Gr.                                         New London, CT (New London)

 

Women's Fencing (6)

Monica Aponte                                    Jr.                                          San Juan, Puerto Rico (St. John's School)

Rachel Liu                                             Jr.                                          Qindao, China (Baylor School (TN))

Maggie Shealy                                     Jr.                                          Chapel Hill, NC (East Chapel Hill)

Angela Shi                                            So.                                        Plainsboro, NJ (W. Windsor/Plainsboro South)

Samantha Shortall                               Jr.                                          Norwell, MA (Norwell)

Paula Thornton                                    Jr.                                          Marietta, GA (Campbell)

 

Men's Fencing (8)

Harrison Kaish                                     Sr.                                         W. Windsor, NJ (W. Windsor-Plainsboro No.)

Chaemin Daniel Lee                           So.                                        Jericho, NY (Jericho)

Lucas Lin                                              Sr.                                         Plano, TX (Plano West)

Nicholas Quan                                     So.                                        Mount Sinai, NY (Mount Sinai)

Josh Shuster                                          Jr.                                          Brooklyn, NY (Staten Island Technical)

Elliot Siegel                                           Jr.                                          Newton, CT (Hopkins School)

Garrett Tordo                                       Sr.                                         Framingham, MA (Framingham)

Alexander Wicken                               Jr.                                          Norwich, CT (Norwich Free Academy)

 

Women's Swimming and Diving (14)

Abbie Etzweiler                                    Sr.                                         Malvern, PA (Great Valley)

Bailey Gold                                           Jr.                                          Berkeley Heights, NJ (Governor Livingston)

Becky Goodfellow                               Jr.                                          Lakeville, MA (Apponequet Regional)

Maya Haubrich                                    So.                                        Grayslake, IL (Grayslake)

Monica Iizuka                                      So.                                        Chatham, NJ (Chatham)

Lexi Kaufman                                     So.                                        Dix Hills, NY (Half Hollow Hills East)

Gabriela Mendoza                              Sr.                                         Surprise, AZ (Paradise Honors)

Abbie Murphy                                     So.                                        Florence, MA (Northampton)

Ema Rennie                                          Jr.                                          Dublin, OH (Dublin Scioto)

Francesca Sirignano                            Jr.                                          Needham, MA (Needham)

Rebecka Sokoloff                               Sr.                                         Northboro, MA (Bancroft Sch. of Academics)

Aria Smith                                            Jr.                                          Elkridge, MD (St. Timothy's School)

Olivia Stebbins                                    Sr.                                         Willington, CT (Edwin O. Smith)

Katheryn Wetzel                                  Jr.                                          San Diego CA (Canyon Crest Acad.)

 

Men's Swimming and Diving (5)

Jonathan Ayash                                   Sr.                                         Newton, MA (Newton South)

James Barno                                         Jr.                                          Ballston Spa, NY (Ballston Spa)

Sam Dienstag                                       So.                                        Wilmette, IL (New Trier)

Brendon Lu                                           Sr.                                         Basking Ridge, NJ (Ridge)

Ido Petel                                                So.                                        New York, NY (Frank McCourt)

 

Women's Indoor Track and Field (20)

Adah Anderson                                    So.                                        Cumberland, RI (Cumberland)

Sonali Anderson                                  Sr.                                         Fayetteville, GA (Whitewater)

Jenny Brown                                         So.                                        Marshfield, MA (Marshfield)

Alya Campbell                                     So.                                        Eastchester, NY (Eastchester)

Kate Danziger                                      Sr.                                         Potomac, MD (Winston Churchill)

Ianna Gilbert                                        So.                                        Queens, NY

                                                                                                              (Young Women's Leadership School of Queens)

Natalie Hattan                                     Sr.                                         Sugar Land, TX (Clements)

Juliette Intrieri                                      So.                                        North Salem, N Y (North Salem)

Penelope Jacobson                              So.                                        Parkland, FL (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas)

Erika Karlin                                          Sr.                                         Hagerstown, MD (No. Hagerstown)

Liz Korn                                                So.                                        Piedmont, CA (Piedmont)

Yahni Lapa                                          Jr.                                          West Newton, MA (Newton North)

Katie Lyon                                            So.                                        The Woodlands, TX

                                                                                                                            (The Woodlands College Park)

Erin Magill                                            Sr.                                         Moretown, VT (Harwood Union)

Victoria Morrongiello                         Jr.                                          Staten Island, NY (Susan E. Wagner)

Bridget Picard                                      Jr.                                          Westwood, MA (Westwood)

Lizzy Reynolds                                    So.                                        Winchester, MA (Winchester)

Gabby Tercatin                                    Sr.                                         Needham, MA (Needham)

Anna Touitou                                       Sr.                                         Pleasantville, NY (Pleasantville)

Olivia Zarzycki                                    So.                                        Belmont, MA (Belmont)

 

Men's Indoor Track and Field (15)

Daniel Chodorow                                So.                                        Silver Spring, MD

                                                                                                                            (Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School)

Taylor Diamond                                  Jr.                                          Roslyn Heights, NY (Roslyn)

Matthew Driben                                   Sr.                                         Reading, PA (Wyomissing Area)

Reese Farquhar                                    Sr.                                         Newton, MA (Newton North)

Willem Goff                                         So.                                        Pelham, MA (Amherst Regional)

Jacob Grant                                           Sr.                                         Rockville Center, NY (South Side)

Jac Guerra                                             Sr.                                         Guilford, CT (Guilford)

Jonathan Hau                                       Jr.                                          Taipei, Taiwan (Taipei American School)

Parker Jones                                         So.                                        Westbury, NY (Packer Collegiate Inst.)

Samuel Kim                                          So.                                        La Jolla, CA (Phillips Exeter, NH)

Henry Nguyen                                      So.                                        Worcester, MA (Worcester Vocational Tech)

Jamie O'Neil                                         Sr.                                         Auburndale, MA (Newton North)

Aaron Portman                                    Sr.                                         Wheeling, IL (Adlai E. Stevenson)

Alex Reading                                       So.                                        San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo)

Young Wang                                        So.                                        Hopkinton, MA (Hopkinton)