BOSTON – This year a league-best 26 Vermont student-athletes have received one of the America East Conference's highest honors as they were named Presidential Scholar-Athletes on Monday. The award recognizes graduating student-athletes who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher as undergraduates and earned their degrees in 2025-26.
In addition to maintaining a 3.75 GPA throughout their college career, honored student-athletes must have earned their undergraduate degree in the academic year they are honored and have attended their institution for at least 2 years.
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The Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award program started during the 2013-14 academic year. In total, 1,101 student-athletes have been honored as part of the program. America East is proud to have one of the most comprehensive academic award programs in the country, which honors over two-thirds of its student-athletes for their success in the classroom, including its sports Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic honorees, Presidential Scholar-Athletes, and its Honor Roll Elite 18 recipients.
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
| Erik Gressett |
Exercise Science |
3.99 |
Men's Lacrosse |
| Avinabo Poddar |
Psychological Science |
3.98 |
Men's Track & Field |
| Sloane Selenis |
Environmental Science |
3.98 |
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Sydney Remington |
Biological Science |
3.96 |
Women's Soccer |
| Ellie Fazio |
Animal Science |
3.95 |
Women's Swimming & Diving |
| Marenn Ek |
Biochemistry |
3.95 |
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Eddie Schwasnick |
Statistics |
3.95 |
Men's Lacrosse |
| Claire MacDonald |
Global Studies |
3.94 |
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Colin Bullock |
Business |
3.93 |
Men's Lacrosse |
| Ainsley Hubbard |
Public Communication |
3.92 |
Field Hockey |
| Emma Leary |
Environmental Science |
3.90 |
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Karl Daly |
Business |
3.90 |
Men's Soccer |
| James Cilwik |
Civil Engineering |
3.89 |
Men's Track & Field |
| Aubrey Bough |
Public Health Sciences |
3.87 |
Women's Soccer |
| Erin Geib |
Political Science |
3.86 |
Women's Track & Field |
| Lauren Clark |
Comm Sciences & Disorders |
3.85 |
Women's Swimming & Diving |
| Tommy Wolfe |
Mathematics |
3.84 |
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Kate Stockwell |
Mathematics |
3.83 |
Field Hockey |
| Kyle Kerrigan |
Business |
3.81 |
Men's Lacrosse |
| Lily Campbell |
Molecular Genetics |
3.80 |
Women's Track & Field |
| Annika Huber |
Civil Engineering |
3.80 |
Women's Track & Field |
| Jonathan Hills |
Mechanical Engineering |
3.79 |
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Rachel Barba |
Neuroscience |
3.79 |
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field |
| Lilly Acker |
Neuroscience |
3.78 |
Women's Swimming & Diving |
| Josie Hiers |
Political Science |
3.77 |
Women's Swimming & Diving |
| Havana Layton |
Political Science |
3.76 |
Women's Swimming & Diving |
