Posted: Aug 07, 2023
100 Avila Student-Athletes Make Spring Dean’s List
Of the 312 Avila University undergraduate students who earned Dean’s List distinction in the Spring 2023 semester, exactly 100 of them were Avila student-athletes, the university announced late last month.
To earn Dean’s List honors in a semester, an undergraduate student must attain a GPA of 3.5 or above. Representatives of 13 of Avila’s varsity athletic teams dot the Spring 2023 Dean’s List, encompassing more than a dozen majors across nearly all of Avila’s undergraduate schools.
The full list of Avila University’s Spring 2023 Dean’s List honorees can be found online; the list of student-athletes, sorted alphabetically by team, has been repurposed below.
| NAME | SPORT | YEAR (Eligibility) | MAJOR | HOMETOWN |
| A.J. Riley | Baseball | Fr. | Kinesiology | Everett, Wash. |
| Alex Walton | Baseball | Jr. | Marketing | Tulsa, Okla. |
| Brandon Bacon | Baseball | So. | Not Listed | Emory, Texas |
| Bryce Culp | Baseball | Jr. | History | Placerville, Calif. |
| Bryce Englehart | Baseball | Fr. | Undeclared | |
| Gaven Mooney | Baseball | So. | Radiologic Science | Lone Jack, Mo. |
| Holton Miller | Baseball | So. | Kinesiology | Ozark, Mo. |
| Isaiah Alvarez | Baseball | Sr. | Computer Science | Oxnard, Calif. |
| J.D. Leslie | Baseball | Jr. | Communication | League City, Texas |
| Jose Lopez-Guerrero | Baseball | So. | Communication | Camarillo, Calif. |
| Landon Vahle | Baseball | Jr. | Business Administration | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Tallon Vanetti | Baseball | Sr. | Criminology and Justice Studies | Chilcoot, Calif. |
| Travis Curry | Baseball | Fr. | Kinesiology | Olathe, Kan. |
| Zach Hurst | Baseball | Fr. | Kinesiology | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Hunter Goodwin | Baseball | So. | Criminology and Justice Studies | Kansas City, Mo. |
| McKenzie Cragg | Dance | So. | Art | Raymore, Mo. |
| Anthony Carreon | Football | So. | Physical Education | El Monte, Calif. |
| Austin Davis | Football | Fr. | Business Administration | Hemet, Calif. |
| Fernando Garcia | Football | Fr. | History | Houston, Texas |
| Garrett Tipton | Football | So. | Communication | Orlando, Fla. |
| Ishe Smith | Football | So. | Not Listed | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Jaris Acklin | Football | So. | Nursing | Mountain View, Mo. |
| Kendal Wooley | Football | So. | Business Administration | Plano, Texas |
| Maxwell Williams | Football | Jr. | Communication | Columbus, Ohio |
| Monte Toney | Football | Jr. | Liberal Arts Studies | Little Rock, Ark. |
| Robert Wilkerson | Football | Fr. | Business Administration | Clinton, Miss. |
| Ronnie Stennis | Football | Jr. | Art | Omaha, Neb. |
| Shaiquan Ayers | Football | Sr. | Sports Communication; Minor Kinesiology | Detroit, Mich. |
| Stephen Hoffmann | Football | Fr. | Business Administration | Valley Stream, N.Y. |
| Adam Barbieri | Men’s Basketball | So. | Business Administration | Germantown, Tenn. |
| Christian Spalding | Men’s Basketball | Fr. | Undeclared | Louisville, Ken. |
| Donte’ Simpson | Men’s Basketball | Sr. | Communication | Union City, Tenn. |
| Jalen Tillery | Men’s Basketball | So. | Computer Science | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Josh Kilpatrick | Men’s Basketball | So. | Kinesiology | Grain Valley, Mo. |
| Trynnen Gray | Men’s Basketball | Fr. | Professional Health Sciences | Fulton, Mo. |
| Calvin McMiller | Men’s Bowling | Jr. | Business Administration | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Nick Hays | Men’s Bowling | Fr. | Software Engineering | Independence, Mo. |
| Nicolas Garza | Men’s Bowling | Fr. | Professional Health Sciences | Kansas City, Kan. |
| David Kehring | Men’s Soccer | Jr. | Management | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Dawud Radwan | Men’s Soccer | Fr. | Business Administration | Olathe, Kan. |
| Jaime Gomez | Men’s Soccer | Sr. | Business Administration | Miami, Fla. |
| Johnathan Fager | Men’s Soccer | Fr. | Kinesiology | |
| Malcolm Goswell | Men’s Soccer | Fr. | Kinesiology | Raymore, Mo. |
| Noah Smith | Men’s Soccer | Sr. | Elementary Education | |
| Sam Kanda | Men’s Soccer | Jr. | Finance | Raytown, Mo. |
| Trent Day | Men’s Soccer | So. | Business Administration | Raymore, Mo. |
| Christian Knighton | Men’s Wrestling | Sr. | Communication | McKinney, Texas |
| Hectormiguel Gamboa | Men’s Wrestling | So. | Psychology | Fremont, Calif. |
| Jake Callahan | Men’s Wrestling | So. | Not Listed | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Joshua Martinez | Men’s Wrestling | Fr. | Business Administration | Richmond, Texas |
| Logan Johnson | Men’s Wrestling | So. | Computer Science | Belleville, Ill. |
| Luke Ward | Men’s Wrestling | Fr. | Marketing | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Tucker Black | Men’s Wrestling | Fr. | Special Education | Kearney, Mo. |
| Aarilynn Richardson | Softball | Fr. | Business Administration | Vidor, Texas |
| Chelsea Kurtz | Softball | Jr. | Radiologic Science | Wichita, Kan. |
| Courtney Belflower | Softball | Jr. | Communication | Tunnel Hill, Ga. |
| Halle Benskin | Softball | So. | Accounting | St. Peters, Mo. |
| Jordan Pollo | Softball | Fr. | Elementary Education | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Julia Douglass | Softball | Jr. | Psychology | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Ka’Zem Wood | Softball | Jr. | Elementary Education | Palestine, Tex. |
| Katerina Wilds | Softball | Fr. | Criminology and Justice Studies | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Katie Cook | Softball | Sr. | Elementary Education | Raytown, Mo. |
| Kayla Kindler | Softball | Fr. | Nursing | St. Peters, Mo. |
| McKayla Cotton | Softball | Fr. | Criminology and Justic Studies | Costa Mesa, Calif. |
| Mia Thimesch | Softball | Fr. | Undeclared | Ozark, Mo. |
| Payton Walter | Softball | Sr. | History, Minor in Secondary Ed/Psych | Grain Valley, Mo. |
| Samantha Smith | Softball | Jr. | Professional Health Sciences | Topeka, Kan. |
| Victoria Agado | Softball | Fr. | Radiologic Science | Blackfoot, Idaho |
| Zoleecia Grayson | Softball | Fr. | Undeclared | Kansas City, Kan. |
| Abigail Blake | Volleyball | Fr. | Not Listed | Jefferson City, Mo. |
| Addison Davis | Volleyball | So. | Psychology | Eldon, Mo. |
| Chloe Brundick | Volleyball | Sr. | Biology | Labadie, Mo. |
| Kyleighn Block | Volleyball | Sr. | Management | Olathe, Kan. |
| Paige Gillund | Volleyball | Fr. | Kinesiology | Clinton, Mo. |
| Phoebe Riddle | Volleyball | Fr. | Psychology | Springfield, Mo. |
| Reagan Moody | Volleyball | So. | Psychology | Garden City, Mo. |
| Sadie Rann | Volleyball | Sr. | Nursing | Raymore, Mo. |
| Sophie Baker | Volleyball | Fr. | Psychology | Baldwin City, Kan. |
| Sydney Owens | Volleyball | Fr. | Nursing | Olathe, Kan. |
| Cecelia Eddy | Women’s Basketball | Jr. | Communication | Leawood, Kan. |
| Hannah Smith | Women’s Basketball | So. | Business Administration | Blue Springs, Mo. |
| Katelyn Ward | Women’s Basketball | So. | Radiologic Science | Independence, Mo. |
| Kayla Navy | Women’s Basketball | Sr. | Computer Science | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Morgan Wiseman | Women’s Basketball | So. | Not Listed | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Riley Boggs | Women’s Basketball | Fr. | Professional Health Sciences | Ozark, Mo. |
| Claire Busch | Women’s Bowling | Fr. | Nursing | Papillion, Neb. |
| Kirsten Zirjacks | Women’s Bowling | Fr. | Accounting | Liberty, Mo. |
| Adelynn Link | Women’s Soccer | Sr. | Radiologic Science | Pleasant Hill, Mo. |
| Annika Holtorf | Women’s Soccer | Fr. | Nursing | Oak Grove, Mo. |
| Bridgit Conway | Women’s Soccer | So. | Professional Health Sciences | Salina, Kan. |
| Brigid Hughes | Women’s Soccer | So. | Nursing | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Emily Nachbar | Women’s Soccer | So. | Nursing | Leavenworth, Kan. |
| Hailey Englund | Women’s Soccer | Jr. | Physical Education | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Ixtla Banda-Guzman | Women’s Soccer | So. | Business Administration | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Karely Gutierrez | Women’s Soccer | Fr. | Middle School Education | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Kenan Ebel | Women’s Soccer | So. | Kinesiology | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Sahree Eng | Women’s Soccer | So. | Professional Health Sciences | Raytown, Mo. |
| Suzie Lopez | Women’s Soccer | Jr. | Cybersecurity | Kansas City, Kan. |
| Emily Garrido-Calva | Women’s Wrestling | So. | Art Education | Harrisonville, Mo. |
| Julia Datus | Women’s Wrestling | Fr. | Criminology and Justice Studies | Fenton, Mo. |
