07/01/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/01/2026 05:44
AUGUSTA, Ga. | Georgia College & State University had 161 student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Peach Belt Conference's Presidential Honor Roll.
The PBC announced that 2,096 student-athletes were named to the Presidential Honor Roll. This is the first time that the PBC has had over 2,000 athletes in the honor roll and gives the Peach Belt 1,500 or more honorees for the sixth year in a row and the 16th consecutive year over 1,000. Each student-athlete will receive a certificate from the conference office.
The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes all student-athletes at the 10 PBC core and eight associate member institutions in the league's 18 NCAA championship sports who had a grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the academic year. The honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA from 3.0 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49, Silver Scholars are 3.50 to 3.74 and Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00. GCSU had 55 student-athletes named as Gold Scholars to go along with the 39 Silver Scholars, 40 Bronze Scholars and 37 Presidential Scholars.
The baseball team led the way for the Bobcats with 24 student-athletes being named to the honor roll, edging out softball with 23 and women's soccer with 22. Women's cross country had 17 named to the Presidential Honor Roll with women's volleyball (15), women's basketball (14), men's basketball (14) and men's cross country (13) right behind. Men's tennis had seven named to the honor roll, while women's tennis and men's golf added six more.
Below are the members of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll from GCSU:
Gold
Emily Agi (Women's Soccer); Carter Barnes (Baseball); Trip Barron (Baseball); Caroline Beavin (Women's Basketball); Haven Bejnerowicz (Women's Cross Country); Daniel Bell (Men's Cross Country); Reid Bissell (Men's Tennis); Natalia Bolden (Women's Basketball); Parker Boys (Men's Basketball); Abbie Brown (Women's Cross Country); Mackenzly Cheely (Women's Soccer); Alayna Cobb (Women's Soccer); Christian Donaldson (Baseball); Lauren Dozier (Women's Soccer); Natalie Eydam (Women's Soccer); Lily Flood (Women's Cross Country); Kassidy Fortin (Women's Soccer); Mackenzie Geddings (Softball); Emily Hobbs (Softball); Taylor Horton (Women's Soccer); Jenni Järventaus (Women's Soccer); Eva Jeswald (Women's Cross Country); Bridget Johnson (Women's Soccer); Riese Johnson (Women's Volleyball); Emma Jow (Women's Cross Country); Kimber Kent (Softball); Natalie Kirka (Women's Tennis); Aidan Kudlas (Men's Basketball); Sydney Lancaster (Softball); Skylar Lee (Softball); Oscar Lynch (Men's Basketball); Sarah Mason (Women's Soccer); Devin McClain (Men's Basketball); Tams Mullins (Baseball); Emersyn Mullvain (Women's Volleyball); Halley Nobles (Softball); Nylah Nuri (Women's Basketball); Finn O'Neill (Men's Tennis); Rodrigo Pérez Crespo (Men's Tennis); Kennedy Pickett (Softball); Evan Rehrauer (Men's Cross Country); Bella Russell (Women's Cross Country); Gavyn Seitz (Baseball); Emma Shanklin (Women's Cross Country); Maddie Reese Smith (Women's Cross Country); Campbell Smith (Women's Cross Country); Shipley Smith (Men's Cross Country); Milla Smith (Women's Volleyball); Tyler Sohn (Baseball); Emma Sundermeyer (Softball); Lilly Swanson (Women's Volleyball); Sloane Vick (Women's Basketball); Bailey Vick (Women's Basketball); Nya Warren (Women's Volleyball); Emily Wright (Women's Cross Country).
Silver
Laura Almagro (Women's Tennis); Jakob Andergassen (Men's Tennis); Evan Armstrong (Men's Cross Country); Brittany Bakke (Women's Soccer); Lexi Baum (Women's Volleyball); Nick Bennett (Baseball); Ashley Bentz (Women's Tennis); Alanis Bernis (Women's Volleyball); Rand Bestermann (Baseball); Rachel Black (Women's Tennis); Molly Burns (Women's Basketball); Stephanie Condland (Softball); Aidan Conrad (Baseball); Jordan Counts (Softball); Emma Danley (Women's Soccer); Griffin Davis (Baseball); Liv Diaz (Women's Volleyball); Maddie Drake (Women's Soccer); Kaisa Fagerström (Women's Soccer); Karlie Gutierrez (Softball); Izzy Hall (Women's Cross Country); Emily Hutcheson (Softball); Avery Huyck (Women's Volleyball); Annalise Knop (Softball); Rhone Marshall (Women's Cross Country); Chase Martin (Men's Tennis); Allison Moore (Women's Basketball); Sadie Parkerson (Women's Volleyball); Tanner Patterson (Baseball); Zachary Paulling (Baseball); Ty Petrovich (Baseball); Hunter Phillips (Golf); Savannah Sause (Women's Soccer); Logan Seigle (Softball); Sam Story (Softball); Lauren Thisdale (Women's Cross Country); Jaycob Wagner (Men's Cross Country); Kacie Wiggins (Softball); Elizabeth Wynn (Women's Basketball).
Bronze
Addison Black (Softball); Chase Blanton (Golf); Charlie Capretta (Baseball); Lorena Cazora (Women's Cross Country); Sarah Charney (Women's Soccer); Alisa Chiang (Women's Tennis); Imani Cooper (Women's Basketball); DeJanae Dennis-Cassanova (Women's Basketball); Mason Etter (Men's Basketball); Madeline Gilmartin (Women's Volleyball); Reed Glaser (Men's Cross Country); Ella Hayes (Women's Soccer); Cole Huddleston (Baseball); Briley Ittel (Women's Cross Country); C.J. Jones (Men's Basketball); Lucy Kim (Women's Tennis); Luke Krawczyk (Men's Basketball); Nolan Lane (Men's Cross Country); Maddi Lowery (Softball); Ava Martin (Women's Soccer); Caleb Miele (Baseball); Austin Mosby-Weems (Men's Basketball); David Muñoz Botia (Men's Tennis); Nour Nazim (Men's Cross Country); Noah Peters (Men's Cross Country); Kate Phillips (Women's Soccer); Walker Roberts (Baseball); Bailey Rodgers (Women's Basketball); Matthew Rogers (Golf); Lauren Rule (Softball); Andy Scott (Golf); Celeste Scott (Women's Basketball); Lillie Sheffield (Women's Soccer); Jacy Singleton (Softball); Kayla Sylvain (Women's Basketball); Sydney Thisdale (Women's Cross Country); Maddie Todd (Softball); Carson Vick (Baseball); Avery Wheeler (Women's Cross Country); Braxton Wright (Men's Tennis).
Presidential
Jack Aurelia (Men's Cross Country); Tessa Balsman (Women's Soccer); Davis Bargeron (Baseball); James Beaver (Baseball); Ile Bernis (Women's Volleyball); Bryceton Berry (Baseball); Gabe Bolden (Men's Basketball); Camryn Carlton (Women's Volleyball); Reina Checo (Softball); Harding Dennis (Baseball); Deshona Gaither (Women's Basketball); Sydney Garrett (Softball); Marques Greene (Men's Basketball); Lauren Hailey (Women's Cross Country); Peyton Harley (Men's Cross Country); Zach Hilyer (Men's Cross Country); Hank Holcomb (Golf); Boston Kersh (Men's Basketball); Kendra Leboehi (Women's Volleyball); Brian Lowry (Baseball); Andrew Lutjens (Golf); Hogan Mayhew (Baseball); James Nichols III (Men's Basketball); Cayden Olvey (Men's Basketball); Mia Palumbo (Women's Soccer); Sierra Piland (Women's Volleyball); Conyer Smith (Men's Basketball).