There were 52 Brandeis athletes that were named to the All-UAA Academic team for the fall of 2022. This award is given to athletes that have completed at least one full year of college study and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.30. This the second highest number of Judges to earn this award during the fall season. The most in the fall season came last year, when there were 62 fall athletes earning the accolade.
Ten of the athletes were from the women’s cross country team. This included sophomore runners Kyra Au ’25, Kayla DiBenedetto ’25 and Zada Forde ’25. Furthermore this included juniors Adah Anderson ’24, Juliette Intrieri ’24, Katie Lyon ’24 and Lizzy Reynolds ’24. Finally, there were the seniors Bridget Pickard ’23, Kate Danziger ’23 and Victoria Morrongiello ’23.
Nine of the athletes were from the men’s cross country team. The sophomores included Lucas Dia ’25, Daniel Frost ’25, Spencer Lee ’25 and Erik Lopez ’25. This also included juniors Willem Goff ’24, Samuel Kim ’24 and Henry Nguyen ’24. Last but not least were the seniors Taylor Diamond ’23 and Matthew Driben ’23.
There were 13 Judges from the women’s soccer team that were named to the All-UAA Academic team. This included the senior midfielder Juliette Carreiro ’23, midfielder/forward Morgan Clark ’23, midfielder Jess Herman ’23, forward Makenna Hunt ’23, defender Meaghan McDonough ’23, goalkeeper Jessica Murawsky ’23, midfielder Sabrina Salov ’23, defender Ruby Siegel ’23 and midfielder Caroline Swan ’23. The sophomores included defender Morgan Collins ’25, midfielder Dominique Paglia ’25 and defender Ali Karafotias ’25. Lastly, this included junior Charlotte TeKrony ’24.
On the men’s soccer team, there were 12 athletes on the All-UAA Academic team. This included sophomore forward Henning Dierks ’25, back Andres Gonzalez ’25, forward John Loo ’25 and goalkeeper Quintin Wrabley ’25. In the junior class it included midfielder Liam Carpenter-Shulman ’24 and forward Max Horowitz ’24. The rest were seniors, including forward Josh Gans ’23, goalkeeper Aiden Guthro ’23, forward Sammy Guttell ’23, back Isaac Mukala ’23, back Forest Shimazu ’23 and forward Khalil Winder ’23.
The final eight athletes came from volleyball. There were four seniors, including Stephanie Borr ’23, Talia Freund ’23, Amelia Oppenheimer ’23 and Emerson White ’23. Three were juniors, including Rita Lai ’24, Gracie Lerian ’24 and Ella Pereira ’24. Last but not least was sophomore Lara Verstovsek ’25.
Congratulations to all these Judges for excelling academically and in sports.
Editor’s Note: Editor-in-Chief Victoria Morrongiello is a co-captain for the women’s cross country team and did not contribute to the writing or editing of this article.
