Thirty-Six Student-Athletes Named To AD's Academic Excellence List

SOUTH PRINCE GEORGE, Va. -- Richard Bland College Director of Athletics Chuck Moore has announced that 36 student-athletes have been named to the AD's Academic Excellence List for the 2017 Fall Semester.  These outstanding individuals from four different Statesmen sports programs attained a semester grade point average of 3.0 or better. 

"Every semester it is always my proudest moment to announce the AD's Academic Excellence List!" said Moore.  "The commitment these student-athletes have shown on the fields/courts and in the classroom is exceptional.  I'm honored to be the AD of a program that has so many unbelievably talented student-athletes, especially those that are excelling in the classroom.  Our motto is 'Nothing Less Than Excellence' and these student-athletes are a living proof of that quote."

The sport-by-sport breakdown included 15 from men's soccer, eight from both softball and women's volleyball, and six from men's basketball.  Ten of the student-athletes attained a GPA of 4.00, while eight others attained a GPA of 3.50 or higher.  One student-athlete participates in two sports at Richard Bland (softball and women's volleyball).

The 36 honorees are listed below by sport and GPA.

Men's Basketball
Wayne Clevert/Richmond, 3.47
Miodrag Dronjak/Kladovo, Serbia, 4.00
Brandon Henry/Chester, 3.54
Ryan Jones/Smithfield, 3.38
Deon Joyner/North Charleston, South Carolina, 3.00
Stanley Taylor/Petersburg 3.31 

Men's Soccer
Nikola Aleksic/Belgrade, Serbia, 4.00
Finn Busse/Kiel, Germany, 3.29
Tomás Fonseca/Torres Vedras, Portugal, 3.75
Davi Girardi/São Paulo, Brazil, 3.16
Uziel Hernandez/The Villages, Florida, 3.40
Jamie McAvoy/Ayr, Scotland, 4.00
Umar Mujahid/Meherrin, 3.76
David Negrin/Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 3.60
Hussein Osman/Charlottesville, 3.00
Andrew Skaer/South Riding,3.00
Dusan Stankovic/Belgrade, Serbia, 4.00
Danny Torres/Bucaramanga, Colombia, 4.00
John Vasquez/Leesburg, Florida 3.07
Agustin Vassallo/Neuquen, Argentina, 3.75
Alex Vazquez/Chester, 3.25 

Softball
Brooklynn Bilyard/Culpeper, 3.28
Jez Chitty/Stafford, 4.00
Ashley Fritz/Chesterfield, 4.00
Kayla Hand/Chesapeake, 3.71
Katie Haney/Burkeville, 4.00
Kamryn Lanier/Chester, 3.40
*Caitlin Stout/Dinwiddie, 3.01
Megan Vincent/Boykins, 3.73 

Women's Volleyball
Kendall Clark/Virginia Beach, 3.25
Mallory Cunningham/Fredericksburg, 3.31
Sara Gardner/Chester, 3.12
Hollie Hill/Buchanan, 3.36
Cassi Jencik/Midlothian, 3.78
Alexis Lyons/Prince George, 4.00
Harper Smith/Midlothian, 4.00
*Caitlin Stout/Dinwiddie, 3.07

*two-sport student-athlete