Hawks Post Impressive Semester in the Classroom

Saint Joseph's University student-athletes boasted a 3.30 semester grade point average (GPA) across 20 varsity programs during the fall 2021 semester. In total, 31 Hawks tallied a perfect 4.0 during the fall, helping boost the department's cumulative GPA to 3.33.

"I am exceptionally proud of our student-athletes for continuing to produce in the classroom," said Director of Athletics Jill Bodensteiner. "It's not an easy task to balance academics, athletics and the day-to-day challenges of being a student, but our Hawks continue to do it with great poise and diligence. The academic success of our student-athletes is also a testament to the great support staff in our Athlete Center for Enrichment, and the team cultures fostered by our head coaches."

Overall, 16 of 20 programs reached the 3.2 threshold, with six teams eclipsing the 3.4 mark.

Women's tennis led the 3.4+ group with a 3.55, followed by women's lacrosse (3.54), women's soccer (3.52), softball (3.51), men's tennis (3.49) and women's rowing (3.4).

Those receiving a perfect 4.0 during the fall 2021 semester are as follows:

Briana Baier – Women's Track
Erica Behr – Women's Soccer
Morgan Bower – Women's Soccer
Rachel Brown – Women's Soccer
Talya Brugler – Women's Basketball
Gavin Campbell – Men's Track
Dennis Dougherty – Men's Rowing
Nicholl Fenton – Field Hockey
Kayla Flanders – Women's Soccer
Sydney Foster – Women's Lacrosse
Peter Gallo – Baseball
Bobby Hastie – Men's Cross Country
Amanda Herr – Softball
Mallory Jubb – Women's Lacrosse
Leia Khairy – Women's Soccer
Erica Lawrence – Softball
Taylor Marinelli – Softball
Riley McDade – Women's Rowing
Anna Miller – Field Hockey
Sarah Myers – Women's Cross Country
Amanda Nava – Women's Tennis
Natalie Nevins – Women's Soccer
Julia Nyström – Women's Basketball
Jillian O'Connell – Women's Rowing
David Owsik – Baseball
Jessica Rubio – Women's Track
George Steinhoff – Men's Cross Country
Cam Walker – Baseball
Aidan Watkins – Men's Soccer
Michael Welde – Men's Track
Olivia Wojtowicz – Women's Track

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This story originally appeared on sjuhawks.com.