57 Brandywine Student-Athletes Receive United East Scholar Awards

MEDIA, Pa. -- A total of 57 Penn State Brandywine winter and spring student-athletes were named United East Conference Scholar Athletes following the conclusion of the spring semester recently.

 

To be selected as a United East Scholar Athlete, student-athletes competing in a fall conference-sponsored sport must earn a grade-point average of 3.2 or greater during the fall semester and be in good standing with his or her respective team. Brandywine's Scholar Athletes included honorees from all seven of its winter and spring sports.

 

Baseball led all Brandywine teams with 14 honorees, while Brandywine's conference-champion softball squad received 13 selections. Men's basketball saw 10 players honored and six of Brandywine's seven men's tennis players earned the award. Five student-athletes from both golf and women's basketball landed awards, while women's tennis claimed four honorees.

 

Among Brandywine's 57 Scholar Athletes, 12 earned their degrees at commencement in May and seven completed the spring semester with a 4.0 GPA: Austin McCaughan (men's basketball), Matteo Cousineau (men's tennis), Raj Mamidala (men's tennis), Jonathan Parsons (men's tennis), Louis Trolli (men's tennis), Samma Zahran (women's tennis) and Jamey Massung (baseball). 

 

Brandywine's 176 student-athletes combined to earn a 3.09 cumulative GPA during the 2024-25 academic year, including a 3.18 mark during the spring semester. Eighty-two student-athletes were named United East Conference Scholar Athletes during the department's first year as a member of the league.

 

United East Conference Winter/Spring Scholar Athletes
Men's Basketball	Women's Basketball	Golf	Men's Tennis	Women's Tennis	Baseball	Softball
Ashton Bamisaye	Anaiyah Allen	Eric Angle	Matteo Cousineau	Adelaide Etshman	Justin Bray	Lexi Bussenger
Ben Bass	Sierra Diawara	Brady Foytack	Elias Danesh	Emma Kaplan	Ryan Brown	Anna Caporale
Joey Brusha	Jazmyn Kemp	Carl Galantino	Julian Grossman	Hailey Piccirillo	Jaylen Bryant	Shelby DeCillis
Malachi Claude	Raelyn Loper	Steven Kimmel	Raj Mamidala	Samma Zahran	Jimmy Carey	Jordan DuBois
Alexander Derkits	Trinell Watson	Joseph Koehler	Jonathan Parsons		Ty Coccia	Gigi Duca
Dillon Jones			Louis Trolli		Josh Hess	Kylie Ferris
Austin McCaughan					Owen Lawton	Madison Gonzalez
Jack Swider					Jamey Massung	Isabella Hurta
Ethan Toney					Brody Oyloe	April Lewandowski
Jamar Wright					Nate Romberger	Emma McElroy
					Gianni Serenelli	Kaylee Mushinski
					Evan Shade	Naya Rivera
					Nate Turner	Quinn Rosario
					Shawn Webb