Baseball | 1/13/2026 10:09:00 AM

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – At the conclusion of the 2025 fall semester, all 20 of the Barry University varsity athletic teams posted a term team grade point average of 3.0 or higher. 

Special recognition for the 4.0 Club with its 51 members from the fall semester can be found here - Fall 2024 4.0 Club

2024 Fall 4.0 Club by Team
CHEERLEADING (1) - Cindy Moreira 
JV SOFTBALL (1) - Maricela Mesarina 
JV BASEBALL (4) - Tyler Doyle, Jonathan Rivera, Aayan Subzwari, Dylan Tripi 
BASEBALL (2) - Brandon Delapenha, Anthony Tralongo
MEN'S BASKETBALL (1) - Novak Perovic
MEN'S SOCCER (6) - James Averies, Sky Carrizo, Juan Pablo Correa, Martin Gasztos, Stepan Maltsev, Linus Wirth
MEN'S SWIMMING (5) - Efe Ertuzun, Kaemon Fagley, Griffin Garnot, Sebastian Greisen, Wiktor Wisniewski
MEN'S TENNIS (3) - Roberto Campoverde, Simone Cavalleri , Adam Lynch
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (2) - Diego Alvarez, Joshua Luce
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (2) - Kendall Parker, Janina Vergara Vergil
WOMEN'S GOLF (2) - Cindi Cooper, Tereza Zavrelova
WOMEN'S ROWING (2) - Mikaela Jimeno, Aisha Johnson
WOMEN'S SOCCER (5) - Elsa Bengtsson, Katelyn Billoch, Olivia Bradley, Emmy Ellington, Aryanna Marin
SOFTBALL (5) - Haelee Angelico, Kamerin Collado, Mariah Dawkins, Mia Lucey, Serah Shafer
WOMEN'S SWIMMING (2) - Kyana Higgs, Rozi Marta
WOMEN'S TENNIS (3) - Ailen Crespo, Juliana Sperb, Maria Tatarnikova 
WOMEN'S TRACK (1) - Samantha Baker
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (3) - Petra Brkicic, Valeriya Kozlova, Gaia Riedmüller

"As our roster sizes continue to grow, we understood that upholding our academic standards would be a significant challenge. However, true to the Buc spirit, we embraced that challenge and demonstrated why we are champions both in competition and in the classroom—across the courts, fields, water, track, and beyond. I am incredibly proud of the dedication shown by our student-athletes, coaches, and support staff throughout the fall semester. Their commitment to academic and athletic excellence is unmatched. Through the collective efforts of our coaches, staff, and advisors, we achieved a 3.402 term GPA, with 68.6 percent of our student-athletes earning honor roll recognition, including 51 who posted a perfect 4.0. Our Bucs also made strong progress in internships and job placement opportunities, thanks to the leadership of our newly appointed Assistant AD for Academic Success, Mariana Bertran, the CEL department, and our expanded partnership with CASA for third- and fourth-year students. A sincere thank you to our academic support staff, CASA, the Glenn Hubert Learning Center, academic advisors, graduate assistants, work-study students, and tutors who made these accomplishments possible." - Associate Athletic Director/Academic Success Frank Gonzalez.

The women's tennis team turned in an amazing 3.719 term GPA while JV softball topped the list for cumulative GPA at 3.667. Men's swimming had the highest term GPA for the men at 3.663 and the highest cumulative at 3.573.

Here is a complete list of some of the Bucs' academic accomplishments:

• 55 of the last 56 semesters (Fall 1996 – Fall 2025) cumulative GPAs of all Barry University student-athletes at 3.00 or higher.
• Barry University has had 763 Academic and Scholar All-Americans in 13 different sports.
• Barry University has had two National Academic All-Americans of the Year, one each in men's tennis (Christian Witt, 2000) and men's soccer (Mark Anderson, 2010).
• Barry is the only NCAA Division II school and the first overall to have two Walter Byers Scholarship winners (Marya Marusiewicz, 1997 and Anna Hallbergson, 2000).
• Barry has had 10 NCAA Woman of the Year finalists.
• Barry University has six NCAA Elite 90 awards in four different sports, with Roy Shohat earning the most recent distinction at the 2022 NCAA Division II Fall Festival.
• 6 Male Sunshine State Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year (conference record)
• 9 Female Sunshine State Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year (conference record)