AMERICUS, Ga. -- Georgia Southwestern State University placed 89 student-athletes on the 2025-26 Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll, released by the league office this morning, with a school-record 40 earning Gold Scholar distinction, an increase of 10 over the previous program high set last year.
The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes the academic achievement of Peach Belt Conference student-athletes competing in the league's 18 championship sports at both full and associate member institutions. The Honor Roll includes all student-athletes who posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the academic year. A total of 1,861 student-athletes were recognized from the league's 11 core institutions, marking the 16th consecutive year the PBC has surpassed 1,000 honorees.
The Honor Roll is divided into four categories: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars, and Gold Scholars. Presidential Scholars hold a GPA of 3.0 to 3.24, Bronze Scholars 3.25 to 3.49, Silver Scholars 3.50 to 3.74, and Gold Scholars 3.75 to 4.00.
The Georgia Southwestern women's soccer program led all sports with 19 honorees on the list. The GSW baseball team ranked second with 17 selections. Nearly three-quarters of the department's Honor Roll recipients (74.16 percent) earned either Gold or Silver distinction, marking the highest percentage in school history by more than 14 percentage points.
The women's tennis and women's cross country programs led all GSW sports in percentage of roster on the Honor Roll, as both squads had five of six student-athletes earn distinction. Below are the top five GSW programs in 2025-26 based on percentage of roster represented on the Honor Roll:
| Rank |
Sport |
Percent of Athletes on Honor Roll |
| 1 |
Women's Tennis |
83.3% |
|
Women's Cross Country |
83.3% |
| 3 |
Men's Golf |
71.4% |
| 4 |
Women's Soccer |
65.5% |
| 5 |
Softball |
63.2% |
GSW academic honorees on the 2025-26 PBC Presidential Honor Roll:
Gold Scholars [40]: Jonathan Bedard (Men's Soccer), Sonja Bernacki (Women's Cross Country), Amber Bing (Women's Basketball), Rachel Boucher (Women's Soccer), Cassidy Brunner (Women's Soccer), Sam Bruns (Men's Soccer), Ellie Carrington (Women's Soccer), Natalia Castillo (Women's Cross Country), Katelyn Czentar (Softball), Lani Dansby (Softball), Maci Dunlap (Women's Soccer), Derek Espinoza (Baseball), Bryan Garcia (Men's Soccer), Caleb Gipson (Baseball), Axel-Ambroise Gravel (Men's Soccer), Jordin Gundin (Women's Soccer), Lily Hosmer (Women's Soccer), Jake Howell (Baseball), Ayoob Ibrahim (Men's Soccer), Shane' Jackson (Women's Basketball), Dante Johnson (Men's Soccer), Wade Johnson (Baseball), Crystal Lance (Women's Cross Country), Maggie McDonald (Softball), Ben McDow (Baseball), Devon Murphy (Baseball), Peyton Namyslowski (Softball), Natalia Paiva (Women's Tennis), Arly Ramirez (Men's Soccer), Jackson Raper (Baseball), Drew Reaves (Baseball), Willie Reid (Men's Cross Country), Christyan Sildor (Men's Soccer), EmmaRae Smith (Women's Tennis), Thomas Sutterfield (Men's Soccer), Edelis Varela (Men's Soccer), Cooper Watson (Softball), Anna Wheatley (Women's Soccer), Karsen Winget (Women's Soccer), Leah Woods (Women's Soccer)
Silver Scholars [26]: Christian Aguilar (Men's Cross Country), Siaomee Bagnost (Women's Soccer), Colby Beach (Baseball), Sam Brown (Golf), Mabry Bowron (Women's Tennis), Toni Clark (Women's Soccer), Kenzie Coe (Women's Soccer), Baelee Garland (Softball), Nathan Grady (Men's Soccer), Simone Gillispie (Softball), Tripp Helgeson (Baseball), Oscar Hammar (Golf), Elias Järn (Golf), Kelsen Johnson (Baseball), Mackenzie Kelly (Women's Basketball), Tristan Legg (Baseball), Pyper McCard (Softball), Kimberly Reynolds (Softball), Luiza Rodrigues (Women's Tennis), Stefan Rojas (Golf), Diwakar Thapa (Men's Soccer), Prince Ticha (Men's Soccer), Rheagan Savage (Women's Soccer), Tati Sissoko (Women's Soccer), Delaney Thomas (Women's Soccer), Evan Wainman (Baseball)
Bronze Scholars [17]: Brody Bellomo (Baseball), Mabry Bowron (Women's Tennis), Jackie Burns (Softball), João Costa (Golf), Rebecca Hazard (Softball), Evan Koehler (Baseball), Rem Maxwell (Baseball), Jose Monteagudo (Men's Soccer), Luana Borini (Women's Tennis), Nini Ovalles (Women's Basketball), Riley Pearson (Women's Soccer), Faustin Phanor (Men's Basketball), Grettie Reifenberger (Women's Cross Country), Kimberly Reynolds (Softball), Rafael Rubel (Men's Basketball), Kwame Semackor (Men's Soccer), Matthew Webster (Men's Basketball), Sydney Weslowski (Women's Soccer)
Presidential Scholars [6]: Kendall Huelsman (Softball), Hasani Rivera (Men's Basketball), Carson Shaw (Baseball), Ella Strickland (Women's Soccer), Taylor Vorbrich (Men's Soccer), Kira Wilson (Women's Soccer)
