Men's Soccer | 9/26/2014 1:25:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference recognized 14 more NJIT men's soccer players for their academic achievements in 2013-14, Randy Lieberman announced for the conference on behalf of Commissioner Karl Benson.
The 14 latest honored Highlanders, were named to the Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll a week after seven other Highlanders were honored on the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's 2013-14 All-Academic List.
Student-athletes named for the Sun Belt Honor Roll must attain a minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for the academic year in question (in this case, 2013-14). The minimum for the award announced last week was a 3.5 grade point average.
In all, an extraordinary 21 players on the 28-man 2013 NJIT men's soccer roster were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference for their academic achievement.
NJIT is an associate member of the Sun Belt Conference, which is sponsoring men's soccer as a championship sport this season for the first time since 1995. However, the formation of Sun Belt Conference men's soccer was announced in the 2013-14 academic year, so the Sun Belt is honoring the academic achievement for the year, even though a soccer championship was not contested.
Highlanders on the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (minimum 3.0 GPA; listed alphabetically, with the individual's class listed as year of eligibility in the 2013 season):
Sven Beverst, freshman, MF, business major, Eggenstein, Germany/Friedrich-List-Schule
Matija Blazic, junior, MF, communications major, Koper, Slovenia/Koper
Jason Chippy, junior, F, electrical engineering major, Brooklyn, NY/George Westinghouse
Nick Cipriano, freshman, GK, chemical engineering major, Wood-Ridge, NJ/St. Peter's Prep
Marko Drljic, junior, D, business major, Koper, Slovenia/Srendnja Ekonomsko Sola Koper
Tom Farrell, freshman, MF, business major, West Keansburg, NJ/St. John Vianney
Christian Ferreira, freshman, MF, civil engineering major, Hillside, NJ/Hillside
Franco Gamero, senior, F, architecture major, Kearny, NJ/Kearny
Jason Gonzalez, sophomore, F, business major, Woodside, NY/St. Francis Prep
Philipp Hannemann, junior, D, business major, Bayreuth, Germany/WWG Bayreuth
Cristian Marcel, junior, F, biomedical engineering major, East Setauket, NY/Ward Melville
Ivan Morales, junior, MF, mechanical engineering major, Paterson, NJ/DePaul Catholic
Jimmy Myers, sophomore, D, biology major, Hicksville, NJ/Hicksville
Tommy Osipitan, sophomore, F, biomedical engineering major, Albany, NY/Colonie Central
Named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Academic list (minimum 3.5 GPA) announced last week were:
DJ Diveny, junior, MF, physics major, Washington, NJ/Warren Hills Regional
Eugene Listwan, sophomore, D, business major, Rockaway, NJ/Morris Hills
Stephen McGeever, freshman, MF, biomedical engineering major, Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South
Joshua Mercer, sophomore, MF, computer technology major, Selbyville, DE/Indian River
Trevor Nye, senior,D, architecture major,Wyckoff, NJ/Hawthorne Christian
Joshua Ott, freshman, MF, electrical engineering major, Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep
Ansel Ueshiro, freshman, D, biomedical engineering major, Farmingville, NY/Sachem East
