Bowling Collects NTCA Academic Honors

6/11/2024 11:35:00 AM | Women's Bowling

2023-24 NTCA All-Academic Scholar Teams 2023-24 NTCA All-Academic Scholar Athletes

Sixteen Pioneers were named NTCA All-Academic Scholar-Athletes

By: Josh Smith

WICHITA, Kan. – The Sacred Heart University women's bowling team continued to show its prowess on and off the lanes this season, as the team again earned a National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic Team Award. The Pioneers finished third among all NTCA-affiliated NCAA bowling programs, while 16 Pios were tabbed NTCA All-Academic Scholar-Athletes.

To be named NTCA All-Academic, a student-athlete had to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher throughout the academic year. In total, the NTCA recognized 364 bowlers from 75 NCAA programs.

For the team award, a program was eligible if it had a cumulative team GPA of 3.2 or higher and was an active member of the NTCA. In total, 61 NCAA programs met this criteria, with the Pioneers ranking third with a team GPA of 3.699. SHU has won an All-Academic Team Award in each of the last five years.

Today's honor comes on the heels of all 20 Pioneers on the 2023-24 SHU women's bowling roster making the Northeast Conference (NEC) Winter Academic Honor Roll.

Pioneers named NTCA All-Academic:
Emily Brown – Nursing
Darcy Fruhschein – STEM
Emma Jones – Electrical Engineering
Erin Tumbrello – Health Science: Public Health
Gianna Simmons – Accounting
Hannah Manetta – Teaching
Jacqueline Gonzalez – Political Science
Karleigh LeMond – Mathematics
Kayla Perez – Exercise Science
Madilyn Yockel – Psychology
Megan Prettyman – Biology
Nancy Kohut – Finance
Nicole Vaccariello – Industrial Organizational Psychology
Paige Donovan – Communication Disorders
Rachel Glowniak – Mathematics
Rae Valt – Athletic Training