BALTIMORE – Ninety-two Loyola University Maryland student-athletes celebrated commencement exercises with their peers last weekend, and the Greyhounds also were noted for another tremendous academic semester at the end of the spring term.
 
Thirteen of the graduates received their master's degrees, while the other 79 celebrated the reception of bachelor's degrees.
 
During the spring semester, 63 Loyola student-athletes had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages with four of the graduating seniors – Lily Bistline (women's swimming & diving), Oliver Davey (men's tennis), Chloe Kuminkoski (women's soccer) and Anna Rico (women's tennis) – maintaining the perfect marks throughout their academic careers.
 
The quartert were the 2023 recipients of the Mary O'Meara Scholar-Athlete Award for having the highest GPAs of graduating seniors, and they made up 36 percent of the 11 graduating seniors who received the school's Whelan Medals for having the highest academic averages in all courses.
 
Overall, the Greyhounds posted a spring-semester GPA of 3.486 to raise their cumulative GPA to 3.449. Every one of Loyola's 18 teams had a GPA of 3.0 or better for both the semester and cumulatively with the women's soccer team's checking in on top with a cumulative 3.685 GPA.
 
A total of 247 Loyola student-athletes earned Dean's List recognition in the spring, 10 more than the 237 who were so recognized in the fall semester.
 
A large contingent of Greyhounds were recognized with special awards and academic department medals in advance of commencement:

Alfons and Christine Renk Language Medal in Spanish – Daniella Niedermeyer, Women's Rowing
Carrell Biology Medal – Anna Rico, Women's Tennis
Data Science Medal – Samantha Walsh, Women's Rowing
Engineering Medal – John Inman, Men's Swimming & Diving
George Mackiw Mathematics Medal – Carly Washcalus, Swimming & Diving (manager)
Grindall Psychology Medal – Lily Bistline, Women's Swimming & Diving
James D. Rozics Computer Science Medal – Alex Kristian, Men's Lacrosse
Madeleine Freimuth Memorial Award for Chemistry – Chloe Kuminkoski, Women's Soccer
Finance Medal – Oliver Davey, Men's Tennis
Sustainability Management Medal – Oliver Davey, Men's Tennis
 
The Mary O'Meara Loyola University Maryland Scholar-Athlete Award
This award recognizes the graduating senior(s) who has attained the highest academic average and who has earned at least three varsity letters, not necessarily in the same sport.
Lily Bistline, Women's Swimming & Diving
Oliver Davey, Men's Tennis
Chloe Kuminkoski, Women's Soccer
Anna Rico, Women's Tennis
 
Whelan Medalists
Given to those with the Highest Academic Average in All Courses
Lily Bistline, Women's Swimming & Diving
Oliver Davey, Men's Tennis
Chloe Kuminkoski, Women's Soccer
Anna Rico, Women's Tennis
 
Congratulations to the Loyola student-athletes who graduated in May 2024!

Master's Degrees
Turner Foster	Men's Golf
Matt Heuston	Men's Lacrosse
Evan James	Men's Lacrosse
Joey Kamish	Men's Lacrosse
Riley Olmstead	Women's Lacrosse
Logan Olmstead	Women's Lacrosse
Eric Pacheco	Men's Lacrosse
Adam Poitras	Men's Lacrosse
Alex Searing	Women's Soccer
Danilo Seglio	Men's Soccer
Will Sherwood	Men's Lacrosse
Paige Sim	Women's Soccer
Max Verheyen	Men's Swimming & Diving

Bachelor's Degrees
Alana Andress	Women's Swimming & Diving
Joseph Arvelo	Men's Rowing
Izzy Barnette	Women's Swimming & Diving
Alex Bean	Men's Lacrosse
Dylan Binney	Men's Lacrosse
Lily Bistline	Women's Swimming & Diving
Sydni Black	Women's Lacrosse
Maura Budd	Women's Rowing
Zachary Bulger	Men's Tennis
Matt Cardano	Men's Tennis
Gunnar Cheuvront	Men's Lacrosse
Camryn Chew	Women's Lacrosse
Joey Cholish	Men's Swimming & Diving
Caitlin Churney	Women's Volleyball
Michael Crowley	Men's Golf
Blake Cunneen	Women's Lacrosse
Anna Curran	Women's Swimming & Diving
Izzy D'Antonio	Women's Lacrosse
Brett Daubert	Men's Lacrosse
Oliver Davey	Men's Tennis
Ali Devall	Women's Soccer
Guillermo Díaz	Men's Rowing
Grace Dwan	Women's Rowing
Sarah Engle	Women's Lacrosse
Josh Fairey	Men's Lacrosse
Dan Faunce	Men's Swimming & Diving
Alonso Faure	Men's Basketball
Morgan Fuerbacher	Women's Swimming & Diving
Ethan Ginyard	Men's Cross Country
Marrick Golladay	Men's Swimming & Diving
Alex Grahor	Men's Swimming & Diving
Thomas Gray	Men's Soccer
Seth Higgins	Men's Lacrosse
Kelly Hutton	Women's Soccer
Jack Inman	Men's Swimming & Diving
Caleb Kelly	Men's Swimming & Diving
Alex Kristian	Men's Lacrosse
Chloe Kuminkoski	Women's Soccer
Davis Lindsey	Men's Lacrosse
Lauren Link	Women's Volleyball
Kyle Lo	Men's Swimming & Diving
Salvri Manalansan	Men's Rowing
Tyler Mast	Men's Tennis
Max McGillicuddy	Men's Lacrosse
Caitlin McGuirk	Women's Lacrosse
Lily Mead	Women's Swimming & Diving
Juliana Merlino	Women's Rowing
Stella Meyerhoeffer	Women's Swimming & Diving
Anna Miller	Women's Soccer
Milan Miric	Men's Soccer
Liam Morris	Men's Swimming & Diving
Elena Mugno	Women's Swimming & Diving
Dani Niedermeyer	Women's Rowing
Caroline O'Connell	Women's Track & Field
Joe Ocker	Men's Tennis
Mark Owens	Men's Swimming & Diving
Kostis Parisis	Men's Soccer
Kylie Preihs	Women's Swimming & Diving
Grace Prince	Women's Rowing
Alison Prushinski	Women's Swimming & Diving
Joshua Rafferty	Men's Rowing
Zach Reid	Men's Swimming & Diving
Anna Rico	Women's Tennis
Kassie Rios	Women's Swimming & Diving
Mustang Sally	Men's Lacrosse
Devon Sangiorgio	Men's Rowing
Danny Scott	Men's Lacrosse
Aspen Shelton	Women's Swimming & Diving
Greg Sifferman	Men's Swimming & Diving
Sammie Spargo	Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Camden Spring	Men's Cross Country
Luke Staudt	Men's Lacrosse
Caramina Tañedo	Women's Basketball
Olivia Tracey	Women's Tennis
Tyler Vega	Men's Cross Country
Samantha Walsh	Women's Rowing
Alanna Wray	Women's Lacrosse
Jeremiah Zuniga	Men's Soccer