19 Bulls Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes

9/20/2021 1:57:00 PM | Cross Country, Football, General, Softball, Track and Field, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Swimming and Diving

CLEVELAND, OH – The Mid-American Conference announced the Distinguished Scholar Athletes for the 2020-21 academic season and 19 University at Buffalo student-athletes made the list. Seven members of the women's swimming and diving team made the list as well as four members of the men's track and field team, three from women's soccer, two from men's cross country and a member of the football, softball and women's tennis teams were honored as the "best of the best" from each sport's All-MAC and Academic All-MAC Team.

The Distinguished Scholar Athlete honor is a seventh-year award given to student-athletes who qualified for the Academic All-MAC Team with a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or above and earned All-MAC honors in their sport.

See the complete list of Buffalo's Distinguished Student-Athletes, including majors and GPA, below.

Men's Cross Country
Scott Loforte, Buffalo, Junior, 3.938, Civil Engineering
Armani Merlino, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.932, Computer Science

Football
Alex McNulty, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.7 GPA, Biology and Physics

Women's Swimming & Diving
Brittney Beetcher, Buffalo, Senior, Business Administration, 4.000
Julia Boswell, Buffalo, Junior, Biology, 3.805
Clarice Fisher, Buffalo, Sophomore, Nursing, 3.875
Victoria Franz, Buffalo, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering, 3.534
Jillian Lawton, Buffalo, Senior, Occupational Therapy, 3.614
Nicole Roitenberg, Buffalo, Senior, Health and Human Services, 3.992
Olivia Sapio, Buffalo, Senior, Accounting, 3.769

Men's Track & Field
Patrick Hazlitt, Buffalo, Senior, Business Administration, 3.516
Christopher Nowak, Buffalo, Senior, Business Administration, 3.813
Brandon Burke, Buffalo, Senior, Aerospace Engineering, 3.837
Jaron Meyer, Buffalo, Sophomore, Biomedical Studies, 3.880

Women's Soccer
Emily Kelly, Buffalo, Junior, Communication, 3.833 GPA
Leah Wengender, Buffalo, Sophomore, Economics, 3.542 GPA
Gianna Yurchak, Buffalo, Senior, Occupational Therapy, 3.938 GPA

Softball
Alexis Matheney, Buffalo, Junior, Occupational Science, 3.718

Women's Tennis
Pia Schwarz, Buffalo, Junior, Biological Sciences, 3.803