The University Athletic Association (UAA) has announced its 2024-25 Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team, and 25 New York University student-athletes were included.
To achieve this recognition, a student-athlete is required to earn First Team All-Association honors and must carry a 3.50 or greater cumulative grade point average through the playing season of their sport. Student-athletes must have also completed at least one full year at their institution in order to qualify.
In total, 152 student-athletes across the eight member institutions were honored with 21 being chosen as the Most Outstanding Performer or Most Valuable Player in their sport by their respective UAA coaches' group. Five Violets are among that group
(bolded below).
The UAA Presidents Council created the special recognition in 2009 with the original recommendation to establish this honor coming from the UAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was supported by the Athletic Administrators and Delegates Committees.
The list of NYU honorees are below:
Nathan Bennett (Men's Soccer)
Natalie Bruns (Women's Basketball)
Trent Furman (Wrestling)
Harrison Gordon (Wrestling)
Tristan How (Men's Basketball)
Hassan Khan (Wrestling)
Anna Li (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Philip Martin (Men's Tennis)
Kaley McIntyre (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Jimena Menendez (Women's Tennis)
Kosta Mocklis (Baseball)
Elle Motekaitis (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Vincenzo Napolitana (Wrestling)
Grace Nelson (Women's Volleyball)
Isabel Oldham (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Belle Pellecchia (Women's Basketball)
Caroline Peper (Women's Basketball)
Cooper Pontelandolfo (Wrestling)
Nicole Ranile (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Connor Roggero (Baseball)
Ryan Tobin (Men's Cross Country/Track and Field)
Connor Vincent (Men's Swimming and Diving)
Kevin Wu (Men's Swimming and Diving)
Hope Xayaveth (Women's Swimming and Diving)
Eileen Xu (Women's Soccer)