CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State department of athletics posted another strong semester in the classroom during Spring 2026, as Viking student-athletes combined for a 3.59 semester grade point average along with posting a 3.56 cumulative GPA to close out the 2025-26 academic year.
 
This marks the 15^th straight semester that the Vikings have recorded a 3.30+ cumulative GPA dating back to the 2018-19 academic year.
 
"Congratulations to all of our student-athletes who continue to show their commitment of becoming champions in the classroom, and to our wonderful academic staff that is dedicated to helping all of our 275+ student-athletes thrive in the classroom," Vice President and Director of Athletics Kelsie Gory Harkey said. "Cleveland State athletics has set a standard of excellence in academics, and to see our student-athletes achieve at such a high level is outstanding. Not only are we celebrating our success in the classroom this semester, but also all of the spring and summer graduates, and we can't wait to see what the future holds for them."
 
For the women's teams, all eight programs recorded semester GPA's of 3.65 or better, including women's tennis who posted a 3.87 and cross country who notched a 3.81. Women's soccer (3.78), women's fencing (3.75) and volleyball (3.73) were close behind.
 
On the men's side, three teams finished with a 3.50 semester GPA or better, led by the golf team with a 3.85 spring semester GPA. Both lacrosse and men's soccer notched semester GPA's of 3.50.
 
Through the end of the 2025-26 academic year, all 16 programs have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better.
 
Individually, 148 student-athletes were named to the Dean's List, while 44 earned President's List recognition, and 44 posted perfect 4.0's.

Last month, more than 50 student-athletes participated in Cleveland State's commencement ceremonies, including 42 student-athletes who graduated with honors.
 
Cleveland State Student-Athletes Named To The President's List
Women's Basketball: Macey Fegan
Men's Fencing: Jamison Horne
Women's Fencing: Anna Klimenko, Rayllen Prafil Capaccio
Golf: Gavin Leen, Ben Scheeff
Lacrosse: Xander Johnson, Alex Long, Caden Wilson
Men's Soccer: Fefo Granados, Lennart Heck, Gianni Marella, Tom Mertz, Julian Quiroga
Women's Soccer: Sophie Auzenne, True Benshoff, Olivia Cruz, Cortlyn Hefty, Rhi Molnar, Vail Muller, Madi Norville, Tea Opitz, Ella Sikorski
Men's Swim & Dive: Nathan Steiner
Women's Swim & Dive: Kaelah Baccus, Audrey Butchre, Isabella Caraballo, Gretchen Chelf, Josephine Dufala, Rebecca Plieth, Ellie Seiter, Rosie Whitten
Women's Tennis: Anna Mancino
Volleyball: Fiona Cooper, JeriLynn Koehler, Bryn VanVleet, Laken Voss
XC/Track & Field: Ivana Babic, Sage Colon, Kayla Crissman, Aubrey Evans, Deena Ingrassia, Natalie Keller, Tilly Nasende
 
Cleveland State Student-Athletes Named To The Dean's List
Men's Basketball: Chevalier Emery, Holden Pierre-Louis, Ivan Spirov
Women's Basketball: Colby Guinta, Sarah Hurley, Hanna Medina Kajevic, Jada Leonard, Sur Lozano, Paula Pique, Queen Ruffin
Men's Fencing: Simon Caisse, Trent Chemezov, Nolan Giovagnoli
Women's Fencing: Anna Quinn, Aubrey Testroet, Samantha Way
Golf: Dominik Cosic, Ryan Dinan, Trace Gibson, Dillon Pendergast, Brody Simms
Lacrosse: Will Adair, Seth Alejandrino, Logan Angel, Alec Blessing, Ethan Brooks, Joel Brown, Griffin Burkey, Payton Corpus, Tyler Daley, Justin Dalum, Jameson DeMarco, Jack Dickson, Ethan Erker, Nikolas Federici, Joe Ginnetti, Mattix Groves, Brennen Hickey, Tavin Jones, Evan Knickle, Enrico Lombardo, Mitchell Maibuecher, Creed McDonald, Luke Mitchell, Luke Ray, Blake Skifstad, Layton Speer, Robbie Stewart, Griffin Valli, Adam Van Voorhis, Oliver Vanyo, Sebastian West, Ever Whitaker
Men's Soccer: Thomas Bouffard, Ognjen Bozovic, Adrian Bravo-Sanchez, Massimo Caruso, Matteo Correia, Alex De Nittis, Aleksandar Kolar, Matea Kovacevic, Carson Krushansky, Daniel Celso, Aleksa Micic, Josip Rimac, Stephen Yerian
Women's Soccer: Sophie Abbott, Ryleigh Alcala, Elsa Baldasano Martinez, Elise Boyd, Ruari Dever, Payton Koebbe, Hayleigh Lewis, Nikolina Miskovic, Livia Penton, Emma Pompo, Alicia Riberich, Tanji Sarver, Mayra Sesmas, Eleanor Simkonis, Carly Stinson, Sabine Szylko, Emilee Tonkovich
Men's Swim & Dive: Xander Austin, Alex Cucu, Nathan Dunhac, Noah Greer, Landon Harman, Gabriel Hudgens, Noah Lang, Paxton Martinez, Hoyt Noble, Joseph Parkhurst, Liam Pearson, Aidan Rush, Justin Schneider, Tyler Schultze, Seth Smith, Colton Stoecker, Gorkem Sulun, Brock Wallace, James Wolf
Women's Swim & Dive: Gabriella Bohmer, Alaina Brown, Ella Ciez, Kaitlyn Eiring, Eloise Fisher, Oksana Horova, Sasha Innis, Gwen Kainass, Olivia Leonard, Lorelai Maisano, Riley Ogilvie, Haley Palmer, Hannah Panko, Elle Speed, Skyler Turner, Tess Walsh
Men's Tennis: Maxime Aremon, Nico Jamison, Tristan Stine, Andrew Zimcosky
Women's Tennis: Leah Geisz, Melliz Petkova Mustafa, Sofia Sergieva, Laura Tapia
Volleyball: Matilda Dahlstrom, Vayda Delventhal, Julia Jozefov, Magaly Lemus, Danica McArthur, Sophie Skidmore, Reilly Wadden
XC/Track & Field: Brooke Bechtel, Sammie Blaumeiser, Gabriella Bohmer, Annabelle Crissman, Madeline Crissman, Morgyn Cruz, Chloe Haase, Leah Hoover, Cassie Kruse, Trinity Lamp, Ky'Renae Matlock, Madison McGarrah, Sophia Ngetich, Sophia Pomnean, Emma Sanders