The Blinn College District named a school-record 199 student-athletes to the fall 2021 Don Wilhelm Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, surpassing the previous mark of 196 set during the spring 2021 semester.

Locally, Sealy’s Madeline Goad (women’s golf), Rhys Reichardt and Arturo Hernandez (baseball) as well as Bellville’s Sara Rogers (volleyball) and Kyle Peschel (baseball) were among the honorees.

To be eligible, student-athletes must post a 3.0 or better grade point average (GPA) and pass a minimum of 12 college-level credit hours.

Thirty-two student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average, including Goad and women’s golf teammate Yulisa Espinoza as well as Reichardt and baseball teammates Aiden Huerta, Travis White, Blaise Wilcenski, Ryan Young, Jacob Espinoza and Mitchell Moore.

They were joined by men’s basketball players Oluwasanmi Fajana, Jan Njock, Alex Tsynkevich, Darrell Ellis, Isaac Lawson, and Andrew O’Neal; volleyball players, Fiona Arnold, Madison Collins, Kyndal Coufal, Lina Ellila, Giulia Rodrigues Hortelan, and Emily Smajstrla; women’s soccer players Madison Kanelos, Lily Price, and Morgan Zachos; softball players Natilee Reed, Madeline Stephenson, and Chandler Talbot; esports players Chase Matthews and Pierce Ray; football player Aanooalii Filoialii; men’s soccer player Joseph Boyce; and dance team member Victoria Golden.

The volleyball team led all Blinn athletic programs with a 3.58 GPA, while the softball team followed with a 3.38 GPA. Baseball had the most honor roll students with 34, followed by football with 29.

“I am tremendously proud and happy for all of our student athletes,” Athletic Director Scott Schumacher said. “I am also proud of the emphasis that our athletic staff continues to put on academics.”

The honor roll is named after former Blinn Athletic Director Don Wilhelm, an NJCAA Hall of Famer who served the College for 10 years.

Here is a non-comprehensive list of fall 2021 honor roll student-athletes with locals in bold:

Baseball (34)

Chase Arnaud, Evan Aschenbeck, Gage Boehm, Garrett Brogdon, Blake Bryant, Matthew Bundy, Callum Burton, Kyler Chovanetz, Jaxon Daigre, Colten Drake, Clint Gardner, Arturo Hernandez, Aiden Huerta, Coltin May, Michael Michaux, Luke Nail, Kevin Newkirk, Jake Olson, Kyle Peschel, Garrison Weiss, Travis White, Blaise Wilcenski, David Wilson, Ryan Young, Jiancarlo Delerme, Jacob Espinoza, Logan Fant, Sean Flores, Tanner Hedrick, Kason Hiatt, Mitchell Moore, Rhys Reichardt, Derek Stumpf, and Brandon Zapalac.

Volleyball (14)

Fiona Arnold, Kendall Battistella, Reagan Casey, Madison Collins, Kyndal Coufal, Lina Ellila, Alyssa Pauler, Lixai Perez, Giulia Rodrigues Hortelan, Sarah Rogers, Savannah Sebek, Teliana Sekona, Emily Smajstrla, and Ashley Taylor.

Women’s Golf (4)

Yulisa Espinoza, Katelyn Foster, Madeline Goad, and Holly Paterson.

Football (29)

Arundel Briggs, Trystin Brown, Jayden Cloud, Alec Dalencour, Marcus Daniels, De’Core Ford, Fred Henderson, Pearson Hendrix, Jalen Jones, Daniel Keith, Bryce Linder, Xavier Luehr, Don Mahina, Medrick Morgan, Jackson Mueller, Ben Osueke, Lucian Paul, Joshua Payne-Morgan, William Prendergast, Alejandro Quintero Argentin, Kameron Regis, Cameron Richardson, Kaghen Roach, Michael Samson, Jalen Spicer, Blake Thomas, Justice Ugochukwu, Aanooalii Filoialii, Micah McArthur, and Griffin Pitarra.