The University of Evansville celebrated National STUDENT-Athlete Day this week by acknowledging more than 60 student-athletes who have compiled a grade point average of 3.0 or better and volunteered more than 10 hours for community service projects.

In its 14th year, National STUDENT-Athlete Day is a program of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) that celebrates the achievements of high school and college student-athletes who have excelled in academics while making significant contributions to their schools and communities.

"As we celebrated National Student-Athlete Day, it was an opportunity to recognize many of our student-athletes who have excelled in the classroom and in serving our community," said Senior Associate Director of Athletics Sarah Solinsky.  "The student-athletes we honored this week volunteered for 51 different organizations."

Here is the list of University of Evansville student-athletes who were honored this week:

Zach Taylor, Baseball; Matt Wilkinson, Baseball; Colt Ryan, Men's Basketball; Kevin Todd, Men's Cross Country; Brian Denny, Men's Cross Country; Jake Schwartz, Men's Cross Country; Matthew Hamilton, Men's Cross Country; Michael Sainz, Men's Golf; Alex Kapsalis, Men's Soccer;

Robert Randant, Men's Soccer; Brandon Causey, Men's Soccer; Trevor Schmidt, Men's Soccer; Mike Luttrull, Men's Soccer; Ryan Robinson, Men's Soccer; Mallet Reid, Men's Swim & Dive; Kyle Tiemann, Men's Swim & Dive; Jordan Lewis, Women's Basketball; Meagan Collins, Women's Basketball;

Staci Gillum, Women's Basketball; Stephanie Bamberger, Women's Basketball; Briyana Blair, Women's Basketball; Taylor Ware, Women's Basketball; Chelsea Falkenstein, Women's Basketball; Tailae Yeung, Women's Cross Country; Andrea Wolf, Women's Cross Country;

Shelby Cron, Women's Cross Country; Jaclyn Dippel, Women's Cross Country; Maria Lynn, Women's Cross Country; Lauren Schaftlein, Women's Cross Country; Nicole Kreuzman, Women's Cross Country;

Amy Smith, Women's Cross Country; Melissa Truex, Women's Cross Country; Kelby Jenkins, Women's Cross Country; Jacqueline Carlson, Women's Cross Country; Allison Aguilera, Softball; Breana Beine, Women's Soccer; Sam Conrad, Women's Soccer; Kasey Cartwright, Women's Soccer;

Danielle Langness, Women's Soccer; Susan McKinley, Women's Soccer; Colleen Marty, Women's Soccer; Stephanie Thompson, Women's Soccer; Emily Schultz, Women's Soccer; Phoebe Hodina, Women's Swim & Dive; Caitlin Harty, Women's Swim & Dive; Kelsey Costales, Women's Tennis;

Dora Kotsiou, Women's Tennis; Aleksandra Dzakula, Women's Tennis; Ashton Schwerin, Women's Tennis; Kate Chybowski, Women's Tennis; Katie Klages, Volleyball; Jenn Murphy, Volleyball; April Lubrecht, Volleyball; Viera Rajcan, Volleyball; Jessica Knackmuhs, Volleyball;

Hannah Wilson, Volleyball; Kaisi Nixon, Volleyball; Ellen Sawin, Volleyball; Caitlin Wickes, Volleyball; Brooke Maher, Volleyball; Rachel TenHoor, Volleyball