BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (February 14, 2025) – The Northeast Conference (NEC) revealed its 2024 academic honors for the fall student-athletes where Howard University men's and women's soccer teams saw 51 Bison recognized for their excellence off the field. The announcement came Friday.
The Fall Academic Honor Roll, consisting of 1,228 student-athletes in the NEC with 3.20 grade point average (GPA), was the third-highest total in league history.
This year's recipients included
Rachel Asare (Riverview, Fla.),
Karly Leine Bacarisas (Silver Spring, Md.),
Angi Bacic (Lustenau, Austria),
Bryson Baker (Ellicott City, Md.),
Nia Batoon (Waldorf, Md.),
Maya Blackston (Alexandria, Va.),
Imani Bogue Bieniemy (Henderson, Nev.),
Jaiya Bolden (Charlotte, N.C.),
Kyra Bolden (McLean, Va.),
Nadia Bolden (Charlotte, N.C.),
Saliyah Brady (Villanova, Pa.),
Ian Campbell (Des Moines, Iowa),
Mason Christian (Fulton, Md.),
Kuba Cihak (Prague Czech, Republic),
Bryson Clarke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.),
Laila Cowsette (Laurel, Md.),
Jaileen De Freitas (Miramar, Fla.),
Bre'Elle Dean (North Odgen, Utah),
Melea Earley (La Mirada, Calif.),
Rameses Gaines (Oxon Hill, Md.),
Peter Gansallo (Bowie, Md.),
Amarise Garcia Roman (Fairfax, Va.),
Gabriella Garcia-Terrell (Centreville, Va.),
Koa Goodchild (Southampton, Bermuda),
Sinclaire Green (Ellicott City, Md.),
Savannah Hersh (Huntingtown, Md.),
Corey James (Bethlehem, Pa.),
Samantha James (Herndon, Va.),
Daniil Kaban (Kharkov, Ukraine),
Liam Keiller (Gaithersburg, Md.),
Imani Kissi (Dublin, Ohio),
Samone Knight (The Woodlands, Texas),
Trinity Knox (Atlanta),
Marcus Lewis (Toronto, Canada),
Cheyenne Lam (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.),
Asia Mickens-Perez (Upper Marlboro, Md.),
Troy Matingou (Round Rock, Texas),
Zoe Moore (Lutz, Fla.),
Donovan Mose (Laurel, Md.),
Kwadwo Nyakro (Greater Accra, Ghana),
Christian Rufael (Washington),
Zach Simmons (Rockwall, Texas),
Jude Spallinger (Bluffton, Ga.),
Roman Stallings (Tyrone, Ga.),
Rachel Suttle (Smyrna, Ga.),
Rayce Welborne (Lawrenceville, N.J.),
Leah Williams (Ellicott City, Md.),
Stephon Wilson (Chicago),
Ireal Wyze-Daly (Ontario, Canada),
Mia Young (Sunrise, Fla.) and
Nya-Grace Young (Ontario, Canada).
Additionally, 480 NEC student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 3.75 GPA or better, just shy of the conference mark (498).
Twenty-four Bison made the cut: Bacic; Baker; Batoon; Blackston; J. Bolden; K. Bolden; N. Bolden; Brady; Campbell; Christian; Cihak; Clarke; DeFreitas; Garcia-Terrell; James; Kaban; Keller; Moore; Simmons; Spallinger; Suttle; Williams; M. Young and N. Young.
Soccer returns to the field in Fall 2025.
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at
www.HUBison.com and/or the NEC website at
www.northeastconference.org.
