C-USA Recognizes 25 FIU Student-Athletes on this Year’s Commissioner’s Academic Medal List

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IRVING, Texas (April 7, 2017) – Twenty-five student-athletes from FIU have been recognized by Conference USA as Commissioner's Academic Medal winners for the 2016-2017 academic year the league announced on Friday. Student-athletes, who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better, were named to the Commissioner's Academic Medal list.The following is a complete list of FIU's Commissioner's Academic Medal award winners.
 FIU (25)Katrina Epnere                          Women's BasketballNikolina Todorovic                    Women's BasketballElizabeth Toye                          Women's Basketball
Clarissa Bell                              Women's Cross Country           Lianna Farnesi                           Women's Cross Country           Tiffanni Hernandez                     Women's Cross CountryDiana Velez                               Women's GolfEmily Baragar                           Women's SoccerEllen Crist                                 Women's SoccerIsabella de Almagro                   Women's SoccerKasandra Castle                        SoftballRachel Dwyer                            SoftballMichaela Mills                           SoftballLetizia Bertelli                            Women's SwimmingAlexa Bryant                             Women's SwimmingTaylor Grabenhorst                    Women's SwimmingAnna Jonsson                           Women's SwimmingLily Kaufmann                           Women's SwimmingMarissa Martin                           Women's SwimmingNerma Caluk                             Women's TennisUlyana Grib                               Women's TennisMaryna Veksler                         Women's TennisSamuel Morgan                         Men's Track & FieldLina Bernier                               Volleyball
Dorina Klinger                           Volleyball#####About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major ...

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