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Women's Swimming and Diving Places 28 on Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
7/1/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell women's swimming and diving program landed 28 student-athletes on the Patriot League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll announced by the league office on Wednesday. The team achieved an outstanding 3.59 team GPA.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have earned a minimum 3.20 GPA in the spring semester while participating in one of the Patriot League's winter or spring championship sports. Bucknell recorded a league-high 569 student-athletes out of a total of 3,900 honorees. The next-highest total was Lafayette's 472. Across all 27 varsity sports, Bison student-athletes averaged a 3.52 GPA in the 2026 spring semester.
Among the 28 players on the honor roll, 22 student-athletes made the Dean's List for achieving a 3.50 GPA or higher and eight student-athletes achieved a 4.00 GPA.
2026 graduates Jennifer Bolden, Emma Feld, Hanna Bingley all achieved a 4.00 GPA. Rising senior Brooke Worth, rising senior Samantha Benzija, rising senior Sydney Dettmann, rising senior Kelly Byrne and rising sophomore Hanna Klingensmith also achieved perfect 4.00 GPAs.
Bolden, Dettmann, Kyla Kelly and Clara Renner were all named to the academic All-Patriot League team. Bolden, Byrne, Dettmann and Renner were all selected to the CSC Academic All-District team.
Below are the Bucknell women's swimming and diving team's 2026 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll recipients:
Samantha Benzija      Jr.      Creative Writing
Hanna Bingley         Sr.         Computer Science
Jennifer Bolden        Sr.      Business Analytics
Emma Briganti         Fr.      Undecided
Talia Bugel            Jr.      Classical Ancient Mediterranean
Sofia Burns            So.     Biology
Kelly Byrne                     Jr.      Psychology
Sydney Dettmann       Jr.      Economics
Annelise Enters        So.      Finance
Emma Feld                     Sr.      Early Childhood Education
Natalia Gajecki         Fr.      Biochemistry
Kiera Giles                      Fr.      Undecided
Joslin Halsey                  Fr.      Freeman College of Management (Undecided)
Virginia Hastings       Jr.       Early Childhood Education
Claire Kehley                  Sr.      Biology
Kyla Kelly                        Sr.      Neuroscience
Sara Ketron                    Jr.       Biology
Hanna Kingensmith     Fr.       Freeman College of Management (Undecided)
Megan Leyden         Sr.       Political Science
Lily Matthews          So.      Biomedical Engineering
Dea Mielenz           Fr.       Undecided
Ruby Oliffe                     Fr.       Freeman College of Management (Undecided)
Natalie Penman        Jr.       Economics
Ashley Piacentino      Jr.       Economics
Clara Renner                  So.      Psychology
Ava Stallmeyer         Sr.      Accounting
Alivia Wainwright       Fr.      Biology
Brooke Worth           So.      Early Childhood Education
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To be eligible, a student-athlete must have earned a minimum 3.20 GPA in the spring semester while participating in one of the Patriot League's winter or spring championship sports. Bucknell recorded a league-high 569 student-athletes out of a total of 3,900 honorees. The next-highest total was Lafayette's 472. Across all 27 varsity sports, Bison student-athletes averaged a 3.52 GPA in the 2026 spring semester.
Among the 28 players on the honor roll, 22 student-athletes made the Dean's List for achieving a 3.50 GPA or higher and eight student-athletes achieved a 4.00 GPA.
2026 graduates Jennifer Bolden, Emma Feld, Hanna Bingley all achieved a 4.00 GPA. Rising senior Brooke Worth, rising senior Samantha Benzija, rising senior Sydney Dettmann, rising senior Kelly Byrne and rising sophomore Hanna Klingensmith also achieved perfect 4.00 GPAs.
Bolden, Dettmann, Kyla Kelly and Clara Renner were all named to the academic All-Patriot League team. Bolden, Byrne, Dettmann and Renner were all selected to the CSC Academic All-District team.
Below are the Bucknell women's swimming and diving team's 2026 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll recipients:
Samantha Benzija      Jr.      Creative Writing
Hanna Bingley         Sr.         Computer Science
Jennifer Bolden        Sr.      Business Analytics
Emma Briganti         Fr.      Undecided
Talia Bugel            Jr.      Classical Ancient Mediterranean
Sofia Burns            So.     Biology
Kelly Byrne                     Jr.      Psychology
Sydney Dettmann       Jr.      Economics
Annelise Enters        So.      Finance
Emma Feld                     Sr.      Early Childhood Education
Natalia Gajecki         Fr.      Biochemistry
Kiera Giles                      Fr.      Undecided
Joslin Halsey                  Fr.      Freeman College of Management (Undecided)
Virginia Hastings       Jr.       Early Childhood Education
Claire Kehley                  Sr.      Biology
Kyla Kelly                        Sr.      Neuroscience
Sara Ketron                    Jr.       Biology
Hanna Kingensmith     Fr.       Freeman College of Management (Undecided)
Megan Leyden         Sr.       Political Science
Lily Matthews          So.      Biomedical Engineering
Dea Mielenz           Fr.       Undecided
Ruby Oliffe                     Fr.       Freeman College of Management (Undecided)
Natalie Penman        Jr.       Economics
Ashley Piacentino      Jr.       Economics
Clara Renner                  So.      Psychology
Ava Stallmeyer         Sr.      Accounting
Alivia Wainwright       Fr.      Biology
Brooke Worth           So.      Early Childhood Education
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