Washington & Jefferson College Athletics

Academic All-America History
The Washington & Jefferson College Department of Athletics boasts a strong history of earning Academic All-America honorees. The Academic All-America program has had various sponsors throughout the year. W&J has earned 79 Academic All-America recipients from the College Sports Communicators, formerly known as the College Sports Information Directors of America until the 2023-24 academic year. Additionally, the Academic All-America program was previously sponsored by Capital One and Google Cloud. Harley Moyer '19 and Tyler Horvat '23 lead the way as three-time Academic All-America selections. Horvat made history for W&J in 2023 when he was named the Division III Academic All-America of the Year for the sport of baseball. Horvat is the first W&J student-athlete to earn the highest recognition in the Academic All-America program. 
 

Name	Sport	Year
David Damico**	Men's Basketball (3rd Team)	1978
David Damico**	Men's Basketball (1st Team)	1980
Mike Pratt	Men's Basketball (2nd Team)	1981
Gregg Ferrero**	At-large/Wrestling (2nd Team)	1986
Tony Torchia	Men's Basketball (2nd Team)	1986
Gregg Ferrero**	At-large/Wrestling (1st Team)	1987
Tom Lapcevic	At-large/Wrestling (1st Team)	1987
Alicia Allison	At-large/Women's Tennis (2nd Team)	1988
Dave Conn**	Football (2nd Team)	1989
Ken Jones	Football (2nd Team)	1989
Michelle Rathgeb**	At-large/Women's Tennis (2nd Team)	1989
Dave Conn**	Football (2nd Team)	1990
David Branchen**	Men's Basketball (2nd Team)	1990
Michelle Rathgeb**	At-Large/Women's Tennis (2nd Team)	1990
Raymond Cross, Jr.**	Football (2nd Team)	1991
David Branchen**	Men's Basketball (3rd Team)	1991
Allison Evanoff**	At-large/Cross Country (3rd Team)	1991
Raymond Cross, Jr.**	Football (1st Team)	1992
Allison Evanoff**	At-large/Cross Country (1st Team)	1992
Michael Jones**	Football (1st Team)	1993
Michael Jones**	Football (1st Team)	1994
Christopher Rihn**	At-large/Men's Soccer (3rd Team)	1994
Christopher Rihn**	At-large/Men's Soccer (3rd Team)	1995
Jaimee Heffner**	At-large/Women's Track & Field (3rd Team)	1998
Carrie Banaszak	Volleyball (3rd Team)	1998
Jennifer Baumgartel	At-large/Cross Country (2nd Team)	1999
Jaimee Heffner**	At-large/Women's Track & Field (2nd Team)	1999
Nemanja Kuzmanovic	At-large/Men's Water Polo (3rd Team)	2003
Sam Mann	Baseball (2nd Team)	2007
Matt Houy	Football (2nd Team)	2008
Michael Grasso	At-large/Men's Golf (3rd Team)	2008
Mitch Erdely	Football (1st Team)	2009
Valerie Schultz	Softball (2nd Team)	2009
Jessica Barby	At-large/Women's Water Polo (3rd Team)	2009
Spencer Ahrenholtz	Women's Soccer (3rd Team)	2009
Pat Kennedy	Baseball (2nd Team)	2010
Sean Maddock	Men's Soccer (2nd Team)	2010
Jessica Barby	At-large/Women's Water Polo (1st Team)	2010
Shelby Colyer	At-large/Field hockey (2nd Team)	2012
Josh Etzel**	At-large/Wrestling (1st Team)	2013
Erin Barno	At-large/Field Hockey (2nd Team)	2013
Josh Etzel**	At-large/Wrestling (1st Team)	2014
Josh Staniscia	Baseball (1st Team)	2014
Valerie Dunlap	Women's Basketball (3rd Team)	2015
Nick Carr	At-large/Wrestling (2nd Team)	2015
Chris DeNunzio	At-large/Men's Water Polo (2nd Team)	2015
Ryan Doyle	Football (2nd Team)	2015
Nicholas Willison**	At-large/Men's Water Polo/Swimming (1st Team)	2016
Riley Groves	Baseball (3rd Team)	2017
Nicholas Willison**	At-large/Men's Water Polo/Swimming (1st Team)	2017
Harley Moyer***	Cross Country/Track & Field (3rd Team)	2017
Jesse Zubik	Football (2nd Team)	2017
Rachel Johnson**	Softball (2nd Team)	2018
Harley Moyer***	Cross Country/Track & Field (3rd Team)	2018
Rachel Johnson**	Softball (2nd Team)	2019
Rachel Buyan	At-large/Field Hockey (3rd Team)	2019
Harley Moyer***	Cross Country/Track & Field (1st Team)	2019
Conor Manning	Football (1st Team)	2019
Nate Wang	At-large/Men's Tennis (3rd Team)	2020
Sean Doran**	Football (2nd Team)	2020-21
Alex Keith***	Football (2nd Team)	2020-21
Tyler Horvat***	Baseball (2nd Team)	2021
Ben Peticca	Men's Golf (3rd Team)	2021
Parker Laughlin	Men's Cross Country & Track and Field (3rd Team)	2021
Sean Doran**	Football (2nd Team)	2021
Alex Keith***	Football (2nd Team)	2021
Tyler Horvat***	Baseball (1st Team)	2022
Evan Sante**	Baseball (1st Team)	2022
Maya Krishnasamy	At-Large/Women's Tennis (3rd Team)	2022
Alex Keith***	Football (1st Team)	2022
Tyler Horvat***	Baseball (1st Team & Team Member of the Year winner)	2023
Evan Sante**	Baseball (3rd Team)	2023
Cassie Carr**	Women's Cross Country & Track and Field (3rd Team)	2023
Dawson Dietz**	Football (2nd Team)	2023
Scout Zaas	Baseball (1st Team)	2024
Ian Baughman	Men's Cross Country & Track and Field (3rd Team)	2024
Cassie Carr**	Women's Cross Country & Track and Field (2nd Team)	2024
Zach Cernuto	Football (First Team)	2024
Dawson Dietz**	Football (First Team)	2024

* - Denotes Multi-Time Recipient