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 Basketball
Nikolina Todorovic                    Women's Basketball
Elizabeth Toye                          Women's Basketball
Clarissa Bell                              Women's Cross Country           
Lianna Farnesi                           Women's Cross Country           
Tiffanni Hernandez                     Women's Cross Country
Diana Velez                               Women's Golf
Emily Baragar                           Women's Soccer
Ellen Crist                                 Women's Soccer
Isabella de Almagro                   Women's Soccer
Kasandra Castle                        Softball
Rachel Dwyer                            Softball
Michaela Mills                           Softball
Letizia Bertelli                            Women's Swimming
Alexa Bryant                             Women's Swimming
Taylor Grabenhorst                    Women's Swimming
Anna Jonsson                           Women's Swimming
Lily Kaufmann                           Women's Swimming
Marissa Martin                           Women's Swimming
Nerma Caluk                             Women's Tennis
Ulyana Grib                               Women's Tennis
Maryna Veksler                         Women's Tennis
Samuel Morgan                         Men's Track & Field
Lina Bernier                               Volleyball
Dorina Klinger                           Volleyball

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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 component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.