WEST LIBERTY, W. Va. -- Eight members of the Caldwell University Acrobatics & Tumbling team earned National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) Honor Roll, the association has announced.

Two Cougars, senior base/tumbler Mickennah Lanza (Middletown, N.J.) and junior base/tumbler Jill Riggio (East Windsor, N.J.), have won the award all three seasons of competition. 

The award marks the second straight year that sophomore base/tumbler Mariana Aiello (Concord, Calif.) and sophomore base Alexa Bayne (Kingwood Twp., N.J.) have collected the honor.

First-year recipients include junior utility Piper Fitzmaurice (Middletown, N.J.), freshman base/tumbler Carly Gleason (Ocean City, N.J.), freshman utility Emely Rodrigues (Newark, N.J.) and freshman base/tumbler Kaelynne Sparacio (Farmingville, N.Y.).

The Cougars (5-1) won the most meets in school history, including the CACC Cup vs. Georgian Court, in Head Coach Amirah Boyd's second season.

2025 NCATA Academic Honor Roll:

Mariana Aiello, 3.88, Medical Imaging
Alexa Bayne, 3.79, Criminal Justice
Piper Fitzmaurice, 3.99, Exercise Science
Carly Gleason, 3.37, Marketing
Mickennah Lanza, 3.84, Biology
Jill Riggio, 3.98, Psychology
Emely Rodrigues, 3.31, Criminal Justice
Kaelynne Sparacio, 3.85, Psychology