Read about all of the 2018 Garnish Scholar Athletes.

Ten student-athletes who have excelled in competition and in academics will be honored for their achievements at various athletic events during the University of Rochester's first big home weekend of the fall semester.
 
In all, five men and five women will receive the 2018 Lysle "Spike" Garnish Scholar Awards during the weekend of September 7-9. Presentations will be made by George VanderZwaag, Executive Director of Athletics at the university along with other members of the Garnish Scholar Committee.
 
Eight of the students will be honored on September 8 at halftime of Rochester's home opener in football versus Carnegie Mellon University. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. with the ceremonies anticipated around 1:15 p.m. depending on how quickly the opening half proceeds.
 
The other two students will be honored just before their teams play a home game that same weekend – a volleyball player on September 7, a field hockey player on September 9.
 
The 2018 honorees are Kylee Bartlett, women's track and field (Williamstown, NY), majoring in brain & cognitive science, Eric Feirouz, swimming (Acton, MA), majoring in mechanical engineering, Christina Feller, women's soccer (Elm Grove, WI), majoring in neuroscience and psychology, Aiden Finch, baseball (Los Gatos, CA), majoring in mechanical engineering, and Bryce Ikeda, men's soccer, (Tacoma, WA), majoring in electrical and computer engineering.
 
Also, Harleigh Kaczegowicz, softball (Trumbull, CT), majoring in mechanical engineering, Miranda Lakis,  field hockey (Brighton, NY), majoring in psychology, Benjamin Martell, men's cross country/track and field, (Lexington, MA), majoring in mechanical engineering,  Courtney Vidovich, women's volleyball (Douglassville, PA), majoring in neuroscience, and Jacob Wittig, men's basketball (Manlius, NY), majoring in business.
 
They have vast success on a team and individual basis. Bartlett is a three-time national champion in the multi-events in track and field. Finch helped Rochester to the brink of the NCAA baseball playoffs last spring. Ikeda, Kaczegowicz, Lakis, and Wittig have all helped their teams reach NCAA playoff competition.
 
"I am continually inspired by what our students are able to achieve when given the opportunities at a great institution like Rochester," VanderZwaag said.
 
These students have undertaken internships around the country (Finch in San Jose, CA; Feirouz in Waterbury, VT; Ikeda in Pittsburgh, PA; Martell in San Diego, CA;), at the University (Feller and Vidovich at the UR Medical Center), and overseas (Bartlett studied in Italy this summer).
 
"What we know about the students on our teams is that they set high goals for themselves inside and outside the classroom," VanderZwaag said.  "Rochester students are able to demonstrate educational excellence through an outstanding combination of athletic and academic achievement."
 
The Garnish Program was created in honor of Lysle "Spike" Garnish, coach and mentor to many Rochester student-athletes from 1930 to 1948. He became a trainer and assistant basketball coach in 1931. He was named an assistant baseball coach in 1932. From 1945-48, Garnish was an assistant football coach.