BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced the 2026 Spring Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's Honor Roll on Tuesday afternoon. D'Youville Men's Volleyball had ten players named to the Spring Academic Honor Roll and five players named to the Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.
The NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll honors the student-athletes who have posted a GPA of 3.20 or higher. An NEC-record 1,685 student-athletes earned spots this year including ten D'Youville University Men's Volleyball players.
Cleveland Brown Jr. (Blacklick, OH / Licking Heights), Andrew Haber (Whitby, Ontario / Brooklin), Alex Lin (Bellevue, Wash. / Newport), Luk Markwardt (Luebeck, Germany / Leibniz Gymnasium Bad Schwartau), Peyton Planz (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Shaler Area), Dempsey Ptaszkiewicz (Cincinnati, OH / Bishop Fenwick), Ethan Robinson (Scarborough, Ontario / Neil McNeil), Skyler Tutor (St. Cloud, FL / St. Cloud), Deeraj Varma (Gaithersburg, Md. / Quince Orchard), and
Andrew Vensko (Columbus, OH / Pickerington North) were all named to the 2026 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Andrew Haber,
Alex Lin,
Luk Markwardt,
Dempsey Ptaszkiewicz, and
Deeraj Varma were also all named to the 2026 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll for earning a 3.75 GPA or higher. 633 student-athletes achieved the distinction of Commissioner's Honor Roll to break the conference record.
About The NEC
Now in its 45th season, the NEC is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of ten institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to a number of the largest markets in the United States including New York (#1), Chicago (#3), Boston (#9). Hartford/New Haven (#32) and Syracuse (#88). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 25 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 16 different NCAA Championships. NEC full member institutions include Central Connecticut, Chicago State, FDU, Le Moyne, LIU, Mercyhurst, New Haven, Saint Francis U, Stonehill and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website (www.necsports.com) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, all @NECsports.
