BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Northeast Conference on Monday saluted the achievements of its winter sports student-athletes both in the classroom and in competition.

And LIU had a banner day.

Three Sharks earned Winter Scholar-Athlete honors from the NEC as the top combined athletic/academic achievers in their sports: men's swimmer Marcell Matyikó, women's swimmer Venna Andersen and men's track's Jonathan Gonzalez.

Additionally, 132 LIU fall student-athletes were named to the NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll for maintaining at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA, with 51 of those student-athletes additionally earning a spot on the Commissioner's Honor Roll for achieving at least a 3.75 GPA.

That included Marcelo Chauvet, Daniel Chocano Fernández, Anthony Deguzman, Lovro Dodik, Bruno Ferrari, Lincoln Greseth, Trajan Houston, Benny Karlsson, Drew Ladner, Ethan Law, Matyikó, Sean McElmeel, Sorin Sorensen, Stephen Taylor and Giannis Venetos from men's swimming and diving being named to the Academic Honor Roll, and Law and Matyikó also qualifying for the Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Matyikó, a junior biology major from Veszprém, Hungary, is a team captain who set school and NEC meet records with a win in the 400 IM at the 2022 NEC Championships with a time of 4:01.32.