July 12, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -
A total of 55 University of Alabama student-athletes representing 16 teams were named to the 2012 Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced Thursday.
The women's swimming and diving team led the Crimson Tide with seven student-athletes earning the honors. Football and rowing followed with six each. Baseball had five recognized, while gymnastics, softball and men's swimming and diving each had four student-athletes make the list.
Men's basketball, women's golf and men's track and field each had three honorees and men's golf, soccer, men's tennis and women's track and field each had two student-athletes honored. Women's basketball and women's tennis wrapped up Alabama's list with one student-athlete each.
The 2012 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2011-12 academic calendar year. To earn a place on the honor roll a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution, be on scholarship or a letter winner, have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution and have been a member of the varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA championship segment.
The Tide had 56, 48 and 87 student-athletes named to the SEC Fall, Winter and Spring Academic Honor Rolls, respectively, giving Alabama a total of 246 student-athletes on the honor roll for the 2011-12 academic year.
Name Sport Major
Austin Cole Baseball Lower Division Management
Taylor Gilbeau Baseball General Health Studies
Jake Hubbard Baseball Lower Division Marketing
Benjamin Moore Baseball Lower Division General Business
Spencer Turnbull Baseball Undecided Education
Rodney Cooper Men's Basketball Pre-Business
Retin Obasohan Men's Basketball Pre-Business
Levi Randolph Men's Basketball Pre-Business
Aneesah Daniels Women's Basketball Lower Division Management
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Football Criminal Justice
Phillip Ely Football Pre-Business
Ryan Kelly Football Pre-Business
Cyrus Kouandjio Football Pre-Business
Wilson Love Football Pre-Business
Vinnie Sunseri Football Pre-Business
Tom Lovelady Men's Golf Pre-Business
Justin Thomas Men's Golf Communication Studies
Daniela Lendl Women's Golf Exercise Science
Taylor Manning Women's Golf Undecided
Johanna Tillström Women's Golf Pre-Business
Kaitlyn Clark Gymnastics Exercise Science
Lora Leigh Frost Gymnastics General Health Studies
Brooke Parker Gymnastics Lower Division General Business
Kayla Williams Gymnastics Public Relations
Ashley Allison Rowing Aerospace Engineering
Emily Chadwell Rowing Secondary Education
Alyssa Drevenak Rowing Exercise Science
Kristen Hickman Rowing Exercise Science
Caitlin O'Neil Rowing Exercise Science
Logan O'Neil Rowing Math
Lauren Davis Women's Soccer Pre-Medical
Laura Lee Smith Women's Soccer English
Danae Hays Softball Pre-Major Studies
Leslie Jury Softball Pre-Major Studies
Danielle Richard Softball Exercise Sport Science
Jadyn Spencer Softball Pre-Major Studies
Phillip Deaton Men's Swimming Chemical Engineering
Clark Garner Men's Swimming Undesignated Engineering
Jordan Lesser Men's Swimming Pre-Major Studies
John Servati Men's Swimming General Business
Lisa Bogosian Women's Swimming Marine Science/Biology
Kayla de Boer Women's Swimming Civil Engineering
Emily Facchine Women's Swimming Chemical Engineering
Angely Martinez Women's Swimming International Studies
Katheryne Muth Women's Swimming Human Performance Exercise Science
Brittany Parkey Women's Swimming Nursing
Samantha Stanley Women's Swimming Undesignated Human Environmental Science
Stuart Kenyon Men's Tennis Mechanical Engineering
Rens van der Vis Men's Tennis Civil Engineering
Emily Zabor Women's Tennis Lower Division General Business
Ryan Coleman Men's Track Pre-Business
Kyle Ferguson Men's Track Aerospace Engineering
Matt Joyner Men's Track Mechanical Engineering
Nia Barnes Women's Track Telecommunication and Film
Merilyn Uudmae Women's Track Pre-Business
