55 Alabama Student-Athletes Earn Place on SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
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 |