SEC Wraps Up 2023-24 with First-Year Academic Honor Roll

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – A total of 1,459 student-athletes were named to the 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, announced Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.

The First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2023-24 academic calendar, including all varsity sports. South Carolina placed 130 student-athletes on the list, second-most in the conference. The total is the third highest in department history.

Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll. B. The following criteria will be followed: (1) A student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

South Carolina’s honorees are as follows:

Baseball (15)

• Ryan Bakes – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Tyler Causey – Master’s of Coaching Education
• Edward Copper – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Lee Ellis – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Blake Jackson – Master’s of Sport & Entertainment Management
• Kennedy Jones – Service Management
• Parker Marlatt – Retailing
• Jevarra Martin – Retailing
• Parker Noland – Master’s of Coaching Education
• Tyler Pitzer – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Michael Polk – Master’s of Coaching Education
• Drake Quinn – Master’s of Coaching Education
• Dalton Reeves – Master’s of Coaching Education
• Joey Wittig – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Tyler Zedalis – Sport & Entertainment Management

Men’s Basketball (2)

• Daniel Grajzl – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Austin Herro – Retailing

Women’s Basketball (3)

• Tessa Johnson – Psychology
• Te-Hina Paopao – Sociology
• Sakima Walker – Services Management

Beach Volleyball (4)

• Abigail Lagemann – Exercise Science
• McKenzie Nichols – MBA
• Peyton Yamagata – Public Health
• Evie Ziffer – Retailing

Cross Country (8)

• Anya Arroyo – Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Sarah DiVasta – Finance
• Hattie Jennings – Visual Communications
• Sofie Kurzawa – Journalism
• Molly Parker – Public Health
• Aubrey Pierontoni – Nursing
• Emma Torbert – Biological Sciences
• Greta White – Early Childhood Education

Equestrian (7)

• Abby Bauknight – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Jenna Berghorst – Hospitality Management
• Camden Kitchens – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Julia Lee – Mass Communications
• Grace Rabb – Nursing
• Sarah Rabb – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Carson Tulloss – Marketing

Football (8)

• Peyton Argent – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Trovon Baugh – Public Health
• Djay Braswell – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Jordan Franke – Tourism Management
• Jatius Geer – Services Management
• Nyck Harbor – Exercise Science
• Tyshawn Russell – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Zahbari Sandy – Sport & Entertainment Management

Men’s Golf (2)

• Jerry Bruns – Undecided
• Bowen Carpenter – Sport and Entertainment Management

Women’s Golf (3)

• Camila Burnett – Broadcast Journalism
• Vairana Heck – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Maylis Lamoure – Psychology

Men’s Soccer (5)

• Jonah Biggar – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Jack Burgess – Economics
• Mika Habel – Finance
• Jordan Illian – Elementary Education
• Juan Kirzner – Political Science

Women’s Soccer (9)

• Autumn Cayelli – Public Health
• Chidubem Dike – Criminal Justice
• Sophie Johnson – Retailing
• Zoe Morris – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Brinley Murphy – Tourism Management
• Amanda Patrick – Business
• Briana Pinasco – Public Health
• Reagan Schubach – Psychology
• Cuyler Zulauf – Cardiovascular Technology

Softball (6)

• Reganne Bennett – Exercise Science
• Kiki Estrada – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Sophia Grillo – Exercise Science
• Sage Mardjetko – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Karley Shelton – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Bre Warren – Services Management

Men’s Swimming and Diving (8)

• Connor Fry – Biochemical and Molecular Biology
• Tyler Hoard – Exercise Science
• Ryan Hufford – Cardiovascular Technology
• Ahmed Hussein – International Business
• Linus Kahl – Services Management
• Raymond Prosinski – Pre-Business
• Maxwell Spencer – Exercise Science
• Umut Yildirim – Computer Science

Women’s Swimming and Diving (16)

• Makenzie Blake – Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Caroline Chasser – Public Health
• Peyton Curry – Services Management
• Grace Daniels – Public Health
• Emily Eaton – Public Health
• Emily Fekete – Political Science
• Aubrey Finn – Exercise Science
• Breckin Gormley – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Sofia Krstolic – Nursing
• Maria Moco dos Santos Sumida – International Business
• Pia Murray – Psychology
• Ellery Ottem – Undecided
• Hannah Wachendorfer – Undecided
• Jessica Wigham – Biological Sciences
• Alden Zerkle – Marine Science
• Aislinn Zuechner – Pre-Business

Men’s Tennis (1)

• Sean Daryabeigi – Undecided

Women’s Tennis (3)

• Shachar Biran – MBA
• Anna Kantor – Psychology
• Olympe Lancelot – Sport & Entertainment Management

Men’s Track and Field (12)

• Andrew Bond – Information Science
• Jasauna Dennis – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Spencer Eison – Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Channing Ferguson – Public Health
• Nathanil Figgers – Geography
• Nyckoles Harbor – Exercise Science
• Carlos Lanzagorta-Ruiz – Pre-Business
• Theophilus Mudzengerere – Information Science
• Josue Richardson Salazar – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Parker Samuelson – Biomedical Engineering
• Sean Sanders – Biological Sciences
• Luke Schuller – Pre-Business

Women’s Track and Field (13)

• Zaya Akins – Civil Engineering
• Madison Childress – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Macey Dowe – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Hailey Duncan – Social Work
• Caitlin Gemmill – Biological Sciences
• Cynteria James – Exercise Science
• Ella Lucas – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Sienna Lydon – International Business
• Julia McBride – Mechanical Engineering
• Hailey Sharkey – Undecided
• Madeline Smith – Psychology
• Maleah Tidwell – Integrated Information Technology
• Hannah Togami – Visual Communications

Volleyball (6)

• Hanna Bissler – Advertising
• Brooke Doherty – Public Health
• Sydney Floyd – Exercise Science
• Gabrielle Gerry – Business
• Elizabeth McElveen – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Campbell Paris – Mass Communications