Gamecocks Enjoy Record Number of SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll Members

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A total of 1,002 student-athletes were named to the 2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. South Carolina dominated the field with 127 total student-athletes on the list, the lone school to crack the century mark. This breaks 2017-18’s record of 101 Gamecocks on the list, and marks the 12th time in the last 15 years that South Carolina paced the SEC in first-year honorees.
 
The First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2018-19 academic calendar.
 
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. 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. 
 
First year student-athletes in all sports may be named to the Honor Roll at the conclusion of their first full academic year in residence (spring, fall and summer terms).

South Carolina’s honorees are as follows:

Baseball (11)
Brady Allen – Retailing
Luke Berryhill – Sport and Entertainment Management
Joel Brewer – Retailing
Wes Clarke – Retailing
Jacob English – Sport and Entertainment Management
Dylan Harley – Sport and Entertainment Management
Brett Kerry – Operations and Supply Chain
Hayden Lehman – Sport and Entertainment Management
Nicholas Neville – Mass Communications
Josiah Sightler – Public Health
Wesley Sweatt – Integrated and Information Technology

Men’s Basketball (5)
Jair Bolden – Retailing
Alanzo Frink – Exercise Science
A.J. Lawson  – Sport and Entertainment Management
T.J. Moss – Retailing
Nathan Nelson – Political Science

Women’s Basketball (3)
Destanni Henderson – Criminal Justice
Victaria Saxton – Criminal Justice
Elysa Wesolek – Marine Science

Beach Volleyball (3)
Whitley Ballard – Biomedical Engineering
Abby Carroll – Pre-Business
Jordan Smith – Finance

Cross Country (7)
Lyndsey Fowler – Pre-Business
Kira Jenkins – Pre-Business
Macie Kavanaugh – Biochemical Engineering
Morgan Moseley – Pre-Business
Maryah Nasir – Nursing
Alexandra Oskuie – Pre-Business
Cailin Saylor – Undecided

Equestrian (12)
Caroline Bald – Pre-Business
Kit Cunningham – Undeclared
Trinity Hammerschmidt – Sport and Entertainment Management
Rawleigh Harris – Public Health
Graycen Hess – Nursing
Alice Kass – Pre-Business
Mackenzie Matthews – Media Arts
Christina Mueller – Marine Science
Michaela Schrim – Pre-Business
Mackenzie Suffy – Undeclared
Alexa Thorpe – Social Work
Sloane Vogt – Public Health

Football (12)
Wyatt Campbell – Criminal Justice
Jovaughn Gwyn – Undecided
Jaycee Horn – Undecided
JT Ibe – Sport and Entertainment Management
Max Iyama – Computer Science
Tyreek Johnson – Integrated Information Technology
Hank Manos – Sport and Entertainment Management
Israel Mukuamu – Public Health
Darius Rush – Sport and Entertainment Management
Rick Sandidge – Sport and Entertainment Management
Josh Vann – Public Health
Dylan Wonnum – Criminal Justice

Men’s Golf (3)
Harry Corbin – Sport and Entertainment Management
Ryan Hall – Tourism Management
Teddy Tetak – Sport and Entertainment Management

Men’s Soccer (9)
Elijah Bebout – Exercise Science
Ryan Bilichuk – Sport and Entertainment Management
Josh Corning – Pre-Business
Nick Guido – Sport and Entertainment Management
Kyle Gurrieri – Criminal Justice
Andrew Halloran – Pre-Business
Drew Johnson – Retailing
Maceon Urueta – Journalism
Seth Wiebusch – Public Health

Women’s Soccer (11)
Morgan Armstrong – Biomedical Engineering
Samantha Chang – Undeclared
Jyllissa Harris – Early Childhood Education
Sutton Jones – Public Health
Courtney Kozak – Pre-Business
Selma Sol Magnusdottir – Exercise Science
Amanda Martin – Undeclared
Frances Ann Matise – Exercise Science
Paige Mikula – Undeclared
Christy Lee Sheppard – Undeclared
Riley Tanner – Sport and Entertainment Management

Softball (4)
Jordan Fabian – Exercise Science
Madison Owens – Exercise Science
Haley Simpson – Visual Communications
Rachel Vaughan – Sport and Entertainment Management

Men’s Swimming and Diving (10)
Alex Claus – Pre-Business
Phil Costin – English
Dylan Delaney  – Sport and Entertainment Management
Anton Down-Jenkins – Undecided
Robbie Epler – Pre-Business
Ben Fenwick – Exercise Science
Coleman Kramer – Pre-Business
Grayson Schroering – Sport and Entertainment Management
Alex Wade – Sport and Entertainment Management
Nathan Walton – International Business

Women’s Swimming and Diving (16)
Ayris Akbay – Exercise Science
Haley Arner – Sport and Entertainment Management
Brianna Bender – Sport and Entertainment Management
Anna DelGado – Sport and Entertainment Management
Abbey Ellis – Elementary Education
Claire Gerlock – Exercise Science
Sammie Grant – Sport and Entertainment Management
Hallie Kinsey – Biological Sciences
Mari Kraus – Biological Sciences
Rachel Lee  – Exercise Science
Ellie Masterson – Sport and Entertainment Management
Clare McGovern – Nursing
Melinda Novoszath – Spanish
Kate Sanderson – Exercise Science
Ryann Styer – Sport and Entertainment Management
Emma Walker – Pre-Business

Men’s Tennis (6)
Jake Beasley – Exercise Science
Joseph Brailovsky – Business
Patrick Cacciatore – Business
Raphael Lambling – Sport and Entertainment Management
Beau Pelletier – Tourism Management
Daniel Rodrigues – Sport and Entertainment Management

Women’s Tennis (1)
Giulia Turconi – Public Health

Men’s Track and Field (6)
Ian Fladd – Mechanical Engineering
Mason Joiner – Geography
David Olds – International Studies
Malik Paul – Media Arts
Sean Petersen – Pre-Business
Seth Rabinowitz – Biological Sciences

Women’s Track and Field (4):
Wadeline Jonathas – Retailing
Pressley Perry – Civil Engineering
Brianna Reckling – Pre-Business
Brianna Stamps – Nursing

Volleyball (4)
Lauren Bowers – Nursing
Brittany McLean – Mass Communications
Courtney Weber – Chemistry
Amari Wilson – Experimental Psychology