April 25, 2014
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina landed 70 student-athletes on the 2013-14 Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced today.
The Gamecocks ranked second in the 14-member conference, behind Georgia’s 85. Auburn stood third with 62, while Kentucky ranks fourth with 61. South Carolina stood third on last winter’s listing after tying for first in the 2011-12 standards. Equestrian shifted from the spring to the winter listing for this season.
SEC Commissioner Mike Slive named a total of 614 student-athletes to the list, which is based on grades from the 2013 Spring, Summer and Fall terms.
Any student-athlete who participates in a SEC 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 should 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.
The entire list of Gamecocks making the mark is below.
Men’s Basketball (5):
Laimonas Chatkevicius, Hospitality Management
Austin Constable, Finance
Tyrone Johnson, Sociology
Mindaugas Kacinas, Hospitality Management
Brian Steele, Sport Management
Women’s Basketball (6):
Shelbretta Ball, Criminal Justice
Asia Dozier, Business
Tiffany Mitchell, Retail
Wilka Montout, Business Management
Khadijah Sessions, Hospitality Management
Aleighsa Welch, Sport & Entertainment
Equestrian (24):
Alexa Anthony, Spanish
Sarah Bouchard, Public Health
Jordan Brown, Business Management
Alison Ceresani, Exercise Science
Melanie Cormier, Psychology
Layla Choate, Business Management
Haiden De Jane, Business Administration
Elizabeth deGolian, Business Administration
Erin Fry, Business Administration
Morgan Hale, Business Finance
Kelsey Hart, Public Relations
Amber Henter, Hospitality Management
Katie Kopf, Business Management
Samantha Kraus, Business Management
Allie Kraybill, Nursing
Johnna Letchworth, Hospitality Management
Cody McMillion, Exercise Science
Samantha Nicholson, Nursing
Adele Norton, English
Abigail Pait, Pharmacy
Emily Reynolds, Broadcast Journalism
Rachel Roter, International Studies
Katherine Schmidt, Business Management
Kelsey Urban, Psychology
Men’s Swimming & Diving (10):
Alex Eiden, Pharmacy
Michael Flach, Management
Jared Kauffman, Exercise Science
Kevin Leithold, International Business
Eric Lethander, Chemical Engineering
Cole Miller, Exercise Science
Gerard Rodriguez, Physics
Alex Vance, Sport Management
Jay Warner, Exercise Science
Jake White, Biomedical Engineering
Women’s Swimming & Diving (25):
Maryn Bieganski, International Business
Caroline Bixler, Sport Management
Jessie Bridgham, Business
Kasey Catalfomo, Biomedical Engineering
Alicia Cheripka, Marine Science
Sara Columbus, Sport Management
Sara Drake, Exercise Science
Ashleigh Ferguson, Public Relations
Abby Galbreath, Sport Management
Karalyn Gibbs, Advertising
Annika Jonsson, Advertising
Taylor Josserand, Marketing
Grace Kazmierski, Public Health
Patricia Kranz, Exercise Science
Lauren Lamendola, Exercise Science
Victoria Mitchell, Business Economics
Nicole Mertel, Biology
Brooke Morton, Exercise Science
Lindsay Pierce, Exercise Science
Lauren Raczkowski, Exercise Science
Lauren Rosenberg, Elementary Education
Rachael Schaffer, Hospitality Management
Charlotte Ward, Interdisciplinary Studies
Elise Weisert, Exercise Science
Elisabeth Worrell, Management
