Gamecocks Post Record Number to SEC's Spring Academic Honor Roll

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll was announced on Thursday by commissioner Greg Sankey. South Carolina had 135 student-athletes across six sports make the list, the second-highest total in the conference. It shatters the department record of 121 honorees, set back in 2012.
 
In total, 1,615 student-athletes made the list. The 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the conference-sponsored sports of baseball, golf, softball, tennis and track & field as well as non-sponsored sports like beach volleyball, rowing and lacrosse. It is based on grades from the 2020 Summer, 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring terms.
 
The Athletics Department concluded the Spring 2021 semester with a departmental grade point average (GPA) of 3.369, the department’s third-highest GPA in history and the 29th-consecutive semester with a departmental GPA above 3.0. During the spring semester, 16 of 18 Gamecock teams earned a GPA of 3.0 or better.
 
Beach volleyball (3.798) earned the highest team mark among programs in-season during the spring. Also highlighting the spring sport accomplishments was women’s tennis (3.736) earning its fourth-highest team GPA on record.
 
“Our student-athletes continue to do outstanding work in the classroom,” said Athletics Director Ray Tanner. “Twenty-nine straight semesters of a departmental 3.0 GPA or better is an extraordinary achievement. I want to thank our Dodie Academic staff for their work in helping our student-athletes along the way. This is a great team effort.”
 
The department named 95 student-athletes to the President’s List for earning a 4.0, 179 student-athletes to the Dean’s List (3.5) and 441 to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0).
 
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.
 
South Carolina’s honorees are as follows:
 
BASEBALL (13)
Brady Allen – Retailing
Julian Bosnic – Sport & Entertainment Management
George Callil – Experimental Psychology
Wes Clarke – Retailing
Andrew Eyster – Sport & Entertainment Management
Thomas Farr – Sport & Entertainment Management
Brannon Jordan – Sport & Entertainment Management
Brett Kerry – Operations & Supply Chain
Andrew Peters – Interdisciplinary Studies
Josiah Sightler – Public Health
Wesley Sweatt – Integrated Information Technology
Cam Tringali – Sport & Entertainment Management
Braylen Wimmer – Sport & Entertainment Management
 
BEACH VOLLEYBALL (17)
Skylar Allen – Exercise Science
Whitley Ballard – Biomedical Engineering
Madison Brabham – Sport and Entertainment Management
Ashley Brasfield – Public Relations
Abby Carroll – Mass Communication
Kennedy Copeland – Advertising
Kaeli Crews – Sport and Entertainment Management
Avery Davis – Public Health
Quinn Fulton – International Studies
Peyton Gray – Risk Management and Insurance
Morgyn Greer – Public Administration
Louise Kooiman – Middle Level Education
Sophie Manson – Environmental Science
Carly Schnieder – Pharmacy
Jordan Smith – Finance
Katie Smith – Nursing
Jess Vastine – Exercise Science
 
MEN’S GOLF (8)
Harry Corbin – Sport and Entertainment Management
Ryan Hall – Tourism Management
Nicholas Mayfield – Sport and Entertainment Management
John Parrott – Public Health
Andrew Proveaux – Sociology
Andrew Spiegler – Marketing
Jack Wall – Sport and Entertainment Management
James Wilson – Sport and Entertainment Management
 
WOMEN’S GOLF (5)
Mathilde Claisse – Sport and Entertainment Management
Lois Kaye Go – Accounting
Sloan Knaffle – Sport and Entertainment Management
Ana Pelaez – Supply Chain Management
Pauline Roussin‐Bouchard – Experimental Psychology
 
SOFTBALL (16)
Bailey Betenbaugh – Exercise Science
Mackenzie Boesel – Sport and Entertainment Management
Cayla Drotar – Learning Design & Technologies
Jordan Fabian – Exercise Science
Alex Fulmer – Criminology and Criminal Justice
Kassidy Krupit – Sport and Entertainment Management
Alyssa Kumiyama – Public Health
Hannah Kumiyama – Hospitality Management
Kenzi Maguire – Learning Design & Technologies
Karsen Ochs – Public Relations
Kelsey Oh – Marketing
Katie Prebble – Sport and Entertainment Management
Haley Simpson – Visual Communications
Lauren Stewart – Journalism
Rachel Vaughan – Sport and Entertainment Management
Anna Vest – Public Health
 
MEN’S TENNIS (7)
Jake Beasley – Public Health
Thomas Brown – Public Health
Phillip Jordan – Finance
Raphael Lambling – Sport Management 
Beau Pelletier – Real Estate
Daniel Rodrigues – Experimental Psychology
Connor Thomson – Experimental Psychology
 
WOMEN’S TENNIS (9)
Ana Cruz – Retailing
Silvia Chinellato – International Hospitality and Tourism Management
Elise Mills – Criminology and Criminal Justice
Emma Shelton – Finance
Gabriela Martinez – Sport and Entertainment Management
Kendall Couch – Statistics
Megan Davies – Advertising
Mia Horvit – Broadcast Journalism
Kennedy Wicker – Business Economics
 
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD (21)
Rayon Buttler – Sociology
Hayden Cobbe – Sport and Entertainment Management
Filip Demsar – Physics
Eric Favors – Learning Design & Technologies
Ian Fladd – Mechanical Engineering
Desmond Gaillard – Management
Parker Howard – Exercise Science
Mason Joiner – Geography
Tyler Jones – Sport and Entertainment Management
Gatlin Lawson – Integrated Info Technology
Rivaldo Leacock – Criminology and Criminal Justice
Jack Mensch – Exercise Science
Blake Newcomb – Marketing
Bricen Nguyen – Public Health
David Olds – Geography
Malik Paul – Media Arts
Sean Peterson – Finance
Edward Richardson – Sport and Entertainment Management
Bailey Rogers – Experimental Psychology
Noah Walker – Health Information Technology
Benjamin Womble – Business Economics
 
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD (39)
Hanifah Abdulqadir – Health Information Technology
Aliyah Abrams – Physical Activity and Public Health
Sierra Biber – Retailing
Elizabeth Blalock – Exercise Science
Savannah Bowers – Biological Sciences
Hannah Cella – English
Stephanie Davis – Sociology
Elizabeth Davison – Finance
Casey Douglas – Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lyndsey Fowler – Visual Communications
Angel Frank – Visual Communications
Kensi Gray – Public Health
Dymier Jeffrey – Retailing
Kira Jenkins – International Business
Mary Joseph – Public Health
Macie Kavanaugh – Biomedical Engineering
Hughes Kiera – Civil Engineering
Megan Lebo – Public Health
Sarah‐Sims McGrath – Business Administration
Morgan Moseley – Marketing
Hillary Neely – Retailing
Knowledge Omovoh – Experimental Psychology
Pressley Perry – Civil Engineering
Isabella Pisani – Experimental Psychology
Brianna Reckling – Marketing
Laura Revaitis – Environmental Studies
Sarah Riser – Civil Engineering
Sipsey Shaianne – Retailing
Emily Smith – Exercise Science
Alycia Springs – Pharmacy
Brianna Stamps – Biological Sciences
Anna Stoddard – Journalism
Heather Stone – International Business
Hailey Sweatman – Non‐Degree Seeking
Hannah Twine – Experimental Psychology
Brooke Wilson – Exercise Science
Kelsey Worthington – Visual Communications
De’Andreah Young – Sociology
Kathleen Young – Marketing