SEC Wraps Up 2022-23 School Year With First-Year Academic Honor Roll

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The SEC’s First-Year Academic Honor Roll was announced Friday by commissioner Greg Sankey. South Carolina’s 131 student-athletes on the list is the second-highest total in school history and marks the sixth school year in a row with 100 or more Gamecocks recognized. All told, there were 1,309 honorees recognized by the conference.

The First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2022-23 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.

South Carolina’s honorees are as follows:

Baseball (15)

• Gavin Casas – Service Management
• Jacob Compton – Interdisciplinary Studies
• Caleb Denny – Master’s Data and Communication
• Dylan Eskew – Interdisciplinary Studies
• Roman Kimball – Visual Communications
• Connor McCreery – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Will McGillis – Master’s Coaching Education
• Ethan Petry – Mass Communications
• Nick Proctor – Master’s Sport &Entertainment Management
• Will Tippett – Retailing
• Chris Veach – History
• Trey Wheeler – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Ricky Williams – Service Management
• Austin Williamson – Mass Communications
• Zach Zedalis – Interdisciplinary Studies

Men’s Basketball (5)

• Benjamin Bosmans‐Verdonk – Law
• Hayden Brown – Certificate of Graduate Study ‐ Global Health
• Ebrima Dibba – Master’s Sport & Entertainment Management
• Demetrius Johnson – Retailing
• Eli Sparkman – Pre‐Business

Women’s Basketball (3)

• Talaysia Cooper – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Kierra Fletcher – Criminology & Criminal Justice (MA)
• Ashlyn Watkins – Criminology & Criminal Justice

Beach Volleyball (8)

• Allison Coens – International Business
• Jolie Cranford – Exercise Science
• Morgan Downs – Advertising
• Sadie Nelson – Pre‐Business
• Rebeca Olariu – Mass Communications
• Simone Priebe – International Business
• Virginia Trost – Pre‐Business
• Presley Wright – Exercise Science

Cross Country (8)

• Silan Ayyildiz – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Anna Boyd – Undecided
• Gabriella Gait‐Smith – Retailing
• Maria Lombardi – Cardiovascular Technology
• Svenja Sommer – Psychology
• Madeline White – Psychology
• Hayden Withers – Neuroscience
• Ella Zeigler – Pre‐Business

Equestrian (13)

• Alexis Daugird – Biological Sciences
• Mahaley Gann – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Madison Hammon – Management
• Natalie Jayne – Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Carly Jenkins – Pre‐Business
• Alyssa Jipping – Public Health
• Susannah Johnson – Advertising
• Kenley Koch – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Emerson Madonia – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Mattilyn McNeill – Public Health
• Mary Hunter Millet – Mathematics
• Haley Turner – Mass Communications
• Ruby Voortmeyer – Mechanical Engineering

Football (10)

• Tanner Bailey – Undeclared
• Kajuan Banks – Undeclared
• Stone Blanton – Undeclared
• Ryan Brubaker – Political Science
• Nick Emmanwori – Undeclared
• Emory Floyd – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Cason Henry – Cyber Intelligence
• Grayson Mains – Mass Communications
• Landon Samson – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Zavier Short – Sport & Entertainment Management

Men’s Golf (2)

• Zach Adams- Sport & Entertainment Management
• Walker Jennings – Business

Women’s Golf (1)

• Mia Sandtorv Lussand – Sport and Entertainment Management

Men’s Soccer (16)

• Benjamin Alexander – Exercise Science
• Joseph Belenardo – Pre‐Business
• Matthew Bender – Political Science
• Micah Colodny – Pre‐Business
• William Crain – Master’s Business Administration
• Ethan Dekel Daks – Management
• John Eskay – Master’s Business Administration
• Bryce Griffith – Retailing
• Laurits Lillemose – Master’s Business Administration
• William Nilsson – Civil Engineering
• Rocky Perez – Pre‐Business
• Jaiden Ramsay‐Kelly – Finance
• Junior Saint Juste – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Damola Salami – Finance
• Kosi Udeh – Public Relations
• Henry Weigand – Master’s Business Administration

Women’s Soccer (10)

• Kinley Brown – Biological Sciences
• Micah Bryant – Retailing
• Emily Chico – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Dru Drake – Retailing
• Madison Elston – Exercise Science
• Maria Kemp – Exercise Science
• Kayla Magee – Biological Sciences
• Shay Montgomery – Exercise Science
• Shae O’Rourke – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Christina Tsaousis – Exercise Science

Softball (7)

• Aniyah Black – Retailing
• Brooke Blankenship – Elementary Education
• Brionna Condon – Retailing
• Jennifer Cummings – Interdisciplinary Studies
• Hannah Hawley – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Jori Heard – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Kyye Ricks – Retailing

Men’s Swimming and Diving (9)

• Youssef Bahgat – Biological Sciences
• Charles Bayer – Retailing
• Quinn Buck – Exercise Science
• Steven Busch – Biological Sciences
• John Carman – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Gage Hulbert – Computer Science
• Kyle Korvick – Biochemical and Molecular Biology
• Wilder Kruse – Retailing
• Thomas Mitchell – Integrated Information and Technology

Women’s Swimming and Diving (8)

• Sterling Burd – Exercise Science
• MaKayla Ciancanelli – Exercise Science
• Meaghan Harnish – Pre‐Business
• Faith Khoo – Pre‐Business
• Megan Maholic – Journalism
• Amy Riordan – Biological Sciences
• Dylan Scholes – Retailing
• Jill Smiley – Exercise Science

Women’s Tennis (2)

• Annie Jennings – Pre‐Business
• McKenna Schaefbauer – Political Science

Men’s Track and Field (7)

• Blair Brooks – Coaching Education
• Jackson Dawson – Computer Information Systems
• Anass Essayi – Retailing
• Christopher Licata – MBA
• Tyler Stargel – Computer Science
• Jayson Ward – Cardiovascular Technology
• William Wright – Pre‐Business

Women’s Track and Field (2)

• Aalliyah Francis – Retailing
• Danielle Varrasso – Pre‐Business

Volleyball (5)

• Jenna Hampton – Master of Human Resources
• Dalaney Hans – Master’s Sport & Entertainment Management
• Megan Holland – Pre‐Business
• Alayna Johnson – Exercise Science
• Kimmie Thompson – Exercise Science