SEC Announces 2023 Fall Academic Honor Roll

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A total of 1,264 student-athletes were named to the 2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday, Feb. 1 by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. The 2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball, and is based on grades from the 2023 spring, summer and fall terms.

South Carolina had 115 student-athletes make the list, third-most in the conference. The total is the third-highest in department history, behind only fall of 2019 (118) and 2021 (120).

Gamecock student-athletes ended the fall semester with a departmental grade point average (GPA) of 3.374, the department’s fourth-highest GPA on record and the 34th-consecutive semester with a departmental GPA above 3.0. Women’s golf (3.90) earned the highest team GPA, followed closely by beach volleyball (3.73) and women’s soccer (3.70). Overall, 16 of 18 teams earned a GPA of 3.0 or better during the fall semester. The department named 85 student-athletes to the President’s List for earning a 4.0 GPA, 177 student-athletes to the Dean’s List (3.5) and 411 to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0).

“Our student-athletes continue to demonstrate the ability to successfully balance their academic and athletic pursuits,” Athletics Director Ray Tanner said when the fall GPA was announced on Jan. 10. “The pursuit of excellence for our student-athletes in the classroom and on the playing fields and courts build the foundation for their future success.”

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:

Women’s Cross Country (22)

• Kathleen Abrams – Biomedical Engineering
• Silan Ayyildiz – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Anna Boyd – Management
• Sylvia Chelangat – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Hope Dominique – Exercise Science
• Brooke Donoghue – Finance
• Gabriella Gait-Smith – Finance
• Katerina Hendrix – Exercise Science
• Molly Joseph – Public Health
• Judy Kosgei – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Maria Lombardi – Cardiovascular Technology
• Sarah Nalimo – Theatre
• Sarah Neville – Public Health
• Jenna Pellizzari – Exercise Science
• Emily Pierontoni – Biomedical Engineering
• Kaitlyn Porter – Biological Sciences
• Claudia Satzke – Exercise Science
• Lilian Weeks – Elementary Education
• Madeline White – Advertising
• Allyson Wilson – Nursing
• Hayden Withers – Neuroscience
• Ella Zeigler – Management & Marketing

Football (47)

• Markee Anderson – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Joshua Bailey – Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Nicholas Barrett – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Archer Blanton – Undeclared
• Ryan Brubaker – Political Science
• Joseph Byrnes – Mechanical Engineering
• Lovasea Carroll – Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Connor Cox – No Major
• Terrell Dawkins – Data and Communication
• Lucas Doty – Psychology
• Bradley Dunn – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Nicholas Elksnis – Services Management
• Nicholas Emmanwori – Undeclared
• King-Demenia Ford – Religious Studies
• Nicholas Gargiulo – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Colten Gauthier – Public Health
• Byron Gibson – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Landon Grier – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Terrell Hemingway – Public Health
• Cason Henry – Cyber Intelligence
• Alexander Herrera – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Grayson Howard – Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Alexander Huntley – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Mitchell Jeter – Biological Sciences
• Tyreek Johnson – Health Information Technology
• William Joyce – Mechanical Engineering
• Jalon Kilgore – Exercise Science
• William Knox – Non-Degree Seeking
• Kai Kroeger – History
• Grayson Mains – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Payton Mangrum – Mass Communications
• Xzavier McLeod – Criminology and Criminal Just
• Matthew Mikeska – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Jon’Darius Morgan – Public Health
• Aaron Morton – Criminology and Criminal Just
• Keenan Nelson – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Spencer Rattler – Interdisciplinary Studies
• Eriq Rice – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Hunter Rogers – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Landon Samson – Sport and Entertainment Management
• LaNorris Sellers – Undeclared
• Jatavius Shivers – Sport and Entertainment Management
• John Short – Sport and Entertainment Management
• David Spaulding – Non-Degree Seeking
• Vicari Swain – Exercise Science
• Desmond Umeozulu – Undeclared
• Tyshawn Wannamaker – Non-Degree Seeking

Men’s Soccer (15)

• Benjamin Alexander – Exercise Science
• Conner Bailey – Biological Sciences
• Matthew Bender – Political Science
• Peter Clement – Operation & Supply Chain
• William Crain – Master’s of Business Administration
• Ethan Dekel daks – Management
• Bryce Griffith – Retailing
• Laurits Lillemose – Master’s of Business Administration
• Adam Luckhurst – Management
• Harrison Myring – Film and Media Studies
• William Nilsson – Civil Engineering
• Rocky Perez – Management
• Jaiden Ramsay-Kelly – Finance
• Junior Saint Juste – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Damola Salami – Finance

Women’s Soccer (21)

• Catherine Barry – Master’s of Business Analytics
• Brianna Behm – Marketing
• Kinley Brown – Biological Sciences
• Micah Bryant – Retailing
• Emma Bucci – Exercise Science
• Brigitte Bussiere – Finance
• Emily Chico – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Camryn Dixon – Journalism
• Dru Drake – Retailing
• Rylee Forster – Exercise Science
• Taylor Fox – Exercise Science
• Taylor Jacobson – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Maria Kemp – Exercise Science
• Caitlyn Leffler – Business Economics
• Kayla Magee – Biological Sciences
• Hallie Meadows – Biological Sciences
• Shae O’Rourke – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Lily Render – Exercise Science
• Megan Spiehs – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Christina Tsaousis – Psychology
• Corinna Zullo – Sport and Entertainment Management

Volleyball (10)

• Oby Anadi – Public Relations
• Morgan Carter – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Caitlin Crawford – Public Health
• Kiune Fletcher – Civil Engineering
• Alayna Johnson – Exercise Science
• Lauren McCutcheon – Criminal Justice
• Ellie Ruprich – Finance
• Kimmie Thompson – Exercise Science
• Riley Whitesides – Psychology
• Claire Wilson – Marketing