Gamecocks Pace Conference in SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – A total of 745 student-athletes were named to the 2023-24 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. The 2023-24 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of basketball, equestrian, gymnastics, and swimming & diving. It is based on grades from the 2023 Spring, Summer, and Fall terms.

South Carolina had 74 student-athletes make the list, tied for most in the conference. It is the first time since 2012 that the Gamecocks led or tied for the SEC lead in the winter honor roll.

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. B. 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:

Men’s Basketball (6)

• Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk – Law
• Zachary Davis – Mass Communications
• Ebrima Dibba – Master’s of Sport and Entertainment Management
• Meechie Johnson – Retailing
• Eli Sparkman – International Business
• Jacobi Wright – Sport and Entertainment Management

Women’s Basketball (2)

• Bree Hall – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Raven Johnson – Services Management

Equestrian (28)

• Jordan Allen – Public Health
• Alexa Aureliano – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Eleanor Beard – Political Science
• Kiersten Beckner – Master’s of Health Service and Policy Management
• Alexis Daugird – Biological Sciences
• Sydney DeGrazia – Finance
• Brianna Felton – Advertising
• Mahaley Gann – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Madison Hammon –   Management
• Tierney Horton – Advertising
• Natalie Jayne – Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Carly Jenkins  – Finance
• Alyssa Jipping – Public Health
• Emma Lane – Management
• Emerson Madonia – Sport & Entertainment Management
• Mattilyn McNeill – Public Health
• Mary Hunter Millet – Mathematics
• Sophie Mitchell – Marketing
• Mya Pinski – Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Payton Potter – Environmental Studies
• Ava Pratt – Environmental Studies
• Bella Primavera – Environmental Studies
• Maro Reppas – Psychology
• Emilia Reutimann – Public Health
• Chloe Stephenson – Environmental Studies
• Haley Turner – Mass Communications
• Chloe VanStone – Retailing
• Ruby Voortmeyer – Mechanical Engineering

Men’s Swimming and Diving (14)

• Youssef Bahgat – Biological Sciences
• Charley Bayer – Retailing
• Quinn Buck – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Steven Busch – Biological Sciences
• Jack Carman – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Jackson Davis – Operations and Supply Chain
• Sam Hanke – Political Science
• Gage Hulbert – Computer Science
• Liam Kerns – Biological Sciences
• Kyle Korvick – Biological Sciences
• Wiley Kruse   – Real Estate
• Tommy Mitchell- Integrated Information Technology
• Mark Shperkin – Computer Science
• Daniel West – Marine Science

Women’s Swimming and Diving (24)

• Jordan Agliano – Journalism
• Sterling Burd -Visual Communications
• Aubrey Chandler – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Makayla Ciancanelli – Exercise Science
• Paige Collins – Sociology
• Alicia Davie – Public Health
• Darby Galbraith – Retailing
• Meaghan Harnish – Operations and Supply Chain
• Blair Isenhour – Psychology
• Georgia Johnson – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Faith Khoo – International Business
• Caroline Kudela – Advertising
• Megan Maholic – Journalism
• Hayley Mason – Public Health
• Josie Matalone – International Business
• Makenzy Mills – Public Health
• Isabella Pantano – Management
• Riley Parker – Operations and Supply Chain
• Greta Pelzek – Psychology
• Gabi Reed – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Amy Riordan – Biological Sciences
• Dylan Scholes – Sport and Entertainment Management
• Jill Smiley- Exercise Science
• Annaliese Streeter – Exercise Science