UNCG Places 91 Student-Athletes On SoCon Academic Honor Roll

Men’s soccer boasted the most selections on the SoCon Academic Honor Roll with 16 members, while the women’s soccer program had 15 student-athletes honored. The women’s soccer program also had a program-high eight student athletes earn Commissioner’s Medals.

 
Additionally, the UNCG women’s cross country team placed 10 student-athletes on the list while baseball had nine members honors. Rounding out the SoCon Academic Honor Roll by team include men’s cross country (8), women’s tennis (7), men’s basketball (5), men’s golf (5), women’s golf (4), women’s basketball (4), softball (4), volleyball (3) and men’s tennis (2).

 
More than 1,900 student-athletes from the 12 member institutions were named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll this year. The 1,950 student-athletes recognized is the second-highest total of honorees since the league began compiling its annual honor in 1989. The average GPA of the student-athletes was 3.46, and 45 percent of the recognized student-athletes achieved at least a 3.50 GPA, including 90 who posting a 4.0.

 
The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in varsity sports at member institutions and posted a 3.0 grade point average or higher while passing at least 24 hours in two semesters of classes or its equivalent for other academic calendars.

 
Men's Soccer (16)
Fannar Arnarsson, So., 3.42, Media Studies
Kris Byrd, Sr., 3.00, Business Administration
*Peyton Ford, Jr., 3.76, Political Science
*Preston Ford, R-Fr., 4.00, Chemistry
Brian Graham, So., 3.15, Kinesiology
Davis Griffin, So., 3.03, English
Oddur Gudmundsson, So., 3.07, Psychology
*Michael Holzer, Fr., 3.65, Media and Communication
Hakan Ilhan, Jr., 3.05, International Business
Jonathan Leonard, Jr., 3.17, Business Administration
*Will Mack, Sr., 3.87, Kinesiology
Austin Miller, Fr., 3.22, Business
Aaron Reifschneider, So., 3.40, Pre-International Business
David Reittinger, Fr., 3.15, Undecided
*C.J. Shook, Jr., 3.68, Kinesiology
Adam Shore, So., 3.24, Kinesiology

 
Women's Soccer (15)
Cat Barnekow, Sr., 3.48, Kinesiology
Nicole Danford, Sr., 3.44, Nursing
*Jaimey Etten, Sr., 3.80, Kinesiolgy
*Casey Goodwin, Sr., 3.52, Kinesiogly
Jessi Gulledge, Jr., 3.44, Finance
Lauren Hein, Jr., 3.33, Communication Studies
*Kelsey Kearney, Sr., 3.92, Kinesiology
Lauren Lover, So., 3.47, Biology
Casey McCavitt, Fr., 3.07, Undecided
*Kaytee O'Brien, So., 3.57, Kinesiology
*Stephanie Partenheimer, Jr., 3.86, Kinesiology
*Alex Perry, Sr., 4.00, Kinesiology
Kristin Playter, Sr., 3.10, Public Health
*Karina Rodriguez, fr., 3.67, Biology
*Ashley stokes, Fr., 3.78, Undecided

 
Women's Cross Country (10)
*Ginny Cronley, Sr., 3.85, English
Shannon Hall, So., 3.39, Media Studies
Kerry Hartman, Sr., 3.20, Sociology
*Danielle Merriman, Jr., 3.70, Elementary Education
Kelly Montague, so., 3.20, Pre-Nursing
*Ashley Schnell, Sr., 4.00, Musical Performance
*Chelsea Sumney, Jr., 3.75, Speech Pathology and Audiology
*Shaina Sunmey, Jr., 3.74, Speech Pathology and Audiology
*Emily Vasquez, Jr., 3.94, Elementary Education
Chelsea Willette, Jr., 3.06, Kinesiology
 
Baseball (9)
*Richard Guile, Fr., 3.54, Media Studies
*Joe Hager, So., 3.64, Economics
Cole Harrison, So., 3.04, Communication Studies
Dylan Hathcock, So., 3.10, Pre-Business Administration
Zach Leach, Jr., 3.00, Mathematics
Tino Leite, Fr., 3.05 Undecided
Kris Richards, Sr., 3.29, Kinesiolgoy
Thomas Troelstrup, Sr., 3.13, Public Health
Timothy Wharton, Fr., 3.12, Kinesiology 

 Women's Tennis (7)
*Lucy Dougherty, Jr., 3.88, Accounting
*Stephanie Falcon, Fr., 3.69, Undecided
Kayla Gammiem, Fr., 3.14, Kinesiology
*Annette Rios, Jr., 3.55, International Global Studies
Devon Sutherland, So., 3.40, Pre-Nursing
*Alex Whitehead, Jr., 4.00, Media Studies
Niltooli Wilkins, Jr., 3.18, Sociology

 
Men's Basketball (5)
Brian Cole, Jr., 3.09, Business Administration
*Taylor Hoffer, So., 3.71, Business Administration
Drew Parker, So., 3.19, Pre-Entrepreneurship
Kyle Randall, Jr., 3.33, Business Administration
Demetrius Robinson, Jr., 3.07, Business Administration

 
Men's Golf (5)
*Roy Dixon, Fr., 3.87, Business Administration/Political Science
Will Almand, Sr., 3.40, Business Administration
*Alex Ehlert, Fr., 3.70, Undecided
Robert Hoadley, Jr., 3.38, Marketing
*Kyle Sonday, Sr., 3.75, Hospitality and Tourism Management

 
Women's Golf (4)
*Berglind Bjornsdottir, Fr., 3.52, Undecided
*Andrea Rangle, Fr., 4.00, Economics
*Begona Sarabia, Sr., 3.63, Communications Studies
*Courtney Taylor, Jr., 3.93, Recreation and Parks Management

 
Women's Basketball (4)
*Amy Clapper, Jr., 3.51, Business Administation
Sarah Folwell, Sr., 3.30, Public Health
Jarae Savage, Fr., 3.36, Kinesiology
Jazz Weaver, Sr., 3.00, Sociology

 
Softball (4)
Tatiana Alcala, Fr., 3.28, Undecided
Eileen Horsmon, Jr., 3.34, Sociology
Toni MacReynolds, So., 3.15, Psychology
Dominique Madruga, Fr., 3.37, Undecided

Men's Tennis (2)
Chanon Varapongsittikul, So., 3.49, Finance
*Jacob Wright, Sr., 3.78, Vocal Performance

 
* - Commisioner's Medal recipient as well