April 17, 2009
IRVING, Texas (C-USA/SMU) - Forty-six SMU student-athletes have earned the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal during the 2008-09 academic year, Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today. The 46 Mustangs are among the 394 medal winners league-wide, each of whom have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better.
Memphis had the most academic medal winners with 48, followed closely by SMU with 46. The 46 student-athletes represent an increase of almost 25 percent for SMU, which had 37 medal-winners a year ago.
The following is a complete list of the medal winners, listed by institution:
SMU (46)
Cort Hoge - Men's Basketball
Morgan Shell - Women's Basketball
Silje Fjortoft - Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Claire Hardwick - Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Kelsey Howard - Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Lauren Lieberman - Equestrian
Virginia Norton - Equestrian
Petra Ryberg - Equestrian
Maia VanDyke - Equestrian
Claire Wenholz - Equestrian
Kelsea West - Equestrian
Josh Emshoff - Football
Andrew Galloway - Football
Brett Haness - Football
Robert Mills - Men's Golf
Kate Ackerson - Women's Golf
Jennifer Hooper - Women's Golf
Kalie Presti - Women's Golf
Sofya Davydova - Women's Rowing
Molly Goodman - Women's Rowing
Lauren Hadaway - Women's Rowing
Victoria Kean - Women's Rowing
Caroline Merideth - Women's Rowing
Amy Miller - Women's Rowing
Scott Geppert - Men's Soccer
James Still - Men's Soccer
Ming Wong - Men's Soccer
Courtney Messina - Women's Soccer
Jennifer Raad - Women's Soccer
Courtney Webb - Women's Soccer
Richard Cornelius - Men's Swimming
Lysle Witter - Men's Swimming
Jonathan Wojcik - Men's Swimming
Jennifer Basel - Women's Swimming
Audra Egenolf - Women's Swimming
Ana Pia Lara Carrillo - Women's Swimming
Jessica Schauwecker - Women's Swimming
Denisa Smolenova - Women's Swimming
Sascha Van den Branden - Women's Swimming
Emily Vavourakis - Women's Swimming
Gerardo Armendariz - Men's Tennis
James Peterson - Men's Tennis
Darren Walsh - Men's Tennis
Natalia Bubien - Women's Tennis
Natalie Mufarrige - Women's Tennis
Caitlin Adair - Volleyball
EAST CAROLINA (40)
Jared Avchen - Baseball
Jacob Davis - Baseball
Gregory Manning - Men's Cross Country
Sarah Hennis - Women's Cross Country
Samantha Lichtner - Women's Cross Country
Tara Wilson - Women's Cross Country
Jack Shultz - Football
Joe Sloan - Football
William Smith - Football
Tripp Brizendine - Men's Golf
Markus Leandersson - Men's Golf
Matthew Sterling - Men's Golf
Andre Thorsen - Men's Golf
David Watkins - Men's Golf
Kristen Billings - Women's Golf
Colleen Estes - Women's Golf
Julia Strandberg - Women's Golf
Sarah Kirkley - Women's Soccer
Jennifer Kurowicki - Women's Soccer
Amanda Malkiewicz - Women's Soccer
Nicole Moore - Women's Soccer
Jessica Woodward - Women's Soccer
Cristen Aona - Softball
Charina Sumner - Softball
Kaui Tom - Softball
Priscilla Velasquez - Softball
Caitlin Wainright - Softball
Blake Briese - Men's Swimming
Hunter Mehaffey - Men's Swimming
Douglas Parker - Men's Swimming
Andrew Stoker - Men's Swimming
Ashley Mullen - Women's Swimming
Brittany Radcliffe - Women's Swimming
Katie Yamamoto - Women's Swimming
Jaroslav Horvath - Men's Tennis
Sheelah Iyengar - Women's Tennis
Brooke Walter - Women's Tennis
Addison Johnson - Men's Track & Field
Abbey Way - Women's Track & Field
Katie Koop - Volleyball
HOUSTON (11)
Jimmy Cesario - Baseball
Roxanna Button - Women's Basketball
Jake Ebner - Football
Islara Rodriguez - Women's Soccer
Shelby Scott - Women's Soccer
Jennifer Klinkert - Softball
Baillie Lott - Softball
Ahmed Harb - Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Stephen Magness - Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Samantha Baker - Volleyball
Kelsey King - Volleyball
MARSHALL (38)
Kyle Blank - Baseball
Jamie Hatten - Football
Drake Kowcheck - Football
Matt Parkhurst - Football
Erik Vint - Football
Dustin Cutlip - Men's Golf
Bosten Miller - Men's Golf
Carson Schambach - Men's Golf
Molly Ginger - Women's Golf
Jill Lansden - Women's Golf
Larie Lynch - Women's Golf
Matt Dickerson - Men's Soccer
Dalton Hadlock - Men's Soccer
Katheryn Ball - Women's Soccer
Laurel Etter - Women's Soccer
Rachel Huff - Women's Soccer
Erin Johnson - Women's Soccer
Katie Wallace - Women's Soccer
Rebecca Gamby - Softball
Alysia Hively - Softball
Jessica Hughes - Softball
Melanie Stoehr - Softball
Meghan Fillinger - Women's Swimming
Chelsey Lukens - women's Swimming
Camilla Overup - Women's Swimming
Lindsey Stock - Women's Swimming
Kayla Truswell - Women's Swimming
Susan Velte - Women's Swimming
Jessica Keener - Women's Tennis
Morgan Bryant - Women's Track & Field
Kathleen Clark - Women's Track & Field
Lauren DeHays - Women's Track & Field
Chelsey Fowler - Women's Track & Field
Alexandra Vaclveck - Women's Track & Field
Kelley Bugler - Volleyball
Elizabeth Fleming - Volleyball
Meredith O'Malley - Volleyball
Susan Waldie - Volleyball
MEMPHIS (48)
Ryan Holland - Baseball
Mark Jobe - Baseball
Preston Laird - Men's Basketball
Curtis Gibbs III - Men's Cross Country
Emily Malinowski - Women's Cross Country
Mitchell Huelsing - Football
John McArthur - Football
Brandon Pearce - Football
Matt Reagan - Football
Jack Belote - Men's Golf
Brad Benjamin - Men's Golf
Stefan Erdedi - Men's Golf
Kathleen Glavin - Women's Golf
Marissa Steen - Women's Golf
Andrew Hahn - Rifle
Jessica Phenis - Rifle
Parker Duncan - Men's Soccer
Robert Sausaman - Men's Soccer
Kelsey Bakker - Women's Soccer
Carly Bykerk - Women's Soccer
Brittany Hance - Women's Soccer
Lizzy Hildebrandt - Women's Soccer
Julia Ignacio - Women's Soccer
Tarah Kerr - Women's Soccer
Kate Murphy - Women's Soccer
Amanda Olszewski - Women's Soccer
Kelsey Robson - Women's Soccer
Katie Sabet - Women's Soccer
Lizzy Simonin - Women's Soccer
Vendula Strnadova - Women's Soccer
Tara Telford - Women's Soccer
Janelle Valle - Softball
Benedikt Fischer - Men's Tennis
Michael Gaerthoeffner - Men's Tennis
K.C. Griffin - Men's Tennis
Spencer Heflin - Men's Tennis
Robyn Jones - Women's Tennis
Sivan Aballi - Women's Track & Field
Inger Anne Froysedal - Women's Track & Field
Jessica Wright - Women's Track & Field
Christine Bach - Volleyball
Sarah Chambers - Volleyball
Altrese Hawkins - Volleyball
Katlin Inglish - Volleyball
Becky Shaffer - Volleyball
Casey Sines - Volleyball
Lauren Thompson - Volleyball
Emily Underwood - Volleyball
RICE (35)
Matt Carey - Men's Cross Country
Brett Olson - Men's Cross Country
Sophie Peeters - Women's Cross Country
Allison Pye - Women's Cross Country
Rebecca Wade - Women's Cross Country
Lennie Waite - Women's Cross Country
Ross Hill - Football
Michael Buttacavoli - Men's Golf
Erik Mayer - Men's Golf
Erik Petersen - Men's Golf
Catherine Fitzsimmons - Women's Soccer
Elizabeth Nesbit - Women's Soccer
Katelyn Ostendorf - Women's Soccer
Claire Pawlik - Women's Soccer
Kellen Schugart - Women's Soccer
Erin Scott - Women's Soccer
Shelley Wong - Women's Soccer
Nicole Delaloye - Women's Swimming
Louise Gliga - Women's Swimming
Angela Wo - Women's Swimming
Sam Garforth-Bles - Men's Tennis
Isamu Tachibana - Men's Tennis
Andy Wang - Men's Tennis
Emily Braid - Women's Tennis
Julie Chao - Women's Tennis
Ana Guzman - Women's Tennis
Jessica Jackson - Women's Tennis
Philip Adam - Men's Track & Field
John Berens - Men's Track & Field
Jordan Hmaidan - Men's Track & Field
William Meyers - Men's Track & Field
Daniel Sloat - Men's Track & Field
Katie Dollinger - Women's Track & Field
Jessica Boulavsky - Volleyball
Jennifer McClean - Volleyball
SOUTHERN MISS (26)
Derek Copley - Baseball -
Wade Weathers - Baseball
Bryson Brewer - Men's Basketball
Cheris Fletcher - Women's Cross Country
John Gregory Joseph - Men's Golf
Ashley Joubert - Women's Golf
Amy Davis - Women's Soccer
Jordan Gauthier - Women's Soccer
Liz Hamlin - Women's Soccer
Jana Mason - Women's Soccer
Elisha Tarbell - Women's Soccer
Hannah Vanderboegh - Women's Soccer
Brittney Jones - Softball
Leslie LeJune - Softball
Domagoj Anic - Men's Tennis
Jan Burmeister - Men's Tennis
Marcus Wessinghage - Men's Tennis
Elja van Berlo - Women's Tennis
Tandra Patterson - Women's Track & Field
Caitlin Clarke - Volleyball
Amelia Hendrickson - Volleyball
Lisa Knecht - Volleyball
Katie Matlock - Volleyball
Ashley Petrinec - Volleyball
Lauren Sears - Volleyball
Kelsea Seymour - Volleyball
TULANE (17)
Jeremy Schaffer - Baseball
Nicholas Scott - Men's Basketball
Michael Mainguy - Men's Cross Country
Jessica Barker - Women's Cross Country
John Genova - Football
Stephanie Wagstaff - Women's Golf
Corrie Gurucharri - Women's Soccer
Samantha Holt - Women's Soccer
Jessica Lange - Women's Tennis
Kevin Lynch - Men's Track & Field
Kevin Mitchell - Men's Track & Field
Cassady Adams - Women's Track & Field
Julie Cupka - Women's Track & Field
Whitney Hampton - Women's Track & Field
Nicolette Taku - Women's Track & Field
Ashley Bernards - Volleyball
Lindsey Shepard - Volleyball
TULSA (39)
Matthew Best - Football
David Johnson - Football
Philip Reiser - Men's Golf
Jeanette Engzelius - Women's Golf
Kamryn Ruffin - Women's Golf
Allison Bridge - Women's Rowing
Emily Callen - Women's Rowing
Caitlyn Dryke - Women's Rowing
Abigail Gorman - Women's Rowing
Hannah Grafe - Women's Rowing
Michelle Kadin - Women's Rowing
Kellyn Smith - Women's Rowing
Rebecca Stangl - Women's Rowing
Susan Stangl - Women's Rowing
Zach Nulisch - Men's Soccer
Kilian Poeschk - Men's Soccer -
John Supica - Men's Soccer
MacKenzie Ayer - Women's Soccer
Courtney Chadney - Women's Soccer
Elizabeth Hubbard - Women's Soccer
Madeline Jones - Women's Soccer
Lindsey Kenyon - Women's Soccer
Rachel Robinson - Women's Soccer
Lindsey Wade - Women's Soccer
Stephanie Chomicki - Softball
Patrick Collins - Men's Tennis
Rebecca Row - Women's Tennis
Jie Zeng - Women's Tennis
William Martin - Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Sam Masters - Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Craig Shultz - Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Caitlin Clancy - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Sarah Graesser - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Zoraya Hightower - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Petrina Lamb - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
April Montgomery - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Dawn Nagazina - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Katie Wright - Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Julia Kenealy - Volleyball
UAB (31)
Keith Depew - Baseball
Bradley Hicks - Baseball
James Oliver - Baseball
John Volk - Baseball
Brandon Wallace - Baseball
Ryan Woolley - Baseball
Kara Johnson - Women's Basketball
TaRonda Randall - Women's Basketball
Lauren Fayen - Women's Cross Country
Stephanie Gammon - Women's Cross Country
Emily Boozer - Women's Golf
Carolyn Cochran - Women's Golf
Kristin Lottman - Women's Golf
Tucker Stone - Men's Soccer
Danielle Blair - Women's Soccer
Pascale Pinard - Women's Soccer
Allison Young - Women's Soccer
Catherine Douglass - Softball
Maegan Hornsby - Softball
Amanda Lowman - Softball
Natalie Mitchell - Softball
Erica Sisson - Softball
Tiffany Smith - Softball
Sara Swepston - Softball
Margareta Jakovac - Synchronized Swimming
John Holliman - Men's Tennis
Jennifer Cape - Women's Tennis
Evelien Strijker - Women's Tennis
Nora Mehl - Women's Track & Field
Amanda Peterson - Women's Track & Field
Andrea Lalic - Volleyball
UCF (34)
Tyler Bunnell - Baseball
Gil Gomez - Baseball
Austin Smith - Baseball
Jessica Hall - Women's Basketball
Nick Black - Football
Daniel Vanbronkhorst - Football
Katie Detlefsen - Women's Golf
Alana Jo Alvarez - Women's Rowing
Katrina Bermudez - Women's Rowing
Tina Briz - Women's Rowing
Michelle Carter - Women's Rowing
Shane Furlong - Women's Rowing
Jessica Hewkin - Women's Rowing
Chelsey Lauzon - Women's Rowing
Caitlin Matthews - Women's Rowing
Vanessa Sabatier - Women's Rowing
Samantha Snyder - Women's Rowing
Leah VanLear - Women's Rowing
Jessica Veeneman - Women's Rowing
Taylor Wiatt - Women's Rowing
Katherine Wieland - Women's Rowing
Andreas Haertling - Men's Soccer
Sarah DeLeon - Women's Soccer
Kaitlin Jackson - Women's Soccer
Elisa Larrett - Women's Soccer
Natalie Land - Softball
Abby McClain - Softball
Mary Helen Tyler - Softball
April Downey - Women's Track & Field
Jacqueline Gilchrist - Women's Track & Field
Vanessa Ziccardi - Women's Track & Field
Kristin Fisher - Volleyball
Jenny Heppert - Volleyball
Katie Riley - Volleyball
UTEP (17)
Marta Micula - Women's Basketball
George Kelly - Football
Jordan Bucy - Men's Golf
H.J. Roberts - Men's Golf
Melissa Desilets - Women's Soccer
Ana Gutierrez - Women's Soccer
Angela Kleinfelder - Women's Soccer
Brittany Popoff - Women's Soccer
Brittany Vacca - Women's Soccer
Ashley Collazo - Softball
Kelynn Frye - Softball
Stacie Townsend - Softball
Hans Eriksson - Men's Track & Field
Carlos Montijo - Men's Track & Field
Cesar Ramirez - Men's Track & Field
Cassandra Burruel - Volleyball
Marie-Therese Joyce - Volleyball
COLORADO COLLEGE (1)
Sarah Wolff - Women's Soccer
KENTUCKY (5)
Lucas Carden - Men's Soccer
Shaun Deliberato - Men's Soccer
Chad Hagerty - Men's Soccer
Patrick Martineau - Men's Soccer
Masumi Turnbull - Men's Soccer
SOUTH CAROLINA (6)
Sam Arthur - Men's Soccer
Jugal Dalal - Men's Soccer
Hunter Howayeck - Men's Soccer
Jimmy Maurer - Men's Soccer
Stephen Morrissey - Men's Soccer
Will Traynor - Men's Soccer
