DALLAS (SMU) – SMU will honor 19 student-athletes from seven different sports as part of its 20th Honors Convocation held April 17.
 
The Honors Convocation celebrates academic excellence by recognizing new honor society inductees, school and departmental awards, national fellowships, various distinguished scholarships and internships, as well as graduating University Honors Program students.
 
The ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the McFarlin Auditorium. A live stream can be see here. Inquiries about the Honors Convocation can be directed to ceremonies@smu.edu or 214-768-3417.
 
Equestrian
Sylvia de Toledo – Distinguished Finance Major, Outstanding BBA Senior Award
Melissa Major – University Honors Program, Economics Department Award for Excellence
Sarah Mosso - Pi Lambda Theta
 
Football
Jeremiah Gaines – Sport Performance Leadership Departmental Distinction Award
 
Men's Golf
Andrew Buchanan – Distinguished Finance Major
 
Men's Soccer
Colten Habecker – Beta Gamma Sigma
A.J. Jeffries – Herbert Pickens Gambrell Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa, Robert Mayer Undergraduate Research Fellow
John Lujano – Pi Tau Sigma
Abdul Yassine – Phi Beta Kappa
 
Women's Soccer
Taylor Barg – John Robert McCaw Merit Award in Mathematics
Lauren Harrington – Alpha Chi
Taylor Jackson – Pi Tau Sigma
 
Men's Swimming and Diving
Stefan Popov – Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Michael Fowler III – Hamilton Undergraduate Research Scholar
 
Women's Swimming and Diving
Ursa Bezan – Alpha Chi
Samantha Butz – Kappa Tau Alpha
Marne Erasmus – Department of Religious Studies Writing Award
Kyra Kondis – David R. Russell Memorial Poetry Award (First Place), Frances Mossiker Prize for Prose (First Place)
Lauren Lamb – Chi Epsilon