University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss Recognizes Student-Athletes For Excellence In Classroom
2/4/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Southern Miss Recognizes Student-Athletes For Excellence In Classroom
Nineteen student-athletes were named to the President?s List, which recognizes students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average on at least 12 hours of course work for a semester. There also were 45 student-athletes named to the Dean?s List, which recognizes students for a 3.25 or better on a minimum of 12 hours of course work. Eighty-four others were named to the Athletic Director?s Honor Roll, which recognizes student-athletes who achieve at least a 3.0 grade point average for the semester.
?Our student-athletes continue to do an outstanding job on the playing field and in the classroom," Director of Athletics Richard Giannini said. "Our 19 President's List Scholars this semester are our largest number ever in that area. We also must give credit to our Student Academic Enhancement Program personnel for the outstanding job they continue to do in helping our athletes realize their full potential in the classroom.?
Broken down by sport, the Golden Eagle football team and women?s track team led the way with 22 athletes on the list (see accompanying release for details). The soccer team finished second with 18 athletes on the list. Those sports were followed by baseball (14), volleyball and softball (9 each), women?s basketball, men?s track, and women?s golf (8), men?s tennis (5), women?s tennis (3 each), and men's basketball and men?s golf (1).
Following is a list of the student-athletes, except football, who were recognized for the spring semester.
Track and Cross Country: Rebecca Rop of (President's List); Karen Tankersley of
Soccer: Lindsey Brinton of Tupelo, Miss. (President's List); Kay Elizabeth Costilow of Birmingham, Ala. (President?s List); Lindsey Kliebert of Brandon, Miss. (President's List); Lauren Prewitt of Katy, Texas. (President's List); Katie Warmington of St. Louis,
Baseball: Patrick Ezell of Petal,
Softball: Charity Butler of Pensacola, Fla. (President?s List); Allison Bullard of Columbus, Ga., (Dean?s List); Krystal Crooks of Tampa Fla., (Dean?s List); Danielle Wymer of Houston, Texas (Dean's List); Ashley Brenan of Spring, Texas. (AD Honor Roll); Whitney Cochran of ., (AD Honor Roll); Jessica Huerta of
Volleyball: Leslie Robertson of Ancaster, Ontario, Canada (President?s List); Cassandra Conley of Savage, Minn., (Dean's List); Kaitlyn Deutsch of St. Louis, Mo., (Dean?s List); Morgan Johnson of Benton, Ill., (Dean?s List); Kate Juedes of Hilbert Wis., (AD Honor Roll); Kristine Kremers of Beeville, Texas, (AD Honor Roll); Nicole Rock of El Cajon, Calif., (AD Honor Roll); Amy Troung of Palmdale, Calif., (Dean?s List); Leslie VanDuinen of St. John?s, Mich. (AD Honor Roll).
Women?s Basketball: Kelsey Gurganus of Indianapolis, Ind. (President?s List); Kimberly Rigg of Alpharetta, Ga. (President?s List); Elizabeth Biland of Denham Racine, Wis. (Dean's List); Deondra Carter of Pearl River, La. (Dean?s List); Emer Foley of Bray, Ireland (AD Honor Roll); Ashley Huffman of Hickory, N.C. (AD Honor Roll); Hallie Prest of Brooksings, S.D. (AD Honor Roll); Shannon Stueber of The Colony, Texas. (AD Honor Roll).
Men?s Golf: Daniel Dennis of
Women?s Golf: Helena Backland of Bollegygd, Sweden., (President's List); Mia Davidson of Simrishamn, Sweden, (President?s List); Ashlea Deener of Dallas, Texas., (Dean's List); Beth Sprague of Fairfield, Ill., (Dean's List); Anna Jorneskog of Tabey, Sweden., (AD Honor Roll); Jennifer Keefe of Orlando, Fla. (AD Honor Roll); Nicole Mackey of NE Swisher, Iowa (AD Honor Roll); Natasha Vincent of Jacksonville, Ark. (AD Honor Roll).
Men?s Tennis: Reid Bourgeois of River Ridge, La., (Dean?s List); Dylan Mezey of Montreal, Ouebec, Canada, (Dean?s List); Christopher Rea of Madison, Miss. (Dean's List); David Canudas of Barcelona, Spain, (AD Honor Roll); Marc-Oliver Lux of Schwalbach, Spain (AD Honor Roll).
Men's Basketball: Shakiem Mitchell of
Men?s Track: Logan Stogner of Angie, La. (Dean?s List); Ken Watson of Potts Camp, Miss. (Dean?s List); Corwyn Collier of Bedford Heights, Ohio (AD Honor Roll); Durran Dunn of Brooklyn, N.Y. (AD Honor Roll); Maulies Pettaway of Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AD Honor Roll); Marvin Pinnock of St. Catherine, Jamacia (AD Honor Roll); Marcus Polk of Olive Branch, Miss. (AD Honor Roll); and Jerry Teachey of Laurel, Miss. (AD Honor Roll).
