Forty-Four Southern Miss Athletes Earn C-USA Academic Medals
4/12/2019 1:45:00 PM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Track & Field/Cross Country, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Beach Volleyball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Fall 2018 semester saw 44 Southern Miss student-athletes earn Conference USA's Commissioner's Academic Medalist honors for achieving a 3.75 GPA or better.
Below is the list of honorees by sport. A full list of Southern Miss C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll members (3.0 GPA or better) can be found here.
Baseball
Drew Boyd (R-Fr., Hattiesburg, Miss.)
Alex Nelms (Jr. Gulfport, Miss.)
Hunter Stanley (Jr., Hammond, La.)
Will McGillis (Fr., Albuquerque, N.M.)
Jarod Wright (Sr., Arlington, Tenn.)
Football
Ben Goudy (Fr., Meridian, Miss.)
Garrett Crawford (Fr., Slidell, La.)
Hayes Maples (So., Hattiesburg, Miss.)
Jack Abraham (R-Jr., Oxford, Miss.)
Ray Ladner (R-So., Kiln, Miss.)
Tyler Russell (R-Jr., Niceville, Fla.)
Men's Basketball
Kevin Holland (R-Sr., Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Men's Golf
Charles-Eric Belanger (Fr., Quebec City, Quebec)
Joey Kirkland (Fr., West Monroe, La.)
Philip Heine (Sr., Madison, Miss.)
Walker Kesterson (Jr., Hartsburg, Mo.)
Men's Tennis
Panji Setiawan (So., South Jakarta, Indonesia)
Soccer
JoAnnie Ramos (So., Katy, Texas)
Julia Curatolo (Fr., Staten Island, N.Y.)
Kaleigh Killeen (Fr., Canton, Ga.)
Mackenzie Hamilton (So., Prosper, Texas)
Ola Akinniyi (Sr., Denton, Texas)
Olivia Durham (Fr., Marietta, Ga.)
Rana Hussein (Fr., Houston, Texas)
Softball
Chase Nelson (Sr., Paragould, Ark.)
Heather Hill (R-So., Cabot, Ark.)
Makenna Pierce (Fr., Daphnie, Ala.)
Samantha Papp (Sr., Hattiesburg, Miss.)
Volleyball
Abbey Wilson (Fr., Columbia, Tenn.)
Ashley Chapman (Jr., Mobile, Ala.)
Kellie Garraway (Fr., Madisonville, La.)
Olivia Hepworth (Fr., Gulf Breeze, Fla.)
Sarah Bell (Sr., San Antonio, Texas)
Women's Basketball
Daishai Almond (Fr., Athens, Ga.)
Megan Brown (Sr., Slidell, La.)
Women's Golf
Valentina Haupt (Sr., Santiago, Chile)
Women's Tennis
Monique Burton (Fr., Sydney, Australia)
Rikeetha Pereira (Sr., Dubai, U.A.E)
Tjasa Jerse (Sr., Medvode, Slovenia)
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Emma Kate Holdbrooks (R-So., Winfield, City, Ala.)
Keiyana Gaskin (Jr., Vicksburg, Miss.)
Rachel Tedder (Sr., Lucas, Texas)
Players Mentioned
