University of Georgia Athletics
272 Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll
January 17, 2012 | General
Jan. 17, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. - A total of 272 student-athletes posted a grade point average of 3.00 or higher for the fall semester. Student-athletes who have achieved a 3.00 or higher were honored for their accomplishments by being named to the Fall 2011 Athletic Director's Honor Roll. Four student-athletes were named Presidential Scholars, which requires a 4.00 GPA taking nine or more hours: gymnastics team members Camille Pfister (Kennesaw, Ga.) and Shayla Worley (Orlando, Fla.), equestrian team member Kate Skogland (Tualatin, Ore.) and women's swimming team member Maddie Locus (Sugarland, Texas).
Other earning a 4.00 GPA were baseball team member Grant Earls (Lawrenceville, Ga.), men's track member J.P. Hackney (Marietta, Ga.), equestrian members Morgan Justiss (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Kelly Truesdell (Brights Grove, Ontario, Canada), soccer player Jenna Owens (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), women's swimmers Erica Malagón (Athens, Ga.) and Wendy Trott (Capetown, South Africa) and volleyball player Alisha Laing (Schoolscraft, Michigan).
Thirty-five student athletes were named to the Dean's List in addition to the Athletic Directors Honor. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have between a 3.50 and 3.99 GPA and have taken at least 14 hours. Those student-athletes named to the Dean's List are: baseball players Bryan Benzor (Loganville, Ga.) and Jay Swinford (Athens, Ga.); men's swimmers Will Freeman (Atlanta, Ga.), Andrew Gemmell (Wilmington, Del.), Derek Onken (Marietta, Ga.) and Adam Parker (Maryville, Tenn.); men's tennis player Sadio Doumbia (Toulouse, France); men's track athletes Kyle James (Marietta, Ga.) and Brandon Lord (Chattanooga, Tenn.); women's basketball player Meredith Mitchell (Midfield, Ala.); equestrian team members Samantha Belcher (Carbondale, Colo.), Madi Berger (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Jenny Freeman (Canton, Ga.), Allison Haspel (Manhassett, N.Y.), Amelia Rogers (Burlington, Vt.), and Kelsey Thatcher (Bluffdale, Utah); gymnasts Noel Couch (Towaco, N.J.) and Gina Nuccio (Naperville, Ill.); soccer players Kathleen Eastman (Jackson Hole, Wyo.) and Maria Palumbo (Alpharetta, Ga.); women's swimmers Olivia Boggs (Smyrna, Ga.), Lauren English (Lincoln Park, N.J.), Kelsey Gaid (Roswell, Ga.) and Darcie O'Brien (Lawrenceville, Ga.); women's tennis player Lauren Herring (Greenville, N.C.); women's track athletes Sarah Akinosho (Kennesaw, Ga.), Jessica Hale (Marietta, Ga.), Marrion Kalafut (Acworth, Ga.), Kathleen LaPorte (Atlanta, Ga.), Bret McDaniel (Atlanta, Ga.), Allyson McGinty (Suwanee, Ga.), Emily McNutt (Woodstock, Ga.), Lucie Ondraschkova (Opava, Czech Republic), Sarah Perry (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Abbie Robinson (Douglasville, Ga.).
Other student-athletes with a GPA of between 3.50-3.99 are:
Baseball
David Sosebee (Cleveland, Ga.), Peter Verdin (Alexandra, Va.), Austin Wheeler (Lilburn, Ga) and Alex Wood (Charlotte, N.C.)
Men's Basketball
Matt Bucklin (Marietta, Ga.), Connor Nolte (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Elliott Long (Norcross, Ga.)
Football
David Andrews (Norcross, Ga.), Drew Butler (Duluth, Ga.), Candler Cook (Atlanta, Ga.), Matt DeGenova (Kenner, La.), Reuben Faloughi (Martinez, Ga.), Ty Frix (Calhoun, Ga.), Ethan Jackson (Sandersville, Ga.), Jesse Jones (Alto, Ga.), Connor Norman (Duluth, Ga.), Alex Parsons (Fayetteville, Ga.), Jeremy Sulek (Dacula, Ga.), Hugh Williams (Atlanta, Ga.), Wesley Van Dyk (Highland Park, Texas) and Aron White (Columbia, Mo.)
Men's Swimming
Michael Arnold (Marietta, Ga.), Christian Riess (New Orleans, La.) and Conor Sweeney (Snellville, Ga.)
Men's Tennis
Will Reynolds (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Wil Spencer (Ponce de Leon, Fla.)
Men's Track
Brian Detweiler (Stone Mountain, Ga.), Jared Dunn (Johns Creek, Ga.), Nick Long (Marietta, Ga.), Brandon Long (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Fraser Reade (Milton, Ga.), Zachary Sims (McDonough, Ga.), Steven Spevacek (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Miles Svoboda (Marietta, Ga.)
Women's Basketball
Brittney Crews (Jefferson, Ga.) and Jasmine James (Memphis, Tenn.)
Equestrian
Nicki Alexander (Atlanta, Ga.), Alex Andes (Atlanta, Ga.), Carly Anthony (Redmond, Wash.), Kelsey Berry (Alpharetta, Ga.), Olivia Dorey (Sudbury, Mass.), Ali Eidson (Tuscola, Texas), Becca Haaland (Edmond, Okla.), Katie Hagerty (Wakefield, R.I.), Hayley Haskins (Alpharetta, Ga.), Julia Hemmingway (Alpharetta, Ga.), Jacklyn Hoyt (Manlius, N.Y.), Selby Merritt (Atlanta, Ga.), Grace Rogers (Lititz, Pa.), Maria Salazar (Portland, Ore.), Rachel Stallman (Atlanta, Ga.), Paige Stawicki (Argyle, Texas) and Ali Sullivan (Wilton, Conn.)
Gymnastics
Rebekah Bennetts (Woodstock, Ga.), Kati Breazeal (Allen, Texas), Kat Ding (Sparks, Nev.) and Laura Moffatt (Kennesaw, Ga.)
Soccer
Jenna Buckley (Atlanta, Ga.) and Ashley Miller (Lake Mary, Fla.)
Softball
Kristyn Sandberg (Island Park, N.Y.) and Tiesha Reed (Elberton, Ga.)
Women's Swimming
Jordan Mattern (Aurora, Colo.), Michelle McKeehan (Greenwood, Ind.), Anna Neumeister (Marietta, Ga.), Darcie O'Brien (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Shannon Vreeland (Overland Park, Kansas), Landon Watters (Rome, Ga.)
Women's Tennis
Kate Fuller (Suwanee, Ga.), Alina Jerjomina (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Maho Kowase (Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan) and Kelli Jordan (Tifton, Ga.)
Women's Track
Leslie Boozer (Birmingham, Ala.), Ann Centner (Watkinsville, Ga.), Lindsey Ebert (Lilburn, Ga.), Emily Houston (Jensen Beach, Fla.), Savannah Kirk (Atlanta, Ga.), Kristie Krueger (Argyle, Texas), Nicole Lomnicka (Nitra, Slovakia), Eve Machovec (Augusta, Ga.), Nicole Peterson (Gaithersburg, Md.), Kelsie Stovall (New Orleans, La.), Allison Updike (Nesquehoning, Pa.) and Carin Walker (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Volleyball
Ann Dylla (Littleton, Colo.), Carla Tietz (St. Charles, Ill.) and Gabby Smiley (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Student-athletes named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll with a GPA between 3.00 and 3.49 are:
Baseball
Justin Bryan (Lavonia, Ga.), Hunter Cole (Dorman, S.C.), Luke Crumley (Cleveland, Ga.), Chase Hawkins (Snellville, Ga.), Jonathan Hester (Savannah, Ga.), Heath Holder (Loganville, Ga.), Matthew Lowery (Columbus, Ga.), Colby May (Guyton, Ga.), Michael Palazzone (Marietta, Ga.), Curtis Powell (Knoxville, Tenn.), Kevin Ruiz (Alpharetta, Ga.) and John Taylor (Acworth, Ga.)
Men's Basketball
Nemanja Djurisic (Podgorica, Montenegro)
Football
Michael Bennett (Alpharetta, Ga.), Greg Bingham (Columbia, Ga.), John Bodin (Covington, Ga.), Devin Bowman (Rossville, Ga.), Chris Burnette (LaGrange, Ga.), Corey Campbell (Hephzibah, Ga.), Luis Capella (Augusta, Ga.), Chris Conley (Dallas, Ga.), Watts Dantzler (Dalton, Ga.), Scott Eichler (Oakwood, Ga.), Michale Erdman (Merritt Island, Fla.), Merritt Hall (Alpharetta, Ga.), Austin Herod (Woodstock, Ga.), Amarlo Herrera (College Park, Ga.), Cody Johnson (Marietta, Ga.), Ben Jones (Centreville, Ala.), Kyle Karempelis (Roswell, Ga.), Tavarres King (Mount Airy, Ga.), Jack Loonam (Lexington, S.C.), Ricky Lowe (Duluth, Ga.), Taylor Maxey (Statham, Ga.), Rhett McGowan (Calhoun, Ga.), Edwin McQuillen (Newnan, Ga.), Greg Mulkey (Fairmount, Ga.), Jamal Payette (Cleveland, Ga.), Geoffrey Rapp (Kennesaw, Ga.), Michael Tamburo (Suwanee, Ga.), Paul Theus (Jacksonville, Fla.), Kosta Vavlas (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), Cornelius Washington (Hephzibah, Ga.) and Drew Wilson (Tignall, Ga.)
Men's Golf
Michael Cromie (Cary, N.C.), TK Mitchell (Albany, Ga.) and Nick Reach (Moscow, Pa.)
Men's Swimming
Tom Beeri (Yagur, Israel), Nic Fink (Morristown, N.J.) and Shane Hall (Cumming, Ga.)
Men's Tennis
Hernus Pieters (Pretoria, South Africa) and Ignacio Taboada (Atlanta, Ga.)
Men's Track
Corey Ashbourne (Smyrna, Ga.), Matt Cleaver (Marietta, Ga.), Caleb Ebbets (Leesburg, Ga.), Michael Giuliano (Alexandria, Va.), Daniel Grass (Dalton, Ga.), Burke McCarty (Dunwoody, Ga.), Brian Moore (Willow Grove, Pa.), Danny Neff (Vandalia, Ohio) and Graylin Ward (Newnan, Ga.)
Equestrian
Kylee Arbuckle (Torrance, Calif.), Louise Ashley (Newtown, Pa.), Madeline Brown (Alpharetta, Ga.), Jessica Buchko (Sarasota, Fla.), Honey Beth Campbell (Gainesville, Ga.), Melanie Carraway (Evans, Ga.), Madi Clark (Brighton, Mich.), Katie Crump (Athens, Ga.), Faith Fiorenzano (Jamestown, R.I.), Caitlyn Francis (Oak Bluffs, Mass.), Sarah Gravely (Palmetto, Fla.), Isabel Jolicoeur (Wellington, Fla.), Tara Maloney (Milton, Ga.), Anna Sasser (Jonesboro, Ga.), Lauren Shamon (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Megan Southam (Langley, B.C., Canada), Morgan Stamey (McDonough, Ga.) and Alyssa Thompson (Cumming, Ga.)
Women's Golf
Emilie Burger (Hoschton, Ga.), Tess Fordham (Metter, Ga.), Abby Johnson (Buford, Ga.) and Milena Savich (Carmel, Ind.)
Gymnastics
Mariel Box (Calhoun, Ga.), Chelsea Davis (Austin, Texas), Catherine Hires (Tampa, Fla.) and Christa Tanella (Lucas, Texas)
Soccer
Torri Allen (Stafford, Va.), Ashley Baker (Lilburn, Ga.), Madeline Barker (Atlanta, Ga.), Tori Cooper (Torrance, Calif.), Devon Fry (Newnan, Ga.), Meghan Gibbons (The Woodlands, Texas), Bella Hartley (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Nikki Hill (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Callie Corbin Langford (Tallahassee, Fla.), Ansley Morgan (St. Simons Island, Ga.), Alexa Newfield (Atlanta, Ga.), Carli Shultis (McDonough, Ga.) and Caitlin Woody (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Softball
Paige Caraway (Dozier, Ala.), Macie Couey (Milledgeville, Ga.), Gracie Goulder (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Brittney Hubbard (Victorville, Calif.), Tess Sito (Elyria, Ohio) and Anna Swafford (Dallas, Ga.)
Women's Swimming
Jessica Graber (Marietta, Ga.), Ansley Long (Kennesaw, Ga.), Melanie Margalis (Clearwater, Fla.), Amber McDermott (Mill Creek, Wash.) and Megan Molnar (Auburn, Ala.)
Women's Track
Erika Allen (Lithonia, Ga.), Maria Augutis (Gothenburg, Sweden), Katherine Bickley (Marietta, Ga.), Anna Bowles (Evans, Ga.), Emily Brewer (Snellville, Ga.), Jamie Chandler (Alpharetta, Ga.), Quintunya Chapman (Hinesville, Ga.), Rachel Donovan (Bogart, Ga.), Sheila Donovan (Bogart, Ga.), Hadley Ferguson (Fernandina Beach, Fla.), Rachael Gibson (Marietta, Ga.), Carly Hamilton (Springboro, Ohio), Taylor Hollingsworth (Columbus, Ga.), Rose Howell (Suwanee, Ga.), Brooke Koblitz (Alpharetta, Ga.), Katherine Lacksen (Sparta, Ga.), Morgann Leleux (New Iberia, La.), Courtney Long (Marietta, Ga.), Megan Malasarte (Fayetteville, Ga.), Sydney Marshall (Alpharetta, Ga.), Ali McWhirter (Atlanta, Ga.), Erika Ramsey (Atlanta, Ga.), Ashley Rosenberg (Roswell, Ga.), Ashley Shiver (Satellite Beach, Fla.), Savannah Veal (Watkinsville, Ga.) and Lauren Wilson (Douglasville, Ga.)
Volleyball
Maggie Baumert (Elkhorn, Neb.), Kathleen Gates (Wilmington, N.C.) and Brittany Northcutt (Greensboro, N.C.)
