University of Georgia Athletics
UGA Student-Athletes Honored at Annual Awards Banquet
April 21, 2014 | General
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Interviews with several student-athletes at the annual UGA Student-Athletes Award Banquet held Monday night.
Award Presentation Videos:
A. Murray | A. Schmitt | C. Burnette | K. Fuller | A. Gemmell | S. Vreeland
April 21, 2014
| ATHENS, Ga. - The University of Georgia Athletic Association hosted its annual student-athletes award banquet on Monday evening, highlighted by swimmers Andrew Gemmell and Shannon Vreeland announced as Georgia's nominees for the Boyd McWhorter SEC Postgraduate Scholarship. Georgia alum and two-time Masters Winner Bubba Watson made a surprise guest appearance prior to the start of the banquet, where he spoke to student-athletes about the importance of maintaing success and strong leadership characteristics both in the classroom and on the playing field. Seniors Chris Burnette (football) and Kate Fuller (women's tennis) were named Georgia's nominees for the SEC Community Service Postgraduate Scholarships, while sophomore Brandie Jay (gymnastics) and senior Hernus Pieters (men's tennis) were named recipients of the UGA Athletic Association Sportsmanship-Ethics Award. Pieters also received the Athletic Association's annual Inspiration Award. Aaron Murray was chosen as the UGAAA Athlete of the Year, while swimmer Allison Schmitt claimed the award on the women's side. The women's tennis team and the men's cross country team were recognized as the recipients of the Faculty Athletics Representative's award, after earning the highest team grade point averages of 3.48 and 3.18, respectively, during the 2012-13 academic year. |
| Other special award winners include:
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Marilyn Vincent Scholar-Athlete Award:
Dick Bestwick Scholar-Athlete Award: Scholar-Athlete Awards | |
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| These awards are presented to a student-athlete, or athletes, from each team who had the highest GPA at the conclusion of the last academic year. | |
| Baseball | Grant Earls |
| Men's Basketball | Taylor Eckles |
| Football | Rueben Faloughi |
| Men's Golf | Brian Carter |
| Men's Swimming | Christian Riess & Ty Stewart |
| Men's Tennis | Garrett Brasseaux |
| Men's Track | Jared Dunn |
| Women's Basketball | Marjorie Butler |
| Equestrian | Maria Salazar & Kate Skogland |
| Women's Golf | Sylvie Brick |
| Gymnastics | Anysia Unick |
| Soccer | Lily Rios |
| Softball | Tiesha Reed |
| Women's Swimming | Olivia Boggs |
| Women's Tennis | Lauren Herring |
| Women's Track | Lucie Ondraschkova |
| Volleyball | Lauren Teknipp |
Academic Achievement certificates | |
| These certificates are presented to student-athletes who have exhibited intense focus and/or displayed a marked improvement in the classroom over the course of the past academic year. Honorees have shown extraordinary academic growth by accepting the challenge to become leaders in the classroom. Their competitive desire to become the best student they can be makes them deserving of this award. This group represents the top 5% in terms of academic effort, intensity, and focus. | |
| Baseball | David Gonzalez, Sean McLaughlin |
| Basketball | Marjorie Butler, Marcus Thornton |
| Equestrian | Kylee Arbuckle, Rachel Kolb |
| Football | Mike Thornton, Faton Bauta, Xzavier Ward, Sterling Bailey, Kosta Vavlas |
| Golf | Sylvie Brick |
| Michael Cromie | |
| Gymnastics | Lindsey Cheek |
| Soccer | Lilly Rios |
| Softball | Tiesha Reed |
| Swimming | Jared Markham |
| Nick Salyers | |
| Hali Flickinger | |
| Brittney Maclean | |
| Darcie O'Brien | |
| Tennis | Lilly Kimbell |
| Garrett Brasseaux | |
| Track | Marion Kalafut |
| Chanice Porter | |
| Nick Vena | |
| Kisean Smith | |
| Volleyball | Jasmine Eatmon |
4.0 Cumulative GPA
Ty StewartDeborah Doverspike
Chantal Van Landeghem
3.70 Cumulative GPA or higher
Connor NormanGreg Bingham
Nick Fink
Andrew Gemmell
Aidan Sweeney
Christian Reiss
Nick Salyers
Kisean Smith
Nick Vena
Jared Dunn
Marjorie Butler
Nicki Alexander
Morgan Beavers
Madison Berger
Julia Hemingway
Morgan Justiss
Rachel Kolb
Kathryn Skoglund
Paige Stawicki
Kelsey Thatcher
Anysia Unick
Lily Rios
Olivia Boggs
Maddie Locus
Anna Neumeister
Laura Ryan
Shannon Vreeland
Lauren Herring
Marion Kalafut
Amelia Watson
Lucie Ondraschkova
Players Mentioned
