University of Tennessee Athletics
UT Puts 41 On Winter SEC Honor Roll
April 19, 2017 | General
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tennessee placed 41 student-athletes on the 2016-17 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll, as announced on Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The UT women's swimming and diving team had 21 student-athletes posting GPAs of 3.0 or higher. The men's team was next with 14 named to the honor roll. Women's basketball put four on the list, while men's hoops had a pair of honorees.
A total of 701 student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll, which includes the sports of basketball, equestrian, gymnastics and swimming & diving. Inclusion is based on grades from the 2016 spring, fall and winter terms.
Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution's NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The following criteria will be followed: (1) A student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship.
Below is a list of Tennessee student-athletes named to the 2016-17 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll:
Men's Basketball
- Kyle Alexander -- Communication Studies
- Brad Woodson -- Kinesiology
Women's Basketball
- Diamond DeShields -- Communication Studies
- Kortney Dunbar -- Recreation and Sport Management
- Jordan Reynolds -- Recreation and Sport Management
- Mercedes Russell -- Communication Studies
Men's Swimming & Diving
- Hayden Burns -- Anthropology
- Ryan Coetzee -- Accounting
- Ross Dibblin -- Supply Chain Management
- Matthew Dunphy -- Ed Health Human Science Exploration Track
- David Heron -- Recreation /Sport Management
- Michael Howell -- Communication Studies
- Duncan Johnson -- Modern Foreign Lang/Literature
- Sam McHugh -- Geology and Environmental Study
- Evan Pinion -- Recreation /Sport Management
- Ty Powers -- Communication Studies
- Joey Reilman -- Industrial Engineering
- Sam Rice -- Biological Sciences
- Peter John Stevens -- Management
- Liam Stone -- Kinesiology
Women's Swimming & Diving
- Emily Allen -- Recreation/Sport Management
- Madeline Banic -- Kinesiology
- Micah Bohon -- Sociology
- Colleen Callahan -- Nutrition
- Michelle Cefal -- Nutrition
- Alex Cleveland -- Biological Sciences
- Leslie Cole -- Biological Sciences
- Morgan Dickson -- Marketing
- Patricia Forrester -- Recreation/Sport Management
- Hannah Holman -- Audiology/Speech Pathology
- Carrie Johnson -- Recreation /Sport Management
- Brianna Leverenz -- Kinesiology
- Sean Meyers -- Geology and Environmental Study
- Camryne Morris -- Supply Chain Management
- Christina Paspalas -- Nutrition
- Emily Pelletier -- Animal Science
- Rachel Rubadue -- Journalism & Electronic Media
- Madeline Tegner -- Business Analytics
- Kira Toussaint -- Kinesiology
- Meg Wiggins -- Business Analytics
- Bailey Wind -- Communication Studies
