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January 13, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE USE CONTACT: Melissa Cebold – 972-422-9500, ext. 107; [email protected] Southland Conference Announces Commissioner’s Honor Roll for 2015 Fall Semester Total of 191 student-athletes record 4.0 grade-point averages FRISCO, Texas – A total of 1,039 student-athletes have been named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s 2015 Fall Academic Honor Roll, the league ofice announced Wednesday. This year’s list boasts ive student-athletes of the year, three players of the year and a total of 191 student-athletes with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during the fall semester. The honor roll includes student-athletes who took part in men’s and women’s cross country, football, volleyball and soccer. Central Arkansas and Sam Houston State led the conference as each schools had 105 student-athletes represented on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Central Arkansas boasted 14 student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA with ive cross country athletes, one football, ive women’s soccer and three volleyball players. Sophomore volleyball athletes Megan Nash was this year’s student- athlete of the year as she holds a perfect grade point average for the Sugar Bears. UCA’s honors included 16 men’s cross country runners, 18 women’s cross country runners, 40 football players, 22 women’s soccer athletes and eight volleyball players. Sam Houston State’s 105 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll included 21 players with a perfect 4.0 GPA including eight 4.0’s from women’s soccer with Katelyn Bunch (biomedical sciences), Kylie Dick (criminal justice), Katie Ferrara (criminal justice), Kyle Hambleton (management of information systems), Ashley Long (international studies), Shelby McDaniel- Braud (MBA), Megan Ross (family consumer sciences) and Whitney Woodard (health sciences). The Bearkats had18 cross country athletes, 51 football players, 20 women’s soccer players and 15 volleyball student-athletes complete the list. UIW compiled 101 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll including 15 athletes with a 4.0 GPA. Cross country and football each yielded ive student-athletes with a perfect mark including Garret Cortez (business – Continued – y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• management), Chris Winski (biology), Lindsey Frost (fashion merchandising), Katelyn Mead (sociology), Emily Wilson (biology), Trent Brittain (criminal justice), Blake Klumpp (business administration), Trevor Mason (sports management), George Schwanenberg (rehabilitative services) and Taylor Woods (business administration). Northwestern State tallied 99 student-athletes on this fall’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll including 20 athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs. Seven football athletes, six women’s soccer players, ive volleyball athletes and two cross country runners completed the fall semester with perfect marks. Stephen F. Austin’s 97 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll included 12 with an unblemished grade point average. Featured on the list for SFA is women’s soccer Player of the Year recipient junior Amanda Doyle (kinesiology) and women’s soccer Student-Athlete of the Year junior Brooke Dunnigan (food and nutrition dietetics). The Lumberjacks boasted six men’s cross country runners and 38 football athletes while the Ladyjacks tallied 25 women’s cross country runner with 18 women’s soccer players and eight volleyball student-athletes. Abilene Christian completed the fall semester with 90 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll including 24 students with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Among the 15 cross country runners with a perfect mark was junior Alexandria Hackett (inancial management) who was also the league’s athlete of the year and student-athlete of the year for women’s cross country. Football also claimed the student-athlete of the year honors with sophomore Sam Denmark who is studying engineering. Thirty-six football athletes, 24 women’s soccer players and 14 volleyball student-athletes rounded out the list for the Wildcats. Lamar tallied 88 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll including 23 students with a perfect mark for the fall semester. Men’s cross country runner Iliass Aouani was this year’s athlete of the year on the men’s side as posted a 3.76 in general studies. Aounai was accompanied by seven cross country athletes with 4.0 GPAs with Sean Chalmers (kinesiology), Tye Norman (exercise science), Tobias Riker (business administration, Gabriel Steffensen (general business), Molly Betmead (mechanical engineering), Jannika John (kinesiology) and Verity Ockenden (english). Southeastern Louisiana had 84 student-athlete on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll with 19 of those students with a perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall semester. Eight of those 19 perfect came from the women’s soccer team with Lauren Babcock (criminal justice), Hannah Benton (inance), Amber Lasher (kinesiology/ sport management), Cheyenne Maxwell (kinesiology/sport management), Elizabeth McMurray (inance), Casey Peacock (criminal justice), Kim Porch (kinesiology/exercise science) and Megan Simon (psychology). Southeastern had seven men’s cross country, 16 women’s cross country, 31 football, 21 women’s soccer and nine volleyball student-athletes make the list. Of the 79 student-athletes represented on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for Houston Baptist 11 of them posted a perfect 4.0 GPA. Women’s soccer led all sports with four members receiving a 4.0 during the fall semester with Elizabeth Adams (kinesiology), Jessa LeBlanc (legal studies), Kristi O’Brien (kinesiology) and Charlotte Vancura (cinema and new media arts). Women’s cross country yielded three student-athletes with perfect marks while football and volleyball each had two and men’s cross country complete the semester with one student with a 4.0 GPA. McNeese State had 74 student-athletes make the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the fall semester including 14 students with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The Cowboy’s men’s cross country runner of the year Nathan Jones claimed a spot on the list with a 3.47 GPA in health educations. The cross country teams combined for six – Continued – 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150 • Frisco, TX 75034 • (p) 972.422.9500 • (f) 972.422.9225 • www.southland.org y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• perfect GPAs while football and women’s soccer each claimed four perfect marks. Nicholls complete the semester with 63 student-athletes earning a spot on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll including six students with a perfect mark. Women’s cross country runner Hannah Naquin (psychology) (b, football’s Dash Duncan (biology pre-med/pre-dentistry) and Geoffrey Herbert (inance), and women’s soccer’s Amanda Boylson (nursing), Nicole Dupin (communicative disorders) and Ainsley Pratt (biology pre-med/pre-dentistry) and volleyball’s Alyse Barac (dietetics) each inished with a 4.0 GPA for the Colonels. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi completed the fall semester with 40 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll inducing nine student-athletes with a perfect mark. Cross country and women’s soccer each had four student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA while volleyball had one player with a lawless semester. New Orleans had 14 student-athletes represented on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll with men’s cross country runner Federico Machado (international studies) and volleyball athlete Kaitlyn Grice (biology) claiming perfect semesters. The Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll acknowledges participants in all sports sponsored by the league and its member institutions. The honor roll is released within 30 days at the conclusion of the fall and spring semesters, recognizing student-athletes who maintained a minimum 3.00 GPA. Student-athletes, nominated by their respective academic advisors, must have been eligible to compete in a conference sport during the academic year in which the nomination occurs. Southland Conferece Commissioner’s Honor Roll – Fall 2015 Abilene Christian – 90 Name Cl. GPA Sport Major Hometown John Baker So. 3.30 M Cross Country Accounting Atlanta, Texas Daniel Block Sr. 3.35 M Cross Country Convergence Journalism Dalmeny, Saskatchewan Ryan Cleary So. 4.00 M Cross Country Accounting Prosper, Texas Lincoln Jones So. 4.00 M Cross Country Management Brentwood, Tenn. Taylor Ochs Sr. 3.25 M Cross Country Kinesiology Midland, Texas Sterlen Paul Jr. 3.81 M Cross Country Kinesiology Enterprise, Trinidad and Tobago Reid Rivers Sr. 3.80 M Cross Country Vocational Ministry Juneau, Alaska Diana García Muñoz Sr. 3.80 W Cross Country Accounting Phoenix, Ariz. Carnley Graham Fr. 4.00 W Cross Country Environmental Science Prosper, Texas Marina Guerrero Sr. 4.00 W Cross Country Animal Science Banyoles, Spain Alexandria Hackett Jr. 4.00 W Cross Country Financial Management Cranston, R.I. Michaela Hackett Jr. 4.00 W Cross Country Financial Management Cranston, R.I. Petrene Plummer Sr. 3.30 W Cross Country Kinesiology Troy, Jamaica Gabby Thompson So. 3.25 W Cross Country Communication New Braunfels, Texas Aubrey Till Fr. 4.00 W Cross Country Financial Management Cañon City, Colo. Roberto Alaniz Sr. 3.30 Football Kinesiology Roma, Texas Andren Anderson Fr. 3.20 Football Engineering Lubbock, Texas Josh Bloom Sr. 3.00 Football Composite Interdisciplinary Kingwood, Texas De’Andre Brown Jr. 3.07 Football Kinesiology Lewisville, Texas Danny Burke So. 3.75 Football Marketing Tulsa, Okla. Mitch Cantwell Fr. 3.50 Football Management Albuquerque, N.M. Sam Denmark So. 3.30 Football Engineering Las Cruces, N.M. Adrian Duncan Jr. 3.35 Football Kinesiology Cedar Park, Texas Quincy Dunn Fr. 3.20 Football Advertising/Public Relations Lancaster, Texas David Forrister Fr. 4.00 Football Biochemistry Llano, Texas – Continued – 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150 • Frisco, TX 75034 • (p) 972.422.9500 • (f) 972.422.9225 • www.southland.org y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Austin Gibson Fr. 3.00 Football Management Roanoke, Texas Joseph Graves Fr. 3.06 Football Engineering Spring, Texas Kelly Griggs-Bell Gr. 3.33 Football Liberal Arts Frisco, Texas Reese Gwin Jr. 4.00 Football Convergence Journalism Nashville, Tenn. Bailey Hale So. 3.80 Football Management Iowa Park, Texas Chandler Hehr Fr.