By TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – High expectations for success in the classroom have become the norm for Tennessee Tech's student-athletes, and once again they have met their lofty goals. The 2016 Spring semester witnessed 195 students who accomplished grades of 3.0 or higher for the period.
"These impressive numbers are a tribute to our student-athletes, our coaches and our staff for making academics such a high priority," said TTU Director of Athletics Mark Wilson. "Not only are these results something to be proud of, it's especially gratifying that it happens on such a consistent basis. It is remarkable, but it has become a level of performance that we have come to expect. Our student-athletes anticipate these impressive results from themselves and their peers."
The exclusive Gold Club, recognizing those students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester, had 35 honorees.
"It continues to be a remarkable feat for our student-athletes to achieve such a high level of success, and they've done it for so many semesters," Wilson said. "The Honor Roll recognizes these young women and men, and helps us to congratulate them on a job well done.
"That level of success has become an enduring legacy that each incoming class can strive to attain and that our Athletics Department will continue to work to achieve," Wilson said.
The 35 who scored perfect grades to be listed in the Gold Club for the semester are: Allison Barlow (soccer), Olivia Bennett (softball), Marcos Bernardes (tennis), Sonel Bezuidenhout (cross country, track), Bill Dillard (football), Brett Dillard (football), John Dockery (football), Tina Driscoll (track), Neil Gannaway (golf), Abi Gearing (soccer), Hannah Goolsby (basketball), Austin Hill (support), Mitchell Hill (support), Cooper Jackson (football), Susan Jeziorowski (volleyball), Molly Kafader (soccer), Gabby Lasala (softball), Jonathan Ledbetter (support), Crystal Liebenberg (track), Shealene Little (volleyball), Cody Matthews (support), Ashely McGowan (softball), Mackenzie Miller (soccer), Lacey Nichols (dance), Elliott Normand (football), Paige Overstreet (soccer), Candace Parson (basketball), Gabby Perez (softball), Josh Poplar (football), Mitch Thomas (golf), Megan Williamson (golf), Emily Williams (soccer), Kellie Williams (volleyball), David Vance (support), and Jacklyn Zimmerman (dance).
"Everyone throughout the campus community, especially those of us within the Athletics Department, should be extremely proud of the student-athletes at Tennessee Tech as they continue to set high standards in the classroom," Wilson said. "They are students in the truest sense of the word."
The complete 2016 Spring Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll:
BASEBALL (20) –Tyler Brazelton, Chris Brown, Chase Burkett, Chase Chambers, Anthony El Chibani, Ryan Flick, Will Gardner, David Garza, Kyle Godwin, Connor Goodspeed, Matt Jones, Ty King, Trevor Maloney, Travis Moths, Seth Noel, Trevor Putzig, Brandon Smith, Jake Usher, Michael Wood, and Levi Wright.
MEN'S BASKETBALL (5) –Conner Hall, Anthony Morse, Curtis Phillips, Mason Ramsey, and Hakeem Rogers.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (4) –Brittany Cooper, Hannah Goolsby, Yaktavia Hickson, and Candace Parson.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (5) – Joshua Daugherty, Collin Gwaltney, Noah Rotich, Bernard Sigei, and Daniel Williamson.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK (18) – Sonel Bezuidenhout, Sarah Brandt, Anna Cooper, Tina Driscoll, Molly Griffin, D'Airrien Jackson, Makayla Kington, Crystal Liebenberg, Brittany McGee, Lera McNamara, Purity Murray, Andrea Retano, Eshe' Robinson, Raven Smith, Jenna Storms, Madison Stremler, Antonia Susnjar, and Currin Washington.
FOOTBALL (43) – Anthony Akers, Radir Annoor, Brady Bose, Colby Brown, Jacob Buttram, Jordan Carroll, Tim Collins, Corey Deboe, Bill Dillard, Brett Dillard, John Dockery, Myles Douglas, Senquay Eichelberger, J.P. Evans, Chris Harris, Kyron Hart, Austin Hicks, Cooper Jackson, Ty Jobe, Jimmy Laughlin, Blake Luevano, Nick Madonia, Cory Malone, Zach Malone, Chris McElderry, Isaiah McKinney, Malik Mitchell, Chandler Nelson, Elliott Normand, Riley Patton, Josh Poplar, J.T. Rankin, Corey Rathbone, Preston Reed, Terrell Rollins, Dakota Rushing, Charles Rutledge, Jordan Smith, Blake Smotherman, Sage Stockton, Andrew Swicegood, Jake Warwick, and Clint Zierke.
MEN'S GOLF (4) – Landon Albert, Neil Gannaway, Mitch Thomas, and A.J. Wilkerson.
WOMEN'S GOLF (7) – Arianna Clemmer, Haley Davidson, Allyson Dunn, Maddi Everts, Whitney Robertson, Lydia Triplett, and Megan Williamson.
SOCCER (18) – Allison Barlow, Taylor Blazei, Abi Gearing, Zoie Hensley, Mary Francis Hoots, Molly Kafader, Michaella Keyes, Courtney Manning, Mackenzie Miller, Alyssa Montgomery, Kari Naerdemann, Cassidy Ortman, Paige Overstreet, Karigan Owens, Tarah Piccirilli, Kalyn Pruett, Mayra Tarraga Manzanal, and Emily Williams.
SOFTBALL (10) – Olivia Bennett, Cortney Fry, Gabby Lasala, Ashley McGowan, Sabrie Neeb, Gabby Perez, Alyssa Richards, Madison Taylor, Leigh Ellen Thomas, and Hannah Weaver.
MEN'S TENNIS (10) – Alex Arovin, Marcos Bernardes, Alberto Esteban, Ivar Guerrero, Gagan Jain, Othon Lima, Guillermo Nicolas, Carlos Tajes, Artem Tarasov, and Yusuke Yodono.
VOLLEYBALL (10) – Sharon Anderson, Kirsten Brugere, Susan Jeziorowski, Madison Keyes, Sydney Lemon, Shealene Little, Allison Morrett, Jessica Oliver, Kennedy Wade, and Kellie Williams.
SUPPORT STAFF (23) – Austin Allen, Jacqueline Baird, Nicholas Brooks, Robert Burchfield, Caleb Cantrell, Austin Clay, Elliott De La Paz, Nicholas Gillette, Austin Hill, Madison Hill, Mitchell Hill, Megan Hutto, A.J. Kirby-Jones, Reygan Lamb, Jonathan Ledbetter, Cody Matthews, Noah Medley, Adam Neff, Jonathan Ortiz, Robert Ottinger, Anna Reese, Logan Skelton, and David Vance.
CHEER AND DANCE (18) – Taylor Atchley, Logan Crouch, Macy Eason, Savannah Hill, Allyson Kimball, Joshua Lambert, Amber Monroe, Lacey Nichols, Allison Nimmo, Katie Porter, Taylor Rucker, Cassidy Sage, Chantel Schrimpsher, Sarah Shelton, Hannah Smith, Payton Williams, Barrett Wherry, and Jacklyn Zimmerman.
