COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – They’ve done it
again. For the fifth time in the past seven semesters, the
Tennessee Tech Athletics Director’s Honor Roll has topped 200
names, with Golden Eagle students in athletics posting the
second-highest semester total in school history and coming within
two of the record. The Honor Roll recognizes students in athletics
who achieved grades of 3.0 or higher for the semester.
The exclusive Gold Club, recognizing those students with a
perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester, had 40
honorees.
The total was just shy of the record of 217 that was set in the
2010 fall semester, and the second-highest total posted since
the Honor Roll was established in 1989. In addition to those two
semesters, Tech boasted 212 names on the 2011 spring list, 210 in
the fall of 2009, and 201 in the spring of 2010.
“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,” said Mark
Wilson, TTU Director of Athletics. “The Honor Roll recognizes
these young men and women, and helps us to congratulate them on a
job well done.
"These impressive numbers are a tribute to our student-athletes,
our coaches and our staff for making academics such a high
priority,” he said. “Not only are these results
something to be proud of, it’s especially gratifying that it
happens on such a consistent basis.”
The 40 who scored perfect grades to be listed in the Gold Club for
the semester are: Slade Adams (football), Kris Cambron (soccer),
Rebecca Cline (track/cross country), Kellie Cook (basketball),
Kylie Cook (basketball), Samantha Cook (softball), Jared Davis
(football), Matthew Duncan (support), Tanner Garland (golf),
Kaleigh Gates (softball), Allison Geer (golf), Timothy Graham
(baseball), Zephan Guyear (baseball), Emily Haile (dance), Ashleigh
Hancock (volleyball), Claudia Harke (softball), Taylor Hicks
(soccer), Jason Hyder (cheer), Ellie Iaciofano (soccer), Traci
Jones (track/cross country), Taylor Ketchum (softball), Brooklyn
Kimball (track), Seth McDonald (football), Kelsey McGohan (soccer),
Adam McLeod (cross country), Andrea Meloff (soccer), Elizabeth
Miller (track/cross country), Tiffany Milligan (dance), Haley
Morton (soccer), Lacey Nichols (dance), Luke Nientimp (baseball),
Meghan O’Donoghue (track/cross country), Dennis Ogbe
(basketball), Katie Phillips (soccer), Patrick Prewitt
(football), Brittney Spalding (softball), William Stevens
(football), Krystal Stirrup (basketball), Erica Tuck (softball),
and Samantha White (cheer).
“Everyone within the athletics department, as well as all throughout the campus community, can 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 2012 Fall Semester Athletic Director’s Honor
Roll:
BASEBALL (25) – James Abraham, Justin
Alexander, David Allen, Tristan Archer, Ben Burgess, Dylan
Boshears, Albert DelGaicco, Evan Frazier, Joseph Ganger, Timothy
Graham, Zephan Guyear, Jacob Honea, Jordan Hopkins, Daniel Miles,
Michael Morris, Luke Nientimp, Cullen Park, Nick Price, Charles
Rowland, Tevis Sherfield, Ross Spurgeon, Brandon Thomasson, Andy
Williams, Austin Wulf and Zach Zarzour.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (3) – Jud Dillard,
Mitchell Hill and Dennis Ogbe.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (15) – Katherine
Barker, Christina Caddy, Kellie Cook, Kylie Cook, Lashay Davis,
Mariah Dean, Quira Demery, Jala Harris, Molly Heady, Diamond
Henderson, Kayla Kimes, Candace Parson, Hope Scantland, Krystal
Stirrup and T’Keyah Williams.
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (7) – Kolbe
Andrzejewski, Matt Bishop, John Greene, Michael Mahan, Adam McLeod,
Sterling Smith and Nathan Snow.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK (18)
– Madison Borden, Kendale Caldwell, Rebecca Cline, Dalis
Connell, Yeshi Dohrmann, Rebecca Forbes, Traci Jones, Margarett
Holder, Brooklyn Kimball, Landry Loving, Katie Lowery Amelia McCoy,
Elizabeth Miller, Meghan O’Donoghue, Jenna Philpott, Haley
Wennerstrom, Peri Winborne and Lacy Yslas.
FOOTBALL (43) – Slade Adams, Radir
Annoor, Michael Baker, Stepfon Boyd, Matthew Brown, Stephen Bush,
Kevin Carter, Brett Cavender, William Chatmon, Carter Crutchfield,
Jared Davis, Brett Dillard, Nick Fletcher, Cody Forbes, Neil
Gannaway, Chris Harris, Kyron Hart, Taylor Hennigan, Jamere Hogue,
Marty Jones, Jerry King, Tre Lamb, Robin Maitland, Corey Malone,
Cody Matthews, Brannon McCoin, Deosha McColley, Cory McDonald, Seth
McDonald, Caleb Mitchell, Malcolm Mitchell, Lamar Moore, Patrick
Prewitt, John Rankin, John Reeves, Jordan Smith, Conor Sparkman,
Hunter Spencer, William Stevens, Parker Teeter, Adam Urbano, David
Woodall and Luke Woodason.
MEN’S GOLF (7) – Adam Cunningham,
Tanner Garland, Mason Griffin, Greg Kitts, Mitchell Thomas, Maxx
Verble and Lee Whitehead.
WOMEN’S GOLF (4) – Katherine Bell,
Allison Geer, Amanda Randolph and Megan Williamson.
SOCCER (18) – Allison Barlow, Taylor
Blazei, Jordan Brown, Kris Cambron, Leigh Heffner, Taylor Hicks,
Ellie Iaciofano, Amanda Koch, Mackenzie Miller, Kelsey McGohan,
Andrea Meloff, Haley Morton, Katie Phillips, Shannon Rountree, Alex
Stevenson, Taylor Sutton, Julie Thompson and Jessica Wilson.
SOFTBALL (19) – Olivia Bennett, Melody
Christian, Samanatha Cook, Hannah Eldridge, Kayla Floyd, Kaleigh
Gates, Christian Gibbs, Claudia Harke, Kendall Hooper, Taylor
Ketchum, Danielle McHugh, Angi Sakamoto, Brittney Spalding,
Chanelle Spalding, Madison Taylor, Erica Tuck, Hannah Weaver,
Mekenzie Weems and Kathryn Whetstone.
MEN’S TENNIS (5) – Alex Chen,
Alejandro Augusto, Vasily Eremeev, Ezequiel Gils and Othon Lima.
VOLLEYBALL (11) – Madi Comperry, Ellen
Conti, Kelsey Gray, Ashleigh Hancock, Madison Keyes, Audrey Lewis,
Christina Maci, Allison May, Natalie Penrod, Elise Robertson and
Sarah Teel.
SUPPORT STAFF (22) – Chuck Acheson, John
Albertson, Bryce Arnold, Brandon Barnes, Samantha Barr, Britnie
Bobrick, Corey Boyd, Nick Campbell, Jeremy Collins, Michael Cooper,
Matthew Duncan, Stewart Fanning, Donald Gatts, Alex Hutto, William
Housely, Justin Matheney, Oceana Richards, Adelia Smith, Lauren
Starr, Nathan Stephens, Joseph Tiller and Justin Wakefield.
CHEER AND DANCE (18) – Macy Barnes,
Samantha Clark, Macy Cole, Morgan Dibbs, Amanda Dunham, Brandon
Gilmore, Emily Haile, Heather Howard, Jason Hyder, Tiffany
Milligan, Lacy Nichols, Carly Owens, Brenden Phillips, Emily Roach,
Rachel Siler, Katie Vaughn, Samantha White and Preston Weaver.