Gamecocks top SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

[Chris Clark]

For Ninth Straight Year, Gamecocks Top SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Seventy-seven South Carolina student-athletes made the 2014 Southeastern Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll, over 10 percent of the 721 honored by the league and commissioner Mike Slive.

The 2014 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2014 spring, summer and fall 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 should 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 segment.

The Gamecocks led the way for the ninth consecutive fall listing. Kentucky posted 63 student-athletes on the list to rank second, while Arkansas' 57 stood third.

The Gamecock honorees are as follows:

Football (35):
Jerell Adams - Public Health
Landon Ard - Sport Management
KJ Brent - Hospitality Management
Damiere Byrd - Sport Management
A.J. Cann - African American Studies
Pharoh Cooper - Sport Management
Ryland Culbertson - Sport Management
Jordan Diaz - Exercise Science
Jordan Diggs - Interdisciplinary Studies
Gerald Dixon Jr. - Interdisciplinary Studies
Elliott Fry - Psychology
Garrison Gist - Art Studio
Deon Green - Business
Kelsey Griffin - Sport Management
Ali Groves - Business
TJ Gurley - ITEC
Austin Hails - Biological Sciences
Coleman Harley - Public Health
Mason Harris - Hospitality Management
T.J. Holloman - Accounting
Tyler Hull - Economics
Rico McWilliams - Sociology
Kyle Morini - Mathematics
Brendan Nosovitch - Finance
Devin Potter - Exercise Science
Sidney Rhodes - Public Health
Cory Robinson- Hospitality Management
Jasper Sasser - Sport Management
Brandon Shell - Sociology
Will Sport - Business Management
Dylan Thompson - Sport Management
Cody Waldrop - Criminal Justice
Devin Washington - Business
Kane Whitehurst - Retail Management
Drew Williams - Anthropology

Men's Soccer (8):
Asa Kryst - Business Management
Devin L'Amoreaux - Finance
Koty Millard - Exercise Science
Jeffrey Torda - Accounting
Dan Traxler - Exercise Science
Braeden Troyer - Mathematics
Kurtis Turner - Criminal Justice
Marco Velez - Sport Management

Women's Soccer (22):
Coryn Bajema - Arts Studio
Emily Ball - Biomedical Engineering
Paige Bendell - Accounting
Emily Bollinger - Nursing
Abbey Crider - Physical Education
Sabrina D'Angelo - Exercise Science
Bay Daniel - Retailing
Iris Dayton - Psychology
Chelsea Drennan - Pharmacy
Caroline Gray - Accounting
Daija Griffin - Public Relations
Sophie Groff - Elementary Education
Raina Johnson - Marketing
Kaleigh Kurtz - Biological Sciences
Lindsey Lane - Exercise Science
Taylor Leach - Exercise Science
Christa Neary - Psychology
Stevi Parker - Exercise Science
Carly Ray - Exercise Science
Evelyn Robinson - Business Undecided
Andie Romness - Marketing
Claire Studebaker - Chemistry

Volleyball (12):
Jacqy Angermiller - Fashion Merchandising
KoKo Atoa-Williams - Exercise Science
Sarah Blomgren - Exercise Science
Caroline Cann - Interdisciplinary Studies
Mikaela Christiaansen - Interdisciplinary Studies
Darian Dozier - Business
Abby Feruck - Retail Management
Elizabeth Johnbull - Public Health
Megan Kirkland - Exercise Science
Katlyn McDaniel - Education
Kellie McNeil - Sport Management
Taylr McNeil - Nursing

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

Unfortunately this doesn't beat Clemmons or win the SEC.

 

[Cackdiesel]

Congratulations to these athletes but this is a worthless way to compare our academics vs the academics of the other conference schools. Do our students work harder or are higher gpas easier to achieve at South Carolina? I see this kind of stuff at Clemson every year too and have to laugh.

 

[Mr CockStrong]

Always great to see the Gamecocks doing well academically! Congratulations to all the student athletes on the Fall Academic Honor Roll!

Thanks for sharing that Chris!

 

[sgacock]

At least we kept the lead for 4 quarters in that one.?

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

Originally posted by sgacock:
At least we kept the lead for 4 quarters in that one.?

Bet Lorenzo Ward never made such a list.

 

[AnCRooster]

There is obviously some kind of system in place to produce these results, I just hope it's not something that comes back to bite us. This seems very Tarhole-esque to me and we know who was in charge nine years ago.