Lipscomb leads A-Sun in All-Academic honorees
6/28/2012 2:19:00 PM | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball
The Atlantic Sun has released the names of student-athletes who earned All-Academic honors for the 2011-12 academic year, with Lipscomb’s 187 honorees the most among conference institutions.
More than 65 percent of conference student-athletes earned All-Academic status for the 2011-12 academic year, establishing a new record for conference academic excellence. Student-athletes earn All-Academic honors if they obtain a 3.0 or better grade-point average while maintaining status as a full-time student.
With 74 percent of student-athletes earning a place on the squad, Lipscomb had the second-highest percentage of student-athletes to earn the honor.
Eight student-athletes were placed on the President’s Scholar registry for completing their eligibility with a 3.8 GPA or better: Catherine Beals (women’s cross country/track), Brittany Duerk (women’s basketball/track), Kirsten Heikkinen (women’s soccer), Whitney Kiihnl (softball), Ashley Lehman (women’s cross country/track), Leah McAlister (women’s basketball), Evan McGee (men’s soccer) and Katie Rose (volleyball). Duerk, Heikkinen, Lehman and Rose were among eight conference student-athletes to graduate with 4.0 GPA’s.
Among 46 A-Sun student-athletes to earn Commissioner’s Scholar honors (3.6-3.79 GPA upon graduation), three were Lipscomb graduates: Anna Bowers (women’s basketball), Aaron Todd (men’s cross country/track) and Elizabeth Keevil (women’s tennis).
Fifty-one Lipscomb student-athletes earned Conference Scholar honors for maintaining a GPA of 3.4 or better for two consecutive years.
All told, the A-Sun recognized 1,416 as All-Academic selections for their work in the classroom. Additionally, 89 percent of the A-Sun’s conference champions had at least half of the athletes on their rosters earned All-Academic status.
Lipscomb All-Academic Honorees (* - Denotes Conference Scholar)
Baseball
Tyson Ashcraft
Will Blalock
Hunter Brothers
Joey Cecere
Noah Chandler
Josh Cotham*
Jonathan Craycraft*
Anthony Difelice
Tennyson Dodd*
Blake Fonfara*
David Hackett
Logan Hostettler
Jaesung Hwang
Jacob Knott
Zach Lowery
Diego Martinez
Shawn Mehring
Zak Messer*
Griffin Moore
Erik Natusch
Gil Rehwinkel
Austin Schubert
Connor Sinclair
Aaron Spragg
Taylor Stewart
Dan Strable
Lee Wilson*
Jordan Zelhart
Men’s Basketball
Jacob Arnett*
Zack Ellis
Justin Glenn
Stephen Hurt
Chad Johnson
Carter Sanderson
Zavion Williams
Women’s Basketball
Anna Bowers
Shanice Burnette
Brittany Duerk
Morgan Faulkner*
Leah McAlister
Chelsea McMeans*
Hannah Phillips*
Jess Reece
Sasha Robinson
O’Neisha Smith
Erika Thornsberry
Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field
Benjamin Ashley
Adam Austin
Dan Coleman
Matthew Deery
Ben Fennell*
Ashton Fisher
Kevin Floyd
Ryan Gadsey
Tyler Glenn
Isaiah Greer*
Tate Honaker
Andrew Jones
Bradford Lineberry
Cliff Long
Caleb Love
Alexander McMeen
Tim Muller*
Geoff Musick
Tucker Peabody*
Austin Ray
Logan Ray
Benton Reed*
Dillon Seigenthaler*
Kenny Smith
Aaron Todd
Zak Vruwink
Houston Ward
Andrew Wolf
Ben Wright*
Mike Yang
Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field
Catherine Beals
Anna Belner
Katie Bunker*
Kaitlyn Collier
Abigail Dodson
Missy Dowd*
Minna Fields
Reba Francisco
Tessa Hoefle*
Ali Keith*
Maggie Lawrence
Ashley Lehman
Kaitlyn Llewellyn
Kendra Lobley
Emily Longden*
Shelby Marvel
Taylor Mason*
Melissa Matis
Jaimie McFarland
Megan McClain
Renee Menzie
Alyssa Miller
Alex Newby*
Lacey Printz*
Julie Shrewsbury*
Sara Stephens
Natalie Stewart
April Terry
Brenna Thompson
Amanda Twigg*
Louisa Van Batavia
Dani Walker*
Valerie Winkler
Men’s Golf
Frank Combs
Alex Cox
Paul Kleine-Kracht
Zach Pursell
Ryan Terry
Women’s Golf
MacKenzy Carter*
Casey Edwards
Sabrina Ferreri
Danielle Grace
Samantha Khan
Sarah McFarlin
Savanna Schubert
Men’s Soccer
Deven Bahadoorsingh
Evan Beutler
Tyler Burkhart*
Matt Coffey
Omar Djabi
Zander El-Hindi
Kyle Erickson
Robbie Johnson
Matthew Kerridge
Drew Longinotti*
Evan McGee
Garret Pettis
Jeremy Reid*
Josh Robert
Lucas Salmen*
AJ Schlitt
Ethan Summers*
Women’s Soccer
Taylor Bearden
Danielle Bethke*
Allison Brown
Nicole Bryant*
Karli Crosby
Kirsten Heikkinen
Meghan McGuire
Jenna Price
Kelsey Reiman*
Stephanie Romero
Brittany Rupple
Kameron Stilwell*
Andrea Thornton*
Ariel Vinson
Courtney Williams*
Katie Wood*
Erin Zerio
Softball
Gracey Aguirre
Ashley Anderson*
Bridgette Begle*
Kelsey Cartwright
Shelby Cunningham*
Haley Elliott
Whitney Kiihnl
Mollie Mitchell
Kristen Sturdivant
Bree Thurman*
Brianne Welch
Men’s Tennis
Tanner Brown
Miguel Cortez
Chad Pierron
William Shaw*
Oliver Strecker*
Stuart Tierney
Women’s Tennis
Alyssa Bellini*
Jennifer Borck
Samantha Bowman*
Elizabeth Keevil
Deahna Welcher
Volleyball
Jewell Dobson
Caitlin Dotson*
Abby Fay
Lauren Ford
Kaycee Green
Jordan Huston
Sophie Kellerman
Claire Peterson*
Katie Rose
Megan Stout
