University of Tennessee Athletics
UT Puts 54 On First-Year SEC Honor Roll
June 28, 2017 | General
Student-Athletes Achieved GPAs Of 3.0 Or Higher
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tennessee placed 54 student-athletes on the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, as announced Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The baseball program led the way for UT with eight student-athletes honored. Rowing had six make the cut, followed by softball, men's swimming and diving, and women's swimming and diving with five; football and volleyball with four; soccer and men's golf with three; men's basketball, women's basketball, women's tennis and women's track & field with two; and women's golf, men's tennis and men's track & field with one.
A total of 902 student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2016-17 academic calendar.
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 will 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.
Below is a list of Tennessee student-athletes named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll:
The baseball program led the way for UT with eight student-athletes honored. Rowing had six make the cut, followed by softball, men's swimming and diving, and women's swimming and diving with five; football and volleyball with four; soccer and men's golf with three; men's basketball, women's basketball, women's tennis and women's track & field with two; and women's golf, men's tennis and men's track & field with one.
A total of 902 student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2016-17 academic calendar.
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 will 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.
Below is a list of Tennessee student-athletes named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll:
Baseball
- Jay Charleston - Supply Chain Management
- Connor Darling - Supply Chain Management
- Pete Derkay - Supply Chain Management
- Will Heflin - Economics
- Andre Lipcius - Nuclear Engineering
- Luc Lipcius - Nuclear Engineering
- Reggie Southall - Therapeutic Recreation
- Garrett Stallings - Supply Chain Management
Men's Basketball
- Jordan Bone - Finance
- Lew Evans - Agricultural Leadership, Education and CommunicationsÂ
Women's Basketball
- Kamera Harris - Management
- Schaquilla Nunn - Human Resource Management
Football
- Jarrett Guarantano - Psychology
- Brandon Johnson - Communication Studies
- Ryan Johnson - Civil Engineering
- Marcus Tatum - Recreation/Sport Management
Men's Golf
- Brayden Garrison - Business Analytics
- Rhys Nevin - Sport Management
- Hunter Wolcott - Finance
Women's Golf
- Micheala Williams - Electrical Engineering
Rowing
- Rebecca Caruso - Kinesiology
- Mikayla Dutton - Business Exploratory
- Anna Irving - Management
- Jenna McGrath - Chemical Engineering
- Ana Pelic - Journalism & Electronic Media
- Brenna Randall - History
Soccer
- Claire Franks - Special Education
- Mady Hairston - Kinesiology
- Maddie Krejci - Journalism & Electronic Media
Softball
- Caylan Arnold - Biological Sciences
- Cailin Hannon - Speech Pathology
- Jenna Holcomb - Business
- Shelby Robinson - Business Analytics
- Chelsea Seggern - Kinesiology
Men's Swimming and Diving
- Jared Clance - Biological Sciences
- Matthew Garcia - Supply Chain Management
- Marc Hinawi - Chemical Engineering
- Nathan Murray - Food and Agricultural Business
- Tim Raab - Mechanical Engineering
Women's Swimming and Diving
- Mary Cayten Brakefield - Retail and Consumer Sciences
- Erika Brown - Kinesiology
- Tess Cieplucha - Geology and Environmental Studies
- Madison Graham - Anthropology
- Annie Waldum - Pre Professional Programs
Men's Tennis
- Luca Wiedenmann - Management
Women's Tennis
- Ariadna Riley - Biological Sciences
- Johanna Silva - Aerospace Engineering
Men's Track & Field
- Joseph Maxwell - Marketing
Women's Track & Field
- Brooklynn Broadwater - Kinesiology
- Tamia Crockett - Biological Sciences
Volleyball
- Alyssa Andreno - Kinesiology
- Tessa Grubbs - Kinesiology
- Sedona Hansen - Business Administration/Management
- Asha Phillips - Kinesiology
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