Eight Tennessee basketball players and 24 members of the Vols’ and Lady Vols' swimming and diving squads made the 2008 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll, as released by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. A total of 367 conference student-athletes were named from the 12 league member schools.

Tennessee’s winter sports honorees are:

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Quinn Cannington, Soph., Psychology

Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Jr., Civil Engineering

Jordan Howell, Sr., Finance

Steven Pearl, Soph., Business

Tanner Wild, Jr., Sport Management

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Nicky Anosike, Sr., Sociology/Political Science/Legal Studies

Shannon Bobbitt, Sr., Psychology

Candace Parker, Sr., Sport Management

MEN’S SWIMMING

Jim Dabney, Jr., Human Resource Management

Andrew Engle, Sr., Communication Studies

Stephen Fortney, Jr., Logistics

Greg Houchin, Sr., Psychology

Peter McVey, Sr., Public Relations

Barry Murphy, Jr., Communications

Jonas Persson, Jr., Legal Studies

Ryan Rincon, Sr., Psychology

Jordan Walters, Soph., Theatre

Chris Wary, Sr., Finance

Scott Wherry, Jr., Biomedical Engineering

Michael Wolfe, Sr., Mechanical Engineering

Travis Wright, Sr., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Brooke Boncher, Sr., Studio Art – Sculpture

Maria Jugan, Jr., Animal Sciences, Pre-Vet

Betsy Lange, Jr., Exercise Science

Lauren LeRoy, Sr., Exercise Science

Vicky Linnell, Sr., Psychology

Christine Magnuson, Sr., Exercise Science

Carly Mathes, Jr., Business

Sarah McCall, Jr., Audiology and Speech Pathology

Staley McCartney, Jr., Social Work

Brittany Nauta, Jr., Communication Studies

Danyelle Vincent, Sr., Exercise Science and Studio Art

Only student-athletes whose teams compete primarily during the winter months are eligible for the winter listing. The 2007-08 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2007 spring, summer and fall terms, in addition to the following criteria: (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; and (5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.