The University of Tennessee placed 44 student-athletes on the 2008 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll, the conference announced Tuesday.
The rowing team led the way with nine honorees. The baseball team produced a pair of honorees while men’s basketball had one and women’s basketball had three. Three football players also were honored, and the men’s and women’s golf teams each placed one on the list. Women’s soccer landed five academic standouts to go along with four from the softball team.
There were three honorees from the men’s swimming and diving team and four from the women’s swimming and diving squad. Men’s and women’s tennis each placed two student-athletes on the list. Two members of the women’s track and field team were honored, as were one each from men’s track and field and women’s volleyball.
The 2008 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2007-08 academic calendar.
Each student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; be on scholarship or a letterwinner; have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and have been a member of the varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.
Tennessee had 44 student-athletes on the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll, 32 on the winter academic honor roll and 84 on the spring academic honor roll. Overall, UT had 204 student-athletes recognized for their academic work in the 2007-08 school year.
2008 SEC FRESHMAN ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
BASEBALL - Blake Forsythe, Mechanical engineering; P.J. Polk, Business
MEN’S BASKETBALL - Brian Williams, Arts & sciences
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL - Angie Bjorklund, Arts & sciences; Kelley Cain, Mathematics; Sydney Smallbone, Business
FOOTBALL - Eric Berry, Arts & sciences; B.J. Coleman, Communications; Tyler Maples, Exercise science
MEN’S GOLF - Justin Walker, Business
WOMEN’S GOLF - Rebecca Watson, Business
ROWING - Angelica Amicucci, Animal science; Libuse Bruncvikova, Exercise science; Rachel Dooley, Communications; Sara Horne, Journalism; Glendra Nesbit, Animal science; Tayte Olma, Sociology; Angelique Smith, Exercise science; Melissa Toms, Journalism; Ruth Waldrop, Arts & sciences
SOCCER - Grace Cuenin, Special education; Julie Edwards, Arts & sciences; Tanya Emerson, Arts & sciences; Anna Fisher, Arts & sciences; Melissa Speros, Arts & sciences
SOFTBALL - Kelly Grieve, Arts & sciences; Jen Lapicki, Arts & sciences; Kelsey Stander, Arts & sciences; Ashton Ward, Arts & sciences
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING - Mattias Kahlin, Arts & sciences; Forrest Leary, Business; Geoffrey Sanders, Chemical engineering
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING - Jill Pierce, Arts & sciences; Sarah Sargent, Arts & sciences; Tricia Weaner, Arts & sciences
MEN’S TENNIS - Boris Conkic, Sport management; Jeremy Tweedt, Communications
WOMEN’S TENNIS - Rosalia Alda, Arts & sciences; Jennifer Meredith, Arts & sciences
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD - Joseph Berry, Biomedical engineering
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD - Tyler Barnes, Arts & sciences; Holly Kane, Sport management
VOLLEYBALL - Nikki Fowler, Business
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Comments » 12
utwick writes:
3 freshmen on the academic honor roll...sounds lie another bonus for Coach Fulmer. If acadmemic achievement is not one of the incentives in his contract, maybe it should be. Also, smart players seem to do a better job of staying out of trouble.
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
Of Course, Foolmore wouldn't want that part of his contract. Les Miles has it in his contract, as do several other SEC coaches.
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
Hey, all the top coaches in the SEC, Miles, Richt, Meyer, Saban, and Tubberville have academic incentives in their contracts. I guess Fulmer doesn't care about academics.
LOL at volfan5521!!!!
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
WOW!!!! The basketball team placed 100% of it's freshmen class on the Honor Roll. Good job Pearl. As for Foolmore and the football team....ummm, let's not look at those paltry numbers.
workinlikehek writes:
I am miserable, aren't I !!
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
You mean the person who felt the need to sign up with a similar username as mine and then try to impersonate with every single post? Yeah, I could see how you are miserable.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Congrats, young volunteers!
GreerVol22 writes:
wow, 3 out of 50 something for football....and they only have to get a 3.0 eh? those exercise science classes must be exhausting..har! I crack myself up.
TommyJack writes:
Congrats to all on list.
8 is enough.
DekanGator writes:
Very good Tenn fans.
Your only 22 behind the gators and congrats to your 1 Mens B-ball player To Our 5 Honored.
In all honesy, I am impressed with Eric Berry.
He is a STUDENT-ATHLETE
waterskier3#226480 writes:
its funny why they didn't say where we placed among sec schools? does anyone know?
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
Hey DekanGator, the basketball team only had one freshman and he was on the list.
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