NEW ORLEANS, La.?ULM had a record 107
student-athletes honored by the Sun Belt Conference on the Commissioner's List
and Academic Honor Roll, announced by the league office on Thursday morning.
ULM had 42 student-athletes land on the
Commissioner's List, which honors all student-athletes recording a 3.5 grade
point average or better during the 2007-08 academic year. The Warhawks also had
65 student-athletes named to the Academic Honor Roll, which is awarded to those
maintaining a 3.0-3.49 GPA.
The 107 ULM
student-athletes honored by the Sun Belt breaks the record of 92 set last
year. The conference also set a record
with total of 1,503 athletes honored topping the previous high of 1,429 set
during the 2006-07 school year.
The women's track and field team led the way with eight athletes on the
Commissioner's List, while the soccer team had six players honored on the
Commissioner's List and 10 on the Academic Honor Roll.
The Warhawk football team had four players on Commissioner's List,
including ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection James Truxillo, and
14 on the Academic Honor Roll. Another
highlight was the softball team with 12 student-athletes on the Academic Honor
Roll and two on the Commissioner's List. The women's golf team had all
four of its eligible student-athletes named to either the Commissioner's List
or Academic Honor Roll.
The Sun Belt Conference is committed to academic excellence and proof
comes in the fact that 12 member schools, including ULM, are currently graduating its
student-athletes at a rate higher than their school's student body.
Commissioner's List (3.50 or
higher)
Baseball: Casey Auttonberry, Jared Jennings
Men's Basketball: Lance Brasher
Women's Basketball: Jesse Carrier, Heather Hanson, Cristen
Aldredge
Football: Larry Shappley, Brent Knotts, James
Truxillo, Anthony McCall
Men's Golf: Brandon Strope, Heath Hines
Women's Golf: Britany Hanna, Angela Drane
Women's Soccer: Amanda Strope, Molly Kissler, Krista Brien,
Samantha Phillips-Gleason, Rachel Hobson, Brittany Lee
Softball: Christy McDannell, Jamie Liles
Women's Tennis: Giovanna Arrondo, Ana Burjaili, Lena Satge,
Noelia Leon, Claire Clark
Men's Track & Field / Cross
Country: Ruslan Hemed, Kyle
Kent, Seth Hall, Isaac Combs, Rani Giladi
Women's Track & Field /
Cross Country: Claire Clark,
Taylor Hill, Janie Blackmon, Brittany Blackmon, Amanda Bartlett, Dominique
McAdoo, Jerrica Thomas, Sherita Price
Volleyball: Johanna Spreen, Mahogany Dilonga
Academic Honor Roll (3.00-3.49)
Baseball: Derek Ward, Craig Scelfo, Keith Christensen,
Ryan McMillan, Jordy Poche
Men's Basketball: Brandon Roberts
Women's Basketball: Shannon Davis, Kassie Courtney
Football: Josh Thomas, Chance Payne, Nate Brown, Zeek
Zacharie, Tim Taylor, Justin Roberts, Alex Chace, Brandon Woodside, Aaron
Moore, Antron Mason, Alvin Jordan, Marty Humphrey, Scott Love, Bridger Durham
Men's Golf: Nathan McMullen, Jeremy Cross, Will Ticheli,
Eddy Koracevic
Women's Golf: Lina Billing, Sara Larsson
Soccer: Tiffany Bombard, Rachel Spady, Kendall
Dawkins, Megan Theriot, Britnie Markham, Samantha Cashman, Jessica Gerbus,
Ashleigh Fitterer, Mallory George, Megan Payne
Softball: Brianna Love, Elyse Stark, Cary Roussel,
Shanna Swillie, Lindsay Rittenhouse, Michelle Farrell-Fink, Taylor Renshaw,
Christy Waguespack, Heather Fritz, Courtney Cleveland, Megan Miller, Robin
Biddle
Women's Tennis: Elodie Burlet, Marion Lehmann
Men's Track & Field / Cross
Country: Kendrick Shepherd,
Seth Ilaoa, Matt Brophy, Aaron Reeves, Ryan Hisaw, Ashton Croft
Women's Track & Field /
Cross Country: Jessica
Baldino, Sadrina Shaw, Destiny Montemayor, Whitney McKinnie, Ashley Simmons,
Sarah O'Neal
Volleyball: Candice Howell
