The University of Mississippi Athletics
79 Rebels Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
6/29/2016 | Academic Support
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A banner year off the fields and courts continued for the Rebels Wednesday, as 79 Ole Miss student-athletes were among a total of 1,240 student-athletes named to the 2016 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll, announced by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2015 summer, 2015 fall and 2016 spring terms.
While breaking records and winning NCAA and SEC titles under first-year head coach Connie Price-Smith, the men's and women's track and field teams combined to place 35 on the honor roll, including NCAA Shot Put Champion Raven Saunders and first team All-Americans Craig Engels, MJ Erb, Dempsey McGuigan and Ryan Walling.
In addition to hosting an NCAA Regional for the seventh time in school history and winning 43 games for the fifth time, baseball had 10 players make the honor roll, including Ole Miss Hall of Fame inductee Brady Bramlett, who will take over as co-chair of the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in July.
It was a season of firsts for softball under second-year head coach Mike Smith. The team earned its first-ever SEC Tournament win, its first NCAA Tournament bid and won its first NCAA game, advancing to the regional final in Oklahoma. Adding to the historic campaign, 13 members of the team made the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll, including pitcher Madi Osias who set the season record for wins (23).
Men's golf, who led all men's teams at Ole Miss with the highest grade point average (3.60) in recorded history, placed five on the list, including SEC Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Forrest Gamble.
Women's golf also had five on the honor roll, including co-SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's golf, Abby Newton.
While earning their eighth straight NCAA appearance, and posting the third-highest GPA among all teams with a 3.51, five members of the women's tennis team made the honor roll, including All-American Arianne Hartono.
Not only did they earn their 23rd consecutive NCAA appearance, but the men's tennis team placed five on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll, including All-American Gustav Hansson.
The following criteria must be met to be named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll: (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.
Ole Miss Student-Athletes on the 2015-16 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll:
Ole Miss - Sport - Major
Brady Bramlett - Baseball - Biology
Tate Blackman - Baseball - Criminal Justice
Brian Browning - Baseball - General Studies
Matt Denny - Baseball - Marketing
Cameron Dishon - Baseball - Accountancy
Brady Feigl - Baseball - Managerial Finance
Will Golsan - Baseball - Exercise Science
Henri Lartigue - Baseball - Accountancy
Nic Perkins - Baseball - Marketing
Chad Smith - Baseball - General Studies
Forrest Gamble - M Golf - Physics
Chris Ingham - M Golf - Managerial Finance
Josh Seiple - M Golf - Integrated Marketing Communications
Noah West - M Golf - Managerial Finance
Ben Wolcott - M Golf - Integrated Marketing Communications
Alison Hovatter - W Golf - Management
Sofia Idoyaga - W Golf - Marketing and Corporate Relations
Abby Newton - W Golf - Geological Engineering
Maria Toennessen - W Golf - Management
Katie Voll - W Golf - Geological Engineering
Bry Castro - Softball - Recreation Administration
Alyssa Clayton - Softball - Communication Sciences & Disorders
Haley Culley - Softball - General Studies
Alyssa Invergo - Softball - Psychology
Elisha Jahnke - Softball - Marketing
Natalie Martinez - Softball - Journalism
Dakota Matiko - Softball - Management
Paige McKinney - Softball - Communication Sciences & Disorders
Madi Osias - Softball - Managerial Finance
Bri Payne - Softball - Exercise Science
Melina Preciado - Softball - Communication Sciences & Disorders
Alex Schneider - Softball - Integrated Marketing Communications
Miranda Strother - Softball - Exercise Science
Zvonimir Babic - M Tennis - Economics
Grey Hamilton - M Tennis - Business Undeclared
Gustav Hansson - M Tennis - Managerial Finance
Ricardo Jorge - M Tennis - Economics
Robert Mounger - M Tennis - Accountancy
Mai El Kamash - W Tennis - Civil Engineering
Arianne Hartono - W Tennis - Psychology
Marija Milutinovic - W Tennis - Banking and Finance
Allie Robbins - W Tennis - Mechanical Engineering
Natalie Suk - W Tennis - Integrated Marketing Communications
Adam Aguirre - M Track & Field - Exercise Science
Marc Barnes - M Track & Field - Accountancy
Kevin Conway - M Track & Field - Exercise Science
Craig Engels - M Track & Field - General Studies
MJ Erb - M Track & Field - Accountancy
Derek Gutierrez - M Track & Field - Accountancy
Connor Harris - M Track & Field - Exercise Science
Brandon Harvey - M Track & Field - Accountancy
Julius Lembke - M Track & Field - Accountancy
Carl Lowe - M Track & Field - Pre-Pharmacy
Ryan Manahan - M Track & Field - General Studies
Dempsey McGuigan - M Track & Field - General Studies
Abraham Merinar - M Track & Field - Real Estate
Holland Sherrer - M Track & Field - Social Work
Ryan Walling - M Track & Field - Recreation Administration
Lyndsey Acree - W Track & Field - Dietetics and Nutrition
Mary Alex England - W Track & Field - Accountancy
Saga Barzowski - W Track & Field - Political Science
Emily Bean - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Anna Braswell - W Track & Field - Geological Engineering
Shelby Brown - W Track & Field - French
Scarlett Fox - W Track & Field - Journalism
Kyla Lewis - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Tavyn Lovitt - W Track & Field - English Education
Katherine Macneal - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Mercedes Mattix - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Katy McAuley - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Racquel Moses - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Nicole Park - W Track & Field - Accountancy
Madison Rawson - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Raven Saunders - W Track & Field - General Studies
Bo Ummels - W Track & Field - Criminal Justice
Britt Ummels - W Track & Field - Criminal Justice
Arielle Wallace - W Track & Field - Art
Callie Watson - W Track & Field - Exercise Science
Leanne Zimmer - W Track & Field - Anthropology
