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Ole Miss Places 13 on SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

4/23/2020 | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Rifle, Student-Athlete Development

Rifle Led with Eight Honorees

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss had 13 student-athletes earn a place on the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll, which was announced by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey on Thursday.
 
A total of 710 student-athletes from the 14 member schools of the SEC were honored on the winter list released Thursday, which covers the sports of basketball, equestrian, gymnastics, rifle and swimming & diving.
 
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.
 
Ole Miss Honorees
 
Men's Basketball (2)
John McBride – Accountancy
Luis Rodriguez – Sport and Recreation Administration
 
Women's Basketball (3)
Torri Lewis – Master's in Criminal Justice
Andeija Puckett – Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Mimi Reid – Criminal Justice
 
Rifle (8)
Abby Buesseler – Biochemistry
Emily Cock – Exercise Science
Sophia Cuozzo – Integrated Marketing Communications
Alana Kelly – Biology
Kamilla Kisch – Exercise Science
Megan Taylor – Biology
Erin Walsh – Biology
Jillian Zakrzeski – Criminal Justice
 
For further academic accolades, follow @RebelsAcademics on Twitter.
 
FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center and Ole Miss Student-Athlete Development Mission

The mission of the FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center is to promote academic and personal achievement through quality developmental and need-based programs designed to empower and holistically develop student-athletes for life after collegiate athletics.
 

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