by Tony Neely
(April 29, 2014) — A total of 61 University of Kentucky Wildcats earned a place on the 2013-14 Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll announced by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.
UK’s 61 honorees was the fourth most among the 14 league teams. UK has five representatives from the men’s basketball team, six from women’s basketball, 12 from gymnastics, six from rifle, 16 from men’s swimming and diving and 16 from women’s swimming and diving. This marks another strong showing for UK’s student-athletes, who had the second-most qualifiers on the SEC Fall Sports Honor Roll released earlier this year.
The 2013-14 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on the grades from the 2013 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. Among other qualifications, a student-athlete must have a grade-point average of 3.00 or above for the preceding academic year or have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above in order to make the honor roll.
Here is a list of Kentucky’s honorees, along with each student-athlete’s sport and major:
Name – Sport – Major
Tod Lanter – M Basketball – Marketing
Brian Long – M Basketball – Communication
Sam Malone – M Basketball – Marketing
Jarrod Polson – M Basketball – Finance/Marketing
Alex Poythress – M Basketball – Accounting
Azia Bishop – W Basketball – Social Work
Samantha Drake – W Basketball – Family Sciences
Kastine Evans – W Basketball – Business Management
Jelleah Sidney – W Basketball – Social Work
DeNesha Stallworth – W Basketball – Family Sciences
Janee Thompson – W Basketball – Journalism
Marissa Beucler – Gymnastics – Psychology
Holly Cunningham – Gymnastics – Communication
Alexis Gross – Gymnastics – Business Management
Audrey Harrison – Gymnastics – Business Management
Kayla Hartley – Gymnastics – Hospitality Management & Tourism
Shelby Hilton – Gymnastics – Communication
Shannon Mitchell – Gymnastics – Hospitality Management & Tourism
Tiara Phipps – Gymnastics – Psychology
Amy Roemmele – Gymnastics – Exercise Science
Sara Shipley – Gymnastics – Communication
Kayla Sienkowski – Gymnastics – MAT
Montana Whittle – Gymnastics – Exercise Science
Elijah Ellis – Rifle – Business Management/Marketing
Aaron Holsopple – Rifle – Business Management/Marketing
Emily Holsopple – Rifle – Biology
Cody Manning – Rifle – Agricultural Biotechnology
Luke South – Rifle – Mechanical Engineering
John Sutton – Rifle – Agricultural Biotechnology
Ross Bundschuh – M Swim & Dive – Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Colby Coleman – M Swim & Dive – Undergraduate Studies
Greg Ferrucci – M Swim & Dive – Exercise Science
John Fox – M Swim & Dive – Political Science
Blake Freeman – M Swim & Dive – Biology
Lucas Gerotto – M Swim & Dive – Biology
Will Heidler – M Swim & Dive – Biology
Luke Iannuzzi – M Swim & Dive – Biology
Kyle Lang – M Swim & Dive – Human Nutrition
Zack Peterson – M Swim & Dive – Exercise Science
Robert Resch – M Swim & Dive – Biology
Matthew Roman – M Swim & Dive – Biology
Maclin Simpson – M Swim & Dive – Business Management/Marketing
Jake Thomas – M Swim & Dive – Exercise Science
Neal Widdowson – M Swim & Dive – Community and Leadership Development
Zachary Zandona – M Swim & Dive – Chemical Engineering
Christina Bechtel – W Swim & Dive – Integrated Strategic Communication
Cassie Brueckbauer – W Swim & Dive – Marketing
Christa Cabot – W Swim & Dive – Psychology
Rebecca Hamperian – W Swim & Dive – Psychology
Lindsay Hill – W Swim & Dive – International Studies
Frida Jakobsson – W Swim & Dive – Communication
Kaitlin Jones – W Swim & Dive – Biology
Lindsey Keahey – W Swim & Dive – Mathematics
Katrina Keirns – W Swim & Dive – Integrated Strategic Communication
Blair Kuethe – W Swim & Dive – Business Management/Marketing
Taylor Melton – W Swim & Dive – Hospitality, Management & Tourism
Abby Myers – W Swim & Dive – Exercise Science
Carmen Pleasants – W Swim & Dive – Community Leadership & Development
Samantha Shaheen – W Swim & Dive – Elementary Education
Kristen Wilson – W Swim & Dive – Finance/Marketing
Samantha Wright – W Swim & Dive – Psychology