Athletic Director's Honor Roll lists 191 for Spring semester

Gold Club spotlights 36 with perfect grades

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Once again Tennessee Tech’s student-athletes have recorded another successful semester in the classroom. The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2012 spring semester features 191 names of students in athletics who achieved grades of 3.0 or higher for the semester.

The exclusive Gold Club, recognizing those students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, had 36 honorees. 

The Honor Roll has been around the 200 mark for 10 consecutive semesters, including topping that plateau four times.

“It’s remarkable that our student-athletes have achieved this high level of success for so many semesters,” said Mark Wilson, TTU Director of Athletics.

“These impressive numbers are a tribute to our student-athletes, our coaches and our staff for making academics such a high priority. Each of these young women and men are doing an outstanding job representing Tennessee Tech.

“Not only are these results something to be proud of, it’s especially gratifying that it happens on a consistent basis,” Wilson added.

The 36 who scored perfect grades to be listed in the Gold Club for the semester are: Alejandro Augusto, (tennis), Katherine Barker (basketball), Brooke Basten (softball), Matthew Bishop (cross country), Madison Borden (track & field), Leah Bradley (cross country/track & field), Stephen Bush (football), Tyler Cassetty (golf), Kellie Cook (basketball), Kylie Cook (basketball), Ben Davis (football), Yianni Doropolous (tennis), Vasily Eremeev (tennis), Samantha Everett (softball), Kayla Floyd (softball), Zephan Guyear (baseball), Taylor Ketchum (softball), Jenee Kimball (soccer), Cody Matthews (football), Adam McLeod (cross country), Elizabeth Miller (cross country/track & field), Haley Morton (soccer), Meghan O’Donoghue (cross country/track & field), Patrick Prewitt (football), Lindsey Reed (soccer), Arturo Santa Ruiz (tennis), Callie Schmidt (softball), Tevis Sherfield (baseball), Alex Stevenson (soccer), Zac Swansey (basketball), Artem Tarasov (tennis), Holly Thomas (softball), Andrew Tompkins (football), Katie Vaughn (Dance), Makenzie Weems (softball) and Emma Woo (softball).

“Everyone within the athletics department, as well as all throughout the campus community, can be extremely proud of the student-athletes at Tennessee Tech as they continue to set high standards in the classroom,” Wilson said. “They are students in the truest sense of the word.”

BASEBALL (15) – James Abraham, Justin Alexander, David Allen, Tristan Archer, Dylan Bosheers, Josh Bryant, Bo DelGaicco, Zephan Guyear, Chad Hayes, David Hess, Michael Morris, Nick Price, Tevis Sherfield, Andrew Williams, Tyler Wilson.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (8) – Jud Dillard, Mitchell Hill, Riley Hunley, Bassey Inameti, Matt Marseille, Dennis Ogbe, Jon Sexton and Zac Swansey.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (9) – Katherine Barker, Kellie Cook, Kylie Cook, Brittany Darling, Rachel Glidden, Jala Harris, Tacarra Hayes, Molly Heady and Diamond Henderson.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (6) – Kolbe Andrzejewski, Matthew Bishop, John Greene, Michael Mahan, Adam McLeod and Matthew Pennycuff.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK (18) – Madison Borden, Leah Bradley, Brittney Brown, Kendale Caldwell, Rebecca Cline, Yeshi Dohrmann, Rebecca Forbes, Margarett Holder, Traci Jones, Brooklyn Kimball, Katie Lowery, Elizabeth Miller, Elizabeth Mitchell, Meghan O’Donoghue, Elisa Tanksley, Emily Weinzetl, Emily Williams and Peri Winborne. 

FOOTBALL (45) – Cy Ables, Stepfon Boyd, Matthew Brown, Nathan Bush, Stephen Bush, Zach Bush, Nick Campbell, Tommie Campbell, Kevin Casler, Ben Davis, Dwight Evans, Nick Fletcher, Neal Gannaway, Howard Griffin, Jamere Hogue, Jacob Hoot, Jordan Johnson, Will Johnson, Malcolm Jones, Marty Jones, Jerry King, Tre Lamb, Connor Maitland, Cody Matthews, Sydney McCalla, Brandon McCoin, Cory McDonald, Seth McDonald, Jake McIntosh, Caleb Mitchell, Lamar Moore, James Normand, Patrick Prewitt, Randall Reeves, Zach Salada, Scott Schweitzer, Connor Sparkman, William Stevens, Joseph Teeter, Ryan Tilghman, Andrew Tompkins, Ryan Weeks,  Nick White, Tyler Whitlock and David Woodall. 

MEN’S GOLF (4) – Tyler Cassetty, Mason Griffin, Lee Maxwell and Sam Schrock.

WOMEN’S GOLF (1) – Brandy VanEtten.

SOCCER (17) – Chris Cambron, Sarah Gawthrop, Leigh Heffner, Taylor Hicks, Mary Gray Johnson, Krysta Kaump, Brooklyn Kimball, Jenee Kimball, Amanda Koch, Chelsea Ladd, Kelsey McGohan, Andrea Meloff, Haley Morton, Lindsey Reed, Alex Stevenson, Jacqueline Watkins and Jessica Wilson.

SOFTBALL (20) – Brooke Basten, Emily Burch, Melody Christian, Whitney Cummings, Hannah Eldridge, Samantha Everett, Kayla Floyd, Cassie Garrett, Christian Gibbs, Claudia Harke, Taylor Ketchum, Angi Sakamoto, Callie Schmidt, Brittney Spalding, Chanelle Spalding, Tyler Templet, Erica Tuck, Holly Thomas, Mekenzie Weems and Emma Woo. 

MEN’S TENNIS (8) – Alejandro Augusto, James Crawford, Yianni Doropoulis, Vasily Eremeev, Ezequiel Gils, Justin Kirstein, Arturo Santa Ruiz and Artem Tarasov.

VOLLEYBALL (10) – Maddie Comperry, Ellen Conti, Katrina Dvorken, Kelsey Gray, Ashleigh Hancock, Madison Keyes, Natalie Penrod, Elise Robertson, Courtney Smith and Lauren Stiles.

CHEERLEADING and DANCE TEAM (11) – Amanda Dunham, Emily Haile, Kelly Hyland, Elizabeth May, Jennifer Nordhoff, Carly Owens, Brandon Plunk, McKenzie Simon, Katie Vaughn, Preston Weaver and Samantha White.

STUDENT SUPPORT STAFF (19) – Chuck Acheson, John Albertson, Brandon Barnes, Britnie Bobrick, Corey Boyd, Ali Bush, Elizabeth Carter, Greg Center, Jeremy Collins, Chuck Cushman, Matt Dexter, Matthew Duncan, Donald Gatts, Jen Hoffman, Alex Hutto, Justin Matheny, Joey Meredith, Lauren Starr and Seunghyn Yoon.