35 football players make dean’s list
The Georgia Tech football team place 35 players on the dean’s list for the fall term, including 23 scholarship players.
Seniors (academically)
Marty Alcala
Ray Beno
Will Jackson
Tyler Kidney
Tyler Morgan
David Scully
Juniors
Trey Braun
Coray Carlson
Deon Hill
Jerredith Jiles
Isaiah Johnson
Sam McNearney
Quayshawn Nealy
Sophomores
Tim Byerly
Andrew Chau
Anthony Harrell
Blake Hembree (4.0)
Will Smith (4.0)
Sean Tobin
Nick Menocal
Freshmen
Marcus Allen
Zach Allen
Roderick Chungong
Pat Gamble
Adam Gotsis
Nick Cuthbert
Beau Hankins
Francis Kallon
Stephen Murphey
Chase Roberts (4.0)
Ryan Rodwell
Kyle Stallard
Tyler Stargel
Aaron Solender
D.J. White
By my count, offensive line, defensive backs, linebackers and specialists all had six players each. (This is probably unfair to the position groups with fewer players, although there’s probably fewer specialists on the team than any other position group.)
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Tech
December 21st, 2012
8:37 am
That’s impressive. I think I made Dean’s List only one time at Tech, and I didn’t even have to worry about football. Now go win a bowl game!
Paddy
December 21st, 2012
8:38 am
Ken….you do have the right outlook. gt4ever….not so much.
juvenal
December 21st, 2012
8:39 am
Old Timer, yeller bug was being sarcastic…….4, it’s about education, not entertainment, not everyone has $old out,…..
NYJacket
December 21st, 2012
8:43 am
Outstanding
juvenal
December 21st, 2012
9:01 am
& way to go-you don’t need a crystal ball to see these kids are going to do well in life…..agree with Tokyo, makes me glad, & proud to hang a Tech diploma on my wall, knowing none of them have basket weaving printed on them-& i know how tough it was to get that “with honor” on it……
GFJacket
December 21st, 2012
9:26 am
Congratulations to them. Like many yardsticks of success, though, this needs to be put in context. What percentage of the overall student population made the Dean’s List, as well as the overall percentage in the schools of the athletes’ majors.
OldGold1964
December 21st, 2012
10:01 am
Congratulations to all, and to all, a ig Thank You, for showing what results can be achieved with dedication and hard work. To Blake Hembree, Will Smith, and Chase Roberts, those 4.0 GPAs look mighty good, don’t they…..
The Georgia Institute of Technology: The Total Person Program = Tomorrow’s Leaders, Today!
Ga Tech Old Timer
December 21st, 2012
10:11 am
Thanks Juvenal – My apologies to Yeller Bug
Sideways 77
December 21st, 2012
10:20 am
Great job by the 35 jackets. Keep up the good work. Your future looks bright!
Woofey One
December 21st, 2012
10:24 am
Congratulations ! Winning is way over rated.
Paddy
December 21st, 2012
10:34 am
Woofey One…….Winning is NOT over-rated! If you make the Deans list and still win games, so much the better. Winning does not stop when you graduate! Being a winner sets the tone for the rest of your life, You can do both and are better for it.
Paddy
December 21st, 2012
10:40 am
In a sort of related thought; when a recruit says he is losing interest in a school because his prospective position coach was fired or left for another school, I just have to shake my head and say’where is the parental influence? When your future plan for life only consists of plotting your course 24 hrs at a time, you are already behindthe ‘8 ball’!
Flak Jacket
December 21st, 2012
11:08 am
Great job,now go to Texas and win the Sun Bowl.
crackbaby
December 21st, 2012
11:25 am
Damn Good Jackets!
35 players on Dean’s list during the Fall (as in Football season) term. OUTSTANDING job by those young men.
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
December 21st, 2012
11:32 am
I’m so proud of Tech! Winning is only one facet of life’s journey. Character, discipline, grades, integrity. I’ll take 6-7 and playing USC in the Sun Bowl anyday with these results. Tech stands for excellence and that extends beyond 12 Saturdays in the fall.
ignition
December 21st, 2012
11:34 am
He has on average recruited better than Gailey if you go by rankings.
His players have not garnered a lot of attention on the police blotter nor should they ever.
His teams have the highest SAT scores in Div 1 football.
Graduation rates have improved under his tenure and so have GPA’s.
In short he has recruited high character that have the more than held their own in the classroom. Whether it’s with his redshirting policy or how he has career fairs designed for his players, he is making sure they are prepared for Tech and is increasingly making sure they matriculate throughout towards graduation and beyond into the real world.
William Casey
December 21st, 2012
11:50 am
Congrats to all these guys! It’s difficult to make the List at GT even without the commitment to football. Way to go and keep it up!
hh2
December 21st, 2012
1:41 pm
That truly makes the somewhat exasperating performance on the field a bit irrelevant.
Congrats young men.
Sojourner Truth
December 21st, 2012
3:18 pm
First — congrats to these guys. It is an honor, and your degree is worth more than your trophy. Second — our snarky slams at UGA are pitiful. We are obsessed with all things Athens and tend to be inaccurate in our remarks. Here are some facts, and I am absolutely proud of every kid over there who has succeeded. It takes a 3.5 to make Dean’s list at UGA, but a 3.0 to make the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
ATHENS, Ga. – Forty-four out of 111 members of the University of Georgia Football team were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring of 2012. Student-athletes earn these honors for finishing the semester with a grade point average of 3.00 or better.
Out of the 44 players to earn a spot on the honor roll, six were also named to the Dean’s List as a student that maintained a 3.50 GPA or better while earning at least 14 credit hours for the semester.
5150 UOAD
December 21st, 2012
3:51 pm
I thought 12 hours was a full load Sojourner Truth. It was 15 hours with quarters. 14 semester hours would be 4 classes.
GFJacket
December 21st, 2012
3:52 pm
Ok Sojourner, the UGA stats also mean little without context. What overall percentage of UGA students made the deans list, not just the athletes? What percentage of students in the athlete’s colleges made the dean’s list? In order to see how well athletes are performing academically, we need to see they compare to the overall student body,,,
5150 UOAD
December 21st, 2012
4:29 pm
Seniors (academically)
Marty Alcala…mechanical engineering and economics.
Ray Beno… business management.
Will Jackson…business administration
Tyler Kidney…management
Tyler Morgan…management
David Scully…. biochemistry
Juniors
Trey Braun… mechanical engineering
Coray Carlson… building construction
Deon Hill… management major
Jerredith Jiles…electrical engineering
Isaiah Johnson…majoring in management.
Sam McNearney… management
Quayshawn Nealy….computer science.
Sophomores
Tim Byerly… management
Andrew Chau…industrial engineering
Anthony Harrell…. management
Blake Hembree (4.0)…. biomedical engineer
Will Smith (4.0)…industrial engineering
Sean Tobin…
Nick Menocal…civil engineering
Freshmen
Marcus Allen…
Zach Allen…industrial engineering.
Roderick Chungong…
Pat Gamble…
Adam Gotsis…
Nick Cuthbert…public policy
Beau Hankins… business management
Francis Kallon…
Stephen Murphey….
Chase Roberts (4.0)… public policy.
Ryan Rodwell…
Kyle Stallard…
Tyler Stargel…
Aaron Solender…
D.J. White…
Eleanor Lee
December 21st, 2012
5:15 pm
That’s great guys! and it’s ( as you obviously already know) what it’s all about.. Keep it going!
Knute Rockne
December 21st, 2012
6:56 pm
I’ll bet those boys graduate and get good jobs, too. Not so sure if the Dawgs will do as well after college.
Athens
December 21st, 2012
7:13 pm
@Knute
I thought this article was about GT? Congrats fella’s. I suppose that “little brother complex” comes out at times….By the way, you have plenty of Rhodes scholars. How ’bout winning a few more football games. That’s what athletic scolly’s are for…..Just ask GTBob – the ultimate UGA troll.
Skull Murphy
December 21st, 2012
11:23 pm
SilverBritches: The Dean’s list at GA is the list of football players who have not been arrested in the past academic semester.
Ekim56
December 22nd, 2012
8:33 am
@HERE HE IS: “Gump U.” That’s funny; I like it.
Beat UGA
December 23rd, 2012
9:26 am
Actual uga final exam question for an upper division course “in basketball, how many points do you get for a three point shot?”
Randy from Macon
December 24th, 2012
9:17 pm
Congratulations guys. You are what college football should be about. I love Georgia Tech and I love you guys. Beat USC and run the table next year!
blackandwhitestripes
December 25th, 2012
5:36 am
Silverbritches, I forgot the only list they make at ugag is the arrest list.
Maurice (Jeff) Jefferson
December 25th, 2012
10:15 pm
Job well done.
Keli Parks
December 26th, 2012
11:24 pm
Great job GT yellow jackets!! Ken you forgot freshman Isiah Willis III, 4.0.