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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ibidGT
December 20th, 2012
3:38 pm
Well done all!
What is the minimum GPA required to make it on the Dean’s list?
Jimbo
December 20th, 2012
3:44 pm
3.0
HighTech
December 20th, 2012
3:48 pm
The minimum GPA used to be 3.0.
Congratulations to all who made the Dean’s List!
Jacket Man
December 20th, 2012
3:56 pm
Considering there can only be a max of 85 players on scholarship at one time, and also knowing there are walk-on players included on this list who worked very hard to support them, I can personally attest to how difficult it is to achieve such good grades at GA Tech, especially in light of the fact these guys were putting in so many hours during the football season. Congratulations to all and best of luck in El Paso…Beat the Trojans.
jacket backer
December 20th, 2012
4:07 pm
Great job….Go Jackets!
Coach
December 20th, 2012
4:18 pm
Wow! I struggled to maintain my 2.0…
Rooty Tooty
December 20th, 2012
4:32 pm
Good job guys, proud of you…..
Marine Jacket
December 20th, 2012
4:37 pm
That is a very high percentage , even when factoring in walk-ons.
Go Jackets!!!
yeller bug
December 20th, 2012
4:42 pm
Grade inflation—it’s that high school academic program they run over at GT that persident Peterson implemented—no wait, it’s that high school football offense that CPJ implemented that we’re supposed to complain about—nevermind. Congrats to all the players from an alum who was on the 2.0 and go plan.
Tech Fan Since 1950
December 20th, 2012
4:51 pm
Congratulations guys! This is better than SEC speed any day. Keep working hard and get that degree. You make us all proud. I said at the beginning of 2012 that 2013 was going to be the real year for the Jackets on the playing field. Things are really shaping up that way. If you are on the team with good grades, then that is what it is all about. Go Jackets!
Dawglasville
December 20th, 2012
4:58 pm
A great showing young men. NFL, no NFL, stay the course and you’ll be fine.
BlackWatch
December 20th, 2012
5:03 pm
VERY, VERY impressive. Great job in the classroom Jackets. Let’s take care of those pesky Condoms in El Paso.
Paul in NH
December 20th, 2012
5:10 pm
Nice post from Dawglasville – he is definitely one of the classiest posters “from the other side”.
Rick James
December 20th, 2012
5:39 pm
Outstanding!!
Good, no, GREAT job.....
December 20th, 2012
5:41 pm
…by all of these guys…
HERE HE IS
December 20th, 2012
5:41 pm
well what we do know is that Bama and UGA would never have 35 athletes on the Dean’s list unless it involved transcript fraud. I am sure Bama is just happy to tweak their h.s. transcripts to get them into Gump U.
Hawkk
December 20th, 2012
5:42 pm
I can’t wait for the Elon game next year
Clapper to stir it around
December 20th, 2012
5:53 pm
We have a helluva team of engineers. Congrats to the STUDENT-Athletes, Yellow Jacket nation is proud of you. Remember, 99.9% of the time your degree will take you farther than anything you do on an athletic field. McDonalds won’t let the ex-Bama players wear their championship rings while they serve me my fries…
Jet
December 20th, 2012
6:03 pm
30% of the Georgia Tech roster made the Dean’s List. 30% of the Georgia roster has been finger printed.
Tokyo jacket
December 20th, 2012
7:05 pm
As a former deans list and square root club member, I’m pretty impressed with the accomplishment of these young men. Thanks for representing the institute and the value of my diploma so well.
TVFan
December 20th, 2012
7:08 pm
Nice job. Speaks well for everyone.
yellow britches
December 20th, 2012
7:14 pm
Just awesome. Well done, super Jackets!
B
December 20th, 2012
7:18 pm
Good for them. It’s what it’s all about.
SilverBritches
December 20th, 2012
7:39 pm
Deans List? What the hell is a Dean’s List?
Delbert D.
December 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Read the bios of the players and you’ll find that several are repeat Den’s List guys. Braun, Isaiah Johnson, Godhigh, Lanier and Will Jackson all made it in the Spring. That’s just among the guys that play a lot. Braun is listed as a mechanical eng. major, and Menocal as civil eng..
Delbert D.
December 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Yeah, that should obviously be “Dean’s List,” not “Den’s List.
fan
December 20th, 2012
8:36 pm
What’s the GPA average for the Tech football team 1.5…and of course they play like it too. Southern Cal. will hang 40 on the blowflys in the “taco bowl”.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
December 20th, 2012
8:40 pm
Very impressive! Great job by all these guys.
Jacket Time
December 20th, 2012
8:51 pm
What matters most
George Stein
December 20th, 2012
8:54 pm
Excellent work. Now go do it again.
GT1990
December 20th, 2012
9:02 pm
Congrats to everyone on this list! Every player won’t go pro (NFL); but hope this article will get the attention of the other 99%……
Athens
December 20th, 2012
9:32 pm
Great Job !!
Ga Tech Old Timer
December 20th, 2012
9:37 pm
Congratulations – all. Outstanding accomplishment! Even the DAWGs who don’t know what a Deans List is – or have never seen a grade above a 1.5 – are impressed (although they don’t know why). They keep bringing up something about Jan Kemp and not having to study if you’re a jock at UGA.
GT Jim
December 20th, 2012
9:50 pm
Our offense will bust the Trojans
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December 20th, 2012
10:03 pm
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Road Scholar
December 20th, 2012
10:07 pm
There aren’t 35 UGA FB players that can spell Dean’s List let alone count to 35!
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December 20th, 2012
10:09 pm
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Bali
December 20th, 2012
10:09 pm
Old timer…first as a dawg fan, I want to congratulate all of the Dean’s List players….that’s a helluv an accomplishment for any football player. 2nd….are u just a 12 year old posing as an old timer? You can’t even give kudos to your boys without saying something negative about UGA. Geezus…some of you tech fans just can’t let sh!t go. Be proud of your team and let bygones be bygones.
Bali
December 20th, 2012
10:31 pm
Road skuller……..I bet they can count to 4
Ga Tech Old Timer
December 20th, 2012
11:15 pm
Bali – First as a Tech fan, I want to thank you for your offer of congratulations to the guys who made the Dean’s List –
2nd – no, I’m a 70+ GT fan beginning with Dodd from way back. You’re the one who must be not out of grammer school yet if you didn’t notice the dawg postings of Yeller Bug, Hawkk, Silver britches and Fan prior to my post which gave me every right to defend my post from ignorants like them and you. Apparently, you must condone their trash since there wasn’t any comments made to them – and therefore that places you in the same boat with them. Don’t be so damn pious the next time you post and take the time to read all the post prior to the last one you post after – before you slam some one on their own blog. You’re no different than your dawg friends so go sniffing around your own blog.
Delbert D.
December 20th, 2012
11:57 pm
Maybe the troll boys will make Paula Deen’s list.
Delbert D.
December 20th, 2012
11:58 pm
Meatloaf and mash taters.
Island Jacket
December 21st, 2012
3:09 am
Great job guys… Keep the good work….
GT71
December 21st, 2012
6:16 am
Wonderful job, men!
THIS is why you are there!
5150 UOAD
December 21st, 2012
6:32 am
That is an impressive list. I would rather have Great Graduates than to have Moe Rons and Crystal Footballs.
Ken
December 21st, 2012
7:38 am
Congratulations to these fine young men… I personally know how hard it was to make the Dean’s list as a student at Tech and it must be twice as hard when devoting time to representing the Institute on the athletic field…
Also…
Congratulations to Coach Johnson for recruiting such high quality, high character young men… I am proud to have such a group represent myself and the Institute now and as men later on in their lives…
gt4ever
December 21st, 2012
7:43 am
No, I would rather have Crystal footballs than a deans list student… I had problems keeping my gpa over 2.0, lol. I understand the commitment it takes to make that kind of grade… But hey, we are talking competitive football, and I personally want competitive players that are not an embarrassment on the field of play.. IMHO, yours will be different.
gt4ever
December 21st, 2012
7:53 am
Congrats to the kids who are academically sound. Football or not, it’s tough to make deans list at the institution…
@Ken
Coach Johnson is there to WIN. Period. He has failed. We should drop a notch in football if academics is what we are all about.. I think our football history would suggest that we are about winning championships.. Our football history is going down the drain with this coach, and everybody who knows football understands …
Paddy
December 21st, 2012
8:34 am
If I were a parent of a prospective recruit I would love this article. Give credit when it is due!
Go Dawgs!!!
gt alum 83
December 21st, 2012
8:35 am
Well done, young men! I’d like to see these kind of articles continue. I’d also be interested in seeing a similar list from UGA, if such a thing exists…
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.