UGA places league-leading 128 on SEC spring honor roll
Georgia led the SEC in representatives on the conference’s spring-sports academic honor roll, which was announced by the league office this week.
Georgia had 128 student-athletes on the list, more than any other school.
UGA athletic director Greg McGarity cheered the news, which he said should not be drowned out by reports of other athletes who have gotten in trouble.
“Here are 128 student-athletes who are doing things the right way, and that is a big deal,” McGarity said Thursday. “They should receive as much attention as those who get in trouble. The fact is, 99 percent of college athletes do things the right way, but the 1 percent who do wrong tend to get more attention.”
To make the SEC’s spring-sports honor roll, athletes in baseball, equestrian, golf, softball, tennis and track and field must have at least a 3.0 grade point average for the preceding academic year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Here are the UGA representatives on the SEC’s spring-sports academic honor roll, with hometowns and majors:
BASEBALL
Bryan Benzor, Loganville, Ga., Communication Studies
Brett DeLoach, Blackshear, Ga., Management
Chase Hawkins, Snellville, Ga., Management Information Systems
Jonathan Hester, Savannah, Ga., Biological Engineering
Taylor Hicks, Statham, Ga., Sport Management
Levi Hyams, Stafford, Va., Communication Studies
Colby May, Guyton, Ga., Communication Studies
Michael Palazzone, Marietta, Ga., Finance
Curtis Powell, Knoxville, Tenn., Communication Studies
Ross Ripple, Marietta, Ga., Business
Kevin Ruiz, Alpharetta, Ga., Finance
Jay Swinford, Athens, Ga., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Peter Verdin, Alexandria, Va., Sport Management
Alex Wood, Charlotte, N.C., Sport Management
EQUESTRIAN
Nicki Alexander, Atlanta, Ga., Spanish
Alex Andes, Atlanta, Ga., Digital & Broadcast Journalism
Carly Anthony, Redmond, Wash., Management
Louise Ashley, Newton, Pa., Engineering
Samantha Baker, Ellijay, Ga., Advertising
Jaclyn Beckley, Cumming, Ga., Agribusiness
Kelsey Berry, Alpharetta, Ga., Marketing
Madeline Brown, Alpharetta, Ga., Risk Management & Insurance
Honey Beth Campbell, Gainesville, Ga., International Affairs
Melanie Carraway, Evans, Ga., English
Morgan Collins, Perry, Ga., Poultry Science
Kathryn Crump, Athens, Ga., Applied Biotechnology
Olivia Dorey, Sudbury, Mass., Finance
Ali Eidson, Tuscola, Tex., Consumer Journalism
Faith Fiorenzano, Jamestown, R.I., Marketing
Caitlyn Francis, Oak Bluffs, Mass., Political Science
Jenny Freeman, Canton, Ga., Health Promotions
Sarah Gravely, Palmetto, Fla., Management Information Systems
Rebecca Haaland, Edmond, Okla., Communication Studies
Katherine Hagerty, Wakefield, R.I., Art
Hayley Haskins, Alpharetta, Ga., Fashion Merchandise
Allison Haspel, Manhassett, N.Y., Psychology
Julia Hemingway, Alpharetta, Ga., Public Relations
Jacklyn Hoyt, Manlius, N.Y., Anthropology
Isabel Jolicoeur, Wellington, Fla., Art
Tara Maloney, Milton, Ga., Management Information Systems
Selby Merritt, Atlanta, Ga., Public Relations
Michelle Morris, La Canada, Calif., Film Studies
Grace Rogers, Lititz, Pa., Psychology
Maria Salazar, Portland, Ore., Consumer Economics
Anna Sasser, Jonesboro, Ga., Family Financial Planning
Lauren Shamon, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Animal Science
Kate Skoglund, Tualatin, Ore., Biology
Rachel Stallman, Atlanta, Ga., Dietetics
Morgan Stamey, McDonough, Ga., Health & Physical Education
Ali Sullivan, Wilton, Conn., Animal Science
Kelsey Thatcher, Bluffdale, Utah, Early Childhood Education
Alyssa Thompson, Cumming, Ga., Animal Science
Kelly Truesdell, Brights Grove, Ontario, Health Promotion
Brittlan Wall, Suwanee, Ga., Sport Management
Megan Yeager, Braselton, Ga., Biological Science
MEN’S GOLF
Michael Cromie, Cary, N.C., Consumer Economics
T.J. Mitchell, Albany, Ga., Consumer Economics
WOMEN’S GOLF
Emilie Burger, Hoschton, Ga., Recreation & Leisure Studies
Tess Fordham, Metter, Ga., Accounting
Amelia Hill, St. Simons Island, Ga., Psychology
Abby Johnson, Buford, Ga., Sport Management
Milena Savich, Carmel, Ind., Journalism.
SOFTBALL
Macie Couey, Milledgeville, Ga., Health & Physical Education
Brittney Hubbard, Victorville, Calif., Magazines
Tiesha Reed, Elberton, Ga., Business
Kristyn Sandberg, Island Park, N.Y., Health & Physical Education.
MEN’S TENNIS
Sadio Doumbia, Toulouse, France, Risk Management and Insurance
Hernus Pieters, Pretoria, South Africa, Business
Will Reynolds, Chattanooga, Tenn., Communication Studies
Wil Spencer, Ponce de Leon, Fla., International Affairs
Ignacio Taboada, Atlanta, Ga., Real Estate
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Kate Fuller, Suwanee, Ga., Business
Alina Jerjomina, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Business
Kelli Jordan, Tifton, Ga., Biological Science
Maho Kowase, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, Business
MEN’S TRACK
Lucas Baker, McDonough, Ga., Business
Matthew Cleaver, Marietta, Ga., Biology
Brian Detweiler, Stone Mountain, Ga., Management Information Systems
Jared Dunn, Johns Creek, Ga., Public Relations
Caleb Ebbets, Leesburg, Ga., Exercise and Sport Science
J.P. Hackney, Marietta, Ga., History
Kyle James, Marietta, Ga., Finance
Nicholas Long, Gainesville, Ga., International Affairs
Brandon Lord, Chattanooga, Tenn., Applied Biotechnology
Burke McCarty, Dunwoody, Ga., Exercise and Sport Science
Brian Moore, Willow Grove, Pa., Sociology
Fraser Reade, Milton, Ga., Telecommunication Arts
Brett Richardson, Lilburn, Ga., Social Studies Education
Trevor Sprague, Dunwoody, Ga., Biology
Miles Svoboda, Marietta, Ga., Economics
Graylin Ward, Newnan, Ga., Sociology
WOMEN’S TRACK
Sarah Akinosho, Kennesaw, Ga., Political Science
Jenna Albert, Cumming, Ga., Exercise & Sport Science
Erika Allen, Lithonia, Ga., Broadcast News
Maria Augutis, Gothenburg, Sweden, Geology
Katherine Bickley, Marietta, Ga., Health & Physical Education
Leslie Boozer, Birmingham, Ala., Genetics
Emily Brewer, Snellville, Ga., Middle School Education
Ann Centner, Watkinsville, Ga., Consumer Foods
Jamie Chandler, Alpharetta, Ga., Spanish
LaTroya Darrell, Smith¹s Parish, Bermuda, Child & Family Development
Nicole DiMercurio, Suwanee, Ga., Communication Studies
Rachel Donovan, Bogart, Ga., Accounting
Lindsey Ebert, Lilburn, Ga., Magazines
Hadley Ferguson, Fernandina Beach, Fla., Fashion Merchandise
Greer Gafford, Atlanta, Ga., Animal Science
Emily Houston, Jensen Beach, Fla., Advertising
Savannah Kirk, Atlanta, Ga., Business
Kristie Krueger, Argyle, Tex., Environmental Economics & Management
Benita Kurtz, Augusta, Ga., Psychology
Katherine Lacksen, Sparta, Ga., Ecology
Kathleen LaPorte, Atlanta, Ga., Journalism
Nikola Lomnicka, Nitra, Slovakia, Recreation & Leisure Studies
Courtney Long, Marietta, Ga., Microbiology
Eve Machovec, Augusta, Ga., Magazines
Megan Malasarte, Fayetteville, Ga., Journalism
Sydney Marshall, Alpharetta, Ga., Communication Studies
Bret McDaniel, Atlanta, Ga., Economics
Allyson McGinty, Suwanee, Ga., History
Emily McNutt, Woodstock, Ga., Early Childhood Education
Ali McWhirter, Atlanta, Ga., Health Promotions
Lucie Ondraschkova, Opava, Czech Republic, Finance
Nicole Peterson, Gaithersburg, Md., Mass Media Arts
Abbie Robinson Douglasville, Ga., Magazines
Shelby Robison, Lansdale, Pa., Health Promotions
Ashley Shiver, Satellite Beach, Fla., Animal Sciences & Nutrition Sciences
Kelsey Stovall, New Orleans, La., Animal Health and Science
Carin Walker, Alpharetta, Ga., Pre-Journalism
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82 comments Add your comment
MS. Bully
July 13th, 2012
10:11 am
How do you get so many smart people and stupid people at the same school? I guess it is grades or jail for UGA student athletes!!
BG
July 13th, 2012
10:21 am
Thanks for the positive news Tim. GO DAWGS!
Crap
July 13th, 2012
10:22 am
If other schools had the same broad range of diploma options that Georgia has, you can bet your A that the athletes from those schools also would major in the same broad range of disciplines. Some may be less difficult than others, but maybe aptitudes and interests are different. Any diploma requires commitment and hard work – particularly is you’re splitting time being an athlete. And, Lane, you’re just a moron – just like that oh-so humorous so-called e-quine vet.
Crap
July 13th, 2012
10:23 am
MS Bully: Add yourself to the moron list.
shankit
July 13th, 2012
10:29 am
Bama’s equestrian team rides Harley’s and has tattoos.
moops
July 13th, 2012
10:37 am
TampaGator – please tell me you really didn’t go to UF. Because, then it really doesn’t say much about how they teach reading comprehension.
“To make the SEC’s spring-sports honor roll, athletes in baseball, equestrian, golf, softball, tennis and track and field must have at least a 3.0 grade point average for the preceding academic year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA”
It doesn’t include Football or basketball, because, wait for it, they play in the fall!
ARdawg
July 13th, 2012
10:43 am
Bama’s equestrian team walks behind plows
fedup_11
July 13th, 2012
10:55 am
Lane – I get your point. While I applaud UGA’s spring sports academic accomplishments, I often wonder why many of these kids, including my own, really expect to get from their degrees. We move further away from what’s needed in terms of degrees and we wonder why these art majors engaged in their OWS protests really expect from life. Baked ham for ‘merica.
Crap
July 13th, 2012
10:59 am
And South Carolina, Auburn and Texas A&M are the other SEC schools with horses.
RaleighDawg
July 13th, 2012
11:12 am
Props to all the young men and women on this list !!
Honestly, no offense is intended by this question as I know nothing about the EQUESTRIAN team other than it involves horseback riding…but why are there so many young women on this team ?
Nick Sabans daughter
July 13th, 2012
11:42 am
And if they drink, cops do their job & will stop them before they get home and beat up a person and send them to a hospital. Unlike bamalama where cops look the other way if it’s a bamard student or athlete.
sldkfjslk
July 13th, 2012
11:48 am
Rich white girls whose families buy them horses make good grades? I’m shocked!
Nick Sabans daughter
July 13th, 2012
11:49 am
All your bamalama daughters are banging dreadlocked athletes…..Making daddy proud because he’s a dumba.. bamard. happy till he finds out she’s been diseased and sees what spit out of her 9 months later. It isn’t white bama dads and moms.
sldkfjslk
July 13th, 2012
11:51 am
Thank god for Title IX. I bet those poor equestrian parents could never afforded college tuition without scholarship assistance.
Nick Sabans daughter
July 13th, 2012
12:18 pm
I drove drunk , beat up and put someone in the hospital and didn’t get arrested in tuscahoochie, bamalama
Nick Sabans daughter
July 13th, 2012
12:20 pm
daddy was so proud….Bamalama is great…I also got a B in my coloring book class. Still better than the grades the bama football team got in the same class
the basics of cotton picking
July 13th, 2012
12:20 pm
is a very difficult course.
kudoos to those young men who toiled away long hours to get those b’s
THANK GOD AND MARK RICHT
July 13th, 2012
12:23 pm
for equestrian.
that is the football team right? all those horses that mark richt recruits?
Faithful Dawg 86
July 13th, 2012
12:41 pm
I can’t believe haters use an opportunity like this to come on this blog and spew their nastiness. I’d be willing to bet that 90% of them didn’t go to ANY college. This a great accomplishment by some wonderful men and women who train hard, study hard, and make us all proud GOOD JOB!!
Lion's Den
July 13th, 2012
12:45 pm
Women’s Track – Outstanding job Erika Allen! We’re so proud of your accomplishments and congrats for graduating with honors this past spring.
Great way to represent the South Dekalb community and MLK HS.
Love Mom & Dad
this is hilarious
July 13th, 2012
12:50 pm
when ever there is a negative story on the dawgs by this time there would be literally hundreds of posters whining and crying that the ajc only covers the bad stuff.
if it was a recruiting article about a new recruit or one that got away their would be hundreds of posts by now.
amid all the drama wrt recruiting , arrests and bad behavior this summer from the bullfrawgs one would think that their would be hundreds of attaboys posted on an article such as this. one would think that frawg nation would be starved for some good press. something positive!
folks we have 68 posts from dawg nation mostly yawns.
certainly speaks volumes about what the dawgs consider important and it certainly is NOT academics.
but hey we all knew that from the get go. ;o)
in a related issue….
i see where the dawgs have 2 of the worst 12 sports scandals in the history of college sports. they both occurred under reverend dooley’s watch. neither one of them is currently in the top 3 vote getters.
i urge all you sports fans out there to remedy this situation and vote for the dawgs.
sandusky dooley dooley in that order would be a deserving finish to the voting eh?
have a jan kemp / jim harrick day yall.
zbulldawg
July 13th, 2012
12:53 pm
THANK YOU CHIP. There is always something positive to report ! UGA is every one’s whipping child these days! Winning more will ease this some! Even poor ole Russ seems not good enough for the team. But he won a east championship ! Big deal he has some dark spots ! After this season he will be a HERO just like the rest ! I use Russ because he is the perfect mascot for the DAWGS during these ruff times. Get it: Russ RUFF RUFF ! These students work hard to get where their at. CONGRATS to THEM ALL Thank you to all of them who Just do the right thing !!!! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
shankit
July 13th, 2012
12:57 pm
Bama dropped their injurnearing class, heck, there
ain’t hardly any trains runnin’ anymore.
C.Allen
July 13th, 2012
12:58 pm
Kudos!!!! Thanks to AJC for reporting the good news! Congrats to all and especially my daughter, Erika Allen, listed under Women’s Track and Field from Georgia! I personally know of all your hard work and dedication. I love you much!!!
ATLien
July 13th, 2012
1:31 pm
All of you posting your usual hate filled negative trash UGA at any cost garbage are always pathetic. You take it to a new level when you come into this blog, one that is to congratulate young student athletes who are excelling both in the classroom and on their respective teams and spew your bile. Really, get a life pathetic Tech and Bama trolls.
Congrats to all these kids. Keep up the good work!!
Frank Weathersby
July 13th, 2012
2:24 pm
Just a suggestion from a concerned college football fan and former player. REDSHIRT ALL FRESHMEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS. Must complete one Give player another year to mature physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. This would be a small beginning to returning college football to COLLEGE rathr than semi-pre-pro NFL.
Tdawg
July 13th, 2012
2:55 pm
Do I sense a touch of jealously Lane. How about these majors:
Management
Biological Engineering
Business
Accounting
International Affairs
Psychology
Biological; Science
Real Estate
Animal Health Science
Genetics
Biology
Fiance
History
Economics
Geology
Microbiology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
to name just a few. Get a life fool and go back to worshiping what ever 2nd rate school that you root for.
Tdawg
July 13th, 2012
3:04 pm
sldkfjslk these white girls getting assisatance is no more shocking that seeing a$$hole’$ like you slamming our kids. Your wife must be standing on some streetcorner right now making money for your next fix. Hang in there brother. she’s working as fast as she can.
Janell Farley
July 13th, 2012
3:16 pm
Congrats to Erika!! I am so proud of the woman that she has become. I knew right from the start that this child was destine for greatness, way to go sweetheart, knock them dead!! Erika is listed under the track column.
gtforever
July 14th, 2012
8:12 am
Is an engineering degree from UGA like a degree in English from Tech?
michaelnaeesam
July 15th, 2012
8:22 am
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Coach
July 15th, 2012
8:38 am
Forty two on the equestrian team. That’s one way to pad the numbers!