Fifty-Nine Bulldogs Named To 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
June 29, 2016 | Athletics
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A total of 59 Mississippi State student-athletes were named to the 2016 Spring Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Wednesday.
The 59 Bulldogs span eight sports (baseball, men's golf, women's golf, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track and field and women's track and field) and are part of a total 1,240 student-athletes across the 14 SEC schools that were named to the honor roll.
Softball led all MSU programs with 12 student-athletes named to the list and a team grade point average of 3.3, while baseball and women's track and field tied for second with 11. Men's track and field had nine named to the honor roll, while men's golf tallied six. Women's golf and women's tennis each placed four on the list, with men's tennis rounding out the list with two.
On May 18, men's tennis junior Rishab Agarwal was honored as the Elite 90 Academic Award recipient for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships. The award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site of each the NCAA's 90 championships.
A total of 33 student-athletes were pegged as Top Dawgs for posting a 4.0 GPA for the 2016 Spring semester and five of those graduated in the spring with a 4.0 cumulative GPA (Logan Chaney, Cornelia Griesche, Madison Milhoan, Sydney Rodkey and student-assistant coach Naomi Tran).
The 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2015 Summer, 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring terms.
Each student-athlete must 1) have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; 2) be on scholarship or a letter winner; 3) have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and 4) have been a member of the varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
The 2015-16 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll will be announced Thursday.
For more information on MSU athletics, follow "HailState" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find all-access coverage of the Bulldogs on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Baseball (11)
Jacob Billingsley – Psychology
Daniel Brown –Psychology
Cole Gordon – Business Administration
Ryan Gridley – Business Administration
Reid Humphreys – Interdisciplinary Studies
Jack Kruger – Business Administration
Josh Lovelady – Business Administration
Nathaniel Lowe – Business Administration
Jacob Robson – Business Administration
Brent Rooker – Business Administration
Blake Smith – Business Administration
Men's Golf (6)
Ross Bell – Accounting
Jackson Dick – Finance
Ben Follett-Smith – Marketing
Johnny Newnham – Finance
Taylor Grant – Business Administration
Tim Walker – Business Administration
Women's Golf (4)
Blaise Carabello – Business Administration
Logan Chaney – Criminology
Ji Eun Baik – Kinesiology
Izel Pieters – Business Administration
Softball (12)
Katie Anne Bailey – Human Sciences
Morgan Bell – Business Management
Carmen Carter – Psychology
Reggie Harrison – Business Administration
Amanda Ivy – Kinesiology
Cassady Knudsen – Biological Sciences
Loryn Nichols – Human Sciences
Caroline Seitz – Communication
Alexis Silkwood – Secondary Education
Mackenzie Toler – Kinesiology
Holly Ward – Business Management
Kayla Winkfield – Human Sciences
Men's Tennis (2)
Rishab Agarwal – Business Administration
Vaughn Hunter – Communication
Women's Tennis (4)
Madison Harrison – Communication
Jasmine Lee – Interdisciplinary Studies
Georgiana Patrasc – Psychology
Louise Ronaldson – Marketing
Men's Track and Field (9)
Jesse Austin – Biological Sciences
Dustin James – Special Education
Brandon McBride – Business Administration
Andrew Monaghan – Kinesiology
Patrick Monaghan – Kinesiology
Seth Peace – Business Administration
Carl Pittman – Civil Engineering
Zachary Taylor – Kinesiology
Curtis Thompson – Mathematics
Women's Track and Field (11)
Logan Boss – Kinesiology
Tiffany Flynn – Kinesiology
Cornelia Griesche – Economics A/S
Kaelin Kersh – Kinesiology
Leah Lott – Kinesiology
Mia Meydrich – Communication
Madison Milhoan – Business Administration
Rhianwedd Price – Economics A/S
Sydney Rodkey – Criminology
Carly Terp – Nutrition
Lisa Ziegler – Economics A/S
The 59 Bulldogs span eight sports (baseball, men's golf, women's golf, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track and field and women's track and field) and are part of a total 1,240 student-athletes across the 14 SEC schools that were named to the honor roll.
Softball led all MSU programs with 12 student-athletes named to the list and a team grade point average of 3.3, while baseball and women's track and field tied for second with 11. Men's track and field had nine named to the honor roll, while men's golf tallied six. Women's golf and women's tennis each placed four on the list, with men's tennis rounding out the list with two.
On May 18, men's tennis junior Rishab Agarwal was honored as the Elite 90 Academic Award recipient for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships. The award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site of each the NCAA's 90 championships.
A total of 33 student-athletes were pegged as Top Dawgs for posting a 4.0 GPA for the 2016 Spring semester and five of those graduated in the spring with a 4.0 cumulative GPA (Logan Chaney, Cornelia Griesche, Madison Milhoan, Sydney Rodkey and student-assistant coach Naomi Tran).
The 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2015 Summer, 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring terms.
Each student-athlete must 1) have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; 2) be on scholarship or a letter winner; 3) have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and 4) have been a member of the varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
The 2015-16 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll will be announced Thursday.
For more information on MSU athletics, follow "HailState" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find all-access coverage of the Bulldogs on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Baseball (11)
Jacob Billingsley – Psychology
Daniel Brown –Psychology
Cole Gordon – Business Administration
Ryan Gridley – Business Administration
Reid Humphreys – Interdisciplinary Studies
Jack Kruger – Business Administration
Josh Lovelady – Business Administration
Nathaniel Lowe – Business Administration
Jacob Robson – Business Administration
Brent Rooker – Business Administration
Blake Smith – Business Administration
Men's Golf (6)
Ross Bell – Accounting
Jackson Dick – Finance
Ben Follett-Smith – Marketing
Johnny Newnham – Finance
Taylor Grant – Business Administration
Tim Walker – Business Administration
Women's Golf (4)
Blaise Carabello – Business Administration
Logan Chaney – Criminology
Ji Eun Baik – Kinesiology
Izel Pieters – Business Administration
Softball (12)
Katie Anne Bailey – Human Sciences
Morgan Bell – Business Management
Carmen Carter – Psychology
Reggie Harrison – Business Administration
Amanda Ivy – Kinesiology
Cassady Knudsen – Biological Sciences
Loryn Nichols – Human Sciences
Caroline Seitz – Communication
Alexis Silkwood – Secondary Education
Mackenzie Toler – Kinesiology
Holly Ward – Business Management
Kayla Winkfield – Human Sciences
Men's Tennis (2)
Rishab Agarwal – Business Administration
Vaughn Hunter – Communication
Women's Tennis (4)
Madison Harrison – Communication
Jasmine Lee – Interdisciplinary Studies
Georgiana Patrasc – Psychology
Louise Ronaldson – Marketing
Men's Track and Field (9)
Jesse Austin – Biological Sciences
Dustin James – Special Education
Brandon McBride – Business Administration
Andrew Monaghan – Kinesiology
Patrick Monaghan – Kinesiology
Seth Peace – Business Administration
Carl Pittman – Civil Engineering
Zachary Taylor – Kinesiology
Curtis Thompson – Mathematics
Women's Track and Field (11)
Logan Boss – Kinesiology
Tiffany Flynn – Kinesiology
Cornelia Griesche – Economics A/S
Kaelin Kersh – Kinesiology
Leah Lott – Kinesiology
Mia Meydrich – Communication
Madison Milhoan – Business Administration
Rhianwedd Price – Economics A/S
Sydney Rodkey – Criminology
Carly Terp – Nutrition
Lisa Ziegler – Economics A/S
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