Forty-two Bulldogs Receive Fall SEC Honor Roll Recognition

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Forty-two Bulldogs Receive Fall SEC Honor Roll Recognition

February 07, 2018 | Cross Country, Football, Track & Field, Soccer, Volleyball

STARKVILLE, Miss. – A total of 42 Mississippi State student-athletes were named to the 2017 Fall Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Wednesday.

The 2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball. It is based on grades from the 2017 spring, summer and fall semesters. The 2017 fall semester saw MSU student-athletes turn in the highest cumulative GPA on record at 3.16.

MSU's football team placed the most athletes on the honor roll with 19 selected, but the women's soccer team had the greatest percentage of its athletes represented with over half the team being recognized. Fourteen of 27 women on the roster earned the achievement. Soccer also led all women's sports at MSU with a 3.69 GPA during the semester.

Thirteen members of the football are repeat honor roll selections including Hunter Bradley, Tolando Cleveland, Nick Fitzgerald, Aaron Hamaker, Jesse Jackson, Elgton Jenkins, Kobe Jones, Harrison Moon, Gabe Myles, Johnny Phillips, Martinas Rankin, Stewart Reese and Jeffery Simmons.

The south region champion women's cross country team placed eight runners on the honor roll. All-region runner Shannon Fair has now received academic recognition from the conference in all three years of her career. Carly Terp and Kristy Terp also joined Fair with multiple selections in their careers.

Soccer was led by 2017 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Mallory Eubanks who was also selected 16^th overall in the NWSL Draft. Minutes leader Kelly Dorney was named to the honor roll along with second-team All-SEC selections Courtney Robicheuax and MaKayla Waldner.

Liv Benner represented volleyball after playing in all 33 matches of the 2017 season and finishing second on the team with 78.0 total blocks.

The SEC First-Year Honor Roll, which recognizes true freshmen and those transfers that have played their first season in the conference, will be announced later this spring.

Women's Cross Country (8)
Charlotte Cayton-Smith – Kinesiology
Shannon Fair – Psychology
Stephanie Peterson – Chemistry
Alyssa Staubach – Elementary Education
Carly Terp – Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Kristy Terp – Biological Sciences
Emma Tucker – Geoscience
Alex Wallace – Mechanical Engineering

Football (19)
Hunter Bradley – Workforce Education
Tyler Williams – Kinesiology
Tolando Cleveland – Political Science
Nick Fitzgerald – Finance
Aaron Hamaker – Biochemistry
Jesse Jackson – Industrial Technology
Elgton Jenkins – Industrial Technology
Kobe Jones – Business Administration
Harrison Moon – Psychology
Gabe Myles – Kinesiology
Josiah Phillips – Industrial Technology
Tyre Phillips – Human Development and Family Studies
Martinas Rankin – Kinesiology
Stewart Reese – Kinesiology
Christian Roberson – Business Administration
Jeffery Simmons – Human Development and Family Studies
Marquiss Spencer – Undeclared
Keytaon Thompson – Kinesiology
Austin Williams – Business Administration

Women's Soccer (14)
McKenzie Adams – Kinesiology
Rhylee DeCrane – Biological Engineering and Mathematics
Kelly Dorney – Political Science and History
Mallory Eubanks – Kinesiology
Payton Gruenewald – Business Administration and Finance
Kayleigh Henry – Kinesiology
Jen Huckaby – Kinesiology
Emily Malone – Kinesiology
Kiley Martens – Criminology and Psychology
Carly Mauldin – Kinesiology
Courtney Robicheaux – Business Administration
Hannah Smith – Kinesiology
MaKayla Waldner – Mechanical Engineering
Katelyn Watson – Elementary Education

Volleyball (1)
Liv Benner – Landscape Architecture