MSU Places 86 on SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Four programs place double-digit student-athletes on first-year academic honor roll

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MSU Places 86 on SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

July 14, 2020 | Baseball, Football, Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Athletic Academics

SEC Release

Four programs place double-digit student-athletes on first-year academic honor roll

by: Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – A total of 86 Mississippi State student-athletes were named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday (July 14).

Of the 86 Bulldogs on the conference's first-year honor roll, women's track and field let the way with 15 honorees, while the football program placed 14 on the list. Women's soccer (13) and baseball (10) each put double-digit student-athletes on the list, as well.

The 15 women's track and field recipients tied for No. 2 among SEC programs, while the 14 football student-athletes ranked No. 3 in the conference.

Softball saw nine student-athletes on the first-year honor roll, just one shy of het program record 10 from 2018 and men's basketball earned a program-best five honorees, besting its total of three from the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years.

Men's track and field had seven on the list, while women's basketball, men's tennis and volleyball each earned three. The men's golf program saw both of its freshmen among the first-year honorees, while women's golf and women's tennis each garnered a pair of honorees, as well.

The First‐Year SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2019‐20 academic calendar.

Any student‐athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student‐athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution's NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll. The following criteria will be followed: (1) A student‐athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student‐athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student‐athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student‐athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student‐athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non‐remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student‐athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.

Baseball (10)
Will Bednar
Hunter French
KC Hunt
Kamren James
Austin Kelly
Mason Land
Xavier Lovett
Drew McGowan
Davis Rokose
Landon Sims

Men's Basketball (5)
Iverson Molinar
Quinten Post
Justin Rumph
Tolu Smith
Isaac Stansbury

Women's Basketball (3)
Jayla Hemingway
Rickea Jackson
JaMya Mingo-Young

Football (14)
Brandon Cunningham
Collin Duncan
Martin Emerson
Jack Harris
Brevyn Jones
Jarrian Jones
Dylan Lawrence
Nick Pendley
Nathan Pickering
Kyziah Pruitt
J.P. Purvis
De'Monte Russell
Cody Swanson
Quinton Torbor

Men's Golf (2)
Hunter Logan
William Wann

Women's Golf (2)
Abbey Daniel
Ashley Gilliam

Women's Soccer (11)
Alyssa D'Aloise
Onyi Echegini
Gabby English
Esmeralda Figueroa
Macey Hodge
Stormy Meier
Hannah Pimentel
Madison Rust
Grace Seymour
Alissa Stewart
Sydney Strunk
Hannah Telleysh
Katelyn Williams

Softball (9)
Aquana Brownlee
Paige Cook
Kiki Edwards
Kenley Hawk
Madisyn Kennedy
Celeste Soliz
Brylie St. Clair
Aspen Wesley
Annie Willis

Men's Tennis (3)
Isaac Becroft
Jonas Hartenstein
Nicolas Ocana

Women's Tennis (2)
Marta Falceto
Alexandra Mikhailuk

Men's Track and Field (7)
Jacob Belin
Garrett Carswell
Kobe Clouthier
Colby Freeman
Terry Smith Jr.
Jacob Warner
Trent Zelden

Women's Track and Field (15)
Anna Balzli
Zoe Brito
Silvia De La Pena Garibay
Helen Claire Edmonds
Nicole Franklin
Jada Grant
San'Toria Harris
Breja Hooks
Madalyn Kish
Emilia Lesniak
Caroline Mattox
Ashley Melcherts
Shardonnay Nichols
Savannah Schwab
Mary Beth Woodward

Volleyball (3)
Katie Culumovic
Callie Minshew
Burgundy Walters