ASU Student-Athletes Honored

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- For the fifth consecutive year, Augusta State has increased its representation on the Peach Belt Conference’s Presidential Honor Roll, PBC commissioner Dave Brunk announced recently. In all, a PBC-record 1,080 student-athletes from the league’s 13 member institutions were cited for their academic excellence.

ASU had 78 student-athletes named to the 2010 PBC Presidential Honor Roll, up from 72 in 2009, 69 in 2008, 56 in 2007 and 49 in 2006. The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes all student-athletes at PBC institutions who had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year.

For the third straight year, the honor roll is divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA of 3.00 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49; Silver 3.50 to 3.74 and the Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00 GPA.

“It’s certainly rewarding to see this many student-athletes not only meet their athletic goals, but their academic goals as well,” said ASU Director of Athletics Clint Bryant. “We’re constantly striving to increase our academic achievement and to find new ways to prepare and motivate our student-athletes to perform at their very best in the classroom as well as in athletic competition.”

2010 Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll for Augusta State

Gold Scholars (10): Leann Barber (sb), Zach Breaux (bb), Laura Brown (sb), Kacee Camp (sb), Sara DeMuth (sb), Guilherme Ferraz (mt), Brendan Gillins (mg), Kimberly Kennedy (sb), Aaron Lewis (bb) and Stephen Ramsey (bb)

Silver Scholars (21): Marit Bjerke (wg), Henrique Boturao (mt), Jacob Carlsson (mg), Emily Corish (sb), Danyel Farrell (wt), Marina Ferreira (wt), Kathleen Kennedy (wxc), Ryan Khan (bb), Megan King (ch), Alysha Krier (sb), Mitch Krywulycz (mg), Victoria Lindqvist (wt), Whitney Lyons (ch), Bianca Machado (wt), Lyndsay Nichols (wxc), Luiza Pires (wt), Luiz Ramos (mt), Alex Sickman (bb), Julia Stalbro (wg), Justin Thigpen (bb) and Lindsey Weider (vb)

Bronze Scholars (20): Justin Appel (bb), Sophie Baconnet (wxc), Tarah Childress (vb), Robbie Downing (bb), Jordyn Hage (wg), Casey Hanrahan (bb), Jan Labas (mt), Chase Lowther (vb). Ben Madgen (mbb), Jennifer Miller (sb), Sarah Mooney (wg), Carter Newman (mg), Henrik Norlander (mg), Andy Onufrak (bb), Alyssa Pingree (sb), Gishelle Raghunanan (ch), Scott Shipman (bb), Scott Strickland (bb), Lauren Weatherbee (ch) and Natalie Wille (wg)

Presidential Scholars (27): Jake Amos (mg), Tony Baker (bb), Josh Barks (bb), Olle Bengtsson (mg), Carl Burrow (bb), Loren Collins (bb), Kristania Crawford (vb), Sydney Ewerth (ch), Bernardo Fernandes (mt), Beth Gerlach (sb), Kayla Hicks (sb), Brittany Jarrard (wbb), Kristen Jones (sb), Holly Keeper (wxc), Celia Kresser (wxc), Shanley McIntee (vb), Dianna Meyer (vb), Rafael Milhati (mt), Zach Minter (bb), Curtis Parker (bb), Preston Pye (bb), Lacey Ross (sb), Caleb Saggus (bb), Alex Smith (mbb), Ivori Sneed (wxc), Savannah Sutton (wxc) and Ashley Zappitell (vb)

* wxc -- women’s cross country, vb -- volleyball, wbb -- women’s basketball, sb -- softball, wt -- women’s tennis, wg -- women’s golf, bb - baseball, mbb -- men’s basketball, mt -- men’s tennis, mg -- men’s golf --