UK Has Fourth-Most Student-Athletes Honored; Women’s Basketball and Gymnastics Have Second-Most in the League
LEXINGTON, Ky. – April 24, 2020
A total of 66 University of Kentucky student-athletes earned a place on the 2020 Winter Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. UK had the fourth-highest number of honorees in the league.
The 2020 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2019 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. UK’s gymnastics team had 12 student-athletes on the honor roll and women’s basketball had eight, both of which are second-most in the league in those sports. Women’s swimming has 24 honorees, third-highest among league schools in that sport. In addition, men’s swimming has 15 on the honor roll, rifle has six and men’s basketball has one. Among other qualifications, a student-athlete must have a 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding academic year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA, and completed at least 24 semester of academic work, in order to be named to the list.
Along with the academic success, Kentucky teams also had success in the arenas of competition. The undefeated rifle team won the Great America Rifle Conference regular season and tournament championships and was ranked No. 1 in the nation. Men’s basketball had a 25-6 record while winning the SEC regular-season championship. Women’s basketball went 22-8 and was third in the SEC in the regular season. Still in the regular season, gymnastics was 7-5 overall and fourth place in the SEC. Women’s swimming ranked No. 15 in the nation and the men’s team was receiving votes in the rankings. All NCAA championships were canceled in the winter sports.
2020 SEC WINTER SPORTS HONOR ROLL
Kentucky – Sport – Major
Zan Payne – M Basketball – Undeclared/Exploratory Studies in Agriculture
Ogechi Anyagaligbo – W Basketball – Public Health
Blair Green – W Basketball – Kinesiology
Sabrina Haines – W Basketball – Journalism
Keondra McKinney – W Basketball – Social Work
Amanda Paschal – W Basketball – Media Arts & Studies; Psychology
Kameron Roach – W Basketball – Kinesiology
Jaida Roper – W Basketball – Psychology
Tatyana Wyatt – W Basketball – Psychology
Josephine Angeny – Gymnastics – Communication
Madison Averett – Gymnastics – Kinesiology
Anna Haigis – Gymnastics – Psychology
Mackenzie Harman – Gymnastics – Human Health Sciences
Mollie Korth – Gymnastics – Kinesiology
Alaina Kwan – Gymnastics – Journalism
Katherine Marianos – Gymnastics – Marketing
Megan Monfredi – Gymnastics – Psychology
Cally Nixon – Gymnastics – Psychology
Arianna Patterson – Gymnastics – Digital Media and Design
Hailey Poland – Gymnastics – Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles
Allison Snyder – Gymnastics – Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
Richard Clark – Rifle – Kinesiology
Ian Foos – Rifle – Social Work
Ruby Gomes – Rifle – Psychology
Mason Joachim – Rifle – Psychology
Mitchell Nelson – Rifle – Biology
Hailee Sigmon – Rifle – Career and Technical Education
Wyatt Amdor – M Swim & Dive – Marketing, Finance
Kyle Barker – M Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Louis Barker – M Swim & Dive – Management
Daniel Blake – M Swim & Dive – Mechanical Engineering
Connor Blandford – M Swim & Dive – Computer Science
Glen Brown – M Swim & Dive – Accounting
Jason Head – M Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Trent Lakes – M Swim & Dive – Accounting, Finance
Chase Lane – M Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Daniel Orcutt – M Swim & Dive – Management
Hank Siefert – M Swim & Dive – Finance
Nick Smith – M Swim & Dive – Management
Alex Taylor – M Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Peter Wetzlar – M Swim & Dive – Accounting, Finance
Danny Zhang – M Swim & Dive – Management
Bailey Bonnett – W Swim & Dive – Elementary Education
Emma Dellmore – W Swim & Dive – Public Health
Lauren Denham – W Swim & Dive- Community and Leadership Development
Lauren Edelman – W Swim & Dive – Management, Marketing
Riley Gaines – W Swim & Dive – Human Health Sciences
Ali Galyer – W Swim & Dive – Marketing
Jaida Garrett – W Swim & Dive – Psychology
Izzy Gati – W Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Hayley Griesser – W Swim & Dive – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Parker Herren – W Swim & Dive – Political Science
Jaclyn Hill – W Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Cara Hudson – W Swim & Dive – Clinical Leadership and Management
Olivia Huffman – W Swim & Dive – Psychology
Kyndal Knight – W Swim & Dive – Marketing
Morgan Lakes – W Swim & Dive – Human Health Sciences
Sarah Loheide – W Swim & Dive – Human Nutrition
Caroline McCleary – W Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Elizabeth Merriman – W Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Payton Neff – W Swim & Dive – Psychology
Alex Nelson – W Swim & Dive – Psychology
Kelly Rodriguez – W Swim & Dive – Marketing
Asia Seidt – W Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Sophie Sorenson – W Swim & Dive – Marketing
Caroline Szydlowski – W Swim & Dive – Public Health
