UK leads the SEC in baseball with 23 players earning the award
LEXINGTON, Ky. – July 10, 2020
A total of 90 Kentucky Wildcat student-athletes earned a place on the 2020 Southeastern Conference Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll, announced Friday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
UK had 23 baseball players on the list, most from any school in the league in that sport. In addition, UK had seven athletes from men’s golf, six from women’s golf, 13 softball players, three men’s tennis players, four from women’s tennis, 13 men’s track and field athletes and 21 from women’s track and field. The SEC spring honor roll is based on grades from the 2019 Summer, 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring terms.
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. Among other criteria, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above at the nominating institution.
Kentucky – Sport – Major
Carson Coleman – Baseball – Integrated Strategic Communication
TJ Collett – Baseball – Communication
Braxton Cottongame – Baseball – Undeclared
Elliott Curtis – Baseball – Psychology
Breydon Daniel – Baseball – Communication
Cole Daniels – Baseball – Community and Leadership Development
Alexander Degen – Baseball – Social Work
William Gambino – Baseball – Management
Trae Harmon – Baseball – Marketing
Daniel Harper – Baseball – Management
Mason Hazelwood – Baseball – Elementary Education
Cameron Hill – Baseball – Community and Leadership Development
Tanner Holen – Baseball – Kinesiology
Brendan Hord – Baseball – Civil Engineering
Ben Jordan – Baseball – Communication
Coltyn Kessler – Baseball – Communication
Trip Lockhart – Baseball – Communication
Dillon Marsh – Baseball – Accounting
Justin Olson – Baseball – Communication
James Ramsey – Baseball – Communication
Hunter Rigsby – Baseball – Undeclared
Austin Schultz – Baseball – Communication
Jaren Shelby – Baseball – Communication
Jacob Cook – M Golf – Management
Alex Goff – M Golf – Finance
Allen Hamilton – M Golf – Economics
Jay Kirchdorfer – M Golf – Management
Matt Liston – M Golf – FInance
Zach Norris – M Golf – Finance
Garrett Wood – M Golf – Management
Ryan Bender – W Golf – Marketing
Josephine Chang – W Golf – Biology & Kinesiology
Sarah Fite – W Golf – Kinesiology
Rikke Svejgård Nielsen – W Golf – Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
Casey Ott – W Golf – Psychology
Sarah Shipley – W Golf – Integrated Strategic Communication
Renee Abernathy – Softball – Human Health Sciences
Grace Baalman – Softball – Art Studio
Jaci Babbs – Softball – Mathematical Economics
Emma Boitnott – Softball – Neuroscience
Autumn Humes – Softball – Kinesiology
Lauren Johnson – Softball – Integrated Strategic Communication
Mikayla Kowalik – Softball – Finance
Alexandria Martens – Softball – Integrated Strategic Communication
Mallory Peyton – Softball – Human Health Sciences
Meghan Schorman – Softball – Marketing
Tatum Spangler – Softball – Animal Sciences
Larissa Spellman – Softball – Management
Bailey Vick – Softball – Accounting
Cesar Bourgois – M Tennis – Marketing
Ying-Ze Chen – M Tennis – Economics
Jonathan Sorbo – M Tennis – Management
Lesedi Jacobs – W Tennis – Accounting
Akvile Parazinskaite – W Tennis – Diplomacy and International Commerce
Anastasia Tkachenko – W Tennis – Management
Diana Tkachenko – W Tennis – Management
Dylan Allen – M Track & Field – Marketing
Cole Dowdy – M Track & Field – Biology
Tanner Dowdy – M Track & Field – Political Science, Finance
Joseph Jardine – M Track & Field – Marketing
Matthew Peare – M Track & Field – Communication
Jacob Smith – M Track & Field – Journalism
Joshua Sobota – M Track & Field – Management
Dwight St. Hillaire – M Track & Field – Communication
Gabriel Szalay – M Track & Field – Marketing
Matthew Thomas – M Track & Field – Marketing, Finance
Trevor Warren – M Track & Field – Economics
Benjamin Young – M Track & Field – Mathematical Economics, Accounting
Lincoln Young – M Track & Field – Digital Media and Design
Nicole Bagby – W Track & Field – Psychology
Celera Barnes – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Perri Bockrath – W Track & Field – Psychology
Rachel Boice – W Track & Field – Biology
Riley Caudill – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Alison D’Alessandro – W Track & Field – Mathematics
Ellen Ekholm – W Track & Field – Marketing
Nicole Fautsch – W Track & Field – Marketing, Psychology
Carly Hinkle – W Track & Field – Animal Sciences
Kaitlyn Lacy – W Track & Field – Accounting
Molly Leppelmeier – W Track & Field – Computer Science
Mallory Liggett – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Lainey McKinley – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Sara Michels – W Track & Field – Journalism
Janie O’Connor – W Track & Field – Family Sciences
Madisyn Peeples – W Track & Field – Elementary Education
Masai Russell – W Track & Field – Communication
Caitlin Shepard – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Abby Steiner – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Kelli Walsh – W Track & Field – Finance
Kamilah Williams – W Track & Field – Journalism
