Islanders Place Record 73 Student-Athletes on Commissioner’s Honor Roll
FRISCO, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi athletic department continued its academic rise, placing 73 student-athletes on the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the semester, it was announced on Tuesday. Included in that total were 14 Islanders who earned a 4.0 GPA during the spring.
With 73 student-athletes on the list, it bested the previous high of 66 following the 2009 spring semester, and the Islanders have now had at least 60 student-athletes recognized in each of the last four years following the release of the 2012 honor roll.
"The continued excellence of our student-athletes is a big component of our success as a department," said Director of Athletics Scott Lazenby. "Our most important job in college athletics is to ensure our athletes get a quality education while competing as an Islander."
"The job that Jennifer Baker and her staff at the Center for Athletic Academic Services have done to continue the improvement of our students in the classroom is commendable. It takes an entire team effort by the students, the coaches and the administrators to continue the academic success."
The list is comprised of student-athletes that compete in men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field.
Baseball had the biggest representation of an Islanders team, with 15 of the 35 players on the roster earning at least a 3.0 or better, including Alex Jack, Bobby Buckner, Omar Garcia and Tim Beard having perfect 4.0 GPAs during the semester.
There were 10 other 4.0 GPAs on the list, as women’s track and field also had four 4.0 student-athletes in Julia Sambu, Kassandrea Son, Kayla Fisher and Melissa Jones. Rounding out the list were Jake Kocher of men’s basketball, Damequia Montgomery of women’s basketball, Hannah Schwarz and Sandy Schumann of softball, Nathan Robinson of men’s tennis, Cassie Shaw of women’s tennis with perfect grade-point averages.
In addition to the 15 from the baseball team, there were five from men’s basketball, seven from women’s basketball, four from women’s golf, six from softball, six from men’s tennis, seven from women’s tennis, ten from men’s track and field, while women’s track and field had the second-highest total at 14 student-athletes with a GPA at 3.0 or above.
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|
Name |
Cl. |
GPA |
Sport |
Major |
Hometown |
|
Alex Jack |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Baseball |
Finance |
San Leandro, Calif. |
|
Bobby Buckner |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Baseball |
Finance |
Boise, Idaho |
|
Omar Garcia |
Gr. |
4.00 |
Baseball |
Education |
El Paso, Texas |
|
Tim Beard |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Baseball |
Communication |
Canberra, Australia |
|
Nick Lerick |
So. |
3.80 |
Baseball |
Business |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Stafford Brantley |
Jr. |
3.80 |
Baseball |
Health Sciences |
College Station, Texas |
|
Brian Hicks |
So. |
3.79 |
Baseball |
Mechanical Engineering |
Marble Falls, Texas |
|
Adam Hoelscher |
Jr. |
3.67 |
Baseball |
Biomedical Sciences |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
|
Matt Danton |
So. |
3.58 |
Baseball |
Mechanical Engineering |
Conroe, Texas |
|
Bryce Zak |
So. |
3.50 |
Baseball |
Health Sciences |
Angelo, Texas |
|
Jeramie Marek |
Sr. |
3.27 |
Baseball |
Kinesiology |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
|
Santiago Ruiz |
Sr. |
3.25 |
Baseball |
Finance |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Jacob Dorris |
Fr. |
3.23 |
Baseball |
Business |
Weatherford, Texas |
|
Drew Vest |
Sr. |
3.07 |
Baseball |
Kinesiology |
Missouri City, Texas |
|
Brad Porras |
Sr. |
3.00 |
Baseball |
Finance |
Needville, Texas |
|
Jake Kocher |
Fr. |
4.00 |
M Basketball |
Marketing |
Austin, Texas |
|
Kennon Dvorak |
Jr. |
3.69 |
M Basketball |
Kinesiology |
Moulton, Texas |
|
James King |
So. |
3.50 |
M Basketball |
Psychology |
Schertz, Texas |
|
Kevin Lynch |
Jr. |
3.25 |
M Basketball |
Communication |
Rockport, Texas |
|
Ted Wang |
So. |
3.00 |
M Basketball |
Business |
Zhe Jiang, China |
|
Damequia Montgomery |
Jr. |
4.00 |
W Basketball |
Health Sciences |
Baytown, Texas |
|
Alisa Roberts |
Jr. |
3.80 |
W Basketball |
Health Sciences |
Darby, Pa. |
|
Trish Amboree |
Fr. |
3.79 |
W Basketball |
Biomedical Sciences |
Lake Jackson, Texas |
|
Ashley Darley |
Jr. |
3.75 |
W Basketball |
Criminal Justice |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
|
Taryn Gregory |
So. |
3.00 |
W Basketball |
Criminal Justice |
Channelview, Texas |
|
Verne’qua Taylor |
Jr. |
3.00 |
W Basketball |
Health Sciences |
Wharton, Texas |
|
Zoe Vega-Vega |
Sr. |
3.00 |
W Basketball |
Health Sciences |
Humacao, Puerto Rico |
|
Lindsay Biehler |
So. |
3.67 |
W Golf |
Mechanical Engineering |
Austin, Texas |
|
Ryann White |
Sr. |
3.54 |
W Golf |
Kinesiology |
Lubbock, Texas |
|
Krista Fenniak |
So. |
3.19 |
W Golf |
Communication |
Edmonton, Alberta |
|
Vanessa Johnson |
Fr. |
3.08 |
W Golf |
Kinesiology |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
|
Hannah Schwarz |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Softball |
Education |
Kerrville, Texas |
|
Sandy Schumann |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Softball |
Kinesiology |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Hayley Galloway | Fr. | 3.43 | Softball | Kinesiology | Angelton, Texas |
|
Meagan McKinney |
Jr. |
3.25 |
Softball |
Marketing |
New Braunfels, Texas |
|
Greta Cecchetti |
Sr. |
3.19 |
Softball |
Psychology |
Bollate, Italy |
|
Alejia Cain |
Sr. |
3.08 |
Softball |
Communication |
Buda, Texas |
|
Nathan Robinson |
Sr. |
4.00 |
M Tennis |
Finance/Economics |
Abilene, Texas |
|
Aurelien Tave |
Jr. |
3.75 |
M Tennis |
Health Sciences |
St. Gilles Les Bains, Reunion Island |
|
Gergo Weidinger |
So. |
3.75 |
M Tennis |
Finance |
Budapest, Hungary |
|
Pietro Jordao |
Fr. |
3.10 |
M Tennis |
Management |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
|
Alex Pavlov |
Sr. |
3.00 |
M Tennis |
Marketing |
Moscow, Russia |
|
Peter Nagy |
Fr. |
3.00 |
M Tennis |
Education |
Budapest, Hungary |
|
Cassie Shaw |
Jr. |
4.00 |
W Tennis |
Kinesiology |
Flower Mound, Texas |
|
Ashley Garza |
So. |
3.73 |
W Tennis |
Biomedical Sciences |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
|
Magdalena Herszfeld |
Jr. |
3.67 |
W Tennis |
Kinesiology |
Warsaw, Poland |
|
Doris Kuselj |
Jr. |
3.50 |
W Tennis |
Communication |
Dubronik, Croatia |
|
Mia Matuszak |
Jr. |
3.08 |
W Tennis |
Mechanical Engineering |
Katy, Texas |
|
Chelsea Horan |
Fr. |
3.06 |
W Tennis |
Kinesiology |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
LeAnne Mascall |
Jr. |
3.00 |
W Tennis |
Management |
Hervey Bay, Australia |
|
Christoph Hintz |
So. |
3.79 |
M Track & Field |
Mechanical Engineering |
Schwerin, Germany |
|
Quincy Obeng |
Jr. |
3.46 |
M Track & Field |
Computer Science |
Houston, Texas |
|
Justin Adame |
So. |
3.43 |
M Track & Field |
Biomedical Sciences |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
|
Paul Hansel |
Fr. |
3.43 |
M Track & Field |
Environmental Sciences |
Victoria, Texas |
|
Valentinas Rudys |
Fr. |
3.41 |
M Track & Field |
Economics |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
|
David Carrillo |
Fr. |
3.27 |
M Track & Field |
Kinesiology |
Eagle Pass, Texas |
|
Adrian Marquez |
Sr. |
3.25 |
M Track & Field |
Health Sciences |
Hutchinson, Kan. |
|
Philipp Baar |
Fr. |
3.25 |
M Track & Field |
Management |
Schwerin, Germany |
|
Brandon Lacy |
Fr. |
3.00 |
M Track & Field |
Kinesiology |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Julian Pfeiffer |
Fr. |
3.00 |
M Track & Field |
Environmental Sciences |
Diez, Germany |
|
Julia Sambu |
Sr. |
4.00 |
W Track & Field |
Health Sciences |
Eldoret, Kenya |
|
Kassandrea Son |
Gr. |
4.00 |
W Track & Field |
Education |
Cedar Creek, Texas |
|
Kayla Fischer |
Fr. |
4.00 |
W Track & Field |
English |
Katy, Texas |
|
Melissa Jones |
Jr. |
4.00 |
W Track & Field |
Kinesiology |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Shelby Nichols |
Jr. |
3.79 |
W Track & Field |
Kinesiology |
Kingwood, Texas |
|
Vanessa Galindo |
Fr. |
3.77 |
W Track & Field |
Kinesiology |
Del Rio, Texas |
|
Jasmine Boutte |
Fr. |
3.73 |
W Track & Field |
Environmental Sciences |
Long Branch, N.J. |
|
Shelby Polasek |
Fr. |
3.63 |
W Track & Field |
Finance |
Reno, Nev. |
|
Ernestine Cray |
So. |
3.19 |
W Track & Field |
Education |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Danielle Higgins |
Sr. |
3.00 |
W Track & Field |
Marketing |
Benson, Ariz. |
|
Maeghen Wedgeworth |
So. |
3.00 |
W Track & Field |
Biology |
Portland, Texas |
|
Sarah Kimaiyo |
Sr. |
3.00 |
W Track & Field |
Health Sciences |
Eldoret, Kenya |
|
Shannan Girdy |
Fr. |
3.00 |
W Track & Field |
Biomedical Sciences |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
