Gamecocks Lead Way on 2013-14 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll List

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina topped the 2013-14 Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll for the seventh-straight year, with 97 student-athletes earning the accolade this year, the conference released on Friday. A total of 820 student-athletes were named to the first-year listing, running the year‘s total to 3,270 student-athletes to gain a spot on one of the four honor rolls. South Carolina, with 336 student-athletes making one of the four releases, stands as the only member of the SEC with over 300 student-athletes making the list. For this first-year release, Alabama came in behind the Gamecocks with 86, while Kentucky ranked third with 76 and Missouri fourth with 65. Georgia and Tennessee tied for fifth with 62. The SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2013-14 academic calendar. Each student-athlete must 1) have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; 2) be on scholarship or a letter winner; 3) have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and 4) have been a member of the varsity team for the sport‘s entire NCAA Championship segment. South Carolina’s honorees follow, broken down by sport. Baseball (8): Gene Cone, Business Canaan Cropper, Sport Management Wil Crowe, Public Health Logan Koch, Undeclared Zack Madden, Business John Parke, Business Reed Scott, Public Relations Jackson Smith, Sport Management Men‘s Basketball (7): Demetrius Henry, Sport Management Justin McKie, Sport Management Duane Notice, Broadcast Journalism Desmond Ringer, Public Health Jaylen Shaw, Undeclared Reggie Theus Jr., Sport Management Sindarius Thornwell, Undeclared Women‘s Basketball (1): India Farmer, Sport Management Equestrian (8): Courtney Allen, Exercise Science Madison Brown, Sport Management Makayla Clegg, Exercise Science Bailey Mierzejewski, Pharmacy Ashley Reichert, Business Chloe Schmidt, Business Lindsey Slack, Journalism Madeline Valenzuela, Advertising Football (8): Larenz Bryant, Broadcast Journalism Pharoh Cooper, Sport Management Kelsey Griffin, Retail Management Ali Groves, Business Jasper Sasser, Sport Management Jamari Smith, Sport Management Devin Washington, Business David Williams, Retail Management Men‘s Golf (2): Ben Dietrich, HRTM Kieron Fowler, Sociology Women‘s Golf (2): Katelyn Dambaugh, Undeclared Jia Xin Yang, Business Men‘s Soccer (7): Ive Burnett, Nursing Andrew Davis, Mechanical Engineering Eli Dent, Business Trey Gill, Business Koty Millard, Exercise Science Kurtis Turner, Undeclared Marco Velez, Sport Management Women‘s Soccer (7): Paige Bendell, Business Anjel Brown, Chemical Engineering Iris Dayton, Psychology Chelsea Drennan, Pharmacy Daija Griffin, Undeclared Evelyn Robinson, Business Claire Studebaker, Chemistry Softball (7): Nickie Blue, Sport Management Effie Manahan, Visual Communications Sarah Mooney, Public Health Kate Shereyk, Chemistry Kaylea Snaer, Psychology Macey Webb, Sport Management Victoria Williams, Elementary Education Men‘s Swimming & Diving (4): Jonathan Boland, Exercise Science Robert Gilchrist, Biology Sam Lynch, Undeclared Evan Mahoney, Civil Engineering Women‘s Swimming & Diving (7): Cooper Brown, Biology Megan Carlson, Criminal Justice Danielle Kimball, Public Health Jean Livingston, Nursing Elizabeth Maltby, Business Katie O‘Brien, Business Taylor Vincent, Public Health Men‘s Tennis (2): Andrew Schafer, Business Sam Swank, Undeclared Women‘s Tennis (2): Caroline Dailey, Sport Management Brigit Folland, Sport Management Men‘s Track & Field (5): Ryan Bermudez, Journalism Vince Esposito, HRTM Jussi Kanervo, Business Greg Lowing, Business David Yang, Business Women‘s Track & Field/Cross Country (12): Brittany Day, Biochemistry Maya Evans, Public Health Sarah Falta, Biochemical Engineering Meri Heneage, Undeclared Jill Lampe, Nursing Leveshia McClain, Undeclared Martha McCoy, Biology Melanie Ng, Business Tiffany Peacock, History Mary Reiser, Exercise Science Haley Saxby, Sport Management Allison Sherman, Management Sand Volleyball (2): Morgan LaVigne, Visual Communications Katie McCormick, Retail Management Volleyball (6): Jacqy Angermiller, Retail Management KoKo Atoa-Williams, Exercise Science Abby Feruck, Retail Management Megan Kirkland, Exercise Science Erin Neuenfeldt, Elementary Education Helen Récaborde, Business