USC Winter Honor Roll 2nd Best In SEC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina landed 70 student-athletes on the 2013-14 Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced today. The Gamecocks ranked second in the 14-member conference, behind Georgia‘s 85. Auburn stood third with 62, while Kentucky ranks fourth with 61. South Carolina stood third on last winter‘s listing after tying for first in the 2011-12 standards. Equestrian shifted from the spring to the winter listing for this season. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive named a total of 614 student-athletes to the list, which is based on grades from the 2013 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. Any student”athlete who participates in a SEC 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. The following criteria should be followed: (1) A student”athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student”athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student”athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student”athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non”remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student”athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport‘s entire NCAA Championship segment. The entire list of Gamecocks making the mark is below. Men‘s Basketball (5): Laimonas Chatkevicius, Hospitality Management Austin Constable, Finance Tyrone Johnson, Sociology Mindaugas Kacinas, Hospitality Management Brian Steele, Sport Management Women‘s Basketball (6): Shelbretta Ball, Criminal Justice Asia Dozier, Business Tiffany Mitchell, Retail Wilka Montout, Business Management Khadijah Sessions, Hospitality Management Aleighsa Welch, Sport & Entertainment Equestrian (24): Alexa Anthony, Spanish Sarah Bouchard, Public Health Jordan Brown, Business Management Alison Ceresani, Exercise Science Melanie Cormier, Psychology Layla Choate, Business Management Haiden De Jane, Business Administration Elizabeth DeGolian, Business Administration Erin Fry, Business Administration Morgan Hale, Business Finance Kelsey Hart, Public Relations Amber Henter, Hospitality Management Katie Kopf, Business Management Samantha Kraus, Business Management Allie Kraybill, Nursing Johnna Letchworth, Hospitality Management Cody McMillion, Exercise Science Samantha Nicholson, Nursing Adele Norton, English Abigail Pait, Pharmacy Emily Reynolds, Broadcast Journalism Rachel Roter, International Studies Katherine Schmidt, Business Management Kelsey Urban, Psychology Men‘s Swimming & Diving (10): Alex Eiden, Pharmacy Michael Flach, Management Jared Kauffman, Exercise Science Kevin Leithold, International Business Eric Lethander, Chemical Engineering Cole Miller, Exercise Science Gerard Rodriguez, Physics Alex Vance, Sport Management Jay Warner, Exercise Science Jake White, Biomedical Engineering Women‘s Swimming & Diving (25): Maryn Bieganski, International Business Caroline Bixler, Sport Management Jessie Bridgham, Business Kasey Catalfomo, Biomedical Engineering Alicia Cheripka, Marine Science Sara Columbus, Sport Management Sara Drake, Exercise Science Ashleigh Ferguson, Public Relations Abby Galbreath, Sport Management Karalyn Gibbs, Advertising Annika Jonsson, Advertising Taylor Josserand, Marketing Grace Kazmierski, Public Health Patricia Kranz, Exercise Science Lauren Lamendola, Exercise Science Victoria Mitchell, Business Economics Nicole Mertel, Biology Brooke Morton, Exercise Science Lindsay Pierce, Exercise Science Lauren Raczkowski, Exercise Science Lauren Rosenberg, Elementary Education Rachael Schaffer, Hospitality Management Charlotte Ward, Interdisciplinary Studies Elise Weisert, Exercise Science Elisabeth Worrell, Management