100 Wildcats Earn a Place on the SEC Fall Sports Academic Honor Roll
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A total of 100 University of Kentucky student-athletes earned a place on the 2020 Fall Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced Tuesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. UK had the second-highest number of honorees in the league.
The 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2020 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. UK had seven representatives from men’s cross country, 10 from women’s cross country, 37 from football, 19 from men’s soccer, 17 from women’s soccer and 10 from volleyball. 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 in order to be named to the list.
In addition to the academic success, Kentucky teams also had success on the fields of competition in the fall – much of which is carrying over to the spring. Volleyball has resumed its season already and has a 10-0 record and No. 3 national ranking. Men’s soccer resumes this week after having posted a 5-1 mark and being nationally ranked in the fall. The women’s and men’s cross country teams have completed the regular season and are awaiting potential bids to the NCAA Championships. Football finished its all-SEC regular-season schedule with a Senior Night win over South Carolina and a win over No. 24-ranked North Carolina State in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.
2020 SEC FALL SPORTS HONOR ROLL
Kentucky – Sport – Major
Dylan Allen – M Cross Country – Marketing
Jacob Brizendine – M Cross Country – Biology
Mclean Griffin – M Cross Country – Accounting
Patrick Schaefer – M Cross Country – Kinesiology
Gabriel Szalay – M Cross Country – Economics
Trevor Warren – M Cross Country – Economics
Aaron Withrow – M Cross Country – Finance
Rachel Boice – W Cross Country – Biology
Sophie Carrier – W Cross Country – Elementary Education
Rachel Curry – W Cross Country – Human Health Sciences
Kaylie Kenne – W Cross Country – Human Health Sciences
Kaitlyn Lacy – W Cross Country – Accounting
Mallory Liggett – W Cross Country – Kinesiology
Lainey McKinley – W Cross Country – Kinesiology
Sarah Michels – W Cross Country – Journalism
Madisyn Peeples – W Cross Country – Elementary Education
Kelli Walsh – W Cross Country – Finance
Abule Abadi-Fitzgerald – Football – Communication
Alex Bascom – Football – Finance
Richard Bascom – Football – Finance
Zac Berezowitz – Football – Economics
Jamari Brown – Football Social – Work
Jared Casey – Football – Community and Leadership Development
Yusuf Corker – Football – Economics
Tyler Couch – Football – Sociology
Eli Cox – Football – Integrated Strategic Communication
Jamin Davis – Football – Community and Leadership Development
Patrick Delahunty – Football – Accounting
Taj Dodson – Football – Communication
Max Duffy – Football – Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Braxton Eiserman – Football – Art Studio
Luke Fortner – Football – Mechanical Engineering
Colin Goodfellow – Football – Nursing
Manny Harper – Football – Kinesiology
Collin Hartmann – Football – Economics
Jackson High – Football – Management
Drake Jackson – Football – Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Zach Johnson – Football – Health Promotion
Shawn Lawson – Football – Sociology
Jordan Morrow – Football – Communication
William Nalty – Football – Management
Josh Paschal – Football – Family Sciences
Chance Poore – Football – Consumer Econ & Family Fin. Counseling
Asim Rose – Football – Community and Leadership Development
Matt Ruffolo – Football – Finance
Nik Scalzo – Football – Marketing
Brett Slusher – Football – Accounting
Sawyer Smith – Football – Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Clevan Thomas Jr. – Football – Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Jack Varga – Football – Undeclared
Dillon Wheatley – Football – Agricultural Economics
Quintin Wilson – Football – Management
Jordan Wright – Football – Community and Leadership Development
Landon Young – Football – Agricultural Economics
John Michael Bandy – M Soccer – Clinical Leadership and Management
Eythor Bjorgolfsson – M Soccer – Marketing
Case Cox – M Soccer – Accounting
Kalil ElMedkhar – M Soccer – Accounting
Daniel Evans – M Soccer – Finance
Enrique Facusse – M Soccer – Communication
Luis Grassow – M Soccer – Sociology
Cole Guindon – M Soccer – Management
Clay Holstad – M Soccer – Chemical Engineering
Colin Innes – M Soccer – Finance
Leon Jones – M Soccer – Chemical Engineering
Brock Lindow – M Soccer – Computer Engineering
Aimé Mabika – M Soccer – English
Marcel Meinzer – M Soccer – Communication
Bailey Rouse – M Soccer – Civil Engineering
Robert Screen – M Soccer – Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
Ryan Troutman – M Soccer – Management
William Wagner – M Soccer – Management
Jansen Wilson – M Soccer – Management
Lisa Blankestein – W Soccer – Psychology
Marissa Bosco – W Soccer – Educational and Counseling Psychology
Cami Dade – W Soccer – Marketing
Alex Fava – W Soccer – Mechanical Engineering
Emily Hähnel – W Soccer – Economics
Tatiana Hagan – W Soccer – Psychology
Miranda Jimenez – W Soccer – Communication
Josie Knight – W Soccer – Psychology
Gretchen Mills – W Soccer – Accounting
Madi Rennie – W Soccer – Management
Jordyn Rhodes – W Soccer – Kinesiology
Hannah Richardson – W Soccer – Undeclared
Peyton Rimko – W Soccer – Management
Emma Shields – W Soccer – Elementary Education
Sarah Siekkinen – W Soccer – Civil Engineering
Steph Stull – W Soccer – Biomedical Engineering
Caroline Trout – W Soccer – Finance
Maddie Berezowitz – Volleyball – Finance
Gabby Curry – Volleyball – Business Administration
Gabby Goddard – Volleyball – Human Health Sciences
Madison Lilley – Volleyball – Integrated Strategic Communication
Kendyl Paris – Volleyball – Kinesiology
Cameron Scheitzach – Volleyball – Kinesiology
Avery Skinner – Volleyball – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Alli Stumler – Volleyball – Elementary Education
Azhani Tealer – Volleyball – Biology
Lauren Tharp – Volleyball – Special Education
UK’s players on the SEC Honor Roll continues the trend of strong academic news:
- In November, it was announced that UK student-athletes broke both school records for NCAA Graduation Success Rate and Federal Graduation Rate. UK has broken or tied the GSR school record every year since the NCAA began measuring that statistic in 2005.
- Including the 2020 winter commencement and last spring’s graduation, 98 Wildcat student-athletes earned degrees during the 2020 calendar year.
- In December, 380 Wildcats achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the fall semester, including 109 Cats who reached 4.0 for the semester. That continued UK Athletics’ streak of 17 consecutive semesters with a department-wide GPA of 3.0 or higher.
UK Athletics supports the academic success of its student-athletes through CATS – the first academic center of its kind dedicated solely to serving student-athletes. CATS is an important component of UK’s Student-Athlete Experience division, launched as a renewal of the department’s commitment to prepare student-athletes to enter life after UK.
