Kentucky Leads SEC in First-Year Academic Honor Roll Honorees

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky posted 136 first-year student-athletes on the 2023-24 Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll, which lead all league institutions, it was announced Wednesday by commissioner Greg Sankey.

The First‐Year SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2023-24 academic calendar. 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.

UK teams finished high among their sports in honorees with baseball finishing second, football third, men’s golf tied for first, rifle second, men’s soccer first, women’s soccer tied for second, softball third, men’s swimming and diving second, men’s tennis tied for second and women’s track and field second.

UK’s players on the SEC Honor Roll continues the trend of strong academic news:

• UK Athletics continued its streak of a 3.0 cumulative GPA to 24 straight semesters in the spring of 2024. Individually, 465 Wildcats achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher, including 139 Cats who reached 4.0 for the semester.
• Spring graduation marked yet another milestone of academic success as UK Athletics had a total of 163 graduates during the 2023-24 school year alone.
• Ninety Wildcats were recently named to the 2024 Spring Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll for having a 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding academic year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
• Recently, UK tied the school record for its NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 92 percent, one point above the national average of 91 percent. All of UK’s teams surpassed the mandatory score for the NCAA Academic Progress Rate. UK’s overall APR rate was higher than the overall national average.
• In August 2023, UK Athletics announced a school-record 12 Academic All-Americans for the 2022-23 school year from the College Sports Communicators organization.
• Nineteen current and former UK student-athletes were honored by the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives Board with Academic Excellence Awards, it was announced in February.

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.

2023-24 SEC FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
Blake Bowen – Baseball – Elementary Education
Hudson Brown – Baseball – Agriculture
Griffin Cameron – Baseball – Kinesiology
Ben Cleaver – Baseball – Finance
Ty Crittenberger – Baseball – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Mitchell Daly – Baseball – Communication
Landon Franklin – Baseball – Community and Leadership Development
Kyuss Gargett – Baseball – Kinesiology
Evan Hart – Baseball – Criminal Justice
Ben Higdon – Baseball – Management, Finance
Ethan Hindle – Baseball – Management
Robert Hogan – Baseball – Communication
Johnny Hummel – Baseball – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Nick Lopez – Baseball – Business
Ryan Nicholson – Baseball – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Dominic Niman – Baseball – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Cameron O’Brien – Baseball – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Trey Pooser – Baseball – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Cooper Robinson – Baseball – Communication
Raymond Saatman – Baseball – Finance
Tommy Skelding – Baseball – Accounting
Eli Small – Baseball – Marketing
Jake Titus – Baseball – Communication
Jordan Burks – M Basketball – Undeclared
Reed Shepherd – M Basketball – Undeclared
DJ Wagner – M Basketball – Management
Jordy Griggs – W Basketball – Marketing
Brooklynn Miles – W Basketball – Communication
Khamari Anderson – Football – Health Promotion
Lincoln Billiter – Football – Kinesiology
Anthony Brown-Stephens – Football – Communication
Ty Bryant – Football – Communication
Ben Christman – Football – Communication
Marques Cox – Football – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Hayden Dawahare – Football – Management, Finance
Tavion Gadson – Football – Undeclared
Grant Godfrey – Football – Communication
Walker Himebauch – Football –Kinesiology
Tanner Lemaster – Football    Finance
Landon Marcum – Football – Accounting
Dylan Ray – Football – Communication
Alex Raynor – Football – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Chy Rivers – Football – Psychology
Carson Wright – Football – Management
Tommy Ziesmer – Football – Kinesiology
Wesley Beard – M Golf – Accounting
Michael Hake – M Golf – Management
Jansen Preston – M Golf – Communication
Cathryn Brown – W Golf – Communication
Brooke Oberparleiter – W Golf – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Creslyn Brose – Gymnastics – Undeclared
Cadence Gormley – Gymnastics – Integrated Strategic Communication
Kaila Lawrence – Gymnastics – Human Health Sciences
Sharon Lee – Gymnastics – Human Health Sciences
Delaynee Rodriguez – Gymnastics – Undeclared
Emily Marne – Rifle – Human Health Sciences
Alfred Baafi – M Soccer – Art Studio
Silas Borgman – M Soccer – Management
Isaiah Chisolm – M Soccer – Management
Logan Dorsey – M Soccer – Psychology
Joel Gonzalez – M Soccer – Management
Josh Gordon – M Soccer – Information Communication Technology
Marqes Muir – M Soccer – Undeclared
Mia Bookhard – W Soccer – Chemistry
Annalise Cannada – W Soccer – Nursing
Kennedy Chambers – W Soccer – Psychology
Katelyn Fishnick – W Soccer – Nursing
Grace Hoytink – W Soccer – Undeclared
Marz Josephson – W Soccer – Counselor Education
Sydney Neira – W Soccer – Journalism
Grace Phillpotts – W Soccer – Management
Jadyn Rupnow – W Soccer – Animal Sciences, Communication
Tanner Strickland – W Soccer – Management
Katherine Truitt – W Soccer – Kinesiology
Emory Donaldson – Softball – Marketing
Ally Hutchins – Softball – Biology
Sydney Langdon – Softball – Kinesiology
Peyton Plotts – Softball – Kinesiology
Cassie Reasner – Softball – Kinesiology
Delani Sullivan – Softball – Communication
Jaden Vickers – Softball – Marketing
Bradley Boyd – M Swim & Dive – Information Communication Technology
John Broome – M Swim & Dive – Integrated Strategic Communication
Josh Fisher – M Swim & Dive – Finance
Josh Fujimoto – M Swim & Dive – Chemical Engineering
Aaron Gasiewicz – M Swim & Dive – Management
Gavin Hang – M Swim & Dive – Finance
Carson Hick – M Swim & Dive – Political Science
Justin Peresse – M Swim & Dive – Management
Carter Ruthven – M Swim & Dive – Mechanical Engineering
Marie Belli – W Swim & Dive – Public Health
Devynn Bishop – W Swim & Dive – Aerospace Engineering
Lily Delong – W Swim & Dive – Hospitality Management and Tourism
Libby Grether – W Swim & Dive – Human Health Sciences
Paige Housman – W Swim & Dive – Aerospace Engineering
Cassie Howell – W Swim & Dive – Human Health Sciences
Megan Hutchins – W Swim & Dive – Sociology, Psychology
Madi McGlothen – W Swim & Dive – Kinesiology
Kristy Pfaff – W Swim & Dive – Marketing
Lauren West – W Swim & Dive – Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology
Aaliyah Allen – W Track & Field – Food Biosciences
Jack Loutit – M Tennis – Management
Matt Rankin – M Tennis – Undeclared
Eli Stephenson – M Tennis – Communication
Jaden Weekes – M Tennis – Finance
Ed Bird – M Track & Field – Kinesiology
Grayson Brashear – M Track & Field – Mechanical Engineering
Sami Hattab – M Track & Field – Kinesiology
Dustin Horter – M Track & Field – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Troy Lane – M Track & Field – Aerospace Engineering
Caden Miracle – M Track & Field – Kinesiology
Colin Wilson – M Track & Field – Kinesiology
Jaemari Allen – W Track & Field – Biology
Maya Anderson – W Track & Field – Psychology
Brooke Berger – W Track & Field – Finance
Logan Brennan – W Track & Field – Psychology
Camden Bentley – W Track & Field – Nursing
Alexa Brown – W Track & Field – Health Promotion
Ainsley Edwards – W Track & Field – Marketing
Julia Gunnell – W Track & Field – Marketing
Aubree Hay – W Track & Field – Product Design
Charity Hufnagel – W Track & Field – Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Management
Alysia Johnson – W Track & Field – Communication
Cha’iel Johnson – W Track & Field – Communication
Elaina Lahmers – W Track & Field – Elementary Education
Kristen Masucci – W Track & Field – Improving Healthcare Value
Oneika McAnnuff – W Track & Field – Communication
Lyric Olson – W Track & Field – Nursing
Ariel Pedigo – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Asha Pierre-Antoine – W Track & Field – Neuroscience
Emmi Scales – W Track & Field – Criminal Justice
Shelby Wingler – W Track & Field – Kinesiology
Brooke Bultema – Volleyball – Management
Brooklyn Deleye – Volleyball – Kinesiology
Ava Sarafa – Volleyball – Management
Molly Tuozzo – Volleyball – Merchandising, Apparel, & Textiles