Golden Eagles get 150 on OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference continued its annual recognition of academic success as the league announced its OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll on Monday. Tennessee Tech received 150 honorees on the list for the 2024-25 academic year among the overall list, which included a record 1,792 student-athletes – breaking the previous mark of 1,718 during the 2020-21 academic year. That total also included 89 student-athletes who compete in non-OVC championship sports that do not compete in another conference.
By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference continued its annual recognition of academic success as the league announced its OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll on Monday.
Tennessee Tech received 150 honorees on the list for the 2024-25 academic year among the overall list, which included a record 1,792 student-athletes – breaking the previous mark of 1,718 during the 2020-21 academic year. That total also included 89 student-athletes who compete in non-OVC championship sports that do not compete in another conference.
The Tech honorees included:
BASEBALL (20): Riley Black, Jack Brafa, Luke Bragga, Carter Casabella, Jackson Green, Houston High, Garrett Holpuch, Owen Lee, Braxton Lewis, Drew Mattox, Reece McDuffie, Logan Moller, Jaxson Pease, Kinnick Pusteoska, Jackson Rooker, Landon Smelser, Preston Steele, Micah Summar, Mack Whitcomb, Emery Wright;
MEN'S BASKETBALL (2): Matthew Sells, Bogdan Zimonjic;
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (10): Megan Aulbert, Keeley Carter, Peyton Carter, Angelika Girgenson, Reghan Grimes, Chloe Larry, Maddy Newman, Amelia Pfeiffer, Maddy Saracco, Anna Walker;
BEACH VOLLEYBALL (12): Brooke Amann*, Jordan Karlen*, Bella Lineberger*, Emma Pabon*, Alayna Pierce*, Bella Powell*, MK Roberts*, Ayanna Rodgers*, Ava Schubert*, Elena Wallace*, Jazmine Yamilkowski*, McKenna Young*;
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (6): Carter Bradford, Robert Dawson, James Hyland, Isaac Legault, Miceal McCaul, Dante Torres;
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (8): Savanna Amos*, Hannah Faudi*, Megan Forstner*, Makaleigh Jessee*, Maddie Long*, Hayley Stegall*, Zaely Tilt*, Rylee Wells*;
FOOTBALL (17): Torin Baker, Steve Brown, Miles Cooney, Kalvyn Crummie, James Edwards, Gabriel Hecht, Idris King, Isaac Knowles, D.J. Linkins, Xavier Randolph, Daniel Rickert, Lazaro Rodriguez, Jalin Shephard, Luke Shields, Nason Simmons, Christian Thomas, Logan Weedman;
MEN'S GOLF (6): Alexander Bassel, Drew Bolton, Owen Bright, Alex Broyles, Spencer Stuke. Hill Thompson;
WOMEN'S GOLF (6): Lydia Baker, Sydney Branson, Chloe Griffith, Kailey Lane, Reagan Stuke, Palmer Sykes;
WOMEN'S SOCCER (19): Anna Baker, Maggie Conrad, Lucia Cuadra, Abigail Davis, Bella Garrett, Melina Hamm, Natalie Howard, Addison Johnson, Allison Lee, Cheyenne McCloud, Ebba Melin, Madison North, Claire Palya, Sam Schroeffel, Reagan Smiley, Tori Soutuyo, Katie Toney, Delaney Wade, Ashley Wood;
SOFTBALL (22): Addison Abell, Ella Bishop, Ashley Capelouto, Sofia Carroll, Olivia Evans, Lainey Fitzgerald, Makayli Harris, Sydney Kirby, Abbee Klinefelter, Hannah Lange, Julie Martin, Bella Ochoa, Jailynn Paderez, Kyleigh Pitzer, Ashlyn Riggs, Abby Shoulders, Bailee Stack, Brooklyn Stewart, Hailey Stewart, Skylar Sybesma, Payton Wagner, Emily York;
MEN'S TENNIS (9): Alex Alvarez, Lucas Bitzer, Murilo Burckhardt, Oliver Dao, Lukas Krause, Darek Kuczynski, Elia Lauper, Elyad Oshnavie, Davids Spaks;
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD (19): Savanna Amos*, Carolina Bannach, Ally Beneke, Rachael Brewer, Mattie Bush, Kategie Casseus, Alexis Dotson, Hannah Faudi*, Megan Forstner*, Angela Hoover, Makaleigh Jessee*, Aliyah Kennedy, Riley Knoyle, Hannah Little, Maddie Long*, Hayley Stegall*, Tyla Street, Zaely Tilt*, Rylee Wells*;
VOLLEYBALL (14): Brooke Amann*, Katie Green, Madolyn Isringhausen, Mallory Jenkins, Jordan Karlen*, Bella Lineberger*, Emma Pabon*, Alayna Pierce*, Bella Powell*, MK Roberts*, Ava Schubert*, Elena Wallace*, Jazmine Yamilkowski* and McKenna Young*.
Asterisks denote honorees from multiple sports.
To be listed, honorees must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average, have been eligible and on the team throughout the competitive season in their chosen NCAA-sponsored sport(s) and used a season of competition.
Over the past 10 years, the OVC has honored over 14,800 student-athletes on the Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Last Friday, the OVC announced 349 winners of the OVC Academic Medal of Honor with perfect 4.0 grade point averages last academic year, including 34 to Tech student-athletes. The conference will announce the winner of the Academic Achievement Award and Team Academic Achievement Awards on Tuesday.
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