BATON ROUGE, La. – On Wednesday, the 2016 Southeastern Conference Spring Honor Roll was released, as LSU had 62 student-athletes were honored for their work in the classroom over the course of the last year.
The 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2015 Summer, 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring terms.
Leading the way with 19 selections was the LSU women's track & field team, followed by baseball with 11 honorees. The Tiger softball team had nine student-athletes honored, while men's and women's golf and women's tennis had five make the cut each. Rounding out the list were three student-athletes from men's tennis.
The Lady Tigers track & field squad earned a sixth-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon two weeks ago, which includes honoree
Mikiah Brisco who helped shatter the previous LSU record and Hayward Field record in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 42.65 seconds and earned a pair of All-American honors while at the championships.
On the diamond the LSU baseball team won 45 games and earned a postseason national seed for the fifth-straight season, something no other team in the country can lay claim to. LSU got big hits from the likes of players like
Greg Deichmann, while getting dominant pitching performances in the circle from the trio of
Alex Lange, Jared Poche and
John Valek III.
For the first time in the history of the program the LSU softball team earned consecutive trips to the Women's College World Series, as the Tigers won 50 games for the second-straight season for the first time since the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Leading the group on the list were two players who helped lead the team to the 2016 SEC Softball Tournament Final in All-Tournament players
Carley Hoover and
Sandra Simmons.
Leading the group of men's golfer was two-time All-American
Zach Wright, who has earned All-America honors for the second-straight season follows his honorable mention selection by the GCAA as a junior in 2015. Men's golf made it back to the match play round of the national championships, finishing tied for fifth place, earning a top-five finish for the third consecutive season.
Elise Bradley, a WGCA All-Region selection, helped lead the LSU women's golf team to the postseason in a year in which the University Club was a host site, as she advanced out of the regional to finish her career at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship with a 54-hole qualifying in the individual competition at 10-over 226 with rounds of 72-75-79.
The LSU women's tennis team finished the season ranked 18th overall, tying the highest season-ending ranking in the program's history. The Lady Tigers finished the season with a record of 19-12, which included a win over No. 10 Oklahoma State.
Joana Vale Costa was a first-team All-SEC selection and was selected for the NCAA singles championships.
Men's tennis also qualified for the NCAA tournament for the 17th time in 19 seasons, and sent
Jordan Daigle, an All-SEC selection, to the NCAA singles and doubles competition where he was able to advance to the round of 16.
Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference 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 Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a 54,000 square foot facility comprised of academic affairs, student affairs and an information technology teams, serving more than 530 student-athletes. The purpose is to provide an all-inclusive, student-centered support structure for all student-athletes from matriculation, through graduation and life beyond.
Name, Sport, Major
Austin Bain, Baseball, Sport Administration
Parker Bugg, Baseball, Accounting
Greg Deichmann, Baseball, Sport Administration
Cody Ducote, Baseball, Sport Administration
Trent Forshag, Baseball, Civil Engineering
Cole Freeman, Baseball, General Business
Alex Lange, Baseball, Finance
Jared Poche', Baseball, Kinesiology
Jesse Stallings, Baseball, Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Collin Strall, Baseball, Sport Administration
John Valek III, Baseball, Sport Administration
Joseph Caldwell, Men's, Golf, General Business
Rhyne Jones, Men's Golf, Sport Administration
Brandon Pierce, Men's Golf, Sport Administration
Eric Ricard, Men's Golf, Sport Administration
Zach Wright, Men's Golf, Sport Administration
Elise Bradley, Women's Golf, Finance
Claudia De Antonio, Women's Golf, International Trade & Finance
Nadine Dreher, Women's Golf, Sport Administration
Carly Goldstein, Women's Golf, Interdisciplinary Studies
Caroline Nistrup, Women's Golf, Sport Administration
Sydney Bourg, Softball, Kinesiology
Alayna Falcon, Softball, Kinesiology
Carley Hoover, Softball, Theatre
Taylor Lockwood, Softball, Sport Administration
Randi Provost, Softball, Kinesiology
Layna Savoie, Softball, Psychology
Sandra Simmons, Softball, Curriculum & family Studies
Elyse Thornhill, Softball, Animal, Dairy, & Poultry Science
Akiya Thymes, Softball, Kinesiology
Jordan Daigle, Men's Tennis, Business Administration
Simon Freund, Men's Tennis, Finance
Andrew Korinek, Men's Tennis, Marketing
Ryann Foster, Women's Tennis, Nutrition & Food Science
Skylar Kuykendall, Women's Tennis, Textile, Apparel, & Merchandise
Abigail Owens, Women's Tennis, Marketing
Ella Taylor, Women's Tennis, Sport Administration
Joana Vale Costa, Women's Tennis, Sport Administration
Chadd Burns, Men's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Blair Henderson, Men's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Christian Johnson, Men's Track & Field, Biology
Matthew Rhorer, Men's Track & Field, ISDS
Jack Wilkes, Men's Track, & Field Pre-Humanities & Soc. Science
Danielle Avery, Women's Track & Field, Business Administration
Hannah Bourque, Women's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Mikiah Brisco, Women's Track & Field, Business Administration
Madison Danna, Women's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Hannah Deworth, Women's Track & Field, Nutrition & Food Science
Bria Druilhet, Women's Track & Field, Psychology
Kiersten Duncan, Women's Track & Field, Interdisciplinary Studies
Elizabeth Dunning, Women's Track & Field, Elementary Education
Nataliyah Friar, Women's Track & Field, Psychology
Monica Guillot, Women's Track & Field, Chemical Engineering
Jalea Jackson, Women's Track & Field, Theatre
Rebecca Little, Women's Track & Field, International Trade & Finance
Madison McDaniel, Women's Track & Field, Finance
Bryiana Richardson, Women's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Morgan Schuetz, Women's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Annie Simoneaux, Women's Track & Field, Kinesiology
Rebekah Wales, Women's Track & Field, Business Administration
Ashley Welborn, Women's Track & Field, Mathematics
Sidnie Wilder, Women's Track & Field, Psychology
