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Congrats to all the award winners- keeping the underlying reason behind NCAA athletics alive and well!

Athletics Department Honors Student-Athlete Academic Excellence At Banquet

April 24, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Liberty University Athletics Department will be honoring 176 student-athletes this evening at the third annual Athletics Academic Awards Banquet, which is being held in one of the banquet rooms at the Kirkly Hotel in Lynchburg.

The 176 student-athletes invited to the annual event were extended an invitation from the Liberty University Athletics Academic Services Office based upon their academic progress in the classroom, with each having a cumulative 3.0 or better GPA.

Among the 176 student-athletes are 14 individuals who have been named to a Big South all-academic team, including two Big South Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

Of the 176 student-athletes, 11 student-athletes have a 4.0 cumulative GPA, 28 student-athletes have a 3.75 GPA and 42 have a 3.50 GPA or better with both groups earning Dean’s List honors. Rounding out the group, 95 student-athletes have a 3.0 or better GPA and will be named to this year’s Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll.

Below is a sport-by-sport breakdown of this year’s Liberty University student-athlete academic awards:

Big South Conference All-Academic Team members:
Evan Falat – men’s cross country
Allyson Fasnacht – women’s basketball
Ravanno Ferguson – men’s indoor track
Ravanno Ferguson – men’s outdoor track
Peter Horstman – men’s golf
Danielle Jordan – women’s cross country
Kevin Mahan – men’s soccer
Russell Monroe – men’s basketball
Pritt Pihl – men’s tennis
Autum Poorman - volleyball
Jonita Randolph – women’s tennis
Sonia Rodriguez – women’s soccer
Arlene Zelinskas – women’s indoor track
Arlene Zelinskas – women’s outdoor track

Big South Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year:
Evan Falat – men’s cross country
Arlene Zelinskas – women’s outdoor track

Liberty University 2005-06 Student-Athlete Academic Banquet Honorees

4.0 GPA Students
Jenna Barber - Cheerleading
Andrea Beckles - Track
Daniel Darnell - Soccer
Rachel Hammond - Basketball
Philip Leineweber - Track
Autumn Minor - Softball
Tim Nanry - Baseball
Ashley Osborne - Track
Rebekah Ricksecker - Track
Michael Ward - Soccer
Nathan Witkowski - Track

3.75 GPA And Above Students (Dean’s List)
Andrew Bartels - Track
Kristin Colson - Volleyball
Kevin Correa - Track
Hanna Edwards - Soccer
Evan Falat - Track
Allyson Fasnacht - Basketball
Megan Frazee - Basketball
Molly Frazee - Basketball
Moriah Frazee - Basketball
Michael Gelatt - Soccer
Markus Greenleaf - Track
Danielle Jordan - Track
Mandee Judd - Soccer
Leanne Long - Softball
Rachel Love - Softball
Kevin Mahan - Soccer
Roberto Marquez - Soccer
Molly Morgan - Track
Clarence Murray - Track
Priit Pihl - Tennis
Daniel Pope - Football
Jonita Randolph - Tennis
Jenni Santino - Track
Jessica Thornton - Cheerleading
Shawn Teufel - Baseball
Rebekah Wahlquist - Track
Jaime Watson - Track
Arlene Zelinskas - Track

3.50 GPA And Above Students (Dean’s List)
Kendall Bartholomew - Soccer
Rachel Bendzlowicz - Soccer
Derek Bennion - Baseball
Tommy Bussey - Baseball
Paige Cheek - Soccer
Rachel Denton - Volleyball
Allyson Erving - Soccer
Brock Farrel - Football
Markus Ferguson - Football
Ravanno Ferguson - Track
David Giammaresi - Baseball
Clendon Henderson - Track
Beth Hensley - Softball
Errol Hollinger - Baseball
Emily House - Soccer
Dawn Jeffs - Softball
Jarvis Jelen - Track
Jenni Jessee – Cheerleading
Katie Jones - Softball
A.J. Karidis - Baseball
Joshua Kephart - Football
Phil Laurent - Baseball
Jessica Leary - Softball
Derek Lisko - Football
Mark Malvaso - Football
Emily Michalek - Soccer
Joshua Musselman - Football
Dan Newell - Track
Amy Oberlin- Soccer
Ryan Page - Baseball
Matthew Parker - Track
Sebastian Pena - Tennis
Bill Pinette - Soccer
Drew Ponder - Track
Autum Poorman - Volleyball
Sarah Roberts - Track
Jordan Spaeth - Football
Nathan Thompson - Baseball
Phil Thompson - Baseball
Brenda Tolsma - Track
Joseph Withers - Tennis
Melissa Zummo - Track

3.0 GPA And Above Students
(Big South Honor Roll)
Steven Ackley - Football
Beau Austin - Football
Tyler Baker - Basketball
Steve Barrett - Track
Benjamin Beasley - Football
Joel Beck - Track
Jonathan Becker - Football
Ashley Braam - Soccer
Alexandria Bream - Basketball
Jared Brogden - Football
Melissa Brown - Track
Jonathan Brummell - Football
David Cassidy - Soccer
Cameron Chastain - Soccer
Truly Chin - Cheerleading
Jonathan Coache - Soccer
David Cooper - Track
Mike Corral - Football
Daniel Corprew - Football
James Davis - Football
Sarah Davis - Soccer
Colin Dugan - Football
Gerald Duffey - Football
Timothy Edwards - Track
Sarah Ellis - Softball
Kristin Faxon - Soccer
Shannon Forbes - Track
James Forystek - Football
Patrick Gaillard - Baseball
John Godsil - Football
Aaron Gogain - Track
Katy Gooden - Tennis
Ryan Greiser - Football
Michael Griffith - Soccer
Aaron Grijalva - Baseball
Martyna Hanusz - Tennis
Stephen Hawk - Golf
Alaina Hohnarth - Soccer
Peter Horstman - Golf
Clint Jackson- Track
Phil John - Baseball
Tim John - Baseball
Meghan Johnson - Softball
Eric Josephs - Football
Mike Just - Baseball
Andrew Kappler - Soccer
Jeremiah Kappler - Soccer
Jason Koziol - Baseball
Weston Lambert - Football
Matthew Lambros - Football
Tyler Light - Baseball
Sarah Love - Softball
Chris Mandell - Soccer
Joshua Mast - Golf
Danny Miller - Football
Todd Mittauer - Baseball
Matt Mizesko - Soccer
Russ Monroe- Basketball
Jessica Moore - Softball
Crystal Morgan - Cheerleading
Bryan Mosier - Football
Mallory Neff - Soccer
Piper Newby - Track
Tanya Payne - Soccer
Mary Alice Pike - Volleyball
Karolina Piotrkiewicz - Basketball
Albert Powers - Golf
Adam Privett - Soccer
Reyna Quiroz - Track
Jennifer Ralston - Cheerleading
Erika Rasmussen - Softball
Hadyn Reid - Football
Kevin Richard - Football
Michael Robinson - Football
Sonia Rodriguez - Soccer
Alysson Sanders - Volleyball
Tra' Jyseia Screen - Track
Maria Spencer - Track
Joseph Spencer - Track
Daniel Surratt - Football
Kaitlyn Suter - Track
Caitlyn Sutterfield - Track
Chelsey Swanson - Track
James Sweeting - Football
Sarah Swor - Softball
Matthew Tarr - Track
Richard Thom - Football
Jaroslav Trojan - Tennis
Michael Turner - Golf
Dustin Umberger - Baseball
Joshua Wallace - Football
Jo Welch - Track
Erin West - Soccer
Andrew Wilson - Baseball
Abe Yeakel - Baseball

[Hold My Own]

I find it funny how many females are at the top of this list....really its sad....kinda like at the national spelling bee where 99 out of 100 are....ummm how to put it nicely, those from another dissent

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descent

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"HMO's parents deny knowing his origin of descent"

you were never in the spelling bee, were you?