Southeast honors 145 student-athletes

A record 145 individuals were honored Wednesday during Southeast Missouri State's annual Scholar Athlete Luncheon at the University Center.

Those recognized have a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average, and they represent 51.2 percent of all the athletes at Southeast. Also recognized were 18 members of Southeast's spirit groups (cheerleaders and Sundancers) and 16 student athletic trainers.

Thirteen Southeast athletes have perfect 4.0 grade point averages: Jennifer Burke, Kimberly Krieger, Sarah Vereist, Heather West and Emily Zimmermann (track/cross country); Francisco Perez and Colin Schermann (football); Julie Sweetin (basketball); Drew Kristal, Puja Paul and Kim Roberts (tennis); and Lauren Costello and Jen Cross (soccer).

Student athletic trainers Kate Albers and Jessica Myers also have perfect grade point averages.

Also recognized Wednesday were Southeast's Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor winners for the 2003-04 school year. That award goes to the athlete with the highest GPA in a conference-sponsored sport.

Burke, Krieger and Cross won Medals of Honor, along with Kaci Pilcher (track/cross country), Matt Boyack (football), Jamie Birk (softball), Kay Ehlke (tennis) and Michele Jett (track).

Burke, Cross and Derek Winans (basketball) were recognized as 2003-04 Academic All-Americans.

Southeast Scholar Athletes

Baseball

Ernie Bracamonte (3.051), Matt Carter (3.875), James Clayton (3.000, Eric Horstman (3.721), Bo Jenkins (3.091), Casey Johnson (3.000), Anthony Maupin (3.265), Jamie McAlister (3.172), Josh Parham (3.679), Jordan Payne (3.091), Dustin Pritchett (3.519), Mike Taylor (3.000), Keith Wollis (3.730), Brent Youngblood (3.253), Sean Zollner (3.600)

Golf

Jesse Barge (3.800), Brandon Couch (3.710), Adam Grandidier (3.800), Brennan Hollenbeck (3.800), Matt Litzelfelner (3.400), Mark Schmitz (3.000), Nathan Sprague (3.460).

Football

John Albart (3.323), Reggie AuBuchon (3.120), Dan Beig (3.375), Matt Boyack (3.960), Dominique Brown (3.500), Adam Casper (3.533), Dan Connolly (3.032), Justin DeShon (3.031), Mark Dunaway (3.800), Eric Frost (3.087), Joseph Goff (3.710), Cal Jillson (3.237), Edgar Jones (3.000), Derek Kutz (3.169), Zachary Leible (3.118), Seth McDowell (3.083), Mike Miller (3.211), Scott NesSmith (3.417), Francisco Perez (4.000), Colin Schermann (4.000), Brady Schwartz (3.600), Nicholas Stauffer (3.111), Mark Stolle (3.095), Joseph Tuineau (3.250), Kellin White (3.167)

Men's Basketball

Brett Hale (3.621), Derek Winans (3.977)

Volleyball

Jamie Baumstark (3.111), Linden Hahs (3.833), Brittany Hastings (3.250), Jessica Koeper (3.200), Kristen McElroy (3.514), Jill Miller (3.423), Shannon Muesenfechter (3.500), Sima Ozenir (3.400), Lauren Scannell (3.618), Brenna Schlader (3.250), Ashley Smith (3.610), Jessica Wilfong (3.067)

Men's Track/Cross Country

Kenji Chiba (3.240), Andy Croxford (3.286), Brad DeMattei (3.474), Robert Doty (3.824), Mathew Jett (3.182), Daniel Jones (3.033), Kevin McNab (3.429), Mark McNamara (3.633), Kirk Nesbit (3.733), Daniel Stults (3.200), Brian Whitehead (3.667)

Gymnastics

Danyelle Aber (3.059), Katie Bloom (3.308), Tara Boldt (3.440), Crystal Eberhardt (3.276), Allison Ezell (3.750), Amanda Grimes (3.481), Lexie Hein (3.348), Jennifer Kaye (3.500), Brystol Powelski (3.667), Natalie Watts (3.409)

Women's Basketball

Katrisha Dunn (3.068), Leanne Evans (3.250), Aisha Moreno (3.500), Rachel Mueggenborg (3.800), Natalie Purcell (3.848), Tiffanne Ryan (3.500), Julie Sweetin (4.000)

Women's Track/Cross Country

Colleen Burke (3.780), Jennifer Burke (4.000), Kathy Coleman (3.800), Meleisa Greene (3.412), Lindsay Hearne (3.750), Renee Herzog (3.046), Michele Jett (3.964), Kimberly Krieger (4.000), Lindsey Meyr (3.587), Donneice Parrish (3.000), Taryn Phillips (3.662), Megan Rosenkoetter (3.211), Sarah Vereist (4.000), Heather West (4.000), Kia White (3.133), Brooke Woodruff (3.794), Kris Woolf (3.919), Lindsay Zeiler (3.554), Emily Zimmermann (4.000)

Softball

Kelly Birk (3.629), Elaine Fisher (3.250), Stephanie Huffman (3.224), Stephanie Mata (3.571), Megan McDonald (3.000), Katelyn Otterness (3.600), Ashley Robinson (3.000), Michelle Summers (3.000), Victoria Torrez (3.708), Rachel VanFleet (3.353), Melisssa VanVelkinburgh (3.611), Lindsey Woodworth (3.500)

Tennis

Kim Anderson (3.289), Ashley Hooper (3.087), Bryce Kristal (3.750), Drew Kristal (4.000), Puja Paul (4.000), Miranda Petrea (3.842), Kim Roberts (4.000)

Soccer

Molli Beard (3.750), Lauren Costello (4.000), Jen Cross (4.000), Marla Gianino (3.366), Erin Hartmann (3.424), Laura Hauskins (3.229), Megan Hejlek (3.118), Caitlin Huber (3.510), Mary Kalinowski (3.344), Alaina Lacopo (3.071), Megan Matter (3.667), Emily Newsham (3.857), Diana Poovey (3.824), Heather Reding (3.372), Lisa Schweppe (3.278), Erin Slattery (3.528), Carina Souza (3.863), Jessie Wuellner (3.792)

Athletic Trainers

Cole Abbott (3.0), Kate Albers (4.0), Kyle Boyce (3.3), David Enderle (3.4), Kara Gardner (3.0), Jennifer Hampton (3.0), Jess Hess (3.2), Coby Musselman (3.2), Jessica Myers (4.0), Heather Palmer (3.2), Kris Keller (3.5), Holly Renshaw (3.7), Ashley Stahl (3.0), Travis Weiss (3.2), Heath Willis (3.0), Takuro Yamada (3.9)

Cheerleaders

Sara Essner (3.750), Jamie Klotz (3.929), Joshua Mesger (3.160), Amy Meyer (3.250), Terry Moore (3.313), Stacy Schenk (3.651), Lindsay Smith (3.817), Brittni Snidle (3.250), Stephanie Tracy (3.696)

Sundancers

Cherlyn Bib (3.000), Ashley Coffey (3.608), Stephanie Dambach (3.864), Nicole Eggleston (3.593), Ashley Gremminger (3.565), Jill Karcher (3.143), Aimee Knebel (3.000), Leah Wellen (3.681), Tiffany Williams (3.000)