BRIEFLY: SEMO HAS 12 OVC MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS

Southeast Missouri State University had a league-high 12 Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor winners for the 1998-99 school year.

The Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athlete who receives the highest grade-point average in a conference-sponsored sport.

The Southeast athletes honored all had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the 1998-99 school year. Included on the list are two local products, men's track athlete Jim Fox from Cape Central High School and softball player Alisha Liley from Jackson High School.

Other Southeast Medal of Honor winners were Ben Pranger (men's basketball); Leslie McNamara, Tobi Rainey, Becky Shull and Laura Van Hoevelaak (women's cross country); Christine Engelhardt and Anne Trieb (softball); and Jackie Derwort and Mandy Edgington (volleyball). McNamara was also honored for women's track.

Southeast also had 54 athletes named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll, for a 3.25 GPA or better. Included in the group are 15 members of the women's track team, tops for any sport in the OVC.

A list of the Southeast Commissioner's Honor Roll recipients appears in `Scoreboard'.

SEMO honors

Following is a list of Southeast Missouri State University athletes named to the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Baseball: Lanson Debrock, Jeremy Johnson, Archie Stambush, Kyle Yount

Men's Basketball: Mike Branson, Matt Morris, Ben Pranger

Women's Basketball: Shauna Cook, Sherry Cook, Paula Corder, Liea Toedte

Men's Cross Country: Nathan Speer

Women's Cross Country: Amy Arteme, Katie Gilbert, Leslie McNamara, Janelle Quigley, Celeste Ramsey, Jessie Thompson, Tammy Wenkel

Football: Jason DeWolf, Isaac Powell

Golf: Bryan Johnson, John Litzelfelner, Jimmy Lutz

Softball: Christine Engelhardt, Jenni Gaines, Tami Hebert, Emma Kisaka, Alisha Liley, Jenny Oermann, Debbie Schmelz, Anne Trieb, Kesley White

Tennis: Michelle Gruber, Isabela Slowikowska, Amanda Walker

Men's Track: Jim Fox, Nathan Speer, Heath Spirz, Jarod Rybacki

Women's Track: Amy Arteme, Katie Gilbert, Melanie Hamilton, Sarah Junkin, Sara Kaznica, Jen Leaman, Leslie McNamara, Janelle Quigley, Celeste Ramsey, Michelle Ramsey, Tobi Raney, Rebecca Shull, Jessie Thompson, Laura Van Hoevelaak, Tammy Wenkel

Volleyball: Kim Aggertt, Angie Aschoff, Jackie Derwort, Mandy Edgington, Krista Haukap, Rachelle Knapp, Lori Lange, Cathy Prichard