A total of 135 individuals were honored Wednesday during the annual Southeast Missouri State Scholar-Athlete Luncheon at the Show Me Center.
Those recognized have a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade-point average, and they represent 52 percent of all the athletes at Southeast. Twenty athletes have perfect 4.0 GPAs.
Women's track/cross country had the largest number of scholar-athletes with 25.
Also recognized were 21 members of Southeast's spirit groups (cheerleaders and Sundancers), and 15 student athletic trainers.
Baseball (17)
Zachary Blemker (3.495), Matt Carter (3.777), Greg Dambach (3.800), Ryon Fields (3.330), Daryl Graham (3.310), Corey Harness (3.230), Louie Haseltine (3.800), Derek Hayden (3.500), Matt Holland (3.595), Jim Klocke (4.000), Josh Parham (3.810), Dustin Pritchett (3.477), Dustin Renfrow (3.110), Josh Syberg (3.600), Andrew Weise (4.000), Matt Wulfers (3.354), Sean Zollner (3.685)
Football (18)
Kevin Ballatore (3.184), Matt Boyack (3.977), Stephen Callanan (3.857), Adam Casper (3.600), Patrick Christian (3.119), Joseph Goff (3.634), Jared Goodson (3.667), Nick Grassi (3.000), Sterling Hardin (3.250), Leon Hill (3.000), Kyle Hubert (3.833), Kendall Magana (3.786), Patrick Maloney (3.400), Francisco Perez (3.571), Salim Powell (3.250), Colin Schermann (3.400), Joseph Tuineau (3.258), Brian Turner (3.750)
Men's Basketball (3)
Xavier Delph (3.000), David Johnson (3.051), Roderick Pearson (3.666)
Men's Track/Cross Country (16)
Lance Altenthal (3.571), Brandon Colbert (3.000), Dustin Davis (4.000), Brad DeMattei (3.559), Ryan Doty (3.684), Brandon Karcher (3.101), James Lee (3.200), Kyle LeMarbe (3.424), Jeremy Lewis (3.071), Lucas Luckett (3.387), Kevin McNab (3.425), Mark McNamara (3.779), David Reid (3.153), Antoine Smith (3.000), Paul Stemmerman (4.000), Daniel Stults (3.375)
Women's Basketball (5)
Mikal Bencomo (3.133), Rachel Blunt (4.000), Heather Diebold (3.954), Tarina Nixon (3.000), Szandra Pal (3.780)
Gymnastics (12)
Danyelle Aber (3.226), Sandra Blake (4.000), Jennifer Dinan (3.750), Alison Ezell (3.369), Amber Garlotte (3.800), Maureen Grimaldi (4.000), Jacqueline Heath (4.000), Kelley Krengiel (4.000), Jena Nguyen (3.823), Starlyn Schwartz (3.700), Rikara Turner (3.800), Bryanna Wong (3.800)
Softball (9)
Sarah Estopare (3.250), Stephanie Mata (3.730), Megan McDonald (3.507), Katie Otterness (3.461), Amber Peterson (3.142), Ellsa Spearkos (3.200), Erika Thomas (3.230), Jennifer Vacquez (3.000), Lindsey Woodworth (3.706)
Women's Track/Cross Country (25)
Lainie Bohnsack (3.104), Jordan Boles (3.708), Ashley Brewer (3.600), Precious Elliott (3.272), Natasha Fortenberry (3.000), Danielle Gross (3.535), Jerica Hamm (3.000), Stephanie Harres (3.464), Audrey Harwood (3.266), Lindsay Hearne (3.760), Orie Ibe (3.866), Sarah Johnson (3.800), Juli Koenegstein (3.570), Rebecca Martin (3.869), Katherine Mueller (3.953), Brittni Peck (3.945), Taryn Phillips (3.490), Samantha Shaw (3.250), Whitney Thomas (3.025), Sarah Verelst (4.000), Amy Warren (4.000), Amy West (4.000), Heather West (3.878), Brenda Whitworth (3.750), Lindsay Zeiler (3.556)
Soccer (15)
Courtney Alexander (4.000), Molli Beard (3.694), Nicole Bussman (3.667), Lauren Costello (3.880), Amber Garner (4.000), Caitlin Huber (3.451), Jessica Kaiz (3.800), Casey Kraft (3.273), Stephanie Kulavic (3.353), Alaina Lacopo (3.175), Lauren Lacopo (4.000), Megan Matter (3.231), Megan McGrath (3.231), Nicole Monks (3.500), Jessica Wuellner (3.907)
Volleyball (9)
Alyssa Aston (3.634), Sarah Barth (3.400), Jamie Baumstark (3.121), Molly Davis (4.000), Karleigh DeLong (3.750), Jessica Koeper (3.144), Katrina Niemeyer (3.735), Sirma Ozenir (3.143), Kim Unnerstall (3.589)
Tennis (6)
Kim Anderson (3.670), Luz Garcia (3.130), Bryce Kristal (3.166), Drew Kristal (3.160), Julia Masotti (3.330), Elise Nattier (4.000)
Cheerleaders (14)
Kayla Armstrong (3.222), Kacey Cox (3.250), Kodie Edmonds (4.000), Chelsea Geimer (3.133), Chelcy Holland (4.000), Amanda Hondel (3.666), Brooke Johnson (3.075), Bethany Lutsky (3.737), Josh Moore (3.141), Anna Nenninger (3.294), Roxanna Piche (3.272), Rachel Rife (3.707), Lauren Straatmann (4.000), Ashlee Vaughn (3.666)
Sundancers (7)
Whitney Andrews (3.101), Cara Bigler (3.250), Melissa Eggleston (3.333), Nikki Eggleston (3.688), Dana Joseph (3.103), Megan LaTempt (3.728), Leah Wellen (3.818)
Athletic Trainers (15)
Jacob Brooks (3.265), Adam Garrett (3.545), Melissa Gottschalk (3.573), David Green (3.533), Danny Halley (3.636), Yuko Hasegawa (3.789), Sam Jayaweera (3.868), Kacie Karnes (3.763), Andrew Mohr (3.692), Eric North (3.800), Zachary Roberts (3.471), Katherine Stemmler (3.000), Elena Swick (3.063), Kohei Takeuchi (3.506), Matthew Watkins (3.855)
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