Southeast honors 144 student-athletes

A record 144 individuals were honored Wednesday during Southeast Missouri State University's annual Scholar Athlete Luncheon at the University Center.

Those recognized have a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. That total of 144, which represents 52 percent of the athletes at Southeast, surpasses the previous high of 136 in 2002. Also recognized were 20 members of Southeast's spirit groups (cheerleaders and Sundancers) and 12 student athletic trainers.

The men's cross country team had the highest cumulative GPA at 3.517, followed by the women's cross country team at 3.434.

A record 16 Southeast athletes have a perfect 4.0 averages: Jen Burke, Juanita Coleman, Kim Krieger, Missy Moody, Heather West, Kris Woolf and Quincy Ezealah (track/cross country); Matt Carter (baseball); Matt Boyack (football); Derek Winans (men's basketball); Jessica Aebi (women's basketball); Kay Ehlke and Becky Prendergast (tennis); and Molli Beard, Jen Cross and Jessi Wullner (soccer).

Also recognized Wednesday were Southeast's Ohio Valley Conference Medals of Honor winners for the 2002-03 school year. That award goes to the athlete with the highest GPA in a conference-sponsored sport.

Boyack, Burke, Cross, Ehlke, Krieger, Winans and Woolf all won Medals of Honor, along with Lauren Fabbro (soccer), Laura VanHoevelaak (track), Emily Wahlman (volleyball), Brian Whitehead (track/cross country) and Emily Zimmerman (track/cross country).

VanHoevelaak, now a graduate student at Southeast, was also honored as the 2002-03 Southeast NCAA Woman of the Year. Chad Sierman (track) and Carina Souza (women's basketball) were honored for being nominated for the OVC Scholar Athlete Award.Southeast Scholar Athletes

Baseball

Ernie Bracamonte (3.155), Matt Carter (4.000), Andres Fernandez (3.000), Mike Fitch (3.924), Kurt Garner (3.475), Wade Hansford (3.485), Eric Horstman (3.800), Brandon Jenkins (3.320), Brent Lawson (3.500), Anthony Maupin (3.473), Joey Pilcher (3.682), Brad Smith (3.107), Keith Wollis (3.712), Sean Zoellner (3.200)Golf

Brandon Couch (3.609), Matt Litzelfelner (3.400), Joseph Ondrako (3.458), Kent Phillips (3.105), Mark Schmitz (3.500), Nathan Sprague (3.400)

Football

Fred Amano (3.667), Reggie Aubuchon (3.294), John Ball (3.500), Dan Bieg (3.455), Matt Boyack (4.000), Adam Casper (3.538), Brandon Colar (3.150), Paul Ferguson (3.000), Lee Freeman (3.211), Eric Frost (3.750), Anthony Gater (3.000), Andrew Goodenough (3.069), Edgar Jones (3.000), Derek Kutz (3.213), Seth McDowell (3.063), Charles McElroy (3.842), Justen Meyer (3.024), Mike Miller (3.206), Scott NesSmith (3.500), John Richardson (3.543), Ryan Roth (3.253), David Simonhoff (3.667), Joseph Tuineau (3.500), Kellin White (3.338), Fred Williams (3.000), Andrew Wilson (3.000)Men's Basketball

John Boggio (3.356), Brett Hale (3.561), Derek Winans (4.000)

Volleyball

Jamie Baumstark (3.250), Kristen Clark (3.421), Sarah Frost (3.552), Suzanne Gundlach (3.795), Andrea Koeper (3.090), Jessica Koeper (3.400), Jill Miller (3.357), Danielle Pegram (3.333), Emily Scannell (3.707), Ashley Smith (3.659)Men's Track/Cross Country

Mike Colon (3.500), Jason Crawford (3.11), Brad DeMattei (3.531), Quincy Ezealah (4.000), Joseph Grant (3.000), Jay Heddell (3.266), Daniel Jones (3.400), Mark McNamara (3.211), Kirk Nesbit (3.800), Chad Sierman (3.550), Jared Tanz (3.063), Brian Whitehead (3.797)Gymnastics

Kelly Baldridge (3.711), Katie Bloom (3.400), Tara Boldt (3.571), Jacklyn Doebbler (3.412), Crystal Eberhardt (3.300), Traci Flippo (3.245), Amanda Grimes (3.479), Lexie Hein (3.643), Lily Le (3.250), Brystol Powelski (3.750), Alexis Traylor (3.087), Natalie Watts (3.600)Women's Basketball

Jessica Aebi (4.000), Melissa Anthony (3.087), Sami Jo Cotton (3.623), Shannon Proffit (3.317), Tiffanne Ryan (3.538), Carina Souza (3.850)Women's Track/Cross Country

Colleen Burke (3.789), Jen Burke (4.000), Juanita Coleman (4.000), Meleisa Greene (3.478), Michele Jett (3.946), Kim Krieger (4.000), Kristen Leone (3.200), Lindsey Meyr (3.565), Missy Moody (4.000), Taryn Phillips (3.558), Kaci Pilcher (3.743), Nyisha Porter (3.000), Megan Rosenkoetter (3.122), Lori Sarantakis (3.625), Lyndsey Stevenson (3.240), Heather West (4.000), Kia White (3.200), Brooke Woodruff (3.747), Kris Woolf (4.000), Megan Youse (3.440), Lindsay Zeiler (3.600)

Softball

Jamie Birk (3.778), Kelly Birk (3.818), Chris Bodine (3.233), Marie Coode (3.893), Florence Davidson (3.500), Stacey DeClue (3.100), Katy Hacker (3.750), Jessica Hunter (3.410), Leigh Anne Lunsford (3.795), Stephanie Mata (3.600), Amy Murphy (3.750), Lindsay Pickering (3.667), Amy Thompson (3.742), Victoria Torrez (3.635), Rachel VanFleet (3.233), Melissa VanVelkinburgh (3.500)

Tennis

Kim Anderson (3.462), Kay Ehlke (4.000), Becky Prendergast (4.000)

Soccer

Molli Beard (4.000), Jen Cross (4.000), Erin Hartmann (3.426), Megan Hejlek (3.083), Valerie Henderson (3.078), Caitlin Huber (3.800), Mary Kalinowski (3.318), Christine Keim (3.667), Dee Mayer (3.474), Diana Poovey (3.783), Heather Reding (3.275), Lisa Schweppe (3.167), Erin Slattery (3.494), Jessi Wullner (4.000), Julie Wunderlich (3.460)Athletic Trainers

Sarah Batz (3.177), Angie Cockrell (3.940), Zach Getz (3.954), Andi Malick (3.462), Frank Pace (3.685), Laura Reiminger (3.096), Holly Renshaw (3.727), Julia Titter (3.224), Samantha Welter (3.282), Kristen Wilkey (3.159), Christopher Williams (3.194), Amanda Wilson (3.207)Spirit Groups

Megan Brown (3.211), Ashley Coffey (3.597), Heather Cook (3.867), Lyndsey Cook (3.451), Kim Crader (3.524), Stacy Cummings (3.067), Tony Dorsett (3.527), Cassee Gibson (3.500), Ashley Gremminger (3.710), Stephanie Hauk (3.813), Jamie Klotz (3.891), Amy Meyer (3.500), T.J. Moore (3.200), Tifanie Person (3.000), Chela Rutlin (3.04), Stacy Schenk (3.750), Lindsay Smith (3.717), Stephanie Tracy (4.000), Amber Warchol (3.750), Leah Wellen (3.625)