April 10, 2002
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A record 136 student-athletes at Southeast Missouri State University have been honored as Southeast Scholar Athletes for having a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. The previous high was 121 in 2000.
"Our student-athletes have made significant contributions to our community and should be looked at as role models," said Southeast Missouri State University provost Jane Stephens, the speaker at the luncheon. "Our student-athletes cannot and should not be stereotyped because they have talents that go far beyond the playing field."
The 136 Scholar Athletes represent 51% of the 267 student-athletes at Southeast and that percentage is also a new school record.
In addition to the 136 athletes, five cheerleaders, four Sundancers and 14 student-trainers were honored for having a 3.0 or higher GPA.
A record 15 Scholar Athletes have a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average including basketball player Derek Winans and Brett Hale; track athletes Jennifer Burke, Heather Jenkins, Kim Krieger, Laura VanHoevelaak, Kris Woolf and Dan Jones; softball players Kelly Birk, Christine Knobbe and Amy Thompson; soccer player Jen Cross; volleyball player Suzanne Gundlach; tennis player Kay Ehlke and golfer Brian Sheehan.
The women's track team had the highest number of 4.0 athletes with five while softball had three.
The Southeast football team had a record number of 25 Scholar Athletes. The previous high for football had been 15 last year.
Over 76% of the female student-athletes at Southeast were honored as Scholar Athletes. The female athletes have a 3.297 cumulative grade point average. The women's cross country team has the highest cumulative GPA with a 3.528 while softball has a cumulative GPA of 3.485.
The overall grade point average for all student-athletes is 2.923.
Southeast had a league-high 13 student-athletes earn OVC Medals of Honor which are given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport.
OVC Medal of Honor winners for the 2000-2001 school year included basketball players Matt Morris and Derek Winans; women's basketball player Kristy Roherty, cross country runner Dan Copeland; track athletes Jennifer Burke, Sarah Kaznica, Laura VanHoevelaak, Heath Spirz and Tammy Wenkel; golfer Bryan Johnson; soccer player Jennifer Cross; tennis player Kay Ehlke and volleyball player Suzanne Gundlach.
Athletic Trainers (14 students)
Armbruster, Kimberly - 3.09
Catz, Sarah - 3.37
Cockrell, Angie - 3.93
Frank, Terry - 3.64
Giliberti, Angela - 3.20
Grindel, Jami - 3.57
Kelley, Regan - 3.03
Pace, Frank - 3.62
Piantino, Dawn - 3.58
Purvis, Jeff - 3.66
Reiminger, Laura - 3.20
Thomas, Melinda - 3.50
Titter, Julia - 3.11
Wilkey, Kristen - 3.11
Wilson, Amanda - 3.01
Baseball (3 students)
Kurtz, David - 3.18
Nicholas, Brice - 3.00
Salviccio, Matthew - 3.00
Men's Basketball (4 students)
Crader, Adam - 3.25
Hale, Brett - 4.00
Roberts, Kevin - 3.00
Winans, Derek - 4.00
Football (25 students)
Alameda, Alex - 3.54
Arnold, Benjamin - 3.00
Bieg, Daniel - 3.80
Brune, Robert - 3.04
Coleman, Bill - 3.00
Connolly, Daniel - 3.25
Daniel, Caleb - 3.50
Dunaway, Andrew - 3.41
East, Kyle - 3.25
Freeman, Lee - 3.18
Higgerson, Danny - 3.00
Jones, Adam - 3.00
Kutz, Derek - 3.00
McDowell, Jeromy - 3.00
McElroy, Charles - 3.73
Meyer, Justen - 3.15
Miller, Michael - 3.00
Morice, Matthew - 3.39
Patterson, Dimitri - 3.50
Roth, Ryan - 3.07
Smith, Rickey - 3.00
Tate, Chaun - 3.00
Turner, Otis - 3.50
White, Kellin - 3.25
Willis, Elijah - 3.00
Tennis (5 students)
Aldana, Andrea - 3.36
Ehlke, Kay - 4.00
Foster, Cassie - 3.50
Golike, Lara - 3.52
Wells, Tyla - 3.57
Volleyball (8 students)
Carlile, Bobbi - 3.25
Clark, Kristen - 3.25
Frost, Sarah - 3.64
Gundlach, Suzanne - 4.00
Lange, Lori - 3.33
Scannell, Emily - 3.63
Wahlman, Emily - 3.88
Walk, Kristina - 3.80
Men's Track/XC (9 students)
Brown, Chaz - 3.00
Brown, Tyson (XC) - 3.23
Copeland, Dan (XC) - * 3.50
Heddell, James - 3.21
Herman, David - 3.00
Jones, Daniel - 4.00
Nicholson, Gabe - 3.30
Shupe, Adam (XC) - 3.20
Sierman, Chad (XC) - 3.40
*grad. student gpa; undergrad=3.919
Gymnastics (13 students)
Albury, Michelle - 3.25
Bloom, Katie - 3.60
Cole, Amy - 3.99
Cover, Talia - 3.33
Doebbler, Jacklyn - 3.40
Eberhardt, Crystal - 3.50
Fink, Anna - 3.07
Flippo, Traci - 3.30
Furman, Stephanie - 3.50
Godwin, Ashley - 3.00
Hamilton, Karen - 3.14
Walker, Michelle - 3.06
Wilson, Elenor - 3.52
Spirit Groups (9 students)
Barton, James (ch) - 3.10
Bryan, Kate - 3.00
Collom, Ashley - 3.06
Cook, Heather - 3.88
Dutton, Megan (ch) - 3.62
Engebretson, Jeff (ch) - 3.51
Hill, Amanda - 3.25
Plunk, Amy (ch) - 3.07
Pointer, Rachael (ch) - 3.39
Women's Basketball (7 students)
Bates, Cynthia - 3.31
Benson, Veronica - 3.09
Guell, Tanya - 3.38
Koeper, Andrea - 3.70
Melis, Tiffany - 3.20
Roherty, Kristine - 3.92
Thomas, Tisa - 3.14
Golf (9 students)
Couch, Brandon - 3.57
Harter, Dominique - 3.60
Hillis, Matt - 3.15
Horn, Mark - 3.22
Johnson, Bryan - 3.84
Martin, Nicholas - 3.19
McNeil, Ryan - 3.00
Schone, Josh - 3.27
Sheehan, Brian - 4.00
W. Track/Cross Country (21 students)
Arteme, Amy (XC) - 3.85
Brinegar, Ashley - 3.29
Burke, Colleen (XC) - 3.56
Burke, Jennifer - 4.00
Greene, Meleisa - 3.50
Haman, Courtney - 3.39
Jenkins, Heather - 4.00
Kaznica, Sara - 3.61
Kotowski, Carrie - 3.09
Krieger, Kimberly (XC) - 4.00
Meyr, Lindsey - 3.60
Owens, Carmen (XC) - 3.10
Perriguey, Katherine - 3.00
Pilcher, Kaci (XC) - 3.69
Sarantakis, Lori - 3.55
Stevenson, Lyndsey - 3.54
Thompson, Jessie (XC) - 3.91
VanHoevelaak, Laura (XC) - 4.00
Woodruff, Brooke - 3.70
Woolf, Kris - 4.00
Youse, Megan - 3.34
Softball (16 students)
Birk, Jamie - 3.82
Birk, Kelly - 4.00
Bonilla, Erica - 3.00
Cerneka, Kathryn - 3.70
Cobin, Jennifer - 3.48
Conroy, Shelley - 3.50
Eklund, Courtney - 3.06
Hamlin, Reagan - 3.85
King, Kristen - 3.36
Kisaka, Emmalyn - 3.89
Knobbe, Christine - 4.00
Nett, Brooke - 3.75
Piantino, Dawn - 3.58
Rampi, Kemi - 3.79
Roherty, Kristine - 3.92
Thompson, Amy - 4.00
VanFleet, Rachel - 3.67
Soccer (15 students)
Bleau, Stephanie - 3.17
Cross, Jen - 4.00
Frossard, Michelle - 3.33
Gianino, Marla - 3.00
Hamilton, Jennifer - 3.20
Hamilton, Melanie - 3.70
Hauskins, Laura - 3.50
Henderson, Valerie - 3.17
Poovey, Diana - 3.75
Reding, Heather - 3.75
Schmitt, Karen - 3.91
Schweppe, Lisa - 3.40
Slattery, Erin - 3.60
Thiele, Nichole - 3.80
Wunderlich, Julie - 3.36
