Aug. 13, 2008

Cape Girardeau, Mo. - Student-athletes at Southeast Missouri State University claimed 17 Ohio Valley Conference Medals of Honor for the 2007-2008 school year. The Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athlete who achieves the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport.

Southeast athletes earning Medals of Honor included Greg Dambach and Andrew Wiese, baseball; Rachel Blunt, women's basketball; Kristi Frick, Amber Garner and Rachel Harrington, soccer; Lindsey Woodworth, softball; and Molly Davis, volleyball; Audrey Harwood, Orie Ibe and Dustin Powell, track. Brandi Gervais, Amy Warren and Mark McNamara were honored for both cross country and track. All of the athletes had a 4.0 grade point average for the 2007-2008 school year.

In other academic awards, the Southeast women's cross country team received an OVC Team Academic Achievement Award. The award is presented annually in each Conference sponsored sport to the member institution team with the greatest percentage of its student-athletes named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

The Redhawks women's cross country team had eight student-athletes named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll including Brandi Gervais, Laura Gosen, Stephanie Harres, Juli Koenegstein, Katherine Mueller, Kasey Owens, Samantha Shaw and Amy Warren. They were among 121 Southeast student-athletes named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll. To be listed, recipients must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average.

Southeast student-athletes on the Commissioner's Honor Roll included Zach Blemker, Greg Dambach, Jim Klocke, Trenton Moses, Lance Rhodes, Blake Slattery, Josh Syberg, Andrew Wiese, Matt Wulfers, Sean Zollner, baseball; Mikal Bencomo, Rachel Blunt, Mathilde Dufour, Ashley Lovelady, Tarina Nixon, Szandra Pal, Lauren Sharpe, women's basketball; Robert Anderson, Nick Baer, Steve Callanan, Eddie Calvin, Clayton Caron, Patrick Christian, Nathan Grass, Kyle Hubert, Kendall Magana, Francisco Perez, Colin Schermann, John Schuller, Ryan Taloa, Joseph Tuineau, football; Courtney Alexander, Nicole Bussman, Kristi Frick, Amber Garner, Rachel Harrington, Vanessa Hart, Casey Kraft, Stephanie Kulavic, Alaina Lacopo, Lauren Lacopo, Megan Matter, Ellen Rehfus, women's soccer; Stacia Dopudja, Whitney Dupuis, Carmen Fowler, Megan McDonald, Katie Otterness, Lindsey Woodworth, softball; Alyce Kelly, Bryce Kristal, Drew Kristal, Elise Nattier, Taylor Orahood, women's tennis; Dustin Davis, Brad DeMattei, Chance Franklin, Bilal Hameed, Brandon Karcher, Tom Kinder, Chris Loseman, Lucas Luckett, Mark McNamara, Dustin Powell, Antoine Smith, Miles Smith, Ben Stricklin, Danny Stults, men's cross country and track; Brianna Egbuka, Precious Elliot, Brandi Gervais, Kelley Good, Laura Gosen, Cara Harbstreet, Stephanie Harres, Audrey Harwood, Lindsay Hearne, Orie Ibe, Rachel Kahle, Juli Koenegstein, Lauren McNamara, Katherine Mueller, Kasey Owens, Szandra Pal, Taryn Philips, Samantha Shaw, Amy Warren; women's cross country and track; Alyssa Aston, Sarah Barth, Molly Davis, Emily Hughes, Claire Keaton, Sirma Ozenir, Brenna Schlader, Kim Unnerstall, women's volleyball; Sandra Blake, Jennifer Dinan, Lauren Dinan, Alison Ezell, Brianna Gaddie, Kara Gibbons, Maureen Grimaldi, Jacqueline Heath, Kelley Krengiel, Erica Moore, Jena Nguyen, Amanda Schoenbaum, Starlyn Schwartz, Christina Sundgren, Rikara Turner, Bryanna Wong, gymnastics.