Sept. 9, 2005

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - (Friday, September 9, 2005) The OVC announced yesterday, that a conference record 101 student athletes had been named OVC Medal of Honor Winners. Of these 101 honorees, 22 are from Southeast Missouri State. Southeast also won a league high four OVC Team Academic Achievement Awards. Along with the Medal of Honor winners and team awards, Southeast also had 109 athletes named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll. In the overall OVC academic standings, Southeast placed third behind Morehead State and Tennessee-Martin, respectively.

The OVC Medal of Honor award is given annually to student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. The team awards are presented to teams who have the greatest percentage of its student-athletes named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll. In order to be named to the honor roll, student-athletes must achieve at least a 3.25 grade point average throughout the competitive season.

The Southeast teams, Medal of Honor winners, and those named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll are listed below:

Teams Honored from Southeast:

• Men's and Women's Cross Country

• Women's Soccer

• Women's Track and Field

Southeast Medal of Honor Winners:

• Baseball: Sean Zollner

• Men's Basketball: Derek Winans

• Women's Cross Country: Kim Krieger, Sara Vereist, Brooke Woodruff, Emily Zimmerman

• Football: Cal Jillson

• Women's Soccer: Jen Cross, Emily Newsham, Diana Poovey, Jessica Wuellner

• Softball: Victoria Torrez, Melissa VanVelkinburgh

• Women's Tennis: Puja Paul, Kim Roberts

• Women's Track and Field: Jennifer Burke, Michele Jett, Kim Krieger, Sarah Vereist, Heather West, Brooke Woodruff, Emily Zimmerman

Commissioner's Honor Roll:

• Baseball: Matthew Carter, Eric Horstman, Levi Olson, Josh Pharam, Jordan Payne, Keith Wollis, Sean Zollner

• Men's Basketball: Brett Hale, Derek Winans

• Women's Basketball: Leanne Evans, Aisha Moreno, Rachel Mueggenborg, Natalie Purcell, Tiffanne Ryan, Julie Sweetin

• Men's Cross Country: Brad DeMattei, Kevin McNab, Mark McNamara, Kirk Nesbit, Daniel Stults, Brian Whitehead

• Women's Cross Country: Colleen Burke, Kim Krieger, Sarah Vereist, Brooke Woodruff, Kris Woolf, Lindsay Zeiler, Emily Zimmerman

• Football: Tunde Agboke, Matthew Boyack, Adam Casper, Justin DeShon, Mark Dunaway, Joseph Goff, Cal Jillson, Francisco Perez, Colin Schermann

• Men's Golf: Jesse Barge, Brandon Couch, Adam Grandidier, Brennan Holienbeck, Nathan Sprague

• Women's Soccer: Mollie Beard, Lauren Costello, Jen Cross, Marla Gianino, Erin Hartmann, Laura Hauskins, Megan Hejlek, Caitlyn Huber, Mary Kalinowski, Megan Matter, Emily Newsham, Diana Poovey, Heather Reding, Lisa Schweppe, Erin Slattery, Carina Souza, Jessica Wuellner

• Softball: Kelly Birk, Stephanie Huffman, Stephanie Mata, Katie Otterness, Victoria Torrez, Rachel VanFleet, Melissa VanVelkinburgh, Lindsey Woodworth

• Women's Tennis: Kim Anderson, Drew Kristal, Puja Paul, Miranda Petrea, Kim Roberts

• Men's Track and Field: Kenji Chiba, Brad DeMattei, Ryan Doty, Gabe Lutes, Kevin McNab, Mark McNamara, Kirk Nesbit, Daniel Stults, Brian Whitehead

• Women's Track and Field: Colleen Burke, Jennifer Burke, Kathryn Coleman, Meleisa Greene, Lindsay Hearne, Renee Herzog, Michele Jett, Kim Krieger, Lindsay Meyr, Taryn Philips, Megan Rosenkoetter, Sarah Vereist, Heather West, Kia White, Brooke Woodruff, Kris Woolf, Lindsay Zeiler, Emily Zimmerman

• Women's Volleyball: Linden Hahs, Kristen McElroy, Jill Miller, Sirma Ozenir, Ashley Smith

• Women's Gymnastics: Tara Boldt, Allison Ezell, Amanda Grimes, Brystol Powelski, Natalie Watts