The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Blazers Have 34 Earn C-USA Academic Medal
4/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | General
April 17, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB has 34 student-athletes who have earned the Conference USA Academic Medal for the 2008-09 academic year, C-USA commissioner Britton Banowsky announced Friday. The medals are given to those C-USA student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or better.
The Blazers had 12 different sports with student-athletes that qualified for the Academic Medal, with softball leading the way with seven honorees and baseball close behind with six.
A total of 397 student-athletes from around the league achieved the honor this year, an increase of more than 17 percent from the previous year.
UAB student-athletes who have been honored with the C-USA Academic Medal are:
Keith DePew, Baseball
Bradley Hicks, Baseball
James Oliver, Baseball
John Volk, Baseball
Brandon Wallace, Baseball
Ryan Woolley, Baseball
Kara Johnson, Women's Basketball
Amanda Peterson, Women's Basketball
TaRonda Randall, Women's Basketball
Lauren Fayen, Women's Cross Country
Stephanie Gammon, Women's Cross Country
Rhiannon Johns, Women's Cross Country
Sandra Lundberg, Women's Cross Country
Kristina Vaughn, Women's Cross Country
Emi Boozer, Women's Golf
Carolyn Cochran, Women's Golf
Kristin Lottman, Women's Golf
Tucker Stone, Men's Soccer
Danielle Blair, Women's Soccer
Pascale Pinard, Women's Soccer
Allison Young, Women's Soccer
Catherine Douglass, Softball
Maegan Hornsby, Softball
Amanda Lowman, Softball
Natalie Mitchell, Softball
Erica Sisson, Softball
Tiffany Smith, Softball
Sara Swepston, Softball
Margareta Jakovac, Synchronized Swimming
John Hollimon, Men's Tennis
Jennifer Cape, Women's Tennis
Evelien Strijker, Women's Tennis
Nora Mehl, Women's Track & Field
Andrea Lalic, Volleyball
