Aug. 10, 2006
ATLANTA – Current Georgia Tech tennis standouts Scott Blackmon, David North and Zachary Rath, as well as former All-American Marko Rajevac are among the 147 Yellow Jacket student-athletes named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor for 2005-06, announced Wednesday by ACC Commissioner John Swofford.
The ACC Academic Honor Roll, now in its 50th year, is comprised of all ACC student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year.
A total of 18 Tech football players made the Honor Roll, including current standouts Tashard Choice, Travis Bell, Kevin Tuminello, Adamm Oliver and Darryl Richard, as well as former all-Atlantic Coast Conference player and current Atlanta Falcon Chris Reis. Also honored were Jake Blackwood, Colin Peek, Jason Davis, Tyler Davis, Matt Kamp, Brian James, Alex Paquette, Travis Rogers and Andrew Smith, as well as former players Brad Brezina, Nick Barwig and Kyle Mooneyham.
Also highlighting the ACC Academic Honor Roll for Georgia Tech are all-America tennis players Kristi Miller and Lyndsay Shosho, all-America golfers Roberto Castro, Mike Barbosa, and Kevin Larsen, basketball standout Mario West, all-ACC baseball player Steven Blackwood, and track all-Americas Brandy Depland, Ashlee Kidd and Andriane Lapsley.
Barbosa and Adam Jones of the Tech track program are five-year members of the Honor Roll, while Shosho, Kira Barcus of the track program, swimmers Jason Howard, Brian Huff, Ashley Kracke and Teemu Kettunnen, and diver Laurissa Prystaj are four-time honorees.
Seven of the eight members of Tech’s fourth-ranked golf program and five of the eight players on the Jackets’ seventh-ranked women’s tennis team were named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, while thirteen players from Tech’s College World Series baseball team were honored.
Nine members of the women’s volleyball team are on the Honor Roll, while the softball team had six student-athletes honored and the women’s basketball program had five. Forty-four members of the men’s and women’s track programs and 34 student-athletes from the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were named to the Honor Roll.
The complete list of Georgia Tech student-athletes named to the 2005-06 ACC Academic Honor Roll is as follows:
Georgia Tech (147)
Miguel Amador 1 Track
Giuliett Ancora 2 Basketball
Kelly Anderson 3 Tennis
Camelia Andrews 1 Track
Kacie Anson 1 Tennis
Mike Barbosa 5 Golf
Kira Barcus 4 Track
Nicholas Barwig 1 Football
Travis Bell 3 Football
Chris Bishop 1 Track
Ryan Bishop 1 Swimming
Scott Blackmon 1 Tennis
Jake Blackwood 1 Football
Steven Blackwood 3 Baseball
Brad Brezina 1 Football
Jeffrey Burton 2 Swimming
Gary Cage 1 Basketball
Roberto Castro 3 Golf
Mary Chind 3 Track
Tashard Choice 1 Football
Alana Clooten 1 Track
Adam Cohan 2 Golf
Noah Copeland 1 Swimming
Susan Cross 1 Track
Jay Dantzler 1 Baseball
Natalie Darraugh 1 Track
Jason Davis 1 Football
Jill Davis 1 Track
Tyler Davis 1 Football
Barbie Daymude 3 Track
Brandy Depland 3 Track
Meghan DeVinney 1 Swimming
Matt Didia 1 Track
Raenard Dillard 2 Track
Peter Doblar 2 Swimming
David Dragoo 2 Golf
Stephanie England 2 Swimming
Sheila Eshraghi 1 Track
Brad Feltes 1 Baseball
Blake Fertitta 3 Track
Ofer Finkler 1 Swimming
Michael Fisher 1 Baseball
Liz Foster 3 Swimming
Daniel Giglio 1 Track
Ashley Guerrant 1 Basketball
Tim Gustafson 2 Baseball
Taylor Hall 2 Golf
Whitney Haller 1 Softball
Josh Hammel 3 Track
Maria Hampton 2 Track
Jason Haniger 1 Baseball
Natanya Harper 3 Swimming
Megan Harpring 1 Basketball
Laura Heiser 1 Swimming
David Herren 3 Track
Christopher Hicks 1 Baseball
Jason Howard 4 Swimming
Brian Huff 4 Swimming
Kristina Hull 2 Softball
Jared Hyatt 2 Baseball
Lee Hyde 1 Baseball
Brian James 1 Football
Gregory Johnson 1 Track
Adam Jones 5 Track
Caroline Jones 1 Swimming
Thomas Jordan 3 Golf
Nikki Kaminskas 1 Volleyball
Matthew Kamp 1 Football
Masato Kan 1 Track
Ashley Keck 1 Track
Teemu Kettunen 4 Swimming
Ashlee Kidd 2 Track
Veronica Kinard 1 Track
Matt Kinsel 1 Track
Amanda Korell 2 Swimming
Ashley Kracke 4 Swimming
Nisha Kurian 2 Track
Jacob Kwasnik 2 Swimming
Lindsey Laband 3 Volleyball
Andriane Lapsley 1 Track
Kevin Larsen 2 Golf
William Lee 1 Swimming
Elena Linn 2 Track
Theresa Mahfood 2 Track
Eric Massey 2 Track
Becky McCraw 1 Softball
Katie McGraw 2 Swimming
Mari McLeod 1 Swimming
Andrew Miller 1 Swimming
Callie Miller 1 Volleyball
Kristi Miller 2 Tennis
Robert Miller 2 Swimming
Katie Mohs 2 Volleyball
Kyle Mooneyham 1 Football
Aileen Morales 1 Softball
Sam Morgan 2 Swimming
Taylor Narewski 3 Track
Allie Niekamp 1 Volleyball
David North 1 Tennis
Adamm Oliver 1 Football
Alex Paquette 1 Football
Colin Peek 1 Football
Cheytoria Phillips 2 Basketball
Laurissa Prystaj 4 Swimming
Marko Rajevac 1 Tennis
Jennifer Randall 1 Volleyball
Zachary Rath 1 Tennis
Chris Reis 3 Football
Darryl Richard 2 Football
Ryan Riebesell 2 Swimming
Stephanie Robbins 1 Volleyball
Travis Rogers 2 Football
Brad Rulon 1 Baseball
Chase Sasser 3 Track
Joe Scroggins 2 Track
Blair Shimandle 1 Softball
Lyndsay Shosho 4 Tennis
Abby Showers 1 Volleyball
Alison Silverio 3 Tennis
Jenny Sims 2 Track
Alison Skala 1 Swimming
Kevin Skenes 1 Swimming
Andrew Smith 1 Football
Mauricio Sousa 1 Swimming
Paul Specht 1 Track
Mellany Stanislaus 1 Track
Ulrike Stegemann 1 Volleyball
Vesna Stojanovska 1 Swimming
Elizabeth Stowe 2 Swimming
James Taylor 1 Track
Ryan Tinkoff 1 Baseball
Matthew Trester 3 Track
Nazar Trilisky 2 Track
Kevin Tuminello 3 Football
Gregory Tunning 1 Swimming
Ryan Turner 2 Baseball
Alex Van Heuven 1 Track
Lindsey Vincent 1 Track
Alison Walker 3 Swimming
Jewel Welch 3 Track
Mario West 1 Basketball
Alexander Williams 2 Swimming
Jacob Wilson 1 Swimming
Kentrina Wilson 1 Basketball
Blake Wood 1 Baseball
Sarah Wood 2 Softball
Emily Yandle 2 Track