UTSA student-athletes lead conference with the most Academic Medals

65 UTSA student-athletes receive academic honor

(April 11, 2017) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) student-athletes are top-tier in their sports and in the classroom. UTSA student-athletes led Conference USA (C-USA) with the most Academic Medal winners for the 2016-17 academic year with 65 honorees. Marshall had the second most with 64 followed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham with 55. A total of 671 C-USA student-athletes earned the honor. Medals are given to student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better.

UTSA's 2016-17 Conference USA Academic Medal winners:

Baseball
J.T. Gilmore
Tyler Giovanoni
Matt McGehee

Men's Basketball
Giovanni De Nicolao
Byron Frohnen
Austin Karrer
Mitar Stanojevic

Women's Basketball
Loryn Goodwin
Carlie Heineman
Kasia Kiejdrowska
Billie Marlow
Tîmea Tóth

Men's Cross Country
Caleb Devereaux
Hunter Hawkins
John Von Dohlen

Women's Cross Country
Lynette Amaram
Grace Kohler

Football
Victor Falcon
Brady Jones
Dalton Miller
Juan Perez-Isidoro
Terence Shaw II
Aron Taylor
Matthew Wylie

Men's Golf
Collin Clark

Women's Golf
Julie Houston
Madison Kidd
Nikki Long
Becky McGeehan
Lara Weinstein

Soccer
Michelle Cole
Marianne Hernandez
Rebekah Kensing
Jordyn Lacy
Brianna Livecchi
Isabella Sanchez
Kaja Skare

Softball
Zoe Bacon
Bailee Baldwin
KyLee DeCock
Ari Hernandez
Nicole Merrill
Angelica Niño
Kylea Nix
Taylor Oberg
Kaley Pyles
Chelsea Thomas

Men's Tennis
Takeru Watanabe

Women's Tennis
Kylee Kato
Miriam Rosell Canudas
Charleen Tiwari

Men's Track & Field
Randy Bermea
Alex Brock
Kaylan Harris

Women's Track & Field
Shalise Borden
Olivia Esemena
Darionne Gibson
Rachael Grossman
Charlette Janicek
Sydney Laudwig
Gabriyella Torres

Volleyball
Christine Egu
Megan Slan
Jessica Waldrip
Shelby Williams

- Brian Hernandez

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