Old news but thought these guys and girls deserved to be recognized.

Saturday, July 31, 2004

LAFAYETTE – For the second straight year the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s athletics department established a new bar of academic excellence, showing that athletics and academics go hand-in-hand.
The Sun Belt Conference recently released its list of the 2003-04 academic all-conference honorees and 105 Ragin’ Cajun athletes were honored for their work in the classroom during the academic year.

The total number of honorees ranked the Ragin’ Cajuns athletics department fourth out of the 11 Sun Belt schools on the academic award list.

The total is also the most since UL joined the Sun Belt Conference in 1991-92 and bested the previous high of 100 set just last year (2002-03).


The Ragin’ Cajuns had 43 Commissioner’s List honorees and 62 Honor Roll selections.

The Commissioner’s List is a made up of athletes who have maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average for the previous two semesters. The Honor Roll is a collection of all student-athletes with a grade point average between 3.0 – 3.49.

Louisiana’s Commissioner’s List total tied the highest for the program since the SBC spilt its academic awards into the two lists during the 1997-98 calendar year. The Cajuns best for the Commissioner’s List honorees was 43 set just last season.

UL’s 43 Commissioner’s List selections ranked as the sixth-most league-wide, while the 62 Honor Roll members gave UL the second-highest total on that list.

Louisiana was one of four schools in the SBC to garner 100-plus academic awards.

The women’s soccer and baseball programs each had had a department-high 15 honorees to lead all Cajun sports for 2003-04.

The soccer team’s nine Commissioner’s List selections were the most department-wide on that particular list.

The men’s golf team led all Sun Belt schools with three listed on the Commissioner’s List. Tony Robichaux’s baseball squad had 11 members on the Honor Roll to lead the way amongst the fellow Sun Belt baseball programs and Lance Veazey’s men’s track and field/cross country program led the Sun Belt with 11 Honor Roll members.

Becky Madden’s volleyball team made the biggest strides in improving its academic standing. After having just three total honorees during the 2002-03 academic year, the squad placed eight of its 11 members on the academic listings – representing 73 percent of its roster.

League-wide, more than 1,000 student-athletes representing 18 championship sports and 13 member schools within the Sun Belt Conference maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average over the past academic year.

2003-04 Louisiana
Academic All-Sun Belt Conference Selections

Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List (3.5-4.0)


BASEBALL (4)
Devon Bourque, Fr., Electrical Engineering
Brandon Montemayor, Jr., General Studies
Justin Morgan, Jr., Kinesiology
Jeffries Tatford, Fr., Civil Engineering

FOOTBALL (4)
Sean Comiskey, Jr., Kinesiology
Butch Roussel, So., Biology
Chris Klock, Sr., Education
Jamal Smith, Sr., Business Administration

MEN'S GOLF (3)
Tobias Winberg, Sr., Management
Steven Pena, Jr., Finance
James Richard, Fr., Marketing

WOMEN'S SOCCER (9)
Ainsley Breaux, So., Kinesiology
Ashley Delahoussaye, Sr., Kinesiology
Kelli Good, So., Biology
Sherryl Owens, Sr., Renewable Resources
Lotte Rasmussen, Fr., Kinesiology
Lindsay Schwind, Fr., Marketing
Jenny Brown, Jr., Anthropology
Kristi Burkett, So., Mass Communication
Marielle Phillips, So., Psychology

SOFTBALL (3)
Christine Collins, Fr., Education
Tiffany Hebert, Jr., Kinesiology
Jill Robertson, Sr., Mechanical Engineering

MEN'S TENNIS (2)
Amanjot Singh, So., Accounting
Michael Tarkowski, Sr., General Studies

WOMEN'S TENNIS (5)
Thais Bortoletto, So., Marketing
Sophie Cerbon, Fr., Undeclared Liberal Arts
Fernanda Kompatsher, Jr., Marketing
Susan Linden, Jr., Kinesiology
Celine Vanweydeveld, Fr., Modern Languages

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (2)
Brennan Bernard, Fr., Kinesiology
Lawrence Leben, Sr., Management

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (2)
Jennifer Block, Sr., Biology
Ashley Brandon, So., Health Information Management
Jenna Clement, Fr., Nursing
Leah Legere, So., Communicative Disorders
Analise Zaunbrecher, Jr., Physics
Laura Zaunbrecher, Jr., Biology

VOLLEYBALL (5)
Lindsey Bermes, Sr., Management
Jessica Pattison, Fr., Apparel Design/Merchandising
Kim Rodgers, Fr., Apparel Design/Merchandising
Anahi Torrico Aliaga, Fr., Biology
Hope Webre, Fr., Political Science

Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll (3.00 – 3.49)

BASEBALL (11)
Kevin Ardoin, Jr., Computer Engineering
Micah Cockrell, Jr., Management
Ryan Core, Sr., General Studies
Phillip Hawke, Jr., Finance
Josh Kohrs, Jr., General Studies
Thad Montgomery, Jr., Finance
Dallas Morris, Jr., Management
Jameson Parker, Jr., Finance
Ian Pecoraro, Jr., General Studies
Brandt Sanders, So., Nursing
Sport Voohires, Sr., General Studies

MEN'S BASKETBALL (2)
Adam James, Fr., Insurance & Risk Management
Ross Mouton, Fr., Management

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (6)
Ashley Blanche, So., Kinesiology
Kayla Edwards, Jr., General Studies
Sharee Glenn, Sr., General Studies
Trina Johnson, Jr., Sociology
Anna Petrakova, Kr., Business Administration (BSAT)
Dominique Williams, Fr., Kinesiology

FOOTBALL (9)
B.J. Crist, Sr., Kinesiology
John Grotefend, So., Nursing
Josh Harrison, So., Kinesiology
Eugene Kwarteng, Jr., Visual Arts
Lamar Morgan, So., Management
Wes Simon, So., Accounting
David Kirkley, Sr., Business Administration
Daniel Taylor, Sr., Industrial Technology

MEN'S GOLF (4)
Matt Smith, Sr., General Studies
Brandon Wilson, Fr., Management
Spence Girouard, So., General Studies
Stephen Lim, Fr., Undeclared Liberal Arts

WOMEN'S SOCCER (6)
Meghan Crawford, So., Education
Tiffany Garber, So., Nursing
Natalie Hanks, Sr., Biology
Rachel Rozelle, Jr., Biology
Lauren Schwindt, Fr., Kinesiology
Lindsay Webb, So., Education

SOFTBALL (4)
Michelle Bergeaux, So., Education
Desi Chatman, Fr., Kinesiology
Brooke Mitchell, Jr., Finance
Afton Thoms, Management

WOMEN'S TENNIS (1)
Kimberly Lyles, Fr., Kinesiology

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (11)
Kenneth Charles, Sr., Mass Communication
Ryan Dupree, Jr., Geology
Fred Flugence, Jr., Finance
Herman Green, Jr., Kinesiology
Greg Hensgens, Sr., General Studies
Ezra Istre, So., English
Nick Judice, Sr., Management
Walter Whitfield, Sr., Kinesiology
William Perkins, Fr., Political Science
Denis Schexnayder, Fr., Mass Communication

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (5)
Desi Chatman, Fr., Kinesiology
Laura Credeur, So., Nursing
Natalie Gillis, Jr., Visual Arts
Dusty Martin, So., Education
Stacey Young, Fr., Chemistry

VOLLEYBALL (3)
Hollie Girouard, Jr., Visual Arts
Tami Harvey, Jr., Kinesiology
Stacy Liverett, Jr., Child and Family Studies

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