OBU placeds 29 on All-GSC Academic Honor Roll

O uachita Baptist placed 29 on the All-Gulf South Conference Academic Spring Honor Roll and had four selected to the All-Academic Teams.

Tigers outfielders Justin Pennell and Blake Lockwood, golfer Rob Greer and men’s tennis player Ondrej Vana were named to their respective All-Academic Teams by the Gulf South Conference.

Pennell, a senior from Toronto, Canada, helped guide the Ouachita Baptist baseball team to an NCAA Division II National Runner-Up. He was named the South Central Regional Most Outstanding Player. Pennell had a 3.6 grade point average, while majoring in Kinesiology.

Lockwood, a junior from Stuttgart, Ark., led the Gulf South Conference in stolen bases with 48. A member of the All-Gulf South Conference Second Team, he is majoring in biology with a 3.8 G.P.A.

Greer, a sophomore from Little Rock, is making his second consecutive appearance to the GSC All-Academic Team. Greer is majoring in Business Administration with a 4.0 G.P.A.

Vana had an outstanding year for the Ouachita Baptist men’s tennis team. He ranked No. eighth in singles play and fourth in doubles. He was tabbed the GSC West Division Player of the Year. Vana has a 3.6 G.P.A.

The Lady Tiger softball program had 12players named to the All-GSC Academic Spring Honor Roll. Sarah Bell, Kelli Beth Bratton, Sara Hanson, Beth McGhee, Kelly Mears, Crystal Robinson, Randi Wilson, Korrie Cook, Aspen Grams, Whitney Hoppe, Kristin Rigsbee and Katie Shurbert earned the honors.

Baseball was second with nine selected as Drew Baker, Chandler Boyce, Reece Dodd, Rudy Jovanovski, Steve Smith, Zach Wilbanks, Drew Wurzelbacher, Jarod Hershberger and Chad Taylor garners the honors.

Women’s tennis had four players named, including Tavu Fa, Annie Gerber, Katie Potts and Kristie Reid. The men’s team had three players selected as Vagen Akapian, Adam Hurst and Jakub Smid received the award.

Bobby Allen was the lone men’s golfer to be named to the All-GSC Academic Spring Honor Roll.

BASEBALL (name, school, classification, major, GPA)
Drew Baker, Ouachita Baptist, SO, Biology, 3.40
Chandler Boyce, Ouachita Baptist, SR, Business, 3.30
Reece Dodd, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Secondary Education, 3.60
Rudy Jovanovski, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Accounting, 3.00
Steve Smith, Ouachita Baptist, SR, Business Finance, 3.00
Chad Taylor, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Kinesiology, 3.30
Zach Wilbanks, Ouachita Baptist, SR, Physics, 3.80
Drew Wurzelbacher, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Biology, 3.60
Jarod Hershberger, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Physics, 3.90

MEN’S GOLF
Bobby Allen, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Accounting, 3.45

SOFTBALL
Sarah Bell, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Biology, 3.10
Kelli Beth Bratton, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Chemistry, 3.00
Sara Hanson, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Nutrition, 3.40
Beth McGhee, Ouachita Baptist, SR, Athletic Training, 3.11
Kelly Mears, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Biology, 3.20
Crystal Robinson, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Kinesiology, 3.07
Katie Shurbert, Ouachita Baptist, SO, Business Marketing, 3.44
Randi Wilson, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Art Education, 3.46
Korrie Cook, Ouachita Baptist, SO, Early Childhood Education, 3.63
Aspen Grams, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Mass Communications, 3.79
Whitney Hoppe, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Biology, 4.00
Kristin Rigsbee, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Chemistry, 4.00

MEN’S TENNIS
Vagen Akapian, Ouachita Baptist, SR, Russian/Political Science, 3.10
Adam Hurst, Ouachita Baptist, JR, Undecided, 3.90
Jakub Smid, Ouachita Baptist, SR, Business Administration, 3.30

WOMEN’S TENNIS
Tavu Fa, Ouachita Baptist, SO, Undecided, 3.00
Annie Gerber, Ouachita Baptist, FR, Undecided, 3.30
Katie Potts, Ouachita Baptist, SO, Dietetics/Nutrition, 3.40
Kristie Reid, Ouachita Baptist, SO, Undecided, 3.30