Ouachita placed five student-athletes on the Gulf South Conference Fall All-Academic Team, conference officials announced on Friday.
Ouachita also placed 54 student-athletes on the GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll Team, the second highest number of students among conference schools.
Harding University led the way among all GSC schools, landing league-high 79 members on the GSC Honor Roll.
Following Ouachita in placing the most student-athletes on the team were West Florida with 41 and Delta State with 40.
Leading the way for Ouachita in making the GSC All-Academic Team were three selections from the football team: Senior Brady King (Mass Communications, 3.9), junior Chad Emmons (Kinesiology, 3.57) and junior Eli Cranor (English/Political Science, 3.5).
Also making the team was senior Neal Ozmun (Mass Communications, 3.43) for the Men’s Soccer team and senior Felicia Arnold (Russian/History, 3.97) for the Women’s Soccer team.
The Ouachita Women’s Soccer program placed 18 members on the GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll, giving the team 94 percent of the total membership academic recognition. Among those making the team for Women’s Soccer were: Seniors Felicia Arnold (Russian/History, 3.97), Haley Barron (Russian/Christian Studies, 3.73), Brittany Vick (Christian Studies/Mass Communications, 3.56) and Randi Wilson (Art/Education, 3.58); junior Whitley Hoppe (Biology, 3.87), sophomores Katie Cresswell (Athletic Training, 3.50), Miranda Lytle (Dietetics, 3.36), Jody Persson (English, 4.0), Beth Wendl (Biology/Education, 3.29), and Haley Whisenhunt (Speech Pathology, 3.64): and freshmen Whitley Berry (Psychology, 3.56), Rebecca Cochrum (Education, 3.0), Brittany Davidson (Dietetics, 3.31), Taylor Gay (Dietetics, 4.0), freshman Carrie Lieblong (Biology, 3.82), Sarah McKimmey (Education, 3.63), Alexandra Patterson (Biology/Dietetics, 3.58) and Mary Whisenhunt (Speech Pathology, 3.14).
The Men’s Soccer team placed nine members on the Honor Roll, including seniors Reid Adkins (Accounting, 3.09), Barry McCaskill (Physics, 4.0), Neal Ozmun (Mass Communications, 3.43); junior John Mark Tohlen (Biology, 3.69); and freshman Connor Burke (Business, 3.57), Clayton Case (Kinesiology, 3.13), Rizvan Ceka (Business, 3.6), Blake Howard (Business, 3.08), Daniel Johnson (Business, 4.0) and Payam Pourjavad (Physics, 3.73).
The Football program placed 11 members on the Honor Roll, including senior Brady King (Mass Communications, 3.9); juniors Casey Cooper (Secondary Educations, 3.06), Eli Cranor (English/Political Science, 3.5), Chad Emmons (Kinesiology, 3.61), Ryan Gorman (Kinesiology, 3.6); sophomores Tucker Gilbert (Business Administration, 3.01) and Taurus Williams (Athletic Training, 3.2); freshman Kolby Ball (Biology, 3.8), Blayne Beene (Biology, 3.4) and Taylor Masters (Business Administration, 3.0).
Ouachita placed 12 members on the GSC Volleyball Honor Roll.
Among those making the team were: seniors Stephanie Carrell (Accounting, 3.71), Lindsey Pry (Accounting, 3.91) and Raichel Settle (Accounting, 3.85); juniors Ryleigh Lay (Accounting, 3.64), Kaitlyn Mitcham (Kinesiology, 3.65), Lauren Stuart (Studio Art, 3.74); sophomores Lexie Hegi (Dietetics/Nutrition, 3.11), Kristyn Howk (Pre-Pharmacy, 3.05), Libby Merritt (Kinesiology, 3.37); and freshman Megan Askew (Mathematics, 3.07), Allison Frizzell (Accounting, 3.71) and Jillian Jeffcoat (Kinesiology, 3.87).
The Women’s Cross Country team placed three members on the GSC Honor Roll, including seniors Amanda Boyce (Dietetics/Nutrition, 3.04) and Hannah Howard (Dietetics/Nutrition, 3.57); and freshman Aubree Fry (Dietetics/Nutrition, 4.0).
GSC All-Academic Teams are selected by the Gulf South Conference Sports Information Directors (SIDs) and Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) in a joint vote.
Nominees must have an overall grade point average of 3.20 or higher on a 4.00 scale for their entire academic career and may not be freshmen or first-semester or quarter transfers.
Each student-athlete must be a significant contributor to the squad.
Other factors include leadership, community service and extracurricular activities.
SIDs and FARs are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
The number of positions normally involved in playing that sport determines the number of student-athletes selected in each sport.
By Alan Greenwood, Sports Information Director
