Soccer student-athletes honored for academic success

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A total of 208 University of Arkansas student-athletes earned grades at or above a 3.0 grade point average for the fall 2008 semester the Razorback Athletics Department announced recently. Twenty-four members of the Razorback soccer team were honored for their academic achievements.The soccer team had seven student-athletes earn a perfect 4.0 GPA. Sam Bolton (nursing); Jackie Booker (kinesiology); Megan Fawley (elementary education); Sarah Gwisdala (marketing); Rachel Hawryluck (English); Beth McVean (kinesiology) and Rachel Smith (apparel studies) represented the Razorback soccer team on Academic Champions list.Another seven appeared on the Athletic Director’s List (3.50-3.99). That list includes Dani Alexander (accounting); Kailey Anders (communication disorders); Kat Moffett (journalism); Erin Moskos (kinesiology); Kim Schlief (chemistry); Sophie Wentz (communication disorders) and Abbey Wilburn (accounting).The soccer team also placed ten—Rachel Carlson (elementary education); Camille Flores (journalism); Lauren Hallauer (kinesiology); Tilly Heintz (engineering); Brittany Hudson (biology); Kelly O’Connor (international relations); Daniella O’Shea (undeclared); Lindsay Patterson (kinesiology); Kathleen Paulsen (biology) and Kendal Winston (communications)—on the Razorback Honor Roll (3.00-3.49).The list of 208 honorees included 28 football players, 25 swimmers and divers, 24 soccer players, 23 men’s track and field athletes, 20 members of the baseball team, 19 softball players, 17 women’s track and field team members, 11 athletes from volleyball, 10 from gymnastics, seven women’s golfers, six each from men’s and women’s tennis, five from women’s basketball, four from men’s basketball and three from men’s golf.In addition, the fall 2008 semester’s honors included 33 Razorback student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs.For more information about Arkansas athletics, please log on to ArkansasRazorbacks.com.