Winning in the Classroom

The University of Arkansas honored its student-athletes this week for their outstanding academic performance from the fall semester.

The overall average of the Razorbacks’ 460-plus student-athletes was 3.20 during the fall to extend the streak to 18 straight semesters with a term GPA of a 3.00 or higher and nine straight with a 3.20 or higher GPA. An impressive 56% of the Razorbacks’ student-athletes recorded posted 3.00 or better GPAs for the fall semester.

Of the 19 Razorback teams, 17  boast a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher including: Baseball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Softball, Swimming/Diving, Men’s Tennis, Men’s Indoor Track, Men’s Outdoor Track, Women’s Indoor Track, Women’s Outdoor Track and Volleyball.

The Women’s Golf posted the highest women’s team average cumulative GPA with a 3.72, taking home the top honor for the second straight year just like the Men’s Tennis team. Men’s Tennis led the way on the men’s side with a 3.52 cumulative GPA.

The fall semester produced 61 Razorbacks with perfect 4.00 GPAs.

Fall 2018 semester 4.00 GPA
Lauren Alter – W. Tennis
Maha Amer – Swimming/Diving
Sydney Angell – Swimming/Diving
Alexis Bach – Soccer
Kaylee Benton – W. Golf
Lauren Cambell – W. Track/Cross Country
Annah Carney – Swimming/Diving
Reece Christopherson – Soccer
Austn Dalquist – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Sarah Dalton Chambliss – Swimming/Diving
Roy Ejiakuekeu – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Kolbrun Eyjolfsdottir – Soccer
Trevor Ezell – Baseball
Cara Gorlei – W. Golf
Cameron Griffith – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Fernanda Guitron Topete – Volleyball
Morgan Harstell – W. Track/Cross Country
Travis Hester – Baseball
Victoria Hoggard – W. Track/Cross Country
Riley Hoogerwerf – W. Track/Cross Country
Anna Hopkin – Swimming/Diving
Micah Huckabee – W. Track/Cross Country
Bryana Hunter – Soccer
Derek Jacobus – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Alexis Jacobus – W. Track/Cross Country
Hayden Johnson – Football
Marissa Kinsey – Soccer
Tamara Kuykendall – W. Track/Cross Country
Kristen Larkan – W. Track/Cross Country
Julia Laskaris – Soccer
Alyssa Lemon – Swimming/Diving
Brooke Matthews – W. Golf
Sydney McGlone – Gymnastics
Kayla McKeon – Soccer
Jalen Merrick – Football
Kiera Michaeloff Russel – Swimming/Diving
Ethan Moehn – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Gabriel Moore – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Esti Mosena – Swimming/Diving
Austin Nix – Football
Colin O’Mara – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Mason Overstreet – M. Golf
Genna Potter – W. Track/Cross Country
Elizabeth Ramos Mata – W. Track/Cross Country
Kirby Rathjen – Gymnastics
Joy Ripslinger – W. Track/Cross Country
Katrina Robinson – W. Track/Cross Country
Rachel Rodriguez – Swimming/Diving
Jeff Rogers – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Sam Schillinger – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Syney Stout – W. BasketBall
Maia Stripp – Volleyball
Keiryn Swenson – W. Basketball
Kennedy Thaman – Swimming/Diving
Madison Umberger – Swimming/Diving
Meghan Underwood – W. Track/Cross Country
Cameron Vail – Football
Taylor Werner – W. Track/Cross Country
Matt Young – Men’s Track/ Cross Country
Martina Zerulo – W. Tennis