The sixth annual Sooner Athletic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll was released on Tuesday afternoon, and a record 115 John Brown University student-athletes, more than 75 percent of those eligible, qualified for the list.
To be eligible for the Commissioner's Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.00 grade-point-average (GPA) during the previous academic year (two semesters).
"I am so proud of our student-athletes and their commitment to excellence in the classroom," said Robyn Daugherty, director of athletics. "In a world where athletic performance overshadows academic achievement, it is exciting to me to see over 70 percent of our student-athletes at a 3.00 or higher, especially at an institution where academics are very challenging."
For the first time ever, men's soccer paced all men's squads by placing 13 student-athletes (54 percent of those eligible) on the list, while women's soccer landed 21 (95 percent) of its roster on the list. All 15 (100 percent) of JBU volleyball student-athletes earned a spot on the list. Each intercollegiate program placed over 50 percent of its student-athletes on the roll.
Forty-three freshman earned the academic accolades in their first year of competition, while 53 John Brown honorees were selected for a consecutive academic year (46 percent).
The Commissioner's Honor Roll is presented by Cypress Risk Management, an Omaha, Neb.,-based insurance agency that specializes in providing customized solutions for collegiate student health and athletic accident insurance. The organization currently insures over 500,000 students nationwide and is already engaged with several other NAIA conferences in similar types of partnerships. Cypress Risk Management's partnership with the SAC gives it exclusive sponsorship to the newly-founded awards program that covers the 13 men's and women's NAIA-sanctioned sports the conference offers.
SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Name^Sport
Quintin Bailey*^Men's Basketball
Braden Bayless*^Men's Basketball
Rokas Grabliauskas*^Men's Basketball
Luke Harper*^Men's Basketball
Kiree Hutchings^Men's Basketball
Nemanja Obradovic^Men's Basketball
Ira Perrier*^Men's Basketball
Kobe Robinson^Men's Basketball
Nathan Stolz^Men's Basketball
Drew Birnbaum^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Matthew Bloom*^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Aaron Capehart^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Eathan Devine*^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Parker Hale^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Ryan Knight*^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Ben Martin*^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Nathan Pearson*^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Chandler Stewart^Men's Cross Country / Track & Field
Will Vail^Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Nate Wertjes*^Men's Cross Country / Track & Field
Amilcar Gonzalez^Amilcar Men's Soccer
Luke Gumm^Men's Soccer
Micah Hermann*^Men's Soccer
Adrian Immel^Men's Soccer
Eli Jackson^Men's Soccer
Jens Keemers*^Men's Soccer
Cooper McCombs^Men's Soccer
Marcelo Mendes^Men's Soccer
Kelvin Omondi^Men's Soccer
Micah Smith^Men's Soccer
Ryan Smith*^Men's Soccer
Goncalo Verissimo^Men's Soccer
Britt Wisener*^Men's Soccer
Mitchell Berry*^Men's Tennis
Cade Cox*^Men's Tennis
Blake Cunningham^Men's Tennis
Noah Frederick*^Men's Tennis
Fletcher Kice^Men's Tennis
Kory Rash^Men's Tennis
Jordan Scoggins*^Men's Tennis
Stone Swieter^Men's Tennis
Logan Wheeler*^Men's Tennis
Woody Woodring*^Men's Tennis
Megan Beck*^Volleyball
Jillian Blackman^Volleyball
Carrie Ciesla*^Volleyball
Lauren Cloud^Volleyball
Lindsey Davis*^Volleyball
Morgan Fincham^Volleyball
Taylor Glover*^Volleyball
Sarah Laaker^Volleyball
Ellie Lampton^Volleyball
Jenna Lowery*^Volleyball
Kinzee Mayo*^Volleyball
Carly McKinney^Volleyball
Elizabeth Parrish*^Volleyball
Jessica Schultz^Volleyball
Jaden Williams*^Volleyball
Maddie Altman*^Women's Basketball
Sierra Bailey*^Women's Basketball
Taylor Fergen*^Women's Basketball
Jessica Goldman^Women's Basketball
Haley James^Women's Basketball
Jordan Martin*^Women's Basketball
Marta Matamala^Women's Basketball
K.J. Roh*^Women's Basketball
Kenzie Silkey^Women's Basketball
Tarrah Stephens^Women's Basketball
Ally Teague*^Women's Basketball
Lisa Vanoverberghe^Women's Basketball
Sara Williams^Women's Basketball
Cecile Bowen^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Elizabeth Brownell*^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Molly Brownell*^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Chloe Bryant^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Adrianna Feaster^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Abigail Hampton^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Sarah Ladehoff^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Sarah Larson^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Allika Pearson*^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Shea Sandefur^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Madelyn Shasteen^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Clancie Sorrell^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Lainee Stiver^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Taylor Stone^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Brooke Wilson^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Korey Winter^Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Natalie Aycock*^Women's Soccer
Maggie Bailey*^Women's Soccer
Chloe Griffin^Women's Soccer
Kristen Howell*^Women's Soccer
Kathryn Huff*^Women's Soccer
Sarah Hughes*^Women's Soccer
Megan Hutto^Women's Soccer
Emily Jordan*^Women's Soccer
Meghan Kennedy*^Women's Soccer
Kylie Kilfoy^Women's Soccer
Caitlyn Logan*^Women's Soccer
Alair Love*^Women's Soccer
Paige Martin^Women's Soccer
Grace McKinney*^Women's Soccer
Aubrey Mendez^Women's Soccer
Anne Metz^Women's Soccer
Sieanna Nealon*^Women's Soccer
Vanessa Reynoso^Women's Soccer
Emma Schoenberg^Women's Soccer
Anna Schuchardt*^Women's Soccer
Jadyn Engel*^Women's Tennis
Grace Lindquist^Women's Tennis
Salasha McBride^Women's Tennis
Rachel Merrill^Women's Tennis
Sabrina Paiz^Women's Tennis
Hayvnn Prude^Women's Tennis
Leah Scott^Women's Tennis
Sydney Smith*^Women's Tennis
* Indicates 2018-19 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll Honoree