July 20, 2009
CHICAGO - The UIC student-athlete body continued to excel both on and off the field as 39 Flames were named to the 2009 Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced on Monday.
Swimming and diving featured five members from both the men's and women's squads, while cross country saw seven athletes recognized for their academic and athletic feats over the past semester.
The baseball team had four student-athletes present on the honor roll, followed by volleyball, women's basketball and track & field, each of which had three members named.
Men's basketball, soccer, softball and women's tennis had two honorees, while men's tennis has one representative on the honor roll.
For a student-athlete to be named to a Horizon League Academic Honor Roll, they must participate during the most recent (or current) season of a league-sponsored sport, have completed three semesters as a full-time student and maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20 on a 4.0 scale as of June 20, 2009.
UIC STUDENT-ATHLETES ON SPRING 2009 HORIZON LEAGUE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
BASEBALL
Peter Ifft
Steve McGuiggan
Brett Schaefer
Zack Wright
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Robo Kreps
Scott VanderMeer
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK AND FIELD
Nic Aubert
Erik Perez
Alex Sutphen
SOCCER
Joey Domenico
Andreas Laxgang
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Evan Dunn
Mike Hare
Marc Sarran
Cameron Seebeck
Rahul Singh
MEN'S TENNIS
Tim O'Brien
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Nikki Grobbecker
Katie O'Donoghue
Kristin Petrinec
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK AND FIELD
Mary Brennan
Julie Cain
Lauren Fogarty
Rosemary Gillam
Lindsey McNamara
Kelsey Mueller
Danyelle Somerfield
SOFTBALL
Alicia Abbott
Christie Seddon
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Laurel Heath
Katie McLeland
Sonia Peterson
Brooke Sawyer
Julia Shallcross
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Illinca Cristescu
Jenna Reisch
VOLLEYBALL
Katerina Hanackova
Emily Schaffer
Casie Sullivan
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