July 24, 2008

Chicago, Ill. - 32 student-athletes have been named to the Horizon League 2008 Spring Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced on Thursday.

The track and field and cross country teams featured 11 student-athletes recognized for their academic and athletic feats over the past semester, with seven women and four men honored by the league.

The volleyball team had five student-athletes present on the honor roll, followed by baseball and men's swimming, each of which had four members named. The women's tennis squad had three of its members recognized, softball and women's swimming featured two honorees, and men's tennis has one representative on the honor roll.

For a Horizon League student-athlete to be named to an Academic Honor Roll, they must meet three criteria. The student-athlete must participate in at least one of the Horizon League's 19 sports during the most recent (or current) season; complete three semesters as a full-time student at the Horizon League member institution, and maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20 on a 4.0 scale as of June 20, 2008.

UIC STUDENT-ATHLETES ON SPRING 2008 HORIZON LEAGUE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

BASEBALL
Peter Ifft
Grant Kohlstaedt
Brett Schaefer
Zack Wright

SOFTBALL
Ashlee Ackerman
Lauren Brennan

MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Dan Hare
Marc Sarran
Cameron Seebeck
Rahul Singh

WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Rachel Funk
Andrea Giczewski

MEN'S TENNIS
Tim O'Brien

WOMEN'S TENNIS
Grace Gill-Morlis
Amy Jellish
Jenna Reisch

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Nic Aubert
Tom Schutzius
Alex Sutphen
Oscar Pina

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Kerry Brennan
Mary Brennan
Julie Cain
Mary Kate Carrick
Danyelle Somerfield
Lauren Fogarty
Kelsey Mueller

VOLLEYBALL
Katerina Hanackova
Liz Hrebic
Emily McGinnis
Emily Schaffer
Casie Sullivan