July 27, 2010
CHICAGO - 44 UIC student-athletes, representing 12 different teams, have been named to the 2010 Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The men's and women's swimming and diving squads had strong representation for the Flames by placing a combined 13 competitors on the Honor Roll. Head coach Paul Moniak's women's team led all sports with eight individual honorees, while five men were acknowledged.
Head coach Jim Knoedel's track and field teams also fared well with 13 student-athletes named to the Honor Roll. The men's team boasts seven recognized scholars, while the women's team fielded six.
Four men's tennis players were honored and three each from the men's soccer and women's tennis teams were noted for their effort in the classroom. The baseball, softball and volleyball teams each had a pair of student-athletes recognized. Finally, the men's and women's basketball teams each had one person placed on the spring Honor Roll.
Candidates for the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll must meet the following three criteria in order to qualify: 1) participation in at least one of the League's 19 sports during the most recent (or current) season; 2) completion of three semesters (or four quarters, where applicable) as a full-time student at the same member institution; and 3) a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) as of June 20, 2010.
The Horizon League cited a total of 728 student-athletes from its 10 member institutions for academic achievement this spring.
UIC STUDENT-ATHLETES ON SPRING 2010 HORIZON LEAGUE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
BASEBALL: Steve McGuiggan and Ty Rubio
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Jeremy Buttell
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Kristin Petrinec
MEN'S SOCCER: Asa Carson, Phillip Mitchell and Alex Rickett
SOFTBALL: Brooke Frydendall and Christie Seddon
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING: Evan Dunn, Ryan Gensler, Mike Hare, Marc Sarran and Rahul Singh
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING: Lillian Cabel, Alexandra Farrar, Sarah Harper, Laurel Heath, Shaina Israel, Clair Martin, Brooke Sawyer and Julia Shallcross
MEN'S TENNIS: Nate Kirk, Alex Marginean, Dave Robare and Scott Shepardson
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Ilinca Cristescu, Mariya Kovaleva and Jenna Reisch
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY: Nic Aubert, Anthony Crawford, Brian Denk, Matt Morse, Erik Perez, Alex Sutphen and Matt Zaluckyj
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY: Mary Brennan, Andrea Crump, Aimee Schuh, Rosemary Gillam, Kristen Heckert, Constance Sciacero
VOLLEYBALL: Emily Schaffer and Casie Sullivan
