University of Tennessee Athletics
2004 Spring Academic Honor Rolls
June 30, 2004
The Southeastern Conference named 36 Lady Volunteers and 33 Volunteers to the 2004 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll recently released by Commissioner Mike Slive. For the women, track & field paced UT by boasting 13 student-athletes so honored, while rowing earned 11 berths. Tennis garnered five spots, while golf and softball each took four spots. Overall, a total of 791 student-athletes were named to the honor roll.
Mississippi State topped the list with 93 student-athletes on the spring academic roster, while Georgia was next with 84 honorees. Florida and South Carolina were close behind with 83 spring student-athletes honored.
The 2004 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2003 summer, 2003 fall and 2004 spring terms.
University of Tennessee Lady Vols 2004 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll Members:
Marissa Allen, microbiology; Jessica Andrews, exercise science; Erin Artz, psychology; Teesha Ash, business management; Andrea Bagwell, microbiology; Kaitlin Bargreen, child development; Nicole Bold, political science; Megan Cauble, arts & science undecided; Caitlyn Cleary, english; Erin Cohn, broadcasting; McKenzie Craig, child development; Kristi Durant, broadcasting; Katie Flaute, exercise science; Dana Forbes, sport management; Felicia Guiliford, nursing; Stephanie Humphrey, microbiology; Lindsay Hyatt, graduate-sport management; Golda Johansson, speech communication; Breanna Kray, sport management; Lindsey McFarland, management; Carly Matthews, art; Lauren Mattox, spanish literature; Amy McCormick, english; Amy McIntosh, logistics & transportation; Melinda Morrow, history; Jamie Rebella, recreation & tourism management; Violeta Retamoza, finance; Jessica Reust, aerospace engineering; Amber Rhinehart, exercise science; Ashley Robards, english; Jessica Shepley, public relations; Jessica Southers, ecology & evolutionary biology; Caitin Ward, arts & sciences undecided; Lauren Wells, history; Catherine Wright, social work; Rachel Zamata, political science.
On the men's side track & field also paced UT by boasting 14 student-athletes so honored, while baseball earned 13 berths. Golf earned five spots, while tennis received one spot.
Tennessee placed 14 track and field/cross country athletes on the 2004 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, the squad's best total since 2001 and third best ever. Six of those Vols qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional and/or the NCAA championships.
Only Florida's 16 honorees and LSU's 15 bettered the Vols' total. Tennessee leads the conference with 115 selections to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in the Bill Webb era (1996-present).
On the baseball side, two-time honorees Patrick Hicklen and Dusty Johnson were part of a Tennessee-record 13 baseball student-athletes who were named to the 2004 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor this spring. The academic honor roll is based on grades from the 2003 Summer, 2003 Fall and 2004 Spring terms.
"I'm really proud of the way our student-athletes worked in the classroom this past year," said head coach Rod Delmonico, who has seen 56 Volunteers earn a spot on the SEC honor roll during his tenure. "We want them to be the best they can both on and off the field. To have nearly half our roster make the honor roll is a tribute to both the students and the academic advisors at the Thornton Center. They really pushed our guys to excel in the classroom and it paid off."
Hicklen and Johnson were one of five baseball Vols who also graduated this spring. Hicklen earned a degree in sport management and Johnson earnded his degree in finance. The others were Derek Tharpe (speech communication), Ben Riley (sport management) and Brett Chappell (sociology).
Five members of the Tennessee men's golf team were among the 69 Volunteers student-athletes named to the 2004 Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced last week by league commissioner Mike Slive. The Vols' club-toting quintet of honorees included John Brannen, Clint Cromwell, John Scott Rattan, Chris Robinson and Brandon Skeen.
Brannen, a redshirt freshman from Clarksville, is majoring in biochemistry and cellular & molecular biology. He tied for 50th this past season when the Vols played host to the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions at Holston Hills Country Club. Cromwell is a sophomore who hails from Savannah and majors in psychology. He participated in the 2004 Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions, finishing tied for 35th.
The 2004 season was a breakout year for Rattan, a junior from Montgomery Village, Md. The psychology major finished in the top 25 in eight of the 12 events in which he competed. He also turned in his highest finish as a Vol, carding a 69-71-71--211 at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C.
Robinson, a sophomore from Memphis, majors in classical civilization. His only appearance of 2004 came at the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions, where he finished tied for 67th.
The fifth and final Vols honoree is accounting major Skeen, a junior from Jefferson City. In 2004, he played in the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions, the Bank of Tennessee/Ridges Intercollegiate and the Landfall Tradition, finishing fifth, tied for 60th and tied for 58th, respectively.
Wade Orr, a senior on the Tennessee men's tennis team, represented the Vols netters on the 2004 Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced last week by league commissioner Mike Slive. The Clarksville native has now received the honor in three consecutive seasons.
An industrial engineering major, Orr wrapped up his Big Orange career at last month's NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships. While the Vols failed to reach the championship round of 16, Orr finished his career boasting the rare distinction of having been a part of three NCAA semifinalist teams in past years (2000-02).
This past season, Orr posted a 12-7 singles record and finished with a national ITA singles ranking of No. 117. In doubles, he tied for the team lead with 20 victories. His final career numbers stand at 62-57 (.521) in singles and 50-28 (.641) in doubles.
Past academic honors for Orr include being named to the 2003 CoSIDA academic all-district IV at-large team and earning EdAmerica Scholar Athlete of the Month honors this past January. Orr plans on attending law school or entering the engineering graduate program at UT.
University of Tennessee Volunteers 2004 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll Members:
The following Volunteers helped Tennessee track and field team increase its conference lead: Frank Francois, management; Brett Frykberg, biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology; Nate Jansen, chemical engineering; Sean Lambert, chemistry; Matthew Lapp, exercise science; Jay Mandato, graduate school-sport management; Brian Mills, speech communication; Chandler Rice, sport management; Blake Sabo, graduate school-sport management; Leigh Smith, wildlife/fisheries science; Craig Sutherland, finance; Jeff Trembley, psychology; Kevin Yeager, marketing and Mike Yurcho, sport management.
The other baseball honor roll members were Joey Andrews, marketing; Trey Bridges, sport management; Brian Cleveland, sport management; Nick Crowe, accounting; Scot Drucker, sport management; Rob Fitzgerald, biochemistry; Luke Hochevar (sport management; Todd Martin, management; Beau Massey, sociology and Tharpe, speech communication.
Golf team members that garnered the honor roll were John Brannen, biochemistry/cellular/molecular biology; Clint Cromwell, psychology; John Scott Rattan, psychology; Chris Robinson, classical civilization and Brandon Skeen, accounting.
The tennis team's representative on the honor roll was Wade Orr, industrial engineering.
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