May 7, 2008

IRVING, Texas (C-USA/SMU)--Thirty-seven SMU athletes have earned the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal, given to student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better, the league announced Wednesday.

SMU had the third-highest number of athletes receiving the commendation in the league, behind Tulsa and Memphis.

The complete list of SMU honorees follows:

SMU (37)
Erin Cochran              Women's Cross Country
Silje Fjortoft            Women's Cross Country
Kelsey Howard             Women's Cross Country
Lauren Lieberman          Equestrian
Virginia Norton           Equestrian
Maia Van Dyke             Equestrian
Mitch Enright             Football
Andrew Galloway           Football
Garrett Olson             Football
Kate Ackerson             Women's Golf
Ellen Cieszkiewicz        Women's Rowing
Sofya Davydova            Women's Rowing
Lauren Hadaway            Women's Rowing
Victoria Kean             Women's Rowing
Caroline Merideth         Women's Rowing
Scott Geppert             Men's Soccer
Benjamin Shuleva          Men's Soccer
Ming Wong                 Men's Soccer
Kimber Bailey             Women's Soccer
Katherine Bartush         Women's Soccer
Amy Bennett               Women's Soccer
Jennifer Raad             Women's Soccer
Afton Weimer              Women's Soccer
John Hjalmquist Jr.       Men's Swimming
Lysle Witter              Men's Swimming
Jonathan Wojcik           Men's Swimming
Jennifer Basel            Women's Swimming
Pia Lara Carrillo         Women's Swimming
Audra Egenolf             Women's Swimming
Kaitlyn Gangl             Women's Swimming
Angela San Juan Cisneros  Women's Swimming
Sascha Van den Branden    Women's Swimming
James Peterson            Men's Tennis
Darren Walsh              Men's Tennis
Natalia Bubien            Women's Tennis
Andrea Kvetova            Women's Track & Field
Caitlin Adair             Volleyball