100 Wildcats Earn a Place on the SEC Fall Sports Academic Honor Roll
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2021) — A total of 100 University of Kentucky student-athletes earned a place on the 2020 Fall Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. UK had the second-highest number of honorees in the league.
The 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2020 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. UK had seven representatives from men’s cross country, 10 from women’s cross country, 37 from football, 19 from men’s soccer, 17 from women’s soccer and 10 from volleyball. Among other qualifications, a student-athlete must have a 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding academic year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA in order to be named to the list.
In addition to the academic success, Kentucky teams also had success on the fields of competition in the fall — much of which is carrying over to the spring. Volleyball has resumed its season already and has a 10-0 record and No. 3 national ranking. Men’s soccer resumes this week after having posted a 5-1 mark and being nationally ranked in the fall. The women’s and men’s cross country teams have completed the regular season and are awaiting potential bids to the NCAA Championships. Football finished its all-SEC regular-season schedule with a Senior Night win over South Carolina and a win over No. 24-ranked North Carolina State in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.
2020 SEC FALL SPORTS HONOR ROLL
Athlete – Sport – Major
Dylan Allen - Men's Cross Country - Marketing
Jacob Brizendine - Men's Cross Country - Biology
McLean Griffin - Men's Cross Country - Accounting
Patrick Schaefer - Men's Cross Country - Kinesiology
Gabriel Szalay - Men's Cross Country - Economics
Trevor Warren - Men's Cross Country - Economics
Aaron Withrow - Men's Cross Country - Finance
Rachel Boice - Women's Cross Country - Biology
Sophie Carrier - Women's Cross Country - Elementary Education
Rachel Curry - Women's Cross Country - Human Health Sciences
Kaylie Kenne - Women's Cross Country - Human Health Sciences
Kaitlyn Lacy - Women's Cross Country - Accounting
Mallory Liggett - Women's Cross Country - Kinesiology
Lainey McKinley - Women's Cross Country - Kinesiology
Sarah Michels - Women's Cross Country - Journalism
Madisyn Peeples - Women's Cross Country - Elementary Education
Kelli Walsh - Women's Cross Country - Finance
Abule Abadi‐Fitzgerald - Football - Communication
Alexander Bascom - Football - Finance
Richard Bascom - Football - Finance
Zachary Berezowitz - Football - Economics
Jamari Brown - Football - Social Work
Jared Casey - Football - Community and Leadership Development
Yusuf Corker - Football - Economics
Tyler Couch - Football - Sociology
Eli Cox - Football - Integrated Strategic Communication
Jamin Davis – Football - Community and Leadership Development
Patrick Delahunty - Football - Accounting
Taj Dodson - Football - Communication
Max Duffy - Football - Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Braxton Eiserman - Football - Art Studio
Luke Fortner – Football - Mechanical Engineering
Colin Goodfellow – Football - Nursing
Manny Harper – Football - Kinesiology
Collin Hartmann – Football - Economics
Jackson High – Football - Management
Drake Jackson – Football - Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Zach Johnson - Football - Health Promotion
Shawn Lawson - Football - Sociology
Jordan Morrow - Football - Communication
William Nalty – Football - Management
Joshua Paschal - Football - Family Sciences
Chance Poore - Football - Consumer Econ and Family Financial Counseling
Asim Rose Jr. – Football - Community and Leadership Development
Matt Ruffolo - Football - Finance
Nik Scalzo – Football - Marketing
Brett Slusher - Football - Accounting
Sawyer Smith - Football - Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Clevan Thomas Jr. - Football - Kinesiology and Health Promotion
John Varga Jr. - Football - Undeclared
Dillon Wheatley - Football - Agricultural Economics
Quintin Wilson - Football - Management
Jordan Wright - Football - Community and Leadership Development
Landon Young – Football - Agricultural Economics
John Michael Bandy - Men's Soccer - Clinical Leadership and Management
Eythor Bjorgolfsson - Men's Soccer - Marketing
Case Cox - Men's Soccer - Accounting
Kalil ElMedkhar - Men's Soccer - Accounting
Daniel Evans - Men's Soccer - Finance
Enrique Facusse - Men's Soccer - Communication
Luis Grassow - Men's Soccer - Sociology
Cole Guindon - Men's Soccer - Management
Clay Holstad - Men's Soccer - Chemical Engineering
Colin Innes - Men's Soccer - Finance
Leon Jones - Men's Soccer - Chemical Engineering
Brock Lindow - Men's Soccer - Computer Engineering
Aimé Mabika - Men's Soccer - English
Marcel Meinzer - Men's Soccer - Communication
Bailey Rouse - Men's Soccer - Civil Engineering
Robert Screen - Men's Soccer - Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
Ryan Troutman - Men's Soccer - Management
William Wagner - Men's Soccer - Management
Jansen Wilson - Men's Soccer - Management
Lisa Blankestein - Women's Soccer - Psychology
Marissa Bosco - Women's Soccer - Educational and Counseling Psychology
Cami Dade - Women's Soccer - Marketing
Alexandra Fava - Women's Soccer - Mechanical Engineering
Emily Hahnel - Women's Soccer - Economics
Tatiana Hagan - Women's Soccer - Psychology
Miranda Jimenez - Women's Soccer - Communication
Josephine Knight - Women's Soccer - Psychology
Gretchen Mills - Women's Soccer - Accounting
Madison Rennie - Women's Soccer - Management
Jordyn Rhodes - Women's Soccer - Kinesiology
Hannah Richardson - Women's Soccer - Undeclared
Peyton Rimko - Women's Soccer - Management
Emma Shields - Women's Soccer - Elementary Education
Sarah Siekkinen - Women's Soccer - Civil Engineering
Stephanie Stull - Women's Soccer - Biomedical Engineering
Caroline Trout - Women's Soccer - Finance
Maddie Berezowitz - Volleyball - Finance
Gabrielle Curry – Volleyball - Business Administration
Gabrielle Goddard – Volleyball - Human Health Sciences
Madison Lilley - Volleyball - Integrated Strategic Communication
Kendyl Paris - Volleyball - Kinesiology
Cameron Scheitzach – Volleyball - Kinesiology
Avery Skinner - Volleyball - Communication Sciences and Disorders
Alli Stumler – Volleyball - Elementary Education
Azhani Tealer - Volleyball - Biology
Lauren Tharp – Volleyball - Special Education
In December, 380 Wildcats achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the fall semester, including 109 Cats who reached 4.0 for the semester. That continued UK Athletics’ streak of 17 consecutive semesters with a department-wide GPA of 3.0 or higher.
UK Athletics supports the academic success of its student-athletes through CATS — the first academic center of its kind dedicated solely to serving student-athletes. CATS is an important component of UK’s Student-Athlete Experience division, launched as a renewal of the department’s commitment to prepare student-athletes to enter life after UK.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.