BLINN NAMES 84 STUDENTS TO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S HONOR ROLL

Eight student athletes achieve perfect 4.0 grade point average

Blinn College has named 84 student athletes to the Spring 2017 Don Wilhelm Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

To be eligible, student athletes must post a 3.0 or better grade point average (GPA) and pass a minimum of 12 credit hours of college level courses. Out of 261 student athletes, 32 percent made the honor roll.

Eight student athletes achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA: volleyball players MeKayla Gurley (Sweeny), Danusia Sipa Borgeaud (Canberra, Australia) and Kayla Valigura (Hallettsville); women’s basketball player Jasline Chandler (Cleburne); baseball player Cody Moos (Castroville); Blinn Treasure Darian Phinney (North Richland Hills), trainer Chandler Craig (Round Rock) and football player Eugene Shorter (Columbus).

“It is impressive to see these student athletes accomplish so much in the classroom,” said Scott Schumacher, athletic director.

Blinn baseball led the way with 26 players named to the honor roll, and volleyball had the highest GPA of any team at 3.0.

The honor roll is named after former Blinn athletic director Don Wilhelm, an NJCAA Hall of Famer who served the College for 10 years.

Here is the complete list of Spring 2017 honor roll student athletes:

BASEBALL (26)

Jay Anderson, Drew Ardoin, Brandon Ashy, Brandon Breaux, Cody Collins, Koby Collins, Angel De La Fuente, Tyler Fowler, Kyle Gray, Anthony Jones, Cody LeCompte, Evan Mata, Sam McElreath, Mason Michalec, Cody Moos, Andrew Morgan, Caleb Morris, Chris Okeke, Colton Parrish, Esteban Pena, Sammy Pleus, Victor Pulido, Johnny Rizer, Marshall Skinner, Zach Smith, Cody Van Cleave.

FOOTBALL (16)

Jermel Adams, Nelson Beettner, Ryan Buckley, Jhavonte Dean, Westin Elliott, Devin Hanks, Williams Henderson, Braden Hucks, Stephen Johnson, John Lackey, Mike Malone, Hanner Shipley, Eugene Shorter, Cullen Wick, Taje Williams, Clayton Woods.

CHEER (12)

Miracle Allison, Nikai Hinojosa, Victoria Hoeffken, Kenzie Kluge, Ansley Malloch, Kaylee Moreno, Courtney Nelson, Peyton Niedzielski, Jarred Pecina, Madison Schmidt, Haleigh Walker, Amber Whitworth.

SOFTBALL (10)

Shelby Achille, Macie Becker, Calli Birch, Kamryn Boucher, Morgan Gray, Alyssa Hitt, Sam Junkin, Emily Noah, Katy Sawyer, Alyssa Vega.

DANCE (8)

Alexandria Cantu, Kaytlyn Collier, Makenzy Cornell, Leialoha Granados, Lauryn Green, Jordan Jackson, Madeline Jones, Darian Phinney.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (6)

Missy Archie, Ashley Caldwell, Jasline Chandler, Jasmine Redmon, Jade Rochelle, Abigail Whyte.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (3)

Tyler Barlow, T.J. DiStefano, Tyrus Grayson.

TRAINERS (2)

Chandler Craig and Alicia Huerta.

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(Story courtesy: Jake Gordon, Blinn Information)