Blinn names 108 students to athletic director's honor roll

Blinn College has named 108 student athletes to the Fall 2015 Don Wilhelm Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

To be eligible, student athletes must post a 3.0 or better grade point average and pass a minimum of 12 credit hours of college level courses. Out of 300 student athletes, 36 percent made the honor roll.

Twelve student athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average: softball players Katie Andrie, Kalli Edwards, Alyssa Hitt, Ashley Langston and Lauren Silver, volleyball players Gabriela Hernandez, Barbara Krug, Danusia and Sipa Borgeaud, baseball players Cody LeCompte and Blaine Suehs, football player Spencer Horn and cheerleader Nikai Hinojosa.

"Our student athletes understand that they are here for an education first," said athletic director Scott Schumacher. "These outstanding GPAs show their effort towards that goal."

Cheer led with 20 student-athletes on the honor roll. Sixteen of Blinn's 18 softball players were named to the honor roll as the team earned a 3.52 combined GPA, while volleyball came in second with a team GPA of 3.06.

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 Fall 2015 honor roll student athletes:

FOOTBALL (19)

Michael Cinquepalmi, Harrison Elam, Devin Banks, Caleb Hill, Spencer Horn, Christopher Hutchings, Briley Jalowy, Justin Johnson, Robert Kirkpatrick, Dillon Marburger, Diego Martinez, Kentory Matthews, Garrison Mitchell, Eric Piccione, T'Kevian Rockwell, Derrick Sicola, Trent Soechting, Dustin Timm, Evan Wick

VOLLEYBALL (9)

Eboni Mitchell, Haylie Ewald, MeKayla Gurley, Gabriela Hernandez, Barbara Krug, Allison Lanik, Abolanle Onipede, Danusia Sipa Borgeaud, Dana Teets

MEN'S BASKETBALL (6)

Jaequon Brown, John Dewey, Donzell Henton, LaKendric Hyson, Link Kabadyundi, Aaron Washington

SOFTBALL (16)

Katie Andrie, Bobbi Berkey, Kalli Edwards, Nicole Garcia, Faith Genoway, Alyssa Hitt, Samantha Junkin, Ashley Langston, Seeley Orsak, Lauren Silver, Summer Trader, Courtney White, Jordin Wilkins, Chelsea Wood, Erika Wood, Meghann Wrinkle

CHEER (20)

Miracle Allison, Meagan Besch, Allison Burns, Rebecca Conerly, Mykella Davis, Cheyenne Foreman, Kassidy Gonzales, Emily Gunter, Nikai Hinojosa, Celeah LeBlanc, Kaylenn McClish, Kaylee Moreno, Victoria Okosun, Dena Robison, Joey Rosenkranz, Rebecca Rowe, Caitlyn Stovall, Nah-Jai Taylor, Shayla Townsend, Amber Whitworth

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (6)

Rosemary Ilang, Taylor Kolodziej, Whitney Mouton, Gabriella Odom, Abigail Whyte, Ke'Asia Williams

BASEBALL (15)

Jay Anderson, Ramsey Fowler, Tanner Holly, Riley Hood, Patrick King, Benjamin Komonsky, Cody LeCompte, Sam McElreath, Trent Murphy, Beau O'Hara, Colton Parrish, Rayne Richard, Blaine Suehs, Austen Swift, Dillon Turney

DANCE (11)

Victoria Buschow, Harley Colby, Brittany Daniel, Bailey Garner, Luther Gill, Jordan Jackson, Samantha Lindsey, Grace Naylor, Karina Ruvalcaba, Andi Spencer, Michelle Watt

TRAINERS (4)

Caleb Abili, Patrikia Baynes, Craig Havis, Alicia Huerta

MANAGERS (2)

Luther Gill, Devin Hanks

Blinn has competed in intercollegiate athletics since 1903 and captured 32 NJCAA national championships since 1987. For more information, visit www.buccaneersports.com