BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Tennessee placed 90 student-athletes on the 2020-21 First-Year Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll that was announced Tuesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
That total was the most UT has ever had on the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. It marked an improvement of five over the 85 who made the list in 2019-20.
Furthermore, those numbers raised Tennessee’s total number of student-athletes recognized in 2020-21 to a program-record 358 combined on the Fall, Winter, Spring and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Rolls. That’s an improvement of 46 over last year and marks the sixth-consecutive year that Tennessee has seen an increased total number of student-athletes on SEC Honor Rolls.
The sum of 358 honorees translates to 65 percent of UT’s student-athletes being on SEC Academic Honor Rolls during the past academic year and also equates to improvement of nearly 200 percent from the 187 who received honors in 2014-15.
On the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Honor Roll, the baseball team led the way for Tennessee with 16 student-athletes recognized, followed by rowing with 15 and men’s swimming and diving with 13. Other programs with recipients include women’s swimming and diving (8), football (7), men’s basketball (5), softball (5), women’s basketball (4), men’s tennis (4), men’s track & field (3), soccer (3), women’s track & field (2), women’s tennis (2), women’s golf (2) and volleyball (1).
A total of 1,130 student-athletes from around the league were named to the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2020-21 academic calendar.
Any student‐athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student‐athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The following criteria will be followed:
(1) A student‐athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.
(2) If a student‐athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.
(3) Student‐athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student‐athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.
(4) Prior to being nominated, a student‐athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non‐remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution.
(5) The student‐athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.
First-year student‐athletes in all sports may be named to the Honor Roll at the conclusion of their first full academic year in residence (spring, fall and summer terms).
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
University of Tennessee
Baseball (16)
Colin Ahearn – Management
Charez Butcher – Sociology
Jared Dickey – Recreation & Sport Management
Cade Elliott – Finance
Hunter Ensley – Recreation & Sport Management
Hollis Fanning – Forestry
Jake Fitzgibbons – Recreation & Sport Management
Jackson Greer – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications
Ben Joyce – Finance
Reed Metz – Recreation & Sport Management
Drew Patterson – Biological Sciences
Shawn Scott – Recreation & Sport Management
Zander Sechrist – Forestry
Logan Steenstra – Kinesiology
Charlie Taylor – Supply Chain Management
Blade Tidwell – Recreation & Sport Management
Men’s Basketball (5)
E.J. Anosike – Ag Economics
Kent Gilbert – Recreation & Sport Management
Cole Morris – Civil Engineering
Isaiah Sulack – Management
Corey Walker Jr. – Recreation & Sport Management
Women’s Basketball (4)
Tess Darby – Finance
Keyen Green – MS – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications
Marta Suárez – Physics
Jordan Walker – MS – Business Administration
Football (7)
Will Albright – University Exploratory
Tee Hodge – University Exploratory
RJ Perry – University Exploratory
Doneiko Slaughter – University Exploratory
Jabari Small – University Exploratory
Javontez Spraggins – University Exploratory
Len’Neth Whitehead – University Exploratory
Women’s Golf (2)
Vanessa Gilly – Finance
Kayla Holden – Nutrition
Rowing (15)
Casey Chronister – Mechanical Engineering
Kelly Flanagan – Psychology
Erin Gifford – Human Resource Management
Ella Hill – Psychology
Hannah Hobby – University Exploratory
Elena Jerkovic – Biological Sciences
Natalia Loram – Political Science
Isabella McAnally – Accounting
Macy Monday – Kinesiology
Allison Reitz – Finance
Madeleine Rott – Nutrition
Emma Seawright – Biological Sciences
Adrianna Thrasher – Finance
Sophia Von Dauber – Biological Sciences
Logan Yates – Nutrition
Women’s Soccer (3)
Caitlin Foley – Communication Studies
Sydney Hennessey – Kinesiology
Lawson Renie – Business
Softball (5)
Kaylan Cole – Audiology & Speech Pathology
Ivy Davis – MS in Communication & Information – Public Relations Concentration
Bailey McCachren – Biomedical Engineering
Caliyah Thompson – Neuroscience
Rylie West – Journalism & Electronic Media
Men’s Swimming & Diving (13)
Micah Chambers – Kinesiology
Jack Gillespie – Neuroscience
Will Jackson – Business
Joseph Jordan – Kinesiology
Jacob McDonald – University Exploratory
Alexander Milanovich – Business Analytics
Jacob Narvid – Accounting
Rafael Ponce de Leon Castilla – Business Analytics
Jacob Reasor – Business
Dillon Richardson – Marketing
Dain Ripol – Supply Chain Management
Joey Tepper – Chemical Engineering
Jordan Tiffany – University Exploratory
Women’s Swimming & Diving (8)
Jordan Aurnou‐Rhees – Management
Alyssa Breslin – University Exploratory
Elle Caldow – Hospitality & Tourism Management
Nicola Lane – Biological Sciences
Margaret Marando – Architecture
Mona McSharry – University Exploratory
Berit Quass – Accounting
Annie Rimmer – Recreation/Sport Management
Men’s Tennis (4)
Joel Gamerov – MS in Communication & Information – Advertising Concentration
Josh Raab – Construction Science
Coy Simon – Supply Chain Management
Trey Stinchcomb – Business Analytics
Women’s Tennis (2)
Esther Adeshina – Management
Eleonora Molinaro – Kinesiology
Men’s Track & Field (3)
Spencer Brown – Recreation/Sport Management
Mike Griffin – Recreation/Sports Management
Daniel Igbokwe – MS in Management & Human Resources
Women’s Track & Field (2)
Caroline Lewis – Anthropology
Callie Tucker – Neuroscience
Volleyball (1)
JaKya Moore – Recreation/Sport Management
2020-21 FIRST-YEAR SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
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