July 3, 2008

McNeese State had 70 athletes named to the Southland Conference commissioner's spring academic honor roll.

Presented by Capital One Bank, the honor roll recognizes student-athletes who competed in league championship sports during the spring semester and maintained a 3.0 grade point average while enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours.

"Congratulations to all of those student athletes that made the Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll list. This is a tremendous accomplishment," said McNeese athletic director Tommy McClelland.

"This is a testament to all of those student athletes that made the choice to work hard and were determined to be successful in the classroom." "Like in everything, success starts at the top. Our coaches have made academics a priority here at McNeese and we are seeing the results."

A total of 798 student-athletes were recognized by the conference.

The McNeese women's golf team lead all of the university squads by having all six members named to the team.

Otherwide for McNeese, baseball had 21 named to the honor roll, men's golf four, softball nine, tennis three, men's track 10, women's track 11, women's basketball four and men's basketball two.

Athletes in the fall sports (football, soccer, volleyball, cross country) were honored back in the fall.

McNeese spring honorees

Name Class Sport Major Hometown

Justin Beitzel Jr. Baseball Management Mandeville, LA

Ryan Brauninger Jr. Baseball Mass. Comm. Nederland, TX

Kanon Broussard So. Baseball Gen. Business Lake Charles, LA

Anthony Camp So. Baseball HHPG Westlake, LA

Matt Click Fr. Baseball Accounting Austin, TX

Nicholas Eubanks Fr. Baseball Basic Studies DeQuincy, LA

Matthew Fontenot So. Baseball Gen. Studies Lake Charles, LA

William Frantz Jr. Baseball Engineering Nederland, TX

Dustin Guidry Jr. Baseball Gen. Studies Cut Off, LA

Mace Hebert Jr. Baseball Gen. Studies St. Martinville, LA

Chet Henderson Fr. Baseball Gen. Business Denham Springs,LA

Brandon Lawrence Jr. Baseball History Benton, LA

Joshua Marceaux So. Baseball HEDU Jenning, LA

David McChesney So. Baseball Management Kenner, LA

Sam Merrill Jr. Baseball Management Omaha, NE

Keith Patnode So. Baseball Gen. Studies Keene, NH

Kyle Roth Jr. Baseball Gen. Studies Kenner, LA

Edward Roundtree Fr. Baseball Finance Walker, LA

Dallas Smith So. Baseball HEDU DeRidder, LA

Bryn Thompson Jr. Baseball Gen. Studies Madisonville, LA

Jordan Venable Jr. Baseball Marketing Lafayette, LA

Randi Fischer Fr. Women's Golf Gen. Business Twin Falls, ID

Amanda Hamilton So. Women's Golf Biology Huntsville, TX

Jennifer Hermann So. Women's Golf Gen. Business Katy, TX

Lacy McKinley So. Women's Golf HEDU Huntsville, TX

Jacy Reynolds Jr. Women's Golf Wildlife Management Glenwood Springs,CO

Margaret Welch Jr. Women's Golf Accounting Syracuse, KS

Charles Bordelon Fr. Men's Golf HHPG Ponchatoula, LA

Brandon Eaton Jr. Men's Golf Marketing Conroe, TX

Sigmundur Masson Sr. Men's Golf Gen. Studies Kopavogur, Iceland

Valgeir Tomasson Fr. Men's Golf HHPG Kopavogur, Iceland

Candace Duhon So. Softball Psychology Lake Charles, LA

Chelsea Jones So. Softball Family & Cons. Science Tomball, TX

Rachel King Jr. Softball Math Willis, TX

Lindsey Langner Fr. Softball HEDU Pearland, TX

Michelle Lavoie Jr. Softball Art Lake Charles, LA

Holly Long Jr. Softball Gen. Studies Brenham, TX

Katie Shumaker Fr. Softball HEDU Beaumont, TX

Carmen Sittig Sr. Softball Gen. Studies Lake Charles, LA

Bethany Stefinsky Jr. Softball Art Gonzales, TX

Inga Efimenko So. W. Tennis Management Obinsk, Russia

Natascha Jongeneel Sr. W. Tennis Gen. Business Netherlands

Maria Frausto Cornish Fr. W. Tennis Finance Pueblo, Mexico

Donovan Anderson So. M. Track HEDU Lake Charles, LA

Ben Chretien Fr. M. Track Management Elton, LA

Aaron DeBourg Fr. M. Track Computer Science Trinidad, Tobago

Jacob Domingue Fr. M. Track Management Erath, LA

Michael Dyer Sr. M. Track Constructional Tech. Bangor, Ireland

Matt Fontenot So. M. Track Engineering Iowa, LA

Jimmie Heath Sr. M. Track Management Iowa, LA

John Jamail Sr. M. Track Gen. Studies Iowa, LA

Alasdair Russell Fr. M. Track HHPG Cumbria, Great Britain

Steven Scullion Fr. M. Track Gen. Studies Belfast, United Kingdom

Julie Buller Fr. W. Track Basic Studies Westlake, LA

Tinette Burger So. W. Track Art Upington, S.Africa

Katarina Caraway Fr. W. Track Biology Iowa, La

Erika Coleman Fr. W. Track Art Richmond, TX

Jessica Gonzales-Pons Jr. W. Track HHPG Juriquilla, Mexico

Erin Huckabay Fr. W. Track Biology Omaha, TX

Emily Lewis Fr. W. Track HHPG Lafayette, LA

Carly Thurman Fr. W. Track English Educ. The Woodlands, TX

Claytonia Washington So. W. Track Nursing Milano, TX

Brittney Kleckley Jr W. Track Art Educ. Lake Charles, LA

Sara Jane Boyce Fr. W. Track HHPG Sligo, Ireland

Brittany Boone Sr. W. Basketball Gen. Studies Somerville, TN

Kiara Johnson Fr. W. Basketball Education Monroe, LA

Joanna Klutarich Sr. W. Basketball Marketing Sagamore Hills, OH

Lenissa Lopez Sr. W. Basketball Education Elmwood Park, NJ

Preston David Fr. M. Basketball HEDU Farmers Branch, TX

Daniel Richard Fr. M. Basketball BSTU Lake Charles, LA