Tennis leads Skyhawk Medal of Honor lists

Sixteen student-athletes at UT Martin were among a record 176 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes who received the Medal of Honor for the 2011-12 season.
The Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athlete who achieves the highest grade point average in a Conference sponsored sport.
The 176 honorees are the most in the history of the award, surpassing the record of 164 last year (2010-11). It also marks the eighth year in a row there have been more than 100 winners.
The UT Martin Medal of Honor Winners and their sport are as follows:
• Men’s Cross Country – Trevor Hancock;
• Women’s Cross Country – Grace Lucas and Hannah Wolfers;
• Football – Ethan Myers;
• Golf – Adam Clark;
• Rifle – Joe Barefoot;
• Soccer – Amy Maksimowicz;
• Softball – Leah Taylor;
• Women’s Tennis – Katie McCall, Jessica Silva, Ivon Simic, Johanie Van Zyl and Anna Winkelmann;
• Volleyball – Kasey Elswick, Jenna Miller and Britany Wilburn;
The OVC also announced that 1,061 student-athletes were named to the 2011-12 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, also setting a new record. UT Martin had 114 student-athletes make the Honor Roll.
To be listed, recipients must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average and have been eligible and on the team throughout the competitive season in their chosen NCAA-sponsored sport(s) and used a season of competition.
The 1,061 student-athletes surpassed the old record of 1,044 set in each 2008-09 and 2009-10. Published in The WCP 7.31.12

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