Fall 2011 NEC Academic Honor Roll
60 Blue Devil student-athletes over all six fall sports were recognized by the NEC.
The Northeast Conference announced the Fall 2011 Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday morning. The list features 60 Central Connecticut Blue Devils among the 849 NEC student-athletes that met the qualifications. Senior Sam Alexander earned a place on the honor roll and also took home 2011 Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete honors.
Scholar-athlete award winners must have earned a minimum of 60 semester hours, maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 and participated with distinction as a member of a varsity team.
You can find more information on Alexander's scholar-athlete honor here.
To earn a place on the Academic Honor Roll, NEC student-athletes must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. The 60 student-athletes represented all six CCSU fall sports. Men's soccer led the way with 15 student-athletes on the honor roll. Women's soccer and women's cross country followed closely with 12 and 10, respectively. Football and volleyball each had eight student-athletes recognized and men's cross country had seven recipients, including Scholar-Athlete Sam Alexander.
In addition, 12 Blue Devils met the 3.75 GPA requirement to earn a place on the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Those 12 student-athletes are:
- Sophomore Andrew Hill, Men's Cross Country
- Sophomore Krisztina Dearborn, Women's Cross Country
- Graduate Student Alasia Griebel, Women's Cross Country
- Senior Gunnar Jessperson, Football
- Junior Ian McDonald-Wilkins, Men's Soccer
- Junior Thomas Obasi, Men's Soccer
- Junior Benjamin Walsh, Men's Soccer
- Freshman Chris Wild, Men's Soccer
- Junior Reece Wilson, Men's Soccer
- Junior Emily Cochran, Volleyball
- Junior Allyson Rene Porter, Volleyball
- Junior Jamie Rademacher, Volleyball
The NEC Academic Honor Roll, consisting of 849 student-athletes, saw a two percent increase from the fall of 2011. There were also 215 student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll, a 22 percent increase over last fall.