Tulane Student-Athletes Turn in Stellar Fall Semester
Feb 27, 2003 | Baseball
Feb. 27, 2003
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane's 280 student-athletes posted a combined grade point average of 3.0 in the fall 2002 semester, marking one of the top terms overall in recent history, according to Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services Anthony Bennett. The Tulane cumulative grade point average rose to 2.92 after the fall effort.
The Green Wave Scholar-Athlete List for the fall semester includes 125 names as 45 percent of the Tulane student-athlete population earned a B average during the fall. In addition, 39 of those 125 qualified for the Academic Dean's List.
In terms of numbers, the Green Wave football team claimed a Tulane-high 28 Scholar-Athletes in the fall, while baseball placed 21 players on the list and women's soccer 17. Every Tulane team was represented by multiple student-athletes on the Scholar-Athlete roll.
The Tulane men's and women's golf programs once again led the way in team grade point averages for the semester while also maintaining their status as number one and two in the cumulative category. For the semester, Sue Bower's women's golf team compiled a 3.382 grade point average while Tom Shaw's men's squad followed closely behind at 3.360. As far as the cumulative mark goes, Shaw's club narrowly edged out Bower's by a 3.294 to 3.283 mark.
Tulane baseball compiled one of its top academic semesters under Rick Jones with a 3.256 grade point average for the term to rank third among Tulane teams. Men's and women's tennis, soccer and volleyball also each had team g.p.a.'s above 3.0 for the fall. Those squads were followed closely by three squads - men's cross country, women's basketball and women's track & field - who posted team marks of 2.9 or above. Overall, nearly every Tulane team achieved unprecedented athletic success during the fall.
"The fall academic marks are another indication of the commitment to the student half of the student-athlete equation by our students, especially, but also by our coaches and staff," said Tulane Athletic Director Rick Dickson. "These numbers, along with our graduation rates, tell a true story of the success of Tulane Athletics in the last year and I want to congratulate everyone involved. Now the challenge is to keep raising the bar."
Seven student-athletes in six different programs were singled out after compiling perfect 4.0 grade point averages in the fall. Twin brothers and football offensive linemen Joe and Matt Traina matched each other with perfect grade point averages in the fall. They were joined on the 4.0 list by baseball's Gerald Clark, soccer's Alycia Wanat, Lucy Wood of women's tennis, Justin Adendorff from the men's golf team and Ellen Vollmers, track and field.
In addition to the news on the g.p.a. front, Tulane had 12 student-athletes earn their undergraduate degrees in December, including three volleyball players, three football players, four track student-athletes and a pair of baseball players. Eight individuals graduated from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, including former track and field runner Alex Lakhanpal, who was a magna cum laude graduate in management, and 2002 football senior Seth Zaunbrecher, who graduated cum laude in the same field.
The Tulane Scholar-Athletes for Fall 2002 will be honored during an upcoming baseball game.
FALL 2002 TULANE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
Volleyball
Katie Case, Karlyn Daly, Kelli Dickson, Erin Dobyanski, Iman Houston, Ellen Matthews, Lindsey Norman, Catlan Reardon
Men's Golf
Justin Adendorff, James Griffin, Wes Hitchcock, Jeff Osborn, Bill Roach, Jr., Mike Rodrigue, Byron Shultz, Chris Wheeler
Women's Track & Field
Jillian Green, Lisa Green, Mandy Hopper, Helmi Leppanen, Eva Lustigova, Lissie Mo, Ellen Vollmers, Megan Whelton, Birka Wicke
Men's Basketball
Quincy Davis, Ivan Pjevcevic, Brandon Spann
Men's Cross Country
Clement Abai, Ryan Gallagher, Adam Leskis, Meshack Mulupi
Women's Tennis
Joyce Bergman, Nancy Kockott, Jenny Kuhn, Julie Morris, Ana Maria Saaibi, Mariana Sarmiento, Lucy Wood
Women's Basketball
Jessica Carroll, Muci Haris, Delacey Joseph, Teana McKiver, Tymeka Moore, Kelly Nadeau, Gwen Slaughter, Britt Themann
Men's Tennis
Brad Cinalli, Michael Kogan, Hannu Piiroinen, Victor Romero, Mattias Westerberg
Women's Soccer
Jessica Bremmer, Suzanne French, Jacque Gruber, Colleen Lake, Emily McArthur, Jessica Mendez, Maren Miller, Lindsay Morris, Natasha Mraczek, Brook Parker, Tracey Powers, Mandy Schumacher, Asia Simons, Megan Stack, Kristen Tasca, Kristin Weegar, Alycia Wanat
Women's Golf
Liliana Alvarez, Suzanne Cope, Carrie Farnham, Lindsay Hulwick, Jessica Issler, Carolin Landmann, Kathy Schafer, Alexis Wooster
Baseball
Michael Aubrey, Turner Brumby, James Burgess, Joey Charron, Gerald Clark, Kelly Comarda, Ricky Fairchild, Aaron Feldman, Matt Goebel, Brandon Gomes, Tim Guidry, Keith Hennegan, Tyler Kimmons, Scott Madden, Matt Mann, Tommy Manzella, Ryan Martin, Billy Mohl, Steve Parrish, Nathan Southard, Bryan Stelmack
Football
Dayne Ashley, Alex Battard, Taurean Brown, Joey Dawson, James Dunn, Chino Fontenette, Tye Graham, Bart Grasso, Brant Hocke, Bobby Hoover, Jerome Landry, J.P. Losman, Sean Lucas, Lane Macaluso, Gary Malone, Seth Marler, Antonio Mason, Nick Narcisse, Daniel Nevil, Michael Roberts, Darren Sapp, Stephen Segari, Brandon Spincer, Terrence Tarver, Marlon Tickles, Joe Traina, Matt Traina, Seth Zaunbrecher
DECEMBER 2002 GRADUATES
Erin Dobyanski, Volleyball
Matt Groff, Baseball
James Jurries, Baseball
Solomon Kandie, Cross Country
Alex Lakhanpal, Track & Field
Theresa Maru, Track & Field
Meshack Mulupi, Cross Country
Kim Sentmore, Volleyball
Roxie Shelvin, Football
Torie Taulli, Football
Jennifer Witte, Volleyball
Seth Zaunbrecher, Football
