COMMERCE, Texas – Eighty-five A&M-Commerce student-athletes were named to on a list of academic honorees released Friday by athletics department officials. The group is highlighted by 19 student-athletes on the President's List and 66 on the Dean's List for the 2013 Fall Semester.
 
The President's List is composed of students who recorded a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in a given semester, while the Dean's List requires a minimum 3.25 GPA in a given semester.
 
Lion soccer led the way with five members of the President's List, while representatives were also had from men's track (3), women's track (3), volleyball (2), football (2), men's basketball (1), women's basketball (1), men's golf (1) and women's golf (1).
 
Meanwhile, the Lion football team placed 18 student-athletes on the Dean's List for the fall semester. They were followed by men's track (11), women's track (9), volleyball (6), soccer (6), women's golf (6), men's golf (5), women's basketball (4) and softball (1).
 
Complete listing of President's List recipients (4.0 GPA):
Soccer (5)
Cadie Annett
Callie Annett
Jade Bell
Sydney Lawthers
Bailey Phillips
 
Men's Track & Field (3)
Kevin Garcia
Dorian McCradic
Robert Rich
 
Women's Track & Field (3)
Kelsey Grier
Tawny Hanna
Hannah Truitt
 
Volleyball (2)
Haley Major
Emily Schaffer
 
Football (2)
Stephen Ford
Charles Leslie
 
Men's Basketball (1)
Devondrick Walker
 
Women's Basketball (1)
Elizabeth Rutherford
 
Men's Golf (1)
Kason Childress
 
Women's Golf (1)
Holly Jenkins

Complete listing of Dean's List recipients (3.25 GPA):
Football (18)
Gerardo Aguilar
Alan Beatty
Richard Cooper
Rawlstan Decoteau
Jeremy Dotson
Robert Jackson
Christopher Laskowski
Draze Lawliss
Jacob Mireles
Taylor Peasha
Kevonne Pierce
Brian Pullen
Tyler Rawlings
Austin Smith
Darby Smith
Steven Thompson
Gary Walters
Richard Whitaker

Men's Track & Field (11)
Daniel Dia
Joseph Dooley
Mark Gonzalez
Laramie Graham
Tyler Hemenway
Fredrick Kipsang
Dexter Lee
James Lundy
Malik Mustapha
Deantre Spencer
Eric Williams

Women's Track & Field (9)
Brikel Bailey
Caroline Costakis
Tyler Cottingham
Taylor Gifford
Kelli Hardenbrook
Selasie Koto
Megan Lara
Mackenzie Myers
Brooke Odom

Volleyball (6)
Kayla Bond
Delanee Clark
Taryn Driver
Ciara Holmes
Jordan Neal
Liindsey Wheeler

Soccer (6)
Danielle Chantry
Savannah Henderson
Laura Heron
Emalee McMillan
Brionna Minde
Ashley Phillips

Women's Golf (6)
Emily Childress
Haley Green
Alaina Martinez
Chelsea McCoy
Mary McCreight
Emily Taylor

Men's Golf (5)
Fernando Benavides
Christopher Clem
Casey Cochran
Michael Grimm
James Sanna

Women's Basketball (4)
Symone Brown
Aubree Butts
Alize' Pegue
Cheyenne Ramey

Softball (1)
Elizabeth Guerra