BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Tennessee placed 136 student-athletes on the 2023-24 First-Year Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll that was announced Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
 
That total was the most UT has ever had on the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. It marked an improvement of 22 over the previous record of 114 who made the list in 2022-23.
 
Furthermore, that tally raised Tennessee’s total number of student-athletes recognized in 2023-24 to a program-record 448 combined on the Fall, Winter, Spring and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Rolls. That’s an improvement of 46 over last year and marks the ninth-consecutive year that Tennessee has seen an increased total number of student-athletes on SEC Honor Rolls.
 
On the 2023-24 First-Year SEC Honor Roll, men’s track & field led the way for Tennessee with 32 student-athletes recognized, followed by women’s track & field with 28 and baseball with 25. Other programs and their numbers of recipients include soccer (8), men’s basketball (7), women’s swimming & diving (7), softball (5), rowing (4), men’s tennis (4), volleyball (4), women’s basketball (3), football (2), men’s swimming & diving (2), women’s tennis (2), women’s golf (2) and men’s golf (1).
 
A total of 1,459 student-athletes from around the league were named to the 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2023-24 academic calendar.
 
Any student‐athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student‐athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
 
The criteria below will be followed:
 
(1) A student‐athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.
 
(2) If a student‐athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.
 
(3) Student‐athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student‐athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.
 
(4) Prior to being nominated, a student‐athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non‐remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution.
 
(5) The student‐athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.
 
First-year student‐athletes in all sports may be named to the Honor Roll at the conclusion of their first full academic year in residence (spring, fall and summer terms).
 
2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll 
University of Tennessee 
 
Baseball (25)
Billy Amick – Child Family Studies
Ariel Antigua – Exploratory
Dalton Bargo – Sport Management
Camden Bates – Sport Management
Dane Bjorn – Economics
AJ Causey – Management
Jeremy Comer – Management
Dean Curley – Management
Matthew Dallas – Sport Management
Cole Eaton – Nutrition
Blake Grimmer – Kinesiology
Hunter High – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications-Community Engagement
Stone Lawless – Anthropology
Bradke Lohry – Communication Studies
Dylan Loy – Sport Management
Luke Payne – Management
Cannon Peebles – Supply Chain Management
Alex Perry – Anthropology
Marcus Phillips – Psychology
Derek Schaefer – Management
Brayden Sharp – Management
Nate Snead – Sport Management
Chris Stamos – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications (Master’s)
Bryson Thacker – Anthropology
Robin Villeneuve – Communication Studies
 
Men’s Basketball (7)
Cameron Carr – Communication Studies
Freddie Dilione V – Business
J.P. Estrella – Sport Management
Jordan Gainey – Communication Studies
Grant Hurst – Sport Management
Dalton Knecht – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication (Master’s)
Cade Phillips – Business
 
Women’s Basketball (3)
Jewel Spear – Journalism & Electronic Media
Avery Strickland – Sport Management
Destinee Wells – Sport Management
 
Football (2)
Ayden Bussell – University Exploratory
Tyree Weathersby – Sport Management
 
Men’s Golf (1)
Jean-Philippe Parr – Business Finance
 
Women’s Golf (2)
Sofie Engeseth – Finance
Martina Lopez-Lanchares – Business Administration Exploratory Track
 
Rowing (4)
Audrey Bast – Sustainability
Bernadette Lombardi – Audiology/Speech Pathology
Hannah Offutt – English
Maylie Valiquette – Marketing
 
Soccer (8)
Nayeli Diaz – Agricultural Leadership
Emma Duval – Marketing
Sarah Greiner – Finance
Linette Hofmann – University Exploratory
Sizzy Lawton – Management & Human Resources
Sheridan Michel – Kinesiology
Keaton Mitchell – Communication Studies
Kate Runyon – Sport Management
 
Softball (5)
Bella Faw – Supply Chain Management
Alannah Leach – Sport Management
Gabby Leach – Supply Chain Management
Laura Mealer – Sociology
Sophia Nugent – Sociology
 
Men’s Swimming & Diving (2)
Aidan Crisci – Aerospace Engineering
Flynn Crisci – Marketing
 
Women’s Swimming & Diving (7)
Molly Blanchard – Supply Chain Management
Tori Brostowitz – Mathematics
Emelie Fast – Journalism & Electronic Media
Laura Littlejohn – Nutrition
Katie Mack – Communication & Information
Lynae Shorter – Journalism & Electronic Media
Camille Spink – Sport Management
 
Men’s Tennis (4)
Filip Apltauer – Sport Management
Chris Li – Sport Management
James Newton – Political Science
Filip Pieczonka – Sport Management
 
Women’s Tennis (2)
Sofia Cabezas – Psychology
Alana Wolfberg – Agriculture & Leadership
 
Men’s Track & Field (32)
Nigel Ancrum – Therapeutic Recreation
Seth Apple – Biomedical Engineering
Aron Alvarez Aranda – Kinesiology
Nathan Atchue – Supply Chain Management
Brett Brady – Aerospace Engineering
Kalib Branch – Therapeutic Recreation
John Bruder – Accounting
Kevin Burr Jr. – Psychology
Will Cahill – Retail & Merchandising Management
Brody Chapman – Marketing
Christopher Cherry – Communication Studies
Trevor Coggin – Accounting
Cade Gray – Management
Kiland Harrison – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications (Master’s)
Sam Kolowith – Mechanical Engineering
Matthew Morrison – Sport Management
Kyler Nichols – Kinesiology
Zyaire Nuriddin – University Undecided
Medwin Odamtten – Data Science
Brandon Olden – Management & Human Resources (Master’s)
Avaunt Ortiz – Public Relations
Christian Parker – Psychology
Evan Puckett – Communication Studies
Thomas Rice – Business
James Rivera – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications (Master’s)
Aidan Ryan – Business Analytics
Gabriel Sanchez – Marketing
Simon Schabort – Therapeutic Recreation
Roddy Schenk – Education
Adam Snoke – Social Work
Pavel Vinduska – Physics
Dawson Welch – Child and Family Studies
 
Women’s Track & Field (28)
Layla Anderson – Communication Studies
Teegan Anderson – Pre-Professional Programs
Myreanna Bebe – Communication & Information
Jillian Candelino – Journalism & Electronic Media
Emily Covert – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications (Master’s)
Emily Ellis – Biosystems Engineering
Myla Greene – Sport Management
Ella Johnson – Kinesiology
Ashley Jones – Kinesiology
Julia Kaufman – Communication Studies
Caroline Lyerly – Kinesiology
Yahnari Lyons – Therapeutic Recreation
Lexi Pavese – Nursing
Lia Pugsley – Supply Chain Management
Rondi Quass – Interdisciplinary Programs, Mathematics
Julia Ray – Neuroscience
Jordan Rayl – Business Analytics
Alyssa Raymond – Civil Engineering
Savannah Rivera – Computer Science
Lauren Rutlin – Biomedical Engineering
Summer Schuster – Education
Jada Seaman – Marketing
Jessie Secor – Sport Management
Jaci Sievers – Journalism & Electronic Media
Kayla Sweeney – Communication Studies
Caroline Weems – Architecture
Brianna White – Communication Studies
Jaylee Wingate – Child and Family Studies
 
Volleyball (4)
Katie Barrier – Accounting
Raeven Chase – Management and Human Resources
Cate Schnell – Business Analytics
Lauren Woodford – Business Administration