Rochester, Mich. (Jan. 31, 2005) ???C Oakland University???s Athletics Department has announced the recipients of the Golden Grizzlies Excellence in Academics awards for the Fall 2004 semester. Each term during the academic year the department recognizes those student-athletes that have excelled academically. Student-athletes who meet the criteria of a minimum 3.0 GPA with a minimum of 12 credit hours taken are named to the list. For the Fall 2004 term a total of 145 student-athletes representing all 14 varsity teams attained the Golden Grizzlies Excellence in Academics honor. Top academic honors among female student-athletes went to sophomore
Nicole Piggott (Pewamo, Mich.; Undecided) of the basketball team and freshman
Sarah Brettrager (Palmer, Alaska; Undecided) of the swimming and diving team, both of whom attained perfect 4.0 GPAs. For the men top honors went to sophomore
John Van Portfleet (Grand Rapids, Mich.; History) of the swimming and diving team, who tallied a GPA of 3.92. In addition, senior
Ryan Rzepka (Novi, Mich.; Finance) was named a first team ESPN Academic All-American in the fall while senior
Laura Cowham (Caledonia, Mich.; Elementary Education/Soccer), freshman
Katie O???Donell (Troy, Mich.; Undecided/Golf), freshman
Lauren Parker (Rochester Hills, Mich.; Undecided/Swimming & Diving), and senior
Leigh Tully (Sarnia, Ontario; Communication/Basketball) all attained GPAs over a 3.9. For a complete list of the Fall 2004 Golden Grizzlies Excellence in Academics Awards please see Oakland???s athletics website, www.ougrizzlies.com.
Name Sport Academic Major Class Semester GPAJulie Austin WCC Biology JR 3.60Baker, Bonnie WBB Undecided SO 3.07Batcha, Amanda WBB Marketing SR 3.30Beardsley, Rachel WSW Undecided FR 3.40Bellhorn, Lance MBA Undecided FR 3.30Benza, Maria WSB Communication SO 3.32Berringer, Tara WSW French Language & Literature SR 3.47Blankenship, Laura WTE Business Administration FR 3.16Brettrager, Sarah WSW Undecided FR 4.00Brubaker, Jessica WSB General Studies JR 3.03Burwell, Amanda WSW Art History SO 3.22Caruss, Tracy WSW Engineering Chemistry SO 3.50Cibrario, Christina WGO Elementary Education SO 3.26Clark, Steven MSO Elementary Education FR 3.33Cline, Dayna WCC Health Sciences SO 3.10Connor, Matthew MSO Accounting SR 3.51Coraci, Kara WCC Communication SR 3.40Cowham, Laura WSO Elementary Education SR 3.93Craze, Kelly WCC Undecided FR 3.36DeJonge, Jenna WSW Nursing SO 3.16Doig, Timothy MBA Biology SR 3.37Dolcetti, Blaine MSW Computer Engineering SR 3.74Edwards, Chris MSO Journalism JR 3.00Elliott, David MCC General Studies JR 3.55Ellsworth, Patricia WGO Communication JR 3.76Endres, Andrea WSW Biology SR 3.32Fecek, Chris MCC Biology SO 3.70Freytag, Karoline WSW Marketing SR 3.47Gallagher, Sean MBA Marketing SR 3.28Goins, Stacey WGO Business Administration SO 3.50Green, Renie WSW Communication SR 3.18Gulbransen, Leigh WGO Communication SR 3.20Hager, Christine WSW Biology w/Sec. Cert. FR 3.73Halland, Marcus MSO Accounting SR 3.67Hansen, Bjornar MSO Undecided FR 3.50Heath, Ryan MBA Human Resource Dev. SO 3.37Hernandez, Abbey WSB Undecided SO 3.15Herriott, Ty MBA Human Resource Dev. JR 3.35Hewitt, Tricia WGO French w/Sec. Cert. FR 3.24Hines, Aaron MBA General Studies JR 3.01Holenka, Ashley WBB Elementary Education SR 3.46Hollenbeck, Kathryn WGO Nursing FR 3.15Horvath, Zoltan MSW Undecided FR 3.48Howard, Jessica WSO Communication FR 3.74Jaeger, Melissa WSW Education SO 3.35Jensen, Line WSW General Studies JR 3.27Joffrion, Ryan MBA General Studies JR 3.07Johnson, Adam MBA General Studies JR 3.27Jones, Kate WSB Political Science JR 3.30Jury, Bethany WBB Undecided FR 3.36Kalandjian, Taline WCC Business Administration FR 3.42Kamrud, Susann WSO Anthropology SO 3.75Kane, Sarah WCC Marketing SR 3.14Karibo, Kali WSO Undecided FR 3.70Kavalauskus, Christine WVB Undecided FR 3.43Keskey, Linda WSW Pre-Med Lab Sciences JR 3.15Kish, Ryan MSW Biology FR 3.23Kliebert, Adam MSO Pre-Physical Therapy FR 3.16Kluesner, Charlie MGO Business Administration SO 3.27Kobes, Evan MSW Undecided FR 3.17Kralisz, Austin MBB Undecided FR 3.36Krzyminski, Kris MBB General Studies JR 3.53Ktovim, Shahar MSO Marketing SR 3.70Kulisek, Paul MCC Political Science JR 3.22Lane, Whitney WVB Elementary Education JR 3.47Lippert, Heather WVB Elementary Education SR 3.43Lubinski, Claire WSW Undecided FR 3.63Lulgjuraj, Teuta WTE Business Administration FR 3.06Mahoney, Josh MSO Undecided FR 3.41Marulli, Bryan MBA English JR 3.06Marzano, Nicole WSB Elementary Education SR 3.58McCloskey, Patrick MBB Undecided FR 3.25McCollum, Nick MSW Communication JR 3.30McCracken, Courtney WSO Pre-Physical Therapy FR 3.61McDonald, Alexander MSO Business Administration SO 3.32McNabb, Bret MSO Journalism SR 3.06Meredith, Erin WSW Communication JR 3.35Miller, Sara WVB Communication SR 3.16Miller, Holly WSW Pre-Physical Therapy SR 3.45Mitchell, Kristi WSO Undecided FR 3.77Moen, Silje WSO Human Resource Dev. JR 3.77Moller, Rebecca WVB Biology SR 3.34Moorehouse, Adam MSW Undecided FR 3.52Musialczyk, Maria WSW General Studies JR 3.38Nacy, Jack MGO Undecided SO 3.30Nagel, Amber WCC Wellness JR 3.05Nery, Aroldo MSW Undecided SO 3.07Ng, Danny MSO Finance SR 3.25Noel, Brad MBA Undecided SO 3.30Novack, Erica WGO Undecided SO 3.00O???Donnell, Katherine WGO Undecided FR 3.93Palmer, Erin WVB General Studies JR 3.82Panabaker, Cat WSO Wellness SO 3.25Parker, Lauren WSW Undecided FR 3.97Pauli, Jonathon MGO Finance JR 3.60Pellafone, Lisa WTE Elementary Education JR 3.76Perrino, Alexandra WSB Undecided FR 3.09Phillips, Paul MBA Communication JR 3.36Piggott, Nicole WBB Undecided SO 4.00Pullen, Matthew MGO Accounting SR 3.44Recknagel, Nathan MBA Undecided FR 3.40Renkola, Rebecca WSW Undecided FR 3.27Rice, Doug MSO Electrical Engineering SR 3.60Rigoli, Riley WSW Undecided FR 3.50Rosenacker, Kurt MBA History SR 3.06Routh, Carolyn WSW Undecided FR 3.80Rzepka, Ryan MSO Finance SR 3.81Samdal, Marianne WSO Communication SO 3.52Sanchez-Murphy, Lauren WTE Spanish Language & Lit. SO 3.67Schroeder, Jenna WBB Undecided FR 3.15Schultheiss, Ryan MGO Business Administration JR 3.29Schultz, Kim WCC Elementary Education JR 3.72Scott, Cortney MBB Training & Development SR-GR 3.66Sewell, James MSW Communication JR 3.62Shalla, Elaine WSW Pre-Law SO 3.40Shamus, Danielle WSB Undecided SO 3.50Sinclair, Samantha WGO Undecided FR 3.61Slaughter, Joshua MSO Computer Engineering JR 3.63Stinchcombe, Dan MBA Pre-Physical Therapy SO 3.26Stoffel, David MSO Undecided SO 3.00Stuard, Brian MGO General Management SR 3.37Summerhill, Allison WVB English (w/Secondary Cert.) JR 3.56Swaving, Krisit WSO Wellness JR 3.70Tansel, Bryon MSW Undecided SO 3.30Tansel, Chris MSW Undecided FR 3.00Tate, Robert MGO Business Administration JR 3.28Traub, Taylor MBA Business Administration FR 3.53Trecola, Angela WTE Elementary Education JR 3.38Treharne, Kim WSO Psychology SO 3.05Tully, Leigh WBB Communication SR 3.90Unrath, Lindsey WSW Communication SR 3.60Van Portfleet, John MSW History w/Secondary Cert. SO 3.92Vance, Brady MSO Undecided SO 3.40 Wasniewski, Christan WSO Business Administration SO 3.33Webb, Natalie WSB Business Administration JR 3.85West, Brittany WSB Health Sciences FR 3.24Wheeler, Jordon MBA General Studies JR 3.20Wiese, Jeff MSO Financial Information Systems JR 3.20Wilke, Kelly WGO Undecided FR 3.35Wilke, Katie WSW Business Administration FR 3.06Wilson, Jayme WBB Business Administration JR 3.35Wooten, Calvin MBB General Studies SO 3.05Wright, Ashley WSW Pre-Physical Therapy JR 3.20Yarsinsky, Katherine WCC Undecided FR 3.80Zuckerman, Alicia WGO Communication JR 3.16Abbreviation TeamMBA Men???s BaseballMBB Men???s BasketballWBB Women???s BasketballMCC Men???s Cross CountryWCC Women???s Cross CountryMGO Men???s GolfWGO Women???s GolfMSO Men???s SoccerWSO Women???s SoccerWSB Women???s SoftballMSW Men???s Swimming & DivingWSW Women???s Swimming & DivingWTE Women??? TennisWVB Women???s Volleyball
