Collegiate Athletes Honored

As we all know, it is difficult and sometimes overwhelming to be a college student. From reading blog’s below, “Don’t Let Your Time Manage You” by Courtney Sheets, “Maturing in College” by T.J. Sokale, and “College Life” by yours truly, it is apparent that many obstacles and complications may cause roadblocks and even hinder ones’ success while being in college. Daily homework assignments, quizzes, tests, practicals, internships, clinicals, and working is just some of the hurdles that many have to face and overcome on the day to day basis. In addition to these challenges, how about waking up at 5 in the morning to practice? Watching film hours during the day that are usually used to study and do homework? Having to leave and go on road trips that may last up to a week and finding yourself a week behind whenever you return? It is often over-looked at how extreme a collegiate athlete life might be. With this said, it is essential to recognize and give a “pat on the back” to those athletes who play sports and still manage to be recognized by the American Southwest Conference and to be on the 2011 Fall All-Academic honor roll. To be eligible for ASC All-Academic honors, student-athletes must be classified academically as a sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student during the competition season and have been in attendance and completed at least one academic year (two consecutive semesters) at their institution. They must also have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) as certified at the conclusion of the academic semester in which the ASC sport championship is held. Below are the 41 Patriots that are honored by the ACS for Academics:

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Name	Sport	Class
Victor Almendariz	Men's Soccer	Sr.
Jael Barrera	Men's Soccer	So.
Emily Bechdol	Women's Soccer	Sr.
Jeremias Jonatan Benitez	Men's Soccer	Sr.
Jacob Bremer	Men's Cross Country	So.
Jeff Chandler	Men's Cross Country	Sr.
Jeff Clark	Media Relations	Jr.
Kyle Clawson	Men's Cross Country	So.
Ryan Davis	Men's Cross Country	So.
Erick DeSantiago	Men's Soccer	So.
Lindsey Edwards	Women's Soccer	Jr.
Richard Gutierrez	Men's Soccer	Jr.
Kathryn Haag	Women's Soccer	So.
Meagan Hardy	Media Relations	Sr.
Missy Hebert	Women's Cross Country	So.
Shelby McDonough	Women's Soccer	So.
Jesus Morteo	Men's Soccer	Sr.
Ginny Murphy	Women's Cross Country	Jr.
Taylor Nelson-Cook	Men's Soccer	So.
Justin NeSmith	Men's Soccer	Sr.
Jori Patterson	Media Relations	So.
Chris Powell	Men's Soccer	Jr.
Ross Renfroe	Men's Cross Country	Gr.
Alfonso Rocha	Men's Soccer	So.
Cesar Rodriquez	Men's Cross Country	So.
Charity Shipman	Women's Soccer	Jr.
Elijah Shipman	Men's Soccer	So.
Enoch Shipman	Men's Soccer	So.
Sarah Smith	Volleyball	Jr.
Shelby Smith	Women's Cross Country	So.
Kristen Steele	Women's Soccer	So.
Baylee Talaska	Women's Cross Country	Jr.
Jake Waddingham	Men's Cross Country	Sr.
Ashten Waldrep	Volleyball	So.
Daneka Waldrep	Volleyball	Sr.
Amanda Weaver	Women's Soccer	Jr.
Cody White	Men's Cross Country	Sr.
Julie Williams	Women's Soccer	Sr.
Jeff Williford	Media Relations	Sr.
Alex Wilson	Men's Cross Country	So.
James Winkler	Men's Soccer	So.