Jan. 24, 2008

CHICAGO - Loyola University Chicago was well-represented as 64 of its student-athletes were among 624 honored when the Horizon League announced its 2007 Fall Academic Honor Roll today. Candidates must meet three criteria to qualify: must participate in a League-sponsored sport during the most recent (or current) season, must have completed three semesters as a full-time student at the same member institution and have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale) as of Dec. 31, 2007.

Loyola's 64 honorees ranked in a fourth-place tie with Milwaukee among Horizon League institutions and the Rambler contingent was paced by its women's soccer team - two-time defending Horizon League champions on the field - who had 14 players on the list. Softball and women's cross country/track & field had nine student-athletes get recognized while men's cross country/track & field and men's soccer had eight apiece.

Those honored are listed, by sport, below:

Women's Soccer (14)
Casey Berrier
Caitlin Brown
Julie Colhoff
Katie Heidenreich
Laura Heidenreich
Selina Hunt
Julie Kenkel
Heather Lau
Amy Lomas
Cynthia Morote-Ariza
Alexia Murray
Anne Sommer
Lauren Sommer
Amanda Ward

Softball (9)
Stephanie Cihlar
Katie Duffy
Angie Funston
Kristin Guska
Kat Krause
Ellen Kresl
Shannon Roney
Nora Schober
Amy Solava

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field (9)
Genevieve Binnie
Amanda Domich
Rachel Hansen
Leili Khorassani
Ashley Raymond
Caitlin Smith
Lauren Smith
Pam Staton
Rebecca Taylor

Men's Cross Country/Track & Field (8)
Tom Andreoni
Jimi Bleicher
Cliff Cook
Erik Hernandez
Jamar Johnson
Matt McCabe
Marcus Myrick
Matt Wieczorek

Men's Soccer (8)
Andrew Biggs
Lubo Boris
Malcolm DeBaun
Kevin Harrigan
Matt Kobussen
Tim Puttkammer
Chris Wurst
Markian Zyga

Men's Golf (6)
Sean Bidzinski
Robert Caplin
Kevin Emmerich
Thomas Greene
Aaron Harter
Sean Lannon

Women's Basketball (3)
Keisha Collins
Cierra Thurman
Elyse VanBogaert

Women's Golf (3)
Michelle Puch
Megan Sujack
Jaclyn Zembrodt

Men's Basketball (2)
Tom Levin
Aric Van Weelden

Women's Volleyball (2)
Alyse Serritella
Jennifer White