May 7, 2008

IRVING, Texas - - Thirty-eight student-athletes from the University of Memphis were named recipients of the 2007-08 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal by the league office, Wednesday. Memphis finished second in the league in medalists, behind Tulsa's 41 honorees.

The Commissioner's Academic Medal is presented to those student-athletes who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher during the past academic year.

Volleyball and baseball each had six honorees on this season's list, as both teams also placed a majority of their respective rosters on the C-USA Academic Honor Roll that was released yesterday. Baseball had 25 of its 37 players with over a 3.0 GPA and had six honorees with a 3.75 or higher GPA. Volleyball placed all but one player on the Honor Roll and had six players on today's Academic Medalist list.

Football and women's soccer were next with five medalists. Women's soccer, which won the C-USA conference championship this fall and placed 24 of its 28 players on the conference honor roll, had five medalists on today's list. Football, which has gone to four bowl games in the last five years, also had five medalists with a 3.75 or higher GPA.

The complete Memphis list is below:

Ryan Holland, Baseball
Mark Jobe, Baseball
Jason Miller, Baseball
Tyler Roberts, Baseball
Neil Schenk, Baseball
Chad Zurcher, Baseball
Curtis Gibbs III, Men's Cross Country
Emily Malinowski, Women's Cross Country
Michael Antonescu, Football
John Hill, Football
John McArthur, Football
Matt Reagan, Football
Brent Sutherland, Football
Brad Benjamin, Men's Golf
Adam Montgomery, Men's Soccer
Robert Sausaman, Men's Soccer
Brennan Somers, Men's Soccer
Kelsey Bakker, Women's Soccer
Brittany Hance, Women's Soccer
Tarah Kerr, Women's Soccer
Kate Murphy, Women's Soccer
Vendula Strnadova, Women's Soccer
Lindsay Kelso, Softball
Janelle Valle, Softball
Benedikt Fischer, Men's Tennis
Michael Gaerthoeffner, Men's Tennis
Spencer Heflin, Men's Tennis
Amrit Narasimhan, Men's Tennis
Sivan Aballi, Women's Track
Charlotte Abrahamsen, Women's Track
Chen Edri, Women's Track
Jessica Wright, Women's Track
Christine Bach, Volleyball
Sarah Chambers, Volleyball
Gresh Gorman, Volleyball
Kelsey Labrum, Volleyball
Becky Shaffer, Volleyball
Emily Underwood, Volleyball