Jan. 8, 2008

Baylor placed a school-record 235 student-athletes on the fall 2007 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, including 30 who achieved perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the recently-completed fall term. The previous Baylor record for Commissioner's Honor Roll selections came in the fall of 2006 when 197 student-athletes were recognized by the conference.

"I am extremely proud of the record-setting academic performance of our student-athletes this fall," said Baylor Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. "This success is a credit to the dedication of our student-athletes, academic commitment of our coaches and the outstanding work of the student-athlete services staff. Moreover, Baylor's faculty members play a key role in the academic success of our student-athletes and are to be commended for the outstanding job they do in the classroom."

Baylor student-athletes registering a 4.00 grade-point average during the fall 2007 term included: Haylee Abbe (women's basketball), Bill Allcorn (men's golf), Hillary Andrews (women's track), Lyndsy Bedell (women's track), Brittany Brockman (women's track), Laura Browning (women's track), Josh Camp (men's track), Andrew Cooley (baseball), Matt Czimskey (baseball), Tim Dobin (men's track), Lisa Ferguson (softball), Wesley Fox (men's track), Ben Hixson (football), Michal Kokta (men's tennis), Ashley Korol (women's track), Caroline Korsawe (women's tennis), Zuzana Krchnakova (women's tennis), Kristen McGlynn (women's track), Allison Martin (women's golf), Lucy Quintana (soccer), Anna Rehnholm (women's golf), Logan Roberts (men's track), Chris Slater (baseball), Kayla Smith (women's track), Caitlyn Trice (volleyball), Renae Van Wyhe (women's track), Kendal Volz (baseball), Nicole Wesley (softball), Tiffany Wesley (softball) and Klara Zrustova (women's tennis).

Acknowledging all student-athletes, the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll is an inclusive honor for varsity sports sponsored by the league membership. The Honor Roll is recorded and released each semester and recognizes those student-athletes who had a 3.00 or better grade-point average in the previous semester. More than 2,000 student-athletes each semester have been named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in the league's 12-year history.

In addition to the individual classroom success, a school-record 10 Baylor teams produced fall semester grade-point averages of 3.00 or better with six (baseball--3.09 gpa, men's golf--3.33, men's tennis--3.24, softball--3.36, men's track--2.72 and women's track--3.15) establishing an all-time team gpa record for the fall term and four (baseball, men's golf, men's track and women's track) registering all-time program bests for any semester.

A total of 30 Baylor student-athletes received their degrees during last month's commencement exercises, six of whom earned master's degrees. Baylor student-athletes receiving diplomas last month were: Matt Briggs (men's golf), Laura Brock (women's soccer), Zuzana Cerna (women's tennis), Matt Czmiskey (baseball), Marcus Foreman (football), Ben Hixson (football), Desmond Jenkins (football), Michal Kokta (men's tennis), Zuzana Krchnakova (women's tennis), Ryan LaMotta (baseball), Maurice Linguist (football), Daniel Lopez (football), Michael Machen (football), Allison Martin (women's golf), Iva Mihaylova (women's tennis), Mike Miller (football), Bernice Mosby (women's basketball), Kevin Mutai (men's track), Nick Pace (football), Andy Pape (baseball), Ralph Rodriguez (football), Kevin Russo (baseball), Tommy Swanson (men's basketball), Deja Sweeney (volleyball), Ginny Rosario-Tull (soccer), Jonathan Weeks (football), Jake Weghorst (baseball), Brandon Whitaker (football) Paul Witt (baseball) and Klara Zrustova (women's tennis).