THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University athletics department held its second annual Academic Gala on Monday night at the Bollinger Memorial Student Union Ballroom in Thibodaux, honoring student-athletes who have maintained GPA's of 3.0 or better over the last calendar year.
After more than 90 Colonel men's and women's athletes were honored at last year's function, the teams blew that number out of the water in 2012-13 as over 125 Nicholls student-athletes made the cut this year earning gold, silver and bronze medals for their efforts in the classroom.
Included in that list were ten who finished with perfect 4.0 marks after seven accomplished that feat at the last event. This year, Hayden Cardiff (Business Administration), Hilary Clark (Education), Kaylie Daniels (Nursing and Allied Health), Jordan Hanberry (Arts and Sciences), Evan Karatzas (Business Administration), Jenny Nash (Arts and Sciences), Adam Seal (University College), Cari Spain (Education), Kathryn Stock (University College) and Kristy Tatom (Nursing and Allied Health) were bestowed with gold medals for maintaining perfect marks, as Cardiff, Hanberry, Nash and Stock are now two-time winners after finishing with 4.0's last year.
Also being bestowed on the night were any conference and national awards won by the student-athletes, which included the Southland Conference Honor Roll and Academic All-Conference teams. A full list of the honorees is below:
College of Arts and Sciences
Bronze Team (3.0-3.49 GPA)
Jessica Addicks, Volleyball
Colleen Levy, Softball
Marie Aubert, Women's Tennis
Sarah Pressley, Cross Country/Track & Field
Caleb Cline, Football
Linden Smith-Hyde, Men's Basketball
Cymone Hamilton, Track and Field
Zach Thiac, Baseball
Beaux Hebert, Football
Spencer Valdespino, Soccer
Brooke Hopper, Volleyball
Silver Team (3.5-3.99 GPA)
Grant Borne, Baseball
Marina Ljoshevska, Women's Tennis
Rachante Colebrook, Track & Field
Alexandria Martin, Track & Field
Dash Duncan, Football
Amber Moore, Soccer
Gerald Gruenig, Football
Carolyn Noble, Soccer
Andrew Hebert, Football
Melissa Pestalozzi, Soccer
Nick LeBlanc, Football
Nick Scelfo, Football
Dylan Ledet, Football
Nancy Taylor, Volleyball
Gold Team (4.0 GPA)
Jordan Hanberry, Football
Jenny Nash, Women's Basketball
College of Business Administration
Bronze Team (3.0-3.49 GPA)
Jennifer Brandt, Volleyball
Zachary LeBeouf, Baseball
Marshall Crawford, Football
Adrien Le Sech, Golf
Kory Delange, Baseball
Chris Miller, Baseball
Damjan Despotovski, Men's Tennis
Dwight Storay, Football
Andrew Dolan, Football
Jake Wallace, Football
Tyler Duplantis, Baseball
Morgan Wilson, Softball
Michael Henry, Football
Silver Team (3.5-3.99 GPA)
Ashley Bertot, Softball
Laura Neil, Softball
Cody Dufrene, Baseball
Tyler Rebowe, Baseball
Jennifer Dunn, Volleyball
Kryshell Rolle, Track & Field
Manel Estruga, Men's Tennis
Aja Scott, Track & Field
Cole Frazier, Football
Sarah Tani, Soccer
Roy Knight, Men's Tennis
Brian Williams, Golf
Nico Mertens, Men's Tennis
Andrew Wynn, Football
Gold Team (4.0 GPA)
Hayden Cardiff , Football
Evan Karatzas, Men's Tennis
College of Education
Bronze Team (3.0-3.49 GPA)
Mike Barba, Baseball
Brad Nelson, Football
Kirsten Cunningham, Soccer
Lauren O'Brien, Soccer
Dorian Durald, Football
Marcus Parker, Football
Haley Golden, Soccer
Camille, Rozas, Softball
Jasmine Harris, Volleyball
Jackie White, Cross Country/Track & Field
Daniel McConnachie, Golf
Silver Team (3.5-3.99 GPA)
Jess Coates, Soccer
Hunter Hannegan, Football
Nicole Doherty, Soccer
Stephanie Hebert, Women's Tennis
Anna Foulds, Track & Field
Landry Klann, Football
Russ Gisclair, Football
Emma Pitre, Women's Tennis
Alaina Guidry, Softball
Christina Bilczuk, Soccer
Gold Team (4.0 GPA)
Hillary Clark, Soccer
Cari Spain, Softball
College of Nursing and Allied Health
Bronze Team (3.0-3.49 GPA)
Chris Bermond, Football
Katie Moulder, Softball
Amanda Boylson, Soccer
Chucky Nichols, Football
Natalia Cardiff , Women's Tennis
Haley Parkerson, Softball
Catherine Gauthier, Women's Tennis
Kelsey Sanders, Soccer
Hannah Haydel, Softball
Tyler Verret, Men's Cross Country
Jasmine Hoskins, Women's Basketball
Reece Vitale, Men's Cross Country
Amanda Marshall, Softball
Silver Team (3.5-3.99 GPA)
Ashton Bennett, Softball
Erin Flores, Soccer
Isla Brock, Women's Tennis
Kerry Guidry, Football
Alyssa Callais, Women's Basketball
Rachel Howie, Women's Tennis
Tessni Carruthers, Cross Country/Track & Field
Ben Landry, Football
Kane Daigle, Men's Cross Country
Jeanne Logarbo, Volleyball
Amalachi Eweni, Track & Field
Misty Tatom, Soccer
Gold Team (4.0 GPA)
Kaylie Daniels, Soccer
Kristy Tatom, Soccer
University College
Bronze Team (3.0-3.49 GPA)
Eric Alt, Football
Brandon Jackson, Baseball
Sterling Bailey, Men's Basketball
Cory Kemps, Football
Ryan Bruno, Football
Brittany Marcet, Softball
Emily Charlesworth, Cross Country/Track & Field
Alexandra Marino, Soccer
Keith Cormier, Baseball
Missy McGuire, Soccer
Britni Crone, Soccer
Cody Tillotson, Baseball
Marcus Fox, Golf
Silver Team (3.5-3.99 GPA)
Leah Andrus, Softball
Amanda Newlin, Volleyball
Marc Picciola, Baseball
Jesse Bristow, Baseball
Jaimee Springer, Track & Field
Jordan McCoy, Baseball
Sarah Terry, Volleyball
Gold Team (4.0 GPA)
Adam Seal, Baseball
Kathryn Stock, Volleyball
