BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Jacksonville State placed 104 student-athletes on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2012-13 season and had 22 student-athletes awarded the OVC Medal of Honor, the league office announced on Thursday.

The Medal of Honor is given annually to student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport. Everyone that earned a Medal of Honor carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the year.  The JSU soccer team led all Gamecock sports with four recipients on the Medal of Honor list.

The OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll honorees must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average and have been eligible and on the team throughout the competitive season in their chosen NCAA-sponsored sport(s) and used a season of competition. The Gamecocks had a total of 104 student-athletes earn this honor, led by Softball with 15 honorees. Baseball and Soccer finished second with 14 honorees each, while Football and Volleyball had 11 and 10 honorees, respectively.

Jacksonville State also claimed the Team Academic Achievement Award in softball and shared the honor in men's tennis with Austin Peay.  The Team Academic Achievement Awards are presented annually in each Conference-sponsored sport to the member institution's team with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes who achieved a 3.25 grade point average or higher.  The Gamecocks excelled on the softball diamond as well by claiming the 2013 OVC Softball Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

The Jacksonville State athletics department posted an overall 3.003 grade point average during the 2012-13 academic year, marking the second-straight year the department finished above the 3.0 mark. A total of 134 student-athletes posted a 3.0 grade point average or higher during the academic year.

For the year, softball led all sports with a team GPA of 3.668 on JSU's 4.0 scale to edge the Gamecock volleyball team's total of 3.664. Women's tennis (3.48) was third, men's cross country (3.39) fourth, soccer (3.38) fifth and women's golf posted a 3.34 to round out the top six programs for the year.

Men's tennis (3.23), men's golf (3.11) baseball (3.039) and women's cross country (3.038) also each finished with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher during the 2012-13 academic year.

Jacksonville State posted a 3.01 last year, which was the highest in the history of the athletic department and the first time the entire athletics department finished above a 3.0 grade point average.

Additionally, senior baseball player Robby Lilly became the first Jacksonville State male student-athlete to receive the prestigeous Dr. Clarence William Daugette Award, which is awarded to the male graduate with the highest grade point average of the graduating class. There were 46 student-athletes that graduated during the year and 14 more are projected to receive their degrees during the summer commencement.

The league awarded 210 student-athletes with the OVC Medal of Honor, the most in the history of the award. The OVC recognized 1,226 student-athletes in the league on the Commissioner's Honor Roll, surpassing another record for the honor roll.

Here's a complete list of Jacksonville State's 2012-13 Academic Achievement Honorees:
 
OVC MEDAL OF HONOR
Robby Lilly, Baseball
Matt Brick, Cross Country
Mickey Sanders, Cross Country
Max Holcombe, Football
Dylan Shephard, Golf
Ornella Arrizon, Golf
Luz Armijo-Fernandez, Golf
Nathalee Lariviere, Soccer
Kaitlyn Manns, Soccer
Danielle Miller, Soccer
Austen Stoelting, Soccer
Tiffany Harbin, Softball
Amanda Martinez, Softball
Krystal Ruth, Softball
Samuel Kellett, Tennis
Raisa Guasti, Tennis
Raphaela Lima, Tennis
Olivia Nguyen, Tennis
Grace Anbouba, Volleyball
Lauren Busing, Volleyball
Nicole Merget, Volleyball
Kaitlyn Zelhart, Volleyball
 
OVC COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL

BASEBALL
Andrew Bishop
Michael Bishop
Zach Elbirt
Sanders Ferrell
Tyler Gamble
Gavin Golsan
Robby Lilly
Adam Miller
Eddie Mora-Loera
Paschal Petrongolo
Ty Pierce
Bradley Raulston
A.J. Reynolds
Chase Silvani
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Brayton Klaus
Joseph Kuligoski
Giovanni Smith
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Candace Morton
 
CROSS COUNTRY
Matt Brick
Andrew Green
Paul Lueck
Mickey Sanders
Ryan Green
Whitley Towns*
Taylor Uebersetzig*
 
FOOTBALL
Rashad Byers
Ben Endress
Spencer Goffigan
Max Holcombe
Jermaine Hough
Martez House
Miles Jones
Hamish MacInnes
Terrance Pendleton
Jerry Slota
Mikel Whittier
 
MEN'S GOLF
John Bullen
Zach Contris
Dorian Fernandez
Dylan Shephard
 
WOMEN'S GOLF
Luz Armijo-Fernandez
Ornella Arrizon-Sacre
Maria Bajo-Geijo
 
RIFLE
Brent Books
Sam Muegge
 
SOCCER
Eliana Arthur
Kelsey Bright
Kathryn Dowd
Kaitlyn Gregory
Laura Lindsey Jackson
Alexandra Koenig
Nathalee Lariviere
Kaitlyn Manns
Danielle Miller
Jessica Monahan
Alexis Rodriguez
Jacqulyn Rush
Brianna Salverda
Austen Stoelting
 
SOFTBALL
Casey Akenberger
Sara Borders
Casey Craig
Hayden Crawford
Ella Denes
Jessica Guy
Tiffany Harbin
Savanna Hennings
Kelci Johnston
Cara Longworth
Amanda Martinez
Hilary Phillips
Krystal Ruth
Savannah Sloan
Kalee Tabor
 
MEN'S TENNIS
Alvaro Felipe Diaz
Samuel Kellett
Nenad Marcec
Guilherme Pansera
Axel Sundberg
Felipe Watanabe
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Zoe Bizinos
Aleksandra Cmiljic
Raisa Guasti
Isidora Knezevic
Raphaela Lima
Olivia Nguyen
Kelly Tomlin
 
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
India Boyd
Elizabeth Clemons
Ebonie Curry
Ryan Green*
Ericka Markiewicz
Whitley Towns*
Taylor Uebersetzig*
 
VOLLEYBALL
Grace Anbouba
Kelsey Anderson
Samantha Bohne
Lauren Busing
Kelly Cole
Abbey Heredia
Hivya Leite
Taylor Long
Nicole Merget
Kaitlyn Zelhart