Swim program lauded with Director's Cup, record number of athletes honored at sixth annual Eagle Scholars Ceremony

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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman swim programs took home top honors as the recipients of the Carson-Newman Director's Cup as the athletic department recognized a record 213 Eagle Scholars at its annual ceremony Thursday night at Holt Fieldhouse.

The Director's Cup is presented to the top academic team on campus which best represents the values espoused by the Eagle Scholar Program as selected by the Eagle Scholar Committee.  Previous winners include women's basketball (2015), baseball (2016) and softball (2017). 

For a sixth straight year, the Carson-Newman Eagle Scholars program saw a record number of Carson-Newman student athletes named to the school's athletic department honor roll.  The  university will welcome a whopping 213 student-athletes into its Eagle Scholars Program during the annual awards ceremony Thursday, Sept. 6 at 7:00 p.m. in Holt Fieldhouse. 

Last year, the program set a record with 177 honorees. This year's 213-member class is an increase of 20.3 percent.  

The Eagle Scholars Program recognizes academic achievements among Carson-Newman student-athletes. To become an Eagle Scholar, student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.25 or higher. Eagle Scholars receive a patch to wear on their uniforms during regular season competition.  This year also marks the first year that the program also includes the introduction of the Gold Scholars. These honorees will receive a golden patch to wear on their uniforms for maintaining a GPA higher than 3.75. There are 61 such gold scholars in this year's program. 

Carson-Newman is the only school in the South Atlantic Conference to offer such a program.

Eagle Scholars Year-By-Year 

2013 - 72

2014 - 93

2015 - 128

2016 - 160

2017 - 177

2018 - 213

Membership in the program has increased 195 percent from its inaugural year to now. 

MEN'S
CROSS
COUNTRY
& TRACK
*Caleb Agee
Ross Ensley
Luke Greer
Noah Hill †
Seth Hughes
Anthony Jackson
*Jeremiah McCarter
*Justin McCarty †
Brandon McKinley
Cameron McKinley
Kristofer Potts Howard
Kieran Showler-Davis
Tanner Stepp † ◆
Christian Stumpf
WOMEN'S
CROSS
COUNTRY
& TRACK
*Tori Gaul †
Samantha Gudger
Amanda Lowe
*Sky McCarter
Kathlean O'Neill
Ashlyne Page
*Shelby Reynolds
*Sarah Sharp †
Holly Talbut-Smith
Abigail Tinsley †
Grace Vinson
**Rebekah White ◆
Lindsey Williams
Amy Zadroga

VOLLEYBALL
Morgan Ballard
*Alexandra Biro
*Kendall Cooley
Lindsay DeVore
*Morgan Harlan †
Natalie Harris
*Abigail McFarlane

EAGLE SCHOLARS NAME LIST
*GOLD (3.75 GPA) **PLATINUM (4.0 GPA)

Megan Oldenburger
Katie Parnell
Anna Patton †
*Madison Rademacher
*Joy Rhodes
*Hannah Robertson

BEACH
VOLLEYBALL
Gabrielle Bailey
Catherine Cook †
Summer Coulter
**Alexis Headley
Kelly Hughes
Dilyn Palmer
Abigail Struewing

MEN'S
BASKETBALL
Taylor Hawkins †
Kellen King
Grant Teichmann
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL
Alison Hodge †
Kelci Marosites
Kayla Marosites
Kayla Newman †
*Jessica Simerly †
Briana Smith
Kathryn Stubblefield †
Abigail Tinsley †
BASEBALL
Austin Adams
Brett Badacour †
Hal Bishop
Cameron Bloebaum
Matthew Bradley

EAGLE SCHOLARS NAME LIST
*GOLD (3.75 GPA) **PLATINUM (4.0 GPA)

*Charles Brown
Brendan Campbell
Dillon Cate † ◆
Luke Friedman
Ethan Goforth
Dom Leo
Conner Powell
Travis Reaves
*Hunter Sales
Cal Smith
Tristan Stalsworth
*Harley Thompson †
Tyler Thompson
*Mark Treadway
*Greg Valentine
Ryan Victory
FOOTBALL
Javon Barnes
Zachary Cichocki
Jared Dillingham † ◆
Ty Herron
Hayden Hester
Noah Hill †
Rashad Hunter
**William Jones
Jonathan Mason †
Matthew Melton †
Kennan Panther
Ross Pryor
Ryan Randall
*Stokes Rowe †
Demitri Saulsberry
Logan Townsend
John Watts
Lee Wells †

MEN'S GOLF
*Grant Bodie
Thomas Forster

EAGLE SCHOLARS NAME LIST
*GOLD (3.75 GPA) **PLATINUM (4.0 GPA)

William Hurt
Alex Hutson
*Benjamin Kennard †
**Anthony Marcinelli ◆
Fintan McKenna
*Grant Roberts
Luke Scealf
Jackson Tyler
WOMEN'S GOLF
*Anna Davenport
Elizabeth England †
Allie Fletcher
**Matilda Frovenholt
*Taylor Hayes
Reagan Kinnie
Blythe Lambert †
Katherine Medley
Jayla Sims
Summer Smith
*Rachel Watts

MEN'S SOCCER
Collin Hensel
Josh James
Samuel Jenkins
Jonathan Le Quesne
Leon Mattig
Thomas Rankin
Thomas Read †
Thaylan Silva
*Daan Smit
*Andy Stewart †
**Twan Verweij
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Allie-Anne Blackburn
Jacqueline Burns

EAGLE SCHOLARS NAME LIST
*GOLD (3.75 GPA) **PLATINUM (4.0 GPA)

*Catarina Ferreira
Jessica Fraiture
Kristina Markfort
*Jasmine Rizk
Helen Seed †
Holly Talbut-Smith
*Lauren Wade † ◆
*Jaidyn Zapf

SOFTBALL
Peyton Bacon
**Janelle Benzick
Cheyenne Boles
Haley Caldwell
Ashlyn Cooper
*Abigail Fiessinger
*Haley Kyle
*Karalynne Levi
*Ashtyn Patterson
Katlin Pritchett †
Kennedy Richardson
Taylor Scott
Valerie Seay
Leah Sohm
Kristen Toppel †
SPIRIT
SQUAD CHEER
Allison Blevins
Maysi Brotherton
Laken Carney †
*Hunter Chollman
Jessi Chollman
Makyla Wyatt
Madison Eldridge
*Sydney McCormack
Kelly Mrock †
*Ali Patteron †
*Sydney Rayho

EAGLE SCHOLARS NAME LIST
*GOLD (3.75 GPA) **PLATINUM (4.0 GPA)

*Dallas Robbins †
Brooke Tipton
DANCE
Khya Allen
*Keaton Evans †
Harley Ramsey
MEN'S SWIM
Chad Andoljsek
*Ryan Burcham †
Casey Charles
Ryland Darling
**Paden Duke ◆
Jonathan Goss
Joshua Graves †
Caleb Howell
Seth Hughes
*Carson Knox
Ivo Kunzle Savastano
Jonathan Lancaster
**Justin McCarty †
*Benjamin McCrary †
*Marcelo Spier de Figueiredo
Garrett Stelling
*Joshua Terrell †
**William Wheeler †
*Joshua Winn

WOMEN'S SWIM
*Gillian Cline
*Ellyse Culp
*Courtlyn Fields †
*Elizabeth Gitto †
*Cecilie Jensen
Bethany McNabb
Maggie Melhorn †
Ksenia Naydenova
**Mary Northcutt ◆
**Alexandra Nuyianes

EAGLE SCHOLARS NAME LIST
*GOLD (3.75 GPA) **PLATINUM (4.0 GPA)

Eliza Petersen
*Lisa Postma
*Lexy Raybon †
*Laurel Sankowski
Margaret Stansberry †
Jacquelyn Stone
*Regina Zipperer
MEN'S TENNIS
Jesus Bacete Sanz
*Marc Bantel
Taylor Barie †
**Daniel Cox
**Gabriel Dabdab
*Kevin Mendes †
*Joseph Stiles
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Mallory Jackson †
Alisa Liashova
Hannah Price