Thirteen Sooners Given Conference USA Academic Medal

March 28, 2012

NORMAN, Okla. - Conference USA awarded 13 Oklahoma Rowers with an Academic Medal for the 2011-12 academic year on Wednesday. The conference had a total of 538 students earn this honor. The Sooners are tied for second with Tennessee among the Conference USA rowing schools with 13 selections, while Kansas leads the conference with 16 selections.

Athletes eligible for the Commissioner's Honor Roll achieved a cumulative GPA of a 3.75 or better.

Last season the Sooners had nine women listed as Academic Medal winners from Conference USA.

Elizabeth Biggs, Nicole Furmanek, Kelsey O'Grady and Brooke Sheppard are receiving this award for the second consecutive year.

Conference USA rowing schools include Texas, Kansas, Kansas State, Tennessee, Alabama, Central Florida, Tulsa and SMU.

Conference USA Academic Medal Winners

Name	Class	Major	Hometown
Elizabeth Biggs	So.	Energy Management	Tulsa, Okla.
Ivy Brown	Sr.	Health & Exercise Science	Norman, Okla.
Rachel Cantrell	Fr.	Pre-Communication Disorders	Bixby, Okla.
Ashley Carpenter	Fr.	Aerospace Engineering	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Samantha Fahed	Sr.	Human Relations	Longwood, Fla.
Nicole Furmanek	Sr.	Elementary Education	Belleville, Ill.
Jacy Glover	Fr.	Zoology	Norman, Okla.
Ally Gray	Sr.	Adult & Higher Education	Valrico, Fla.
Amy Miller	Fr.	Mathematics	Yukon, Okla.
Kim Moldenhauer	Fr.	International Business	Bremen, Germany
Kelsey O'Grady	Jr.	Anthropology	Ada, Okla.
Emmie Preskitt	Fr.	Chemistry	Broomfield, Colo.
Brooke Sheppard	Sr.	Finance/ Human Resource Management	Lawton, Okla.

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Thirteen Sooners Given Conference USA Academic Medal

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