Oklahoma Places 125 on First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

June 26, 2025 | Baseball, Football, Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Gymnastics, Men's Tennis, Track and Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Gymnastics, Rowing, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling

NORMAN – A total of 125 University of Oklahoma student-athletes were named to the 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll by the conference office Friday.

The First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2024-25 academic year. The OU list included 20 athletes from baseball, 19 from track and field, 18 from rowing, 16 from football, 11 from soccer, nine from softball, six from women's gymnastics, four each from men's basketball, volleyball and women's tennis, three each from women's basketball, men's golf and wrestling, two each from men's gymnastics and men's tennis and one from women's golf.

Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution's NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.

To be eligible for recognition, a student-athlete must (1) have a grade-point average of 3.00 or at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have a graduate school GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.; (2) have his/her GPA during the summer academic term included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll; (3) be receiving an athletics scholarship or recipient of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner) or be a non-scholarship student-athlete who has been on a varsity team for two seasons; (4) have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution or 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of academic credit toward a graduate degree at the nominating institution; (5) have been a member of a varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.

Oklahoma's First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll Members

Baseball
Jaden Barfield – Business
Kyle Branch – Business
Brandon Cain – Multidisciplinary Studies
Michael Catalano – Business
Sam Christiansen – Organizational Leadership
Cade Crossland – Organizational Leadership
Trey Gambill – Organizational Leadership
Mason Hamlin – Multidisciplinary Studies
Cole Hansen – Finance
Christian Hoffman – Multidisciplinary Studies
Brayden Horton – Organizational Leadership
Gavyn Jones – Business
Ryley Leininger – Business
Berkeley Roddy – Health and Exercise Science
Beau Sampson – Sociology
Nate Smithburg – Organizational Leadership
Jordan Stribling – Business
Dylan Tate – Multidisciplinary Studies
Dayton Tockey – Criminal Justice
Dawson Willis – Organizational Leadership

Football
Josh Aisosa – Business
Daniel Akinkunmi – Business
Andy Bass – Finance
Eli Bowen – Entrepreneurship and Venture Management
Liam Evans – Business
Sam Franklin – Multidisciplinary Studies
Wyatt Gilmore – Communication
Michael Hawkins Jr. – Human Relations
Ace Hodges – Management
Tyler Keltner – Supply Chain Management (MS)
Bergin Kysar – Environmental Engineering
Jocelyn Malaska – Communication
Danny Okoye – Film and Media Studies
Reggie Powers III – Marketing
Gabe Sawchuk – Business
Michael Tarquin – Criminal Justice (MS)

Men's Basketball
Jeremiah Fears – Business
Jadon Jones – Organizational Leadership (MA)
Duke Miles – Multidisciplinary Studies
Jeff Nwankwo – Multidisciplinary Studies

Women's Basketball
Raegan Beers – Multidisciplinary Studies
Caya Smith – Business
Zya Vann – Communication

Men's Golf
Andrew Ramos – Business
Clark Van Gaalen – Business
Asher Whitaker – Business

Women's Golf
Audrey Rischer – Sports Business

Men's Gymnastics
Nick Cruz – Health and Exercise Science
Francisco Velez Belendez – Biology

Women's Gymnastics
Elizabeth Blessey – Psychology
Addison Fatta – Communication
Elle Mueller – Health and Exercise Science
Lily Pederson – Business
Kelsey Slade – Psychology
Hurley Snow – Health and Exercise Science

Rowing
Andra Aumann – Journalism
Sydney Bergstrom – Public Relations
Faith Branstetter – Petroleum Engineering
Elena Carius – Visual Communication
Amber Cop – Entrepreneurship & Venture Management
Sarah Dawson – Communication Disorders
Kailey Diehm – Electrical Engineering
Amira Evans – Pre-Nursing
Lauren Fehrn – Accounting
Miriam Juniper – Management Information Systems
Yolanda Lam – Petroleum Engineering
Elizabeth Laurence – Finance
Kinsey McCaslin – Health and Exercise Science
Brenda Nguyen – Health and Exercise Science
Allison Padilla – Architectural Engineering
Caroline Terkelsen – Biology
Lana Tucic – Business
Nathalia Valdez – Pre-Nursing

Women's Soccer
Caroline Duffy – Psychology
Sophia Green – Human Relations (MA)
Nevaeh Johnson – Professional MBA
Meredith King – Master of Business Administration
Ella Lewis – Healthcare Business
Abigail McNulty – Organizational Leadership (MA)
Morgan O'Connor – Organizational Leadership (MA)
Morgan Paley – Mathematics
Juliette Rayo – Human Health and Biology
Kiki Smith – Multidisciplinary Studies
Ashley Tutas – Communication

Softball
Ailana Agbayani – Multidisciplinary Studies
Abigale Dayton – Psychology
Gabbie Garcia – Health and Exercise Science
Chaney Helton – Psychology
Corri Hicks – Health and Exercise Science
Sam Landry – Multidisciplinary Studies
Audrey Lowry – Communication
Isabella Smith – Multidisciplinary Studies
Riley Zache – Mathematics

Men's Tennis
Oscar Lacides – Sports Business
Vojtech Petr – Psychology

Women's Tennis
Emma Ghirardato – Economics
Cara Mester – Health and Exercise Science
Gloriana Nahum – Business
Salakthip Ounmuang – Sports Business

Men's Track & Field
Nicolas Bersier – Health and Exercise Science
Julian McCullough – Business
Daniel Nickell Jr. – Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS)
Braden Parris – Health and Exercise Science
Jack Vincent – Economics (MA)

Women's Track & Field
Peyton Benson – Health and Exercise Science
Sophie Coughlin – Nutritional Sciences (MS)
Chloe Ezell – Health and Exercise Science
Savannah Hull – Health and Exercise Science
Abby Jepchirchir – Health and Exercise Science
Leah Jeruto – Human Relations
Kendall Johnson – Journalism
Megan Johnson – Exercise Physiology (MS)
Peyton McQuillan – Global Affairs (MA)
Ashley Moore – Biology
Elizabeth Nix – MBA
Chesni Scott – Health and Exercise Science
Mary Van Dyke – Health and Exercise Science
Jane Watkins – History

Volleyball
Kelli Jo Burgess – Multidisciplinary Studies
Carley Butler – Finance
Jasmine Ellison – Journalism
Whitney Wallace – Management

Wrestling
Owen Eck – Mechanical Engineering
Gaven Sax – Multidisciplinary Studies
Carter Schubert – Organizational Leadership