Governors Post Second-Highest GPA in Department History, All 15 Varsity Programs Posting a 3.0 GPA

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University’s student-athletes posted the second-highest grade-point average in department history with a 3.401 grade-point average during the Spring 2025 semester.

“After posting the second-best GPA in department history during the fall, our student-athletes have done it again by topping that mark this semester,” said Austin Peay Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison. “I am so proud of our Governors student-athletes and all their hard work during this record-breaking semester! However, none of this would be possible without the hard work of our student-athlete success team, so I want to thank Kristal McGreggor, Bobby Fieman, and Kendell Johnson. Our student-athletes and entire department’s continued commitment to the ‘Total Gov Concept’ can be seen in this sustained academic success.

It is the 16th consecutive semester the APSU athletics department has posted a 3.0 GPA or better and the 19th time in department history. All 15 Austin Peay varsity programs recorded at least a 3.0 GPA or better for the second-straight semester. In addition, the Governors’ cheer team also posted a 3.0 GPA or better for the second-consecutive semester.

Austin Peay also had nine teams finish with a 3.5-or-better team GPA, with two teams posting program record GPAs. The Governors women’s golf team led all programs for the second-straight semester with a 3.969 GPA – the highest single-semester GPA in department history, topping the previous record of 3.964, which was held by the women’s tennis team during the fall 2017 semester.

More than 80 percent of the department’s student-athletes received academic recognition. Seventy-eight of its 338 student-athletes posted a 4.0 GPA during the spring and were a part of the 151 student-athletes eligible for Austin Peay’s Dean’s List recognition, which the university will announce at a later date. Another 120 Governors were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, which is awarded to graduate students with a 3.0 GPA and undergraduate student-athletes who finish a semester with a 3.0 GPA but do not qualify for the APSU Dean’s List.

A complete listing of the Spring 2025 Athletics Director’s Honor Roll follows this release. Individuals eligible for the Austin Peay Dean’s List are also noted.

Established in 1990-91, the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll recognizes the outstanding academic accomplishments of Austin Peay State University student-athletes. Student-athletes must be enrolled full-time and achieve a 3.0 grade-point average for a semester to earn recognition.

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SPRING SEMESTER

• PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT. 78 Governors student-athletes posted a 4.0 GPA – the ninth time 60 or more student-athletes have posted an unblemished GPA.
• ALL HAIL. Six Austin Peay teams – women’s basketball, women’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, women’s cross country, and beach volleyball – saw their entire rosters post a 3.0 GPA or better and earn academic recognition. The women’s golf team was the only program to have 100 percent of their student-athletes qualify for the APSU Dean’s List.
• SMASH! BANG! Two Austin Peay teams – women’s golf and men’s cross country – set team semester GPA records.
• ON A ROLL. Sixteen varsity teams’ current streak of semesters with a 3.0 GPA (beginning in Fall 2013): baseball (18), beach volleyball (17), men’s basketball (2), women’s basketball (3), men’s cross country (3), women’s cross country (14), football (2), men’s golf (18), women’s golf (24), soccer (24), softball (20), men’s tennis (24), women’s tennis (24), women’s track & field (14), volleyball (24), and cheer (2).

Spring 2025 Austin Peay Athletics Academic Honor Roll

All student-athletes listed below received academic recognition during the semester. Any student-athletes listed without notation were members of the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll (3.0-3.499 GPA). Notations following a student-athlete’s name indicate the following: (DL) – Eligible for recognition on Austin Peay’s Dean’s List (Undergraduates with 12 hours earned and at least a 3.50 GPA); + – student-athlete played multiple sports, is counted only once in department totals.

BASEBALL (3.332 GPA)

Cody Airington

Nathan Barksdale (DL)

John Bay

Gavin Braunecker

Trevor Conley

Brady Cooper (DL)

Keaton Cottam

Chance Cox

Gus Freeman

Campbell Holt

Austen Jaslove (DL)

Cole Johnson (DL)

Dylan Kazee (DL)

Brody Lanham (DL)

Andres Matias (DL)

DJ Merriweather (DL)

Derrick Mitchell (DL)

Cameron Nickens

Deaton Oak (DL)

Davin Pollard

Paris Pridgen (DL)

Cannon Rice (DL)

Shawn Scott

Kade Shatwell (DL)

Landon Slemp (DL)

Tre’ Speer (DL)

Brody Szako

Adam Walker

Solomon Washington

Jacob Weaver

BEACH VOLLEYBALL (3.839 GPA)

Grace Austin (DL)

Jordyn Beneteau (DL)

Anna Kate Clark (DL)

Alyson Cooper (DL)

Emily Freel (DL)

Angelena Greene (DL)

Bailey Lasater (DL)

Emma Loiars (DL)

Gabriella MacKenzie

Jordan Morris

MEN’S BASKETBALL (3.374 GPA)

Anton Brookshire (DL)

Me’Kell Burries

Darius Dawson

Hansel Enmanuel (DL)

Akili Evans

Terrell Gaines (DL)

Bowen Hammer

Isaac Haney

Quan Lax

Daniel Loos

Tate McCubbin

LJ Thomas (DL)

Sai Witt

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (3.531 GPA)

Rose Azmoudeh (DL)

Jordan Boddie

Jeanine Brandsma (DL)

Nisea Burrell

Abby Cater

La’Nya Foster

Anala Nelson (DL)

JaNiah Newell

Jenny Ntambwe

Briana Rivera

Anovia Sheals (DL)

Nariyah Simmons (DL)

Sa’Mya Wyatt (DL)

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (3.669 GPA)

Lucas Bales (DL)

Jacob Bormet (DL)

Will Keefer (DL)

Richard Lebron (DL)

Christian Pastrana (DL)

Jacob Schweigardt (DL)

Jake Strader (DL)

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (3.673 GPA)

Ashley Doyle (DL)

Shaye Foster (DL)

Sydney Freeman

Mary Kate French (DL)

Hallie Mattingly

Jaedyn Stalnecker (DL)

Taylah Upshaw (DL)

FOOTBALL (3.069 GPA)

Rocco Abbagnaro (DL)

Chase Allen (DL)

Kendyle Ball (DL)

Grace’son Beach (DL)

Davion Blackwell

Zak Bowden

Jabari Cathey

Andrew Chamblee

Kendrick Clark (DL)

Mekaih Collins

Matthew Corley (DL)

TJ Cox Jr.

Ethan Crite (DL)

Ward Dorris

Malaki Dowell (DL)

Eli Edwards (DL)

Gavin Edwards (DL)

Mike Evans

Davin Garinger (DL)

Tae Gayden

Samuel Green

Steven Head (DL)

Nicholas Hilliard

Davion Hood

Marcus Howard

Jake Johnson

Miada Jones

Chandler Kirton

Jade Kneeland

Christopher Leftrick (DL)

Jeffson Locke

Robert Merrill

Quincy Milhomme

Tyson Moody (DL)

Jaycob Neely (DL)

James Olsen (DL)

Antori Hamilton (DL)

Alec Pell

Shawn Phillips

Kinstin Reaves

Corey Richardson (DL)

Charles Ross

Courtland Simmons (DL)

Jermiah Skipworth Jr. (DL)

Austin Skoglund (DL)

Jase Skoglund

Austin Smith

Carson Smith

Kenneth Smith

Stratton Smith (DL)

Eli Sutton

Chandler Thomason (DL)

Ardarrius Williams

Breylon Wyatt

MEN’S GOLF (3.254 GPA)

Reece Britt (DL)

Caleb Brummitt (DL)

Grady Cox (DL)

Parker Elkins

Payne Elkins

Michael Long

Patton Samuels

Logan Spurrier

Will Swigart

WOMEN’S GOLF (3.969 GPA)

Jillian Breedlove (DL)

Kaley Campbell (DL)

Maggie Glass (DL)

Abby Hirtzel (DL)

Abby Jimenez (DL)

Erica Scutt (DL)

Autumn Spencer (DL)

SOCCER (3.638 GPA)

Ari Allen (DL)

Lindsey Arnold (DL)

Alec Baumgardt (DL)

Lauryn Berry (DL)

Vivian Burke

Paige Chrustowski (DL)

Brynn Connell (DL)

Sophie Davidson

Ellie Dreas (DL)

Kaylee Hansen (DL)

Clara Heistermann (DL)

Mackenzie James (DL)

Zoey Kalilimoku

Kerigan Kivisto (DL)

Haley Lindquist

Lindsey McMahon (DL)

Alexa Minestrella

Paige Myers

Olivia Prock

Kiley Reese

Kylie Wells

Carolyne Young

Hannah Zahn (DL)

SOFTBALL (3.613 GPA)

Kylie Campbell

Maddy Connolly Hojas (DL)

Maggie Daughrity (DL)

Ashley Diaz

Kiley Hinton

Brie Howard (DL)

Macy Krohman (DL)

Sam Leski (DL)

Ashley Martin

Samantha Miener

Kam Moore (DL)

Emberly Nichols (DL)

Katie Raper (DL)

Raylon Roach

Macee Roberts (DL)

Kayleigh Roper

Sammie Shelander (DL)

Skylar Sheridan (DL)

Jada Sovey (DL)

Emma Thompson (DL)

MEN’S TENNIS (3.768 GPA)

Glen Arnet (DL)

Giovanni Becchis (DL)

Tom Bolton (DL)

Sota Minami (DL)

Riichi Nagatake (DL)

Aeneas Schaub (DL)

Hogan Stoker (DL)

Javier Tortajada (DL)

Bodi van Galen (DL)

Lucas Ranciaro

WOMEN’S TENNIS (3.850 GPA)

Sophia Baranov (DL)

Luca Bohlen (DL)

Alice Bolton (DL)

Pauline Bruns (DL)

Yu-Hua Cheng (DL)

Asia Fontana (DL)

Ayden Kujawa

Elena Thiel (DL)

Denise Torrealba (DL)

TRACK & FIELD (3.371 GPA)

Alexis Arnett (DL)

Busiwa Asinga

Isis Banks

Trinity Bracey

Alijanae Cole

Marcia Dejesus (DL)

Ashley Doyle (DL)

Myra Eriksson

Shaye Foster (DL)

Sydney Freeman

Mary Kate French (DL)

Denim Goddard

Gabrielle Hoskins

Madelyn Kocik (DL)

Hallie Mattingly

Mia McGee

Gabrielle Miller

Chloe Peterson

Seven Pettus (DL)

Neveah Schmeling (DL)

Taylin Segree (DL)

Jaedyn Stalnecker (DL)

Emma Tucker

Taylah Upshaw (DL)

VOLLEYBALL (3.419 GPA)

Reagan Anderson (DL)

Maggie Duyos (DL)

Addi Hultquist

Dani Kopacz

Reaghan Larkin (DL)

Luci Lippelgoos (DL)

Aubrey Stitcher (DL)

Gianna Tagoa’i (DL)

Abby Thigpen

Lauren Wallace (DL)

CHEER (3.144 GPA)

Emma Barnes (DL)

Gracie Brock (DL)

Delaney Brown

Coree Collier (DL)

AJ Crowder

Zach Darnell (DL)

Parris Eddison

Anna Germano

Ellie Gladwell

Anneliese Joyner (DL)

Gabby Lorenzo

Maddy Lund

Gabriella Mignano

Dawn Phillips

Elleigh-Kate Phillips (DL)

Alyssia Ray (DL)

Gillian Reed

Isabella Schmidt (DL)

Emma Stewart (DL)

Bailey Vining (DL)

Caitlin Vining (DL)

DANCE

Jenna Bricks

Faith Collins

Madeline Cummins (DL)

Sydney Fleming (DL)

Grace Henderson (DL)

Abbrianna Manners (DL)

Madelyn Steele (DL)

Maggie Tate

Chesny Wood

Taylor Woods (DL)

Katie Young