UT Places 46 On Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Tennessee is represented by 46 student-athletes on the 2024-25 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll, which was announced Wednesday by league commissioner Greg Sankey.

Women’s swimming and diving led the way with 19 making the list. The men’s swimming and diving team followed with 14 members earning academic accolades. Women’s basketball each featured seven student-athletes earning a spot on the honor roll, while men’s basketball had six.

A total of 860 student-athletes were named to the 2024-25 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll. It includes the sports of basketball, equestrian, gymnastics and swimming & diving. It is based on grades from the 2024 Spring, Summer and Fall terms.

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 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

The following criteria will be followed:

(1) A student‐athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) of graduate school enrollment or have a cumulative graduate school grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.

(2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.

(3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.

(4) An undergraduate student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have successfully completed 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of academic credit toward a graduate degree at the nominating institution.

(5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

University of Tennessee 2024-25 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll Members 

Men’s Basketball (6)
J.P. Estrella — Sport Management
Jordan Gainey — Communication Studies
Grant Hurst — Sport Management
Jahmai Mashack — Psychology
Cade Phillips — Finance
Zakai Zeigler — Retail & Merchandising Management

Women’s Basketball (7)
Edie Darby — Biological Sciences & Sociology (Double Major)
Tess Darby – Master’s in Business Administration
Sara Puckett — Kinesiology
Jewel Spear – Master’s in Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications
Avery Strickland — Sport Management
Destinee Wells — Sport Management
Kaiya Wynn — Kinesiology

Men’s Swimming & Diving (14)
Micah Chambers — Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications
Jordan Crooks — Supply Chain Management
Martin Espernberger — Electrical Engineering
Jack Flanagan — Supply Chain Management
Jonathan Freeman — Human Resource Management
Griffin Hadley — Journalism & Electronic Media
Björn Kammann — Civil Engineering
Charlie Krone — Mechanical Engineering
Gus Rothrock — Supply Chain Management
Nick Simons — Sport Management
Jack Stelter — Supply Chain Management
Nick Stone — Sport Management
Joaquin Vargas — Information Sciences
Ryan Williams — Marketing

Women’s Swimming & Diving (19)
Molly Blanchard — Supply Chain Management
Callie Borda — Sport Management
Tori Brostowitz — Mathematics
Julia Burroughs — Kinesiology
Bailey Davenport — Biological Sciences
Brooklyn Douthwright — Biomedical Engineering
Summer Eaker — Biological Sciences
Emelie Fast — Journalism & Electronic Media
Josephine Fuller — Psychology
Sammy Huff — Marketing
Laura Littlejohn — Nutrition
Kate McCarville — Therapeutic Recreation
Julia Mrozinski — Child & Family Studies
Amber Myers — Child & Family Studies
Regan Rathwell — Kinesiology
Maddie Reese — Sociology
Lynae Shorter — Journalism & Electronic Media
Camille Spink — Sport Management
Lily Wetherell — Economics