UMO: Student-athletes excel in classroom

By UMO Media Relations
Published in Sports on June 6, 2017 6:59 AM

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UMO Media Relations

The University of Mount Olive had another successful spring semester in the classroom.

Thirteen of 18 sports had a team grade-point-average higher than 3.0.

Men's tennis posted the highest GPA (3.689).

Five teams -- women's tennis, women's volleyball, men's volleyball, men's golf and men's cross country -- each logged a GPA of 3.4 or better.

Seven teams -- softball, men's soccer, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, women's cross country and women's basketball -- each had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

The average team GPA was 3.178.

"We're proud of the hard work by our student-athletes in the classroom, as well as the emphasis that our coaches put on academics," said Jeff Eisen, vice president for athletics at UMO. "It is our department goal to average over a 3.0 GPA, and it is impressive that we have now accomplished this goal 12 consecutive semesters."

More than 20 students achieved perfection (4.0 GPA) in the classroom for the spring semester.

Those athletes were:

* Women's soccer: Lauren Cowley, Alexandra Wetherholt.

* Women's lacrosse: Kali Cook-Grisewood.

* Men's XC/T&F: Jonathan Dahlke, Pol Domenech-Ferrer.

* Women's lacrosse: Gina Fader.

* Softball: Callie Ferrell.

* Women's lacrosse: Addison Foudray, Nicholle-Christine Galletti.

* Women's tennis: Julie Gonzalez-Rodriguez.

* Men's T&F: Nicholas Greyno, Benjamin Veith.

* Men's tennis: Martin Moser.

* Men's volleyball: Jesiah Orr, Jeffrey Yasalonis.

* Baseball: Bradley Ragan, Kodi Whitley, Bruce Zimmerman.

* Women's XC/T&F: Katharina Reitmayer, Amanda Tanner.

* Cheerleading: Adreanna White.

* Men's soccer: Lewis Xiberras.