RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University celebrated its most dedicated student-athletes Wednesday morning at the annual Student-Athlete Academic Awards Honors Breakfast held in the Keen Johnson Ballroom.

Dr. Randy Kennedy, Director of the Bratzke Student-Athlete Academic Success Center, recognized nine OVC Medal of Honor winners, awarded to student-athletes that earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Kennedy also recognized 183 Colonel Scholars, student-athletes who earned a 3.0 GPA or better in either or both of the past two semesters.

During the award ceremony, Director of Athletics Mark Sandy announced that senior tennis player Alex Das and senior cross country/track athlete Kat Pagano were the recipients of the Athletic Director’s Leadership Award, bestowed upon a student-athlete who excels in all areas, but particularly in leadership, academics and athletics. This year, Kennedy presented head softball coach Jane Worthington with the Coaches’ Academic Enhancement Award, which is given to a head coach who personifies Eastern Kentucky University’s commitment to academics.

The following is a list of all 2011 Colonel Scholars. The (*) signifies the Bratzke Award of Excellence, given to the student-athlete who earned the top GPA on a given team. The (^) designates an OVC Medal of Honor recipient.

BASEBALL
Alex Arovits
Anthony Bazzani
Blake Bottoms
Michael Buschmann
Paul Duncan
Mitch Durbin
Jeff Emerich
Ryan Faidley
Matt Fyffe
Chase Greene
Austin Grisham
Sean Hagen
Stephen Hefler *^
Chris Hord
Alex Hughes
A.J. Jamison
Matt Phipps
Ryne Purcell
Austin Rexroat
Richie Rodriguez
Brian Shrimpton
Macon Smith
Bryan Soloman
Greg Terry

MEN’S BASKETBALL
Jeff Allgood
Willie Cruz
Josh Daniel
Mike DiNunno *
Taylor Filipek
Jeff Johnson
Joshua Jones
Jabs Newby

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Reese Bass
Brittany Coles
Shakeyia Colyer
Raechele Gray
Alex Jones
Jasmine Lewin
Nadia Mossong *^
Cherie White

WOMEN’S GOLF
Gabrielle Andersson
Taylor Church
April Emerson
Kara Fant
Linda Hogberg
Lindsey Rankin
Katie Wiedmar *^

FOOTBALL
Aaron Adams
Joe Arnason
Emory Attig *
Charlie Banks
Jordan Berry
LaGreg Burns
Jeremy Caldwell
David Carter
Ichiro Chiba
Caleb Coulliette
Evan Cromer
Chris Cunningham
Jordan Dalrymple
Robert Dees
Austin Delpont
Matt Denham
O.J. Enabosi
Patrick Ford
Brooklyn Fox
Devin Gainer
Jaren Gooden
Orlandus Harris
Chaz Hope
Tyler Horn
Matt Lengel
Kyle Lumpkin
Khiry Maddox
Patrick McClellan
John Middlemas
Josh Miller
Cory Monroe
Logan O’Connor
David Ogunlari
Tyson Patrick
Logan Pence
Andrew Soucy
Yameen Thomas
Josh Turner
Nick Vicini
Caleb Watkins
Nathan Watts

MEN’S GOLF
Zack Butler
Johann Eriksson
Brian Fister
Kyle Fleenor
Stuart Witt
Andrew Yeast *^

SOCCER
Tess Akgunduz
Janelle Coates
Katie Collar
Hillary Cooper
Nicole Donnelly
Courtney Klaas
Kerry LeBrun
Sarah LeBrun
Stephanie Lynch
Carly Muller
Stephanie Murray
Courtney Nestor
Brittany Nomady
Alex Raich *
Deja Tennon
Lyndsay Vance
Hayley Wright

SOFTBALL
Christina Ciolek
Melissa Costa
Samm Daniels
Christina Datko
Ashley Dollins
Hannah Driver
Noe Esperas
Diane Gallagher
Cassi Gibson
Nicole Heitz
Raquel Howes *
Shyenne Hussey
Shannon McQueen
Kristin Perry
Cheyanne Pounds
Stacye Toups
Larkyn Wood ^

MEN’S TENNIS
Alex Das *^
Jan Dombrowski
Philip Janz
Hugo Klientovsky
Emilio Piriz
Carles Pons
Niklas Schroeder *^
Parul Verma

WOMEN’S TENNIS
Anouk Faure *
Esmira Gheisary
Myriem Mhirit
Sophie O’Neill
Saioa Oscoz

MEN’S TRACK & CC
Alex Dreyer *
Bradley Fortuna ^
Chaz Grider *
Ole Hesselbjerg
William Hogan
Daniel Jones ^
Evans Kiptoo
David Mutuse
Sean Vandermosten
David Willis

WOMEN’S TRACK & CC
Jackline Barkechir
Sylvia Bundotich
Laura Dollins
Natalie Field
Rashelle Florence
Bianca Forbes
Shauna Hooper
Megan Hunter
Tashana Johnson *
Ashli Joseph
Lydia Kosgei
Kaitlyn Krizman
Picoty Leitich
Danielle Mason *^
Hannah Miller
Kat Pagano
Caitlin Reid
Morgan Thacker

VOLLEYBALL
Ashley Edmond
Amanda Fago
Hannah Groudle
Autumn Harms
Robin Hench
Jill Henneman
Chelsea Lee
Toni Michalski
Jessica Mueller *^
Abby O’Connor
Kelsey Rose
Lauren Snyder
Marissa Tashenberg