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CINCINNATI, Ohio--University of Cincinnati swimmer Marcel Kleiner (Heilbronn, Germany/Hohen Staufen Gymnasium) and track and field athlete Abi Hamrick (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) have been named the athletic department's top scholar-athletes of the fall quarter after both athletes earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
A total of 17 student-athletes, representing each of UC's sports, were named scholar-athletes of the quarter and the contingent will have their photos added to the Academic Wall of Fame in Fifth Third Arena. In addition to Kleiner and Hamrick, women's basketball players Bianca Roldan-Jarus (Madrid, Spain/Residence Blume) and Jill Stephens (Mineral Wells, W.Va./Parkersburg South), cross country runners Brad Babiak (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller), Karen Berling (Cincinnati, Ohio/Seton), Jennifer Hannen (Beavercreek, Ohio/Beavercreek), Randy King (North Bend, Ohio/St. Xavier), Rick King (North Bend, Ohio/St. Xavier) and Nicole Waldie (Canton, Ohio/Massillon-Jackson), football's Jonny Zwitt (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove), rowers Taryn Dyle (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Point North) and Allison Lemaster (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville), men's soccer player Matt Hayden (Colorado Springs, Colo./Liberty), women's soccer's Kim Sykes (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore), swimmers Gerdien de Jong (Bussum, Netherlands/Goois Lyceum), Al Dowling (Brunswick, Ohio/Brunswick) and Kristen Funk (Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge) and track and field athletes Tara Meier (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain), Greg Roberson (Dayton, Ohio/Stebbins) and Andrew Smith (Coshocton, Ohio/Coshocton) all earned 4.0 GPA's during the fall.
A total of 230 student-athletes from UC's 17 sports were named to either the Bearcat or the Topcat Honor Roll. To qualify for the Bearcat Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have earned a grade point average between 3.0 and 3.49 for the quarter, while Topcat honorees must maintain between a 3.5 and a 4.0 GPA.
Scholar Athletes of the Quarter
Baseball Dustin Alvey So. College of Business
Men's Basketball Ronald Allen So. College of Education
Women's Basketball Jill Stephens Fr. College of Allied Health Sciences
Men's Cross Country Rick King Fr. College of Engineering
Women's Cross Country Jennifer Hannen So. College of Engineering
Football Jonny Zwitt Sr. College of Education
Men's Golf John Clodfelder Sr. College of Engineering
Women's Golf Marianne Erb Fr. College of Business
Rowing Taryn Dyle Sr. College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
Men's Soccer Matt Hayden Sr. College of Business
Women's Soccer Kim Sykes Fr. College of Arts and Sciences
Men's Swimming Marcel Kleiner So. College of Business
Women's Swimming Gerdien de Jong Jr. College of Arts and Sciences
Tennis Jennifer Kelly Fr. College of Business
Men's Track and Field Randy King Fr. College of Engineering
Women's Track and Field Abi Hamrick Jr. College of Allied Health Sciences
Volleyball Melissa Zenz Fr. College of Business
Top Female Scholar-Athlete of the Quarter
Abi Hamrick, Track and Field
Top Male Scholar-Athlete of the Quarter
Marcel Kleiner, Swimming