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| Dustin Alvey is the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Winter Quarter. |
CINCINNATI, Ohio--University of Cincinnati baseball player Dustin Alvey (Hebron, Ky./Conner) and women's soccer standout Kim Sykes (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore) have been named the Department of Athletics top scholar-athletes of the winter quarter after both athletes earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
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 its new location just outside the Nancy Hamant Academic Center.
In addition to Alvey and Sykes, women's basketball player Jill Stephens (Mineral Wells, W.Va./Parkersburg South) and student assistant coach Bianca Roldan-Jarus (Madrid, Spain/Residence Blume), cross country runner Rick King (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier), golfer Sarah Bires (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville), rowers Jessica Beebe (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) and Jessica Bohache (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills), women's soccer players Stephanie Brindle (Pickerington, Ohio/North) and Heather Neiser (Batavia, Ohio/St. Ursula), women's swimmers Elinore de Jong (Bussum, Netherlands/Goois Lyceum) and Kristen Funk (Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge), track and field participants Tara Meier (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain), Jake Richards (Hamilton, Ohio/Ross) and Ashley Wilhelm (St. Leon, Ind./East Central) all earned 4.0 GPA's during the winter.
A total of 249 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
Sport Student-Athlete Class Major
Baseball Dustin Alvey So. Finance
Men's Basketball Marvin Gentry Jr. Criminal Justice
Women's Basketball Jill Stephens So. Communication Sciences and Disorders
Men's Cross Country Rick King So. Biomedical Engineering
Women's Cross Country Courtney Hentz Fr. Health Sciences
Football Digger Bujnoch Jr. Finance
Men's Golf Ryan Cahill Fr. Economics
Women's Golf Sarah Bires Sr. Elementary Education
Rowing Jessica Beebe So. Criminal Justice
Men's Soccer Sam Miller Sr. History
Women's Soccer Kim Sykes So. Psychology
Men's Swimming Ryan Weitzel Fr. Biomedical engineering
Women's Swimming Elinore de Jong Fr. Physics
Tennis Elizabeth Young So. Pre-med
Men's Track and Field Jake Richards Sr. Secondary education
Women's Track and Field Tara Meier Sr. Communications
Volleyball Jenny Custer Jr. Biology
Top Female Scholar-Athlete of the Quarter
Kim Sykes, Soccer
Top Male Scholar-Athlete of the Quarter
Dustin Alvey, Baseball