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| Tamara Masters is the Female Scholar Athlete of the Spring Quarter. |
CINCINNATI, Ohio--The University of Cincinnati cross country teams made a clean sweep as Randy King (North Bend, Ohio/St. Xavier) and Tamara Masters (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview) have been named the Department of Athletics top scholar-athletes of the spring quarter after both individuals 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 King and Masters, women's basketball student assistant coach Bianca Roldan-Jarus (Madrid, Spain/Residence Blume), cross country runner Rick King (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier), football player Digger Bujnoch (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder), rowers Crystal Coolbaugh (Amherst, Ohio/Steeoe) and Kara Stricker (Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods), women's soccer player Erica Maine (Colorado Springs, Colo./Rampart), men's swimmer Marcel Kleiner (Heilbronn, Germany/Hohen Staufen Gymnasium), women's swimmers Elinore de Jong (Bussum, Netherlands/Goois Lyceum), Gerdien de Jong (Bussum, Netherlands/Goois Lyceum) and Kristen Funk (Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge), women's track and field participants Boudine Bouma (Purmerend, The Netherlands/DaVinci College), Melissa Brankamp (Middletown, Ohio/Lakota West), Danielle Erwin (Coshocton, Ohio/Coshocton), Lilian Jelimo (Kapsabet, Kenya/Kapsabet Girls), Brittany Klima (Ottoville, Ohio/Ottoville), Kelly Schnur (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) and Ashley Wilhelm (St. Leon, Ind./East Central) and volleyball's Jenny Custer (Colorado Springs, Colo./Doherty) and Jami Torok (Cincinnati, Ohio/McAuley) all earned 4.0 GPA's during the spring.
A total of 228 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 Nick Maragas Sr. Criminal Justice
Men's Basketball Marvin Gentry Jr. Criminal Justice
Women's Basketball Jill Stephens So. Communication Sciences and Disorders
Men's Cross Country Randy King So. Electrical Engineering
Women's Cross Country Tamara Masters Fr. Biomedical Engineering
Football Digger Bujnoch Jr. Finance
Men's Golf Ryan Cahill Fr. Economics
Women's Golf Katelyn Hiller Fr. Marketing
Rowing Crystal Coolbaugh So. Biomedical Engineering
Men's Soccer Luke Henke So. Finance
Women's Soccer Erica Maine Jr. Criminal Justice
Men's Swimming Marcel Kleiner Sr. Marketing
Women's Swimming Elinore de Jong Fr. Physics
Tennis Elizabeth Young So. Pre-med
Men's Track and Field Rick King So. Biomedical Engineering
Women's Track and Field Boudine Bouma Fr. Operations Management
Volleyball Jami Torok R-Fr. Biology
Top Female Scholar-Athlete of the Quarter
Tamara Masters, Cross Country
Top Male Scholar-Athlete of the Quarter
Randy King, Cross Country