VIRGINIA BEACH, VA., May 22, 2009 – Forty-Eight (48) Morgan State student-athletes are
among some 593 making the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) 2009 Commissioner’s All-
Academic Team announced Friday (May 22). The team annually recognizes student-athletes from the conference’s 12 member institutions who achieved academic success during the 2008-09 academic school year by maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. The students must be in at least their sophomore season.
“I congratulate and commend the student-athletes who have achieved academic success by maintaining a 3.0 or better grade point average during the 2008-09 school year,” said MEAC Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas. “I would further like to congratulate the coaches, institutions, and parents of these academic achievers for their contributions to the student-athletes success.”
Listed below are the Morgan State student-athletes earning the honor this year.
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (Name, sport, major)
Women (29): Arielle Mungin (CHEER, Mgt.), Jannie Noels (CHEER, Telecommunications), Alexis McCoy (WT, Health Ed.), Corin Adams (WB, Physical Ed), Theresa Davis (WB, Health Ed.), Brittany Dodson (WB, Health Ed.), Erin Hawkins (WB, Speech), Stacy Hunt (WB, Telecommunications), Phylicia Jones (WB, Telecommunications), Aaries Reed (WB, Finance), Dionne Holmes (BWL, Sociology), Corey Lissik (BWL, Business Admin.), Shanice Abrams (WTR, History), Ashley Hines (WTR, Family & Consumer Science), Trisha LaForce (WTR, Information Systems), Jamia Robinson (WTR,Telecommunication), Candace Shirley (WTR, Biology), Adrianna Vargas (WTR, Social Work), Porsche Boddicker (SB, Psychology), Carolyn Howard (SB, Marketing), Angela Nunez (SB, Health Ed.), Jeretta Simpkins (SB, Hospitality Mgt.), Walaa Elsir (WTN, Economics), Blair Fleet (WTN, Electrical Engineering), Pola Olczak (WTN, Chemistry), Vicktoriya Lukyanenko (Accounting), Nekesa Thomas (WTN, Marketing), Ivanti Bush (VB, Family & Consumer Science), Nekesa Thomas (VB, Hospitality Mgt.)
Men (19): Troy Smith (MB, Sociology), John Long (MB, Telecommunications), Andrue Abernathy (MTR, Business Admin), Tyron Benjamin (MTR, Physical Ed.), Salifu Cham (MTR, Business Admin.), JudeObiarinze (MTR, Accounting), Cabinere Whyte (MTR, Accounting), Braxton Banks (FB, Business Admin.), Lawrence Brewer (FB, Business Admin.), Jermey Glover (FB, Business Admin.), James Meade (FB, Physical Ed.), Shaka Miller (FB, Accounting), Terrell White (FB, Finance), Juan Ortiz (MTN, Finance), Kevon Charles (MTN, Electrical Engineering), Mauricio Ortiz (MTN, Finance), Danelio Absalom (MTR, Hospitality Mgt.), Isaac Richardson (MTR, Civil Engineering), Dakaria Taylor-Watson (MTR, Biology)
KEY – BO (bowling), FB (football), GF (golf), MT (men’s tennis), MTR (men’s track), SB (softball), VB (volleyball), WB (women’s basketball), WT (women’s tennis), WTR (women’s track)