April 18, 2007

DALLAS - The University of Memphis had 36 student-athletes named as recipients of the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal it was announced by the league office, Wednesday. The 36 is the second-highest total in all of Conference USA, behind Tulsa, who had a league-high 47 medalists named. East Carolina had 34 medalists on the list.

This is the second straight year Memphis has had over 30 medalists, the first time in school history that has happened. The Tigers are coming off a record-setting 38 medalists from last season.

In all, the league had 321 student-athletes earn medals for having a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher heading in to the spring semester.

Memphis
Zach Clark, Baseball
Mark Jobe, Baseball
Neil Schenk, Baseball
Jessica Hall, Women's Basketball
Mary Claire Dake, Women's Cross Country
Emily Malinowski, Women's Cross Country
Rusty Clayton, Football
Paul Edwards, Football
John Hill, Football
John McArthur, Football
Brad Benjamin, Men's Golf
Andrew Hahn, Rifle
Jared Britcher, Men's Soccer
Robert Sausaman, Men's Soccer
Chelsea Brooks, Women's Soccer
Lia Fannin, Women's Soccer
Lindsey Joseph, Women's Soccer
Laura Laufenberg, Women's Soccer
Kate Murphy, Women's Soccer
Laura Pfeffer, Women's Soccer
Halley Jo Sullivan, Women's Soccer
Eliza Wellford, Women's Soccer
Lindsay Kelso, Softball
Heather Mott, Softball
Benedikt Fischer, Men's Tennis
Spencer Heflin, Men's Tennis
Amrit Narasimhan, Men's Tennis
Dara Toulch, Women's Tennis
Christina Wieser, Women's Tennis
Sivan Aballi, Women's Track and Field
Whitney Bolton, Women's Track and Field
Chen Edri, Women's Track and Field
Christine Bach, Volleyball
Sarah Chambers, Volleyball
Lauren Thompson, Volleyball
Emily Underwood, Volleyball