Centenary College Student-Athletes Named to Winter-Spring Academic All-Summit League Teams

SHREVEPORT, La.— A total of 66 Centenary College student-athletes have been named to the Summit League Conference Academic All-League Teams for the winter and spring seasons. The announcement was made today, and includes athletes from the sports of baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's swimming, and men's and women's tennis.

The 66 Centenary members on the winter and spring academic all-league teams join the 37 Ladies and Gents that earned a spot for the fall semester. In all, a total of 103 Centenary student-athletes earned the honor in their respective seasons out of a possible 226 (46 percent) on 15 teams that compete in The Summit League (gymnastics competes in the Midwest Independent Conference).

In order for a student-athlete to be selected to the academic all-league team, he/she must have a 3.00 or better grade-point average in the semester in which they compete, and must be a letterwinner in the sport in which they compete.

The complete list of Centenary student-athletes on the 2007-08 Summit League Winter-Spring Academic All-League Teams are listed below by sport:

Oscar Medellin-Robledo and Maggie Vaughan

Women's Basketball

Brittany Barbee
Cierra Bush
Anne Farrell
Leslie Forest
Bethany Joseph
Sarah Weiler

Men's Basketball

Justin Glenn
Travis Hill

Women's Swimming

Leslie Clampitt
Jessica Brown
Caitlin Cunningham
Beth Geis
Alana Gregory
Lauren Kloepfer
Ruth Litwinowicz
Kendra Norman
Nicole Turner
Maggie Vaughan
Lori Von Pingel
Leslie Wyatt
Melanie Zimmerman

Men's Swimming

David Berude
John Cefalu
Dane Chambers
John D'Aquin
Ross Gilbert
Robert Hendricks
Chase Lambert
Quinn Larwood
David Moss
Bryan Myers
Dustin Myers

Women's Golf

Brittany Blackwell
Jessica Garza
Chloe Mims
Leigh Newton
Tracy Williams

Men's Golf

Diego Martin
Ryan Sparks
Mark Weeber
Benjamin Williams

Women's Tennis

Kate Buchanan
Areal Schulman
Kayleigh Sullivan

Men's Tennis

Jacob Dawson
Seva Kostelanetz
Gerardo Lozano
Oscar Medellin-Robledo
Mark Rodgman

Softball

Haley Bassett
Caitlin Cavarra
Lauren Highsmith
Jennifer Martin
Allison McClain
Leslie Postles
Allison Shepperd
Lindsey Virdell
Stacy Whitmer
Amy Wiedeman
Brittany Williams

Baseball

Jason Blilie
Aaron Bronson
Jared Dysart
Timothy Kelleher
Justin Kraft
Dakota Robinson

About the Summit League

The Summit League is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which operates primarily in the Midwestern United States, with outlying teams in Louisiana and Utah. Schools in the league include Centenary College of Louisiana; Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; University of Missouri-Kansas City; North Dakota State University; Oakland University; Oral Roberts University; South Dakota State University; Southern Utah University; and Western Illinois University. On June 1, 2007, the conference changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference.

About Centenary College of Louisiana

Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and is regularly rated as one of the top colleges in the South. In 2008 Centenary College celebrates 100 years in Shreveport and Bossier City.