June 20, 2013
BEAUMONT – Joe Wade put the finishing touches on his career on Thursday as the highly-decorated Lamar distance runner took home the Southland Conference’s Outdoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year award, becoming just the fourth in league history to take home both the indoor and outdoor honor in the same season.
A graduate student out of Isle of Wight, England, Wade was working toward a second master’s degree with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. On the track, he bounced back from a fall in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the SLC Outdoor Championships to win the 1,500 meter run the following day, notching his fifth career conference championship in the process. Versatility proved to be his most valuable asset as he completed the year with the top league times in the 1,500 and 5,000 meter runs as well as the steeplechase.
Wade joins Sam Houston State’s Chris Cralle and UTSA’s Bryan Wolfe as the only male athletes to sweep the awards. The former accomplished the feat in 2011, and the latter did so in both 2005 and 2006. On the women’s side, former Card Clerc Koenck laid claim to the feat in 2008.
In addition to Wade, four other Cards were named to the Southland’s All-Academic team for track and cross country.
On the men’s side, the Matt Johnsen and Sam Stabler were honored. Johnsen, a 2012 All-American in cross country, was also an all-conference honoree in the outdoor 10,000 meter run. He finished the season with top five SLC marks in both the 10K and the 5K.
Stabler, who also ran cross country, posted the third-best conference times in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meter runs outdoors as well as the mile and 3,000 meter runs indoors.
It marked the second straight time that both Stabler and Wade made appearances on the squad and the third for Johnsen.
Becky Gough and Claire Miles grabbed automatic berths on the women’s squad. Gough, who completed her master’s in kinesiology with a 4.0, earned the indoor individual title in the 3,000 meter run and picked up all-conference honors in the indoor mile run as well as both the outdoor 1,500 and 5,000 meter runs. Miles, who took home All-SLC honors in cross country, repeated the feat in both the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs. The London native earned her master’s in special education with a 3.66 GPA.
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2013 Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic Team
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Name
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School
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Class
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Hometown
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GPA
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Major
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Jordan Chadwick
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Central Arkansas
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Jr.
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Bryant, Ark.
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4.00
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Physical Therapy
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April Martin
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Central Arkansas
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Sr.
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Yellville, Ark.
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3.72
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Math Education
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Kayla Nehus
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Central Arkansas
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Jr.
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Little Rock, Ark.
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3.78
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Speech Language Pathology
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Megan Snow
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Central Arkansas
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Sr.
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Mt. View, Ark.
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3.41
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Kinesiology/Physical Ed.
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Becky Gough1
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Lamar
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Gr.
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Hill Head, England
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4.00
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Kinesiology (Master’s)
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Claire Miles1
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Lamar
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Gr.
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London, England
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3.66
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Special Education (Master’s)
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Jasmine Cornelius1
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McNeese State
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Jr.
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Elgin, Texas
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3.44
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Biological Sciences
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Paige Lynch
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McNeese State
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Sr.
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Rosenburg, Texas
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3.75
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Exercise Science
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Jasmine Webb1
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McNeese State
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Jr.
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Dallas, Texas
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3.53
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General Studies
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Tessni Carruthers1
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Nicholls State
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So.
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British Columbia, Canada
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3.37
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Communicative Disorders
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Jaimee Springer^,2
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Nicholls State
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Jr.
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Lloydminster, Alberta
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3.51
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General Studies
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Quiana Griffin
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Northwestern State
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Jr.
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Lake Charles, La.
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3.17
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Health and Exercise Science
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Casady Ashcraft
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Oral Roberts
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Sr.
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Seminole, Okla.
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3.76
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Government
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Samantha Watson1
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Oral Roberts
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So.
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Schuylerville, N.Y.
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3.92
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Marketing
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Nicole Aponte1
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Sam Houston State
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So.
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Kingwood, Texas
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3.82
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Animal Science
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Haleigh Ceballos
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Sam Houston State
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So.
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Sanger, Texas
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4.00
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Family & Consumer Services
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Morgan Davis3
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Sam Houston State
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Gr.
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Waller, Texas
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4.00
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Biology
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Alyssa Dooley1,3
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Sam Houston State
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Sr.
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Flower Mound, Texas
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3.33
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Kinesiology
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Lygia Foreman1
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Sam Houston State
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Jr.
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Missouri City, Texas
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3.28
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Kinesiology
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Adrienne Quillin1
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Sam Houston State
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Jr.
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Houston, Texas
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3.21
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Accounting
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Tonicia Wimberley1
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Sam Houston State
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Sr.
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Houston, Texas
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3.28
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Kinesiology
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Jenny Zoch2
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Sam Houston State
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Sr.
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Huntsville, Texas
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3.92
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Biology
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Kierra Crews
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Southeastern La.
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So.
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Warren, Mich.
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4.00
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Nursing
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Brittany Pfantz3
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Southeastern La.
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Sr.
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DeRidder, La.
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3.95
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Kinesiology
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Rebecca Blubaugh
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Stephen F. Austin
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Jr.
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Bossier City, La.
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3.89
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Food & Nutrition Dietetics
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Jessica Cunningham
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Stephen F. Austin
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So.
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Canyon Lake, Texas
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3.94
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Social Work
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Kelli Hermes1,2
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Stephen F. Austin
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Sr.
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Victoria, Texas
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3.88
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Business Economics
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Heather McPherson2
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Stephen F. Austin
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Jr.
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Whitney, Texas
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4.00
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Political Science
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Jasmine Boutte
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A&M-Corpus Christi
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So.
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Long Branch, N.J.
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3.80
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Environmental Science
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BreAnna Briggs1
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A&M-Corpus Christi
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Sr.
|
Wasmego, Kan.
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3.00
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Kinesiology
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^2013 Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year
1Automatic Selection
2Two-time all-academic selection
3Three-time all-academic selection
2013 Men’s Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic Team
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Name
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School
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Class
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Hometown
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GPA
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Major
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Trey Carter
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Central Arkansas
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So.
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Conway, Ark.
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3.68
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Marketing
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Daniel Reese
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Central Arkansas
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Sr.
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Texarkana, Ark.
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3.46
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Finance
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Matt Johnsen1,3
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Lamar
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Jr.
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Broulee, Australia
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3.28
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Kinesiology
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Sam Stabler
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Lamar
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So.
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Queniborough, England
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3.77
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Chemical Engineering
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Joe Wade^,1,2
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Lamar
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Gr.
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Isle of Wight, England
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4.00
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Kinesiology (Master’s)
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Alex Bruce-Littlewood1
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McNeese State
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Gr.
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London, England
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3.44
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Environmental Science
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Stephen Eccles
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McNeese State
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So.
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Lake Charles, La.
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3.41
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Chemical Engineering
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Jarrett LeBlanc1,2
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McNeese State
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Gr.
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Hathaway, La.
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4.00
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Exercise Science
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Ryan Masey
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Oral Roberts
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So.
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Crystal Lake, Ill.
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4.00
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Accounting
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Jack Whitt1
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Oral Roberts
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Sr.
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Norman, Okla.
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3.34
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Health and Exercise Science
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Brek Christiansen
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Sam Houston State
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Sr.
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Cypress, Texas
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3.51
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Kinesiology
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Karl Schreiber
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Sam Houston State
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Jr.
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Rostock, Germany
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3.81
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Mass Communication
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Vance Law
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Southeastern La.
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So.
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Walker, La.
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3.89
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Kinesiology
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Cameron Meyer
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Stephen F. Austin
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So.
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Lake Charles, La.
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3.07
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Management
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Adam Saloom1,3
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Stephen F. Austin
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Sr.
|
Lafayette, La.
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3.71
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Kinesiology
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Josh Taylor1
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Stephen F. Austin
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So.
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Pearland, Texas
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3.34
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Finance
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Philipp Baar
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A&M-Corpus Christi
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So.
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Schwerin, Germany
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3.50
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Management
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^2013 Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year
1Automatic Selection
2Two-time all-academic selection
3Three-time all-academic selection
