DALLAS — A total of 56 Sam Houston student-athletes have been named Commissioner's Academic Medal winners during the 2024-25 academic year, Commissioner Judy MacLeod announced Friday.
 
Student-athletes who earn the Commissioner's Academic Medal maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better and have completed at least one academic semester at the institution in either spring 2024 or fall 2024.
 
The following is a complete list of Sam Houston's Academic Medal winners:
 
Baseball
Christopher Benavidez
Cade Griffin
 
Bowling
Denise Blankenzee    
Miya Greene   
Stephanie Mccoy         
Katelyn Paris  
 
Football
Simeon Evans                 
Grant Gunnell                 
Garret Hagler
Thomas Jewett               
Shaun Neibert                
Joseph Nelson                
Colby Sessums             
Zachary Stricker           
 
Men's Golf
Gene Chaikangwal
Josh German
 
Men's Cross Country and Track and Field
Noah Benn       
Mitchell Hackstedt     
Christian Rohlack       
Hayden Whitehead    
 
Soccer
Layla Amaya  
Hannah Bolin
Kaylee Dressback
Alessia Guizzetti           
Dana Hanson
Kinsey Hill        
Tiana Johnson                 
Savannah Knight          
Ruth Larsen    
Cadence Sanders       
Indigo Sims     
Cassia Souza
Landri Townsend          
 
Softball
Elia Hebel         
Kinsey Hobbs
Patricia Yarotsky           
 
Tennis
Christine Jevicky          
 
Volleyball
Piper Boydstun              
Sameena Burns            
Ella Folse          
Lillian Hamilton             
Michaela Panekova   
Lylah Washington        
Kara Wynn        
 
Women's Basketball
Annika Corcoran          
Fanta Kone      
Faderera Ogayemi      
Esther Rodellar Bilbao              
 
Women's Golf
Amelia Guo     
Grace Jin            
 
Women's Cross Country and Track and Field
Avery Cheshire               
Rachel Maciejeski      
Sarah Maddux-Hensley           
Emma Peterson            
Alauna Richardson    
Rika Witt