Rice student-athletes honored in halftime ceremony

– September 16, 2007Posted in: Current News

BY B.J. ALMOND Rice News Staff More than 200 Rice student-athletes with grade point averages (GPA) of 3.0 or better were honored during a halftime presentation Saturday at the Rice-Texas Tech football game. Those honored made the Conference USA (C-USA) honor roll during the 2006-07 academic year. Rice earned C-USA’s Institutional Excellence Award for the second straight year in 2006-07 for maintaining the highest GPA for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports. Rice student-athletes had a combined annual GPA of 3.031, with seven Rice teams representing their respective sport’s top GPA. Those teams — women’s basketball, football, women’s soccer, men’s track and field, women’s track and field, men’s tennis and women’s tennis — were each acknowledged during Saturday’s halftime celebration. Special honors went to Rice’s five C-USA scholar student-athletes of the year: Marissa Daniels (women’s cross country), Dominique Karas (women’s tennis), Aaron Robinson (men’s cross country), Luke Stadel (men’s track and field) and Callie Wells (women’s track and field). Read more about other special events at the Rice-Texas Tech game. PHOTOS BY TOMMY LAVERGNE