CAU Athletics Celebrate 82 Scholar-Athletes

ATLANTA, Georgia  —  The Clark Atlanta University’s Department of Athletics will honor 82 scholar-athletes who have achieved a 3.0 semester or cumulative grade point average as of fall 2012 including two football student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Freshman kicker/punter Austin Castillas, a biology major from Gilbert, Arizona, along with linebacker Bernard Williams, an SIAC second-team All-Conference player from Tifton County High School in Omega, Georgia, topped all student-athletes with a 4.0 grade point average (GPA). Collectively, the CAU football team will celebrate its highest number of the scholar-athletes in recent years with 20 while 16 other student-athletes have earned a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA as listed below.

“ I applaud our student-athletes and staff who continue to uphold the department’ s 5A’s standard of excellence by maintaining high Academic achievement, producing Athletic Championships, serving as Ambassadors, and being Accountability and Accessible as leaders on and off the playing field,” said Director of Athletics Dr. Tamica Smith-Jones. “We will sustain our overall success with continued support of our faculty and administration.”

Student-athletes in all 11 sports will be recognized for their academic achievement Saturday, Jan. 19^th, during half-time of the women’s basketball game as the Lady Panthers and Panthers tip-off against conference foe Claflin University at 6 & 8 p.m., respectively, in Epps Gymnasium.

Student-Athletes with a Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or Higher

Football
Justin Parham-Mass Media Arts (3.81), Terrance Pryor- Criminal Justice (3.66), Jeremy Roberts- Social Work (3.66) and Vincent Hembrick- Biology (3.51).
Cheerleading
Deja Francis-Psychology (3.71, Tatiana Smith-Accounting (3.66) and Breanna Collier- Social Work (3.62)
Baseball
Kelvin Tanner –Computer Information Systems (3.55)
Men’s Cross-Country
Tyree Squires-Math (3.64)
Women’s Cross-Country/Track and Field
Ariel Lomax-Accounting (3.7) and Nekesha Whitaker –Criminal Justice (3.73)
Women’s Tennis
Kasey Dawson-Psychology (3.76), Brionne Bachus- Accounting (3.78) and
Vonnick Boyogueno- Accounting (3.75)
Women’s Track and Field
Asia McClain- Education (3.56)
Volleyball
Kailyn Blackmon- Psychology (3.74)
 
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