July 2, 2013

COLUMBIA, Mo--Four Mizzou Women's Golfers received academic recognition on Tuesday (July 2), as announced by the Southeastern Conference office. A total of 91 Tiger student-athletes were named to the 2012-13 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll including juniors Kate Gallagher and Ariana Savich and sophomores Laura Kraft and Alina Rogers.

The award marks the second consecutive season in which both Gallagher and Savich have received conference academic recognition, while the honors are the first Kraft and Rogers.

A total of 1,247 student-athletes were named to the 2013 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2012 Summer, 2012 Fall and 2013 Spring terms.

Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution's NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll. The following criteria should be followed: (1) A student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.

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