Southeast Roundup: 29 student-athletes receive top OVC academic honors

Southeast Missouri State put 29 student-athletes on the list of Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor recipients, besting its previous high of 27 a year ago.

Each award winner carried a 4.0 GPA for the 2015-16 school year.

The Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to student-athletes who achieve the highest GPA in an OVC-sponsored sport.

It's the third time SEMO has put at least 20 on the list.

Medal of Honor Recipients

Baseball -- Trevor Ezell, Zach Moore, Garret Reynolds, Matthew Wade;

Women's Basketball -- Ashton Luttrull

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field -- Madeline Gaul, Jacquelin Jeschka, Natalie Kopplin, Sierra Maddox, Eilish Overby, Kennedy Roderick, Abigail Sowash, Anna Thomas

Football -- Peter Lloyd, Alex Niznak

Women's Soccer -- Jennifer Antonacci, Shay Darga, Lauren Kaempfe, Christina Rohde

Softball -- Nicole Deering, Madeline Krumrey, Makenzie Long

Women's Tennis -- Mila Majtan

Men's Track & Field -- Ty Crowden, Stephen Zagurski

Women's Volleyball -- Jessica Lambert, Haley Robert, Katarina Rotta, Madalyn Werths

SEMO tennis team announces signing of Doroshenko

The Southeast women's tennis team announced the signing of Oleksandra Doroshenko on Thursday.

A native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Doroshenko made it to the singles semifinals and the doubles championship in the Ukraine Championships.

"She will provide us a much-needed depth to the team," coach Mary Beth Gunn said in a press release. "Oleksandra is a strong competitor with a big game.

"I am looking forward to seeing what all she can do on the court."