July 9, 2015
DENTON - Two North Texas students were named to the Conference USA Scholar Athlete list, announced by league commissioner Britton Banowsky on Thursday.
The Mean Green’s Krista Rossum and Franziska Sprinkmeyer were two of the student-athletes presented with the award based on academic achievement (GPA), athletic accomplishments and service. In total, 18 winners were announced from each conference-sponsored sport, and both Rossum and Sprinkmeyer are repeat winners from a year ago.
Rossum, a four-year standout on the North Texas swimming team, finished up another impressive campaign in 2015. The Manitoba, Canada native was one of six in the conference to be named to the C-USA Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team, making the cut with a 3.92 GPA in biochemistry. Outside of the classroom, Rossum’s dominance in the pool was apparent as she broke her own records in the 200 IM and 400 IM at the C-USA Championships in February, good enough to earn all-conference honors for the fourth consecutive year.
Franziska Sprinkmeyer, a native of Nordhorn, Germany, was once again a pivotal member of the North Texas tennis team. After graduating in May 2014 with summa cum laude honors, Sprinkmeyer continues to work towards a graduate degree in Recreation, Event and Sport Management. On the court, she and partner Kseniya Bardabush took second-team all-conference honors in doubles with an unblemished 3-0 record against conference opponents, making 2015 the third consecutive year for the duo to earn a conference postseason award. No stranger to service, Sprinkmeyer was also actively involved with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and served as a statistics tutor for other North Texas student-athletes.
2014-15 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS:
Baseball - James McMahon, Southern Miss
Men’s Basketball - Seth Gearhart, Rice
Women’s Basketball - Cameasha Turner, UTEP
Men’s Cross Country - Elphas Maiyo, UTEP
Women’s Cross Country - Mary Lever, WKU
Football - Brian Nordstrom, Rice
Men’s Golf - *Brett Patterson, Middle Tennessee
Women’s Golf - *Camino Sardinero, UTEP
Men’s Soccer - Braeden Troyer, South Carolina #
Women’s Soccer - Kelly Culicerto, Marshall
Softball - Megan Low, UTSA
Women’s Swimming & Diving - *Krista Rossum, North Texas
Men’s Tennis - Carlos Lopez Villa, Old Dominion
Women’s Tennis - *Franziska Sprinkmeyer, North Texas
Men’s Track and Field - Evan Karakolis, Rice
Women’s Track and Field - Belle MacFarlane, Rice
Volleyball - Samantha Bane, Marshall & Dempsey Thornton, UTSA
* Repeat winner
# Affiliate member
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