UNCP places record 74 athletes on PBC Honor Roll;
Braves improve in Commissioner's Cup Standings

Peach Belt Conference commissioner Marvin Vanover has
announced that a record 807 student-athletes have been placed on the
2005 PBC Presidential Honor Roll. Each of the student-athletes had to
maintain a 3.00 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) for the full
2003-04 academic year to be recognized. UNC Pembroke placed a
school-record 74 athletes on the list, the third highest total in the
conference. Athletically, the Braves improved nearly 200 points in this
year's Commissioner's Cup Standings. Both announcements were made at
last week's PBC annual meetings held in Hilton Head, SC.

Kennesaw State and North Florida each completed their final year in the
PBC this season, as both schools will now make the transition to
Division I. KSU took home the Commissioner's Cup once again with a .791
rating. UNF was second at .720. Among the returning 10 member schools,
UNCP was eighth with a record .414 rating, finishing ahead of Lander
and Augusta State and just behind USC Aiken and Georgia College. Until
this season, UNCP had never recorded a rating higher than .276.

On the academic side, North Florida led all schools with 130
student-athletes placed on the honor roll. USC Aiken was second with
82, while UNCP (74), Lander (72) and USC Upstate (71) were next.
Francis Marion and GC&SU each had 67 students on the list, while
Kennesaw State (62), Columbus State (58), Augusta State (48), Armstrong
Atlantic State (42) and Clayton State (34) rounded out the list.

Below is a complete list UNCP student-athletes that made the PBC
Presidential Honor Roll. Women's soccer led the with way with 13
honorees.

Baseball: Jarrod Britt, Sandy Jacobs, Nolan Johnson, Trip Lockhart,
Randall Otto, Dale Funderburke.

Men's Basketball: Arne Danielson, Mark Salazar.

Women's Basketball: Julia Ayers, Lindsay Bartholf, Lauren Lingenfelter,
Koral Stache, Natasha Stotler, Kristin Vaughan, Mallory Wegmann,
Tiffany Wright.

Men's Cross Country/Track: Justin Gordon, Jeriah Griswold, Phillip
Harley II, Josh Wooten, Nicholas Cowell, Christopher Harris, William
McEntire.

Women's Cross Country/Track: Barbara Jacobsen, Chika Okonkwo, Adriana
Yanez.

Men's Golf: Thomas Baker, Greg Dobbins, Christopher Helms, Robert
McKinney, Lee Nejberger.

Men's Soccer: Dominico Bilotta, Avery Croteau, Sascha Gorres, Thomas
Lindal, Graeme Little, Thomas Martin, Arthur Mellors, Michael Zindros.

Women's Soccer: Jacquelyn Bower, Hillary Helms, Dana Henderson, Kelly
Jones, Mary Kresse, Tamara Marshburn, Kristen Parker, Abby Pierce, Erin
Rowley, Brenna Russick, Katherine Stokes, Simonae Taylor, Amanda Titus.

Softball: Amanda Busch, Katie Linkous, Danielle Peters, Meredith Veglia,
Jenny White.

Women's Tennis: Natalie Dies, Abigail French, Shannon Gentry, Erin
Saltzman.

Volleyball: Alicia Hill, Natalie Neisborella, Rebekah Neisborella, Kelly
Parker.

Wrestling: Matthew Anglin, James Campbell, Adam Dedmon, Norlan Graves,
Bryan Howington, Nathan Mitchell, Lewis Polley, Benjamin Williams,
Stephen Witt.

–University Relations