Men's Golf gets three academic honors

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A total of 208 University of Arkansas student-athletes earned grades at or above a 3.0 grade point average for the fall 2008 semester the Razorback Athletics Department announced recently.

The Razorback men’s golf team had three players selected to the Razorback Honor Roll with grades in the 3.00-3.49 range. Sophomore Samuel Chavez (undeclared), junior Dalton Owens (finance) and senior Jason Cuthberton (recreation) were all honored.

The men’s golf team wrapped up action at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Schofield Barracks, O’ahu, last week. They travel to the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Fla., March 5-8.

The list of 208 honorees included 28 football players, 25 swimmers and divers, 24 soccer players, 23 men’s track and field athletes, 20 members of the baseball team, 19 softball players, 17 women’s track and field team members, 11 athletes from volleyball, 10 from gymnastics, seven women’s golfers, six each from men’s and women’s tennis, five from women’s basketball, four from men’s basketball and three from men’s golf.

In addition, the fall 2008 semester’s honors included 33 Razorback student-athletes with perfect 4.0 gpas.

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