PRINCETON, W.Va. – The West Liberty University athletic department had several student-athletes ranked among the West Virginia Conference's top academic performers on Monday when the WVIAC released the 2012-13 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Led by West Liberty's Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year – Ivan Irazabal and Stacy Sumner – a total of 18 Hilltoppers from nine different sports were named to the league's academic honor roll.
The WVIAC Commissioner's Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes in their junior or senior seasons who maintained a grade point average of 3.30 or better during the semester in which their sport was concluded.
The Male and Female Scholar-Athletes were the individuals from each school who maintained the highest grade-point average throughout the academic year.
Irazabal was a senior who played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles on Coach
Sam McCullough's men's tennis team. A two-time All-WVIAC standout, he hails from Temixco, Mexico.
Sumner was a hard-hitting junior catcher on Coach
Jim Bacca's softball team. The Hilltoppers' second-leading hitter with a .333 batting average, the Toledo, Ohio native led WLU with 6 home runs.
Following is a list of West Liberty's 18 Honor Roll selections:
2012-13 WVIAC COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL
West Liberty
Student-Athlete Sport Academic Major
Jamee Burke Softball Mathematics Education
Mattison Chilton Women's Basketball/Golf Social Science
Janea Cockrell Softball Exercise Physiology
Travis Denman Baseball Exercise Physiology
Anne Edwards Volleyball Sports Management
Sara Emerich Softball Sports Management
Irene Fadul Softball Criminal Justice
Joshua Graham Baseball English
Tessa Gretchen Track & Field/Cross Country Marketing
*Ivan Irazabal Men's Tennis Management
Angela Johnson Softball Mathematics Education
Nathan Maleski Football Exercise Physiology
Michael Reef Baseball Accounting
Stefan Riggs Men's Tennis Banking, Finance and Economics
*Stacy Sumner Softball Criminal Justice
Zachary Turley Football Social Studies Education
Meghan Wiseman Women's Basketball Exercise Physiology
Rachel Zeigler Volleyball Exercise Physiology
*2012-13 Scholar-Athletes
