SPRINGFIELD – Greater than 62 percent of Missouri State University's student-athletes posted a 3.0 grade-point average or better during the fall 2016 semester, and Director of Athletics Kyle Moats will formally recognize his Athletics Director's Honor Roll recipients during halftime ceremonies of the Bears basketball game against Loyola at JQH Arena on Tuesday night (Jan. 31).

The fall semester's AD Honor Roll features an all-time high 258 student-athletes, which accounts for 62.5 percent of Bear participants in MSU's 17 intercollegiate programs.

Departmentally, all student-athletes combined for a 3.13 semester GPA -- the second-highest semester on record. A total of 48 student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the fall semester, while 149 made the Missouri State Dean's List with a 3.50 grade-point average or higher.  Likewise, 201 student-athletes compiled a 3.25 GPA or higher for the fall semester, 49 percent.
 
Five different teams boasted a collective 3.50 GPA or better during the fall semester, including softball which led all programs with a 3.63 grade-point average.

A complete list of Fall 2016 semester honor roll recipients by sport is below:
 
Baseball (13)
Matt Dezort, Jack Duffy, Logan Geha, Alex Jefferson, Jordan Knutson, Jake Lochner, Drew Millas, John Privitera, Danny Rowley, Ryan Skalnik, JustinTallman, Ben Whetstone, Nate Witherspoon.
 
Field Hockey (17)
Daelynn De Mello, Megan Drew, Marina Ellison, Feli Heinzel, Bianca Mills, Kathryn Mirbaha, Sara O'Malley, Paige Pashea, Amy Reid, Leah Reitmayer, Brynne Satre, Miranda Sherman, Alexa Simpson, Lizzie Slinkard, Andrea Soler Codina, Emily Tran, Liz Young.
 
Football (33)
Darius Adams, Jared Beshore, Chris Cacciarelli, Charles Carter, Kam Carter, Gus Carter, Alex Coffin, Dylan Cole, Darius Daniel, Zach Drake, Malik Earl, Sam Ellifrits, Gary Ernest, Jalen Esters, Erik Furmanek, David Godsey, Gerard Harker, Shelby Harris, Brock Hughes, Skyler Hulse, McKinze James, Phoenix Johnson, Alexz Jones, Brock Kliewer, Nick Masoner, Ty McDuffey, Casey O'Brien, Brad Pryor, Jason Randall, Lemond Singleton Jr., Adam St Peter, Lemarcus Stewart, Anthony Upchurch, Brendan Withrow.
 
Men's Basketball (4)
Jarred Dixon, Tyrie Hill-Thomas, Austin Ruder, Robin Thompson.
 
Men's Golf (10)
Brad Carpenter, Adam Fisher, Kory Franks, John Fuchs, Sam Holmes, John Knoesel, Mitch Mather, Lukas McCalla, Christopher Obert, Brian Rogers.
 
Men's Soccer (17)
Tucker Brown, Jake Buckle, Michael Creek, Austin Earley, Josh Finch, Ugo Galtier, Kyle Hiebert, Ian Jones, Dakota Karns, Scott Midgley, Rob Oslica, Liam Priestley, Jordy Robins, David Stoll, Tyler Swanner, Stuart Wilkin, Phil Woods.
 
Men's Swimming & Diving (20)
Bryce Blattner, Will Brand, Canaan Campbell, Kacper Cwiek, Miquel Davila Penaloza, Will Frisbie, McClay Hartsfield, Christopher Heye, Thomas Heye, Uvis Kalnins, Minki Kang, Michael Mollak, Artur Osvath, Conner Ripp, Samuel Senn, Uldis Tazans, Nicholas Theunissen, Antonio Thomas, Brandon Weissman, Phillip Willett.
 
Softball (17)
Allie Alvstad, Kaitlin Beason, Molly Fields, Darian Frost, Morgan Greenlee, Erin Griesbauer, Hannah Heinrichs, Darby Joerling, Sara Jones, Holly Kelley, Kyana Mason, Olivia Roark, Mary Stephens, Bethany Sullinger, Erika Velasquez-Zimmer, Hailee Vigneaux, Carsten Warner.
 
Volleyball (17)
Lauren Boone, Emily Butters, Laynie Dake, Brianne Dixon, Caroline Finnell, Julia Hanson, Simone House, Gerri Idos, Mackenzie Irwin, Lily Johnson, Tatum Marshall, Daniele Messa,
Mikaela Mosquera, Ashley Ophoven, Paige Perry, Cambree Villarreal, Lynsey Wright.
 
Women's Basketball (9)
Aubrey Buckley, Hillary Chvatal, Liza Fruendt, Danielle Gitzen, Audrey Holt, Lexi Hughes, Lee Ann Polowy, Rachel Swartz, Alexa Willard.
 
Women's Golf (6)
Caroline Boone, Ashley Childers, Lindsey Eisenreich, Megan Furnish, Verena Gimmy, Ryan Pate.
 
Women's Soccer (28)
Molly Brewer, Rachel Catrell, Ashley Coonfield, Mary Disidore, Olina Einarsdottir, Lauren Fisher, Rachael Kerrigan, Laura Ketzer, Millie Kingsbury, Courtney Kolb, Karen Kozol, Emma Lieb, Kaitlin Maxwell, Mayleigh Oder, Alix Opfer, Jessica Perry, Makenzie Pfeiffer, Brooke Prondzinski, Kayleigh Putnam, Brittney Robinson, Sarah Sabo, Lauren Shadel, Suzy Smith, Masen Stamp, Ashley Tallerine, Sidni Trotter, Brooke Zenner, Brooke Zimmerman.
 
Women's Swimming & Diving (25)
Sarah Allegri, Haley Allen, Monica Blake, Andi Burroughs, Brooke Dreiling, Shawna Elsey, Hope Ernhart, Cece Etter, Hanna Flanagan, Briana Horozewski, Dora Kiss, Vikte Labanauskaite, Kaylee Larson, Brianna McCullough, Emma Metz, Lauren Pavel, Josie Pearson, Alexis Skiniotes, Payton Smith, Heather Snyder, Loretta Stelnicki, Sarah Wehrmeister, Lauren Williams, Carly Wright, Sydney Zupan.
 
Women's Tennis (9)
Abbey Belote, Phoebe Boeschen, Alye Darter, Fati Khamissi, Alexia Meyer, Ledis Molina, Miranda Poile, Anelisse Torrico Moreno, Ema Turudija.
 
Women's Track & Field / Cross Country (30)
Shani Adams, Jessica Allen, Savannah Beaver, Danielle Bohannon, Betsy Borgsmiller, Grace Breiten, Selena Buckner, Rachel Campbell, Jordyn Capra, Asha Cave, Cindy Forde, Kadisha Francois, Shavonne Husbands, Alyson Jones, Marissa Kurtimah, Mirissa Massey, Brittany McPike, Megan Nickles, Amber Obermaier, Olivia Ott, Holly Pattie-Belleli, Jade Raynor, Mercedes Robinson, Erin Roebuck, Madeline Saville, Claire Schwarz, Amanthi Silva, Quin Ward, Sidne' Williamson, Erica Wollmering.