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Jessica James
  • early childhood education
  • Class of 2019
  • Jackson, TN

UW-Whitewater's James Earns Spot on WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll

2016 Jul 22

Jessica James, a native of Oswego, IL, and graduate of Oswego East High School, was one of 367 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student-athletes representing all 20 of the institution's varsity sport programs named to the 2015-16 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honor Roll.

James, a freshman on the Warhawks' women's swimming and diving team, is majoring in special education at UW-Whitewater.

The Warhawks' 11 women's teams had 193 honorees, while 174 student-athletes from the nine men's teams garnered Scholastic Honor Roll accolades. The Honor Roll is part of the "WIAC Scholar-Athlete Recognition Program", a conference initiative sponsored by Badgerland Financial.

In addition to the 367 individual awards, UW-Whitewater was named an All-Academic institution as student-athletes earned a GPA equal to, or greater than, the collective GPA of the overall student body.

To be eligible for the list, student-athletes must have carried a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Nearly 50 percent of the WIAC's 5,000 student-athletes achieved Honor Roll status.

See below for a sport-by-sport breakdown of UW-Whitewater's 2015-16 WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll student-athletes.

Men's Sports (174):

Baseball - 21 student-athletes

Basketball - 3

Cross Country - 11

Football - 54

Soccer - 11

Swimming and Diving - 14

Tennis - 11

Track and Field - 36

Wrestling - 13

Women's Sports (193):

Basketball - 16

Bowling - 14

Cross Country - 15

Golf - 10

Gymnastics - 17

Soccer - 25

Softball - 17

Swimming and Diving - 21

Tennis - 9

Track and Field - 38

Volleyball - 11