COLUMBUS, Miss. -  The W Athletics has released its 2026 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll, with a total of 119 honors being accorded to student-athletes. To make the A.D.'s Honor Roll, members of the Owls' 15 sports rosters needed a minimum 3.00 grade point average (GPA) for the recently completed term.

"I congratulate all of those earning a spot on the A.D. Honor Roll for this past term," MUW Director of Athletics Buddy Foster said. "It truly says a lot about the type of student-athletes we have here at The W; getting it done in the classroom and in competition."

A total of 68 percent of those on MUW's intercollegiate rosters earned a spot on the A.D.'s Honor Roll for the spring. Seven of those recognized were two-sport athletes. (Indoor and outdoor track & field are calculated as one sport, thus the 15 total rosters).

There were a total of 89 GPAs of 3.50 or better, representing 75 percent of those on the Honor Roll and 51 percent of all of The W's student-athlete population. An impressive 35 term GPA's of 4.0 were achieved in the spring, 29 percent of those on the Honor Roll and 20 percent of all MUW student-athletes.

As a department, Owls Athletics amassed a 3.16 GPA for Spring 2026. Nine of the 15 programs had team GPAs of 3.00 or better. Women's Golf led the way with a 3.88 GPA, with Men's Soccer (3.55) topping male sports. The nine teams that exceeded term GPAs of 3.00 were, in order:  Women's Golf (3.88), Volleyball (3.77), Women's Cross Country (3.67), Women's Soccer (3.55), Men's Soccer (3.47), Baseball (3.42), Softball (3.36), Men's Golf (3.27), and Women's Basketball (3.22). 

The W Baseball team had the most honorees, with 30 of its 35-member roster (86 percent) making the 2026 Spring A.D. Honor Roll.  Women's Soccer had the second-best total of 11 of its 12 players cited, an amazing 92 percent of its roster.

The complete list of The W Spring 2026 Athletic Director's Honor Roll is as follows (*denoting two-sport athletes): 
BASEBALL (30)
Bryson Barnes, Business Administration
Baron Brack, Public Health Ed.
Will Carter, Business Administration
Zach Connell, Business Administration
JB Crumpton, Business Administration
Matt Egan, Business Administration
Zack Egan, Elementary Education
Chris Ellis, Business Administration
Griffin Fuller, Business Administration
Joseph Gantt, Business Administration
Hastings Gibson, Public Health Ed.
Carson Gorum, Elementary Education
Chance Guisgond, Business Administration
Landry Horn, Kinesiology
Braden Hudson, Business Administration
Zach Johnson, Business Administration
Dylan Kimbrough, Business Administration
Josh Mackey, Business Administration
Jay Marbutt, Business Administration
Chase Marshall, Communication
Campbell McCluney, Kinesiology
Brandon Morgan, Psychology
Michael O'Neill, Elementary Education
Charles Poag, Communication
Connor Reilly, Kinesiology
Swayze Rikard, Business Administration
Wes Thornton, Business Administration
Elliott Turbyfill, Kinesiology
Bryce Williams, Business Administration
Matthew Windham, Business Administration
MEN'S BASKETBALL (5)
*Tyler Bohannon, Kinesiology
Tray Huguley, Business Administration
Jackson Reid, Business Administration
Mal Stansfield, Business Administration
Trent Walker, Business Administration
MEN'S GOLF (6)
Bryce Denley, Business Administration
Collin Jones, Business Administration
Nicklaus Ledbetter, Elementary Education
Daniel Martin, Business Administration
Narit Teeranontamongkol, Business Administration
Alexandre Thery, Business Administration
MEN'S SOCCER (8)
Ethan Barnes, Business Administration
John Hendrix, Undeclared
Daniel Holmes, Business Administration
Preston Holmes, Business Administration
Kyle Morris, Business Administration
Juan Puga, Legal Studies
Josh Wilcox, Business Administration
Josh Zuniga, Business Administration
MEN'S TENNIS (6)
Tyler Bailey, History
Dylan Barber, Legal Studies
Alvaro Bardales, Business Administration
Jorge Catala Ortiz, Business Administration
Ian Costabel, Business Administration
Sandro Giangregorio, Business Administration
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (6)
*Tyler Bohannon, Kinesiology
Allen Fields, Public Health Ed.
*Noel Kellum, Business Administration
Nick Martin, Psychology
Willie McKennis, Public Health Ed.
Kobe Smith, Psychology
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (1)
*Noel Kellum, Business Administration
SOFTBALL (9)
Kaitlyn Bearley, Speech/Language Path.
*MC Brown, A.S.- Nursing
Brianna Byrd, Business Administration
Gillion Eaves, Chemistry
Rachel Etheridge, Speech/Language Path.
Trinity Garvin, Music
Avery Johnston, Speech/Language Path.
Addison Owen, Mathematics 
Brooklyn Rhodes, Biology
VOLLEYBALL (9)
Sydney Barrett, Public Health Ed.
*MC Brown, A.S.- Nursing
Layla Escobedo, Communication
Kinsley Kennedy, Kinesiology
Skye Letson, Biology
Madyson McBrayer, Elementary Education
Megan Neeb, Kinesiology
Bailee Schmitt, Biology
Avery Watts, Chemistry
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (9)
Mia Bowen, Public Health Ed.
Jacey Garrison, Biology
*Asia Glass, Business Administration
Charity Hinton, Kinesiology
Jessica Hughes, Public Health Ed.
*Ariella Jones, Public Health Ed.
Conley Langford, Biology
Calysia Phillips, Public Health
Kate Wilkins, Kinesiology
Fantasia Wilson, Business Admin
WOMEN'S GOLF (5)
Addi Campbell, Business Admin 
Ashley Estabrook, Business Admin 
Sara Grace Ramey, Kinesiology
Lindsey Reimsnyder, Culinary Arts
Isabel Velazquez, Public Health Ed.
WOMEN'S SOCCER (11)
Avery Bartlett, Kinesiology
*Asia Glass, Business Administration
Emma Hall, Art-Studio-Graphic
Cam Lopez, Art-Studio-Graphic
Anna McKee, Business Administration
Enzi Lin Norway, Business Administration
Kimi Norway, Biology
Alison Ragoyta, B.S.- Nursing
Abby Warchus, Business Administration
Lucy Warner, Business Administration
Adayah Wood, B.S.- Nursing
WOMEN'S TENNIS (5)
Bailey Flynn, Biology
Kayleigh Griffin, Kinesiology
Emma Horton, Kinesiology
*Alaina Mathis, Business Administration
Brooklyn Ward, Biology
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (6)
CeCe Cowan, Biology
Makayla Givan, Public Health Ed.
*Ariella Jones, Public Health Ed.
Arie'Onna McCollum, Biology
*Hannah Owens, Culinary Arts
Kamiyah Whiting, Public Health Ed.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (3)
*Alaina Mathis, Business Administration
*Hannah Owens, Culinary Arts
Kymani Smith, Kinesiology