Forty-nine Saluqi Student-Athletes Receive TCCAA’s L. Quentin Lane Award

For more information, contact Chief Information Officer for Athletics, Keith Gentry, at 901-333-4114 or mgentry@southwest.tn.edu.

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) - Forty-nine Southwest student-athletes received the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association’s L. Quentin Lane Award for Academic Achievement for their work in the classroom during the 2024-2025 academic year. 

This marks a record number of honorees for the Southwest athletic department. To qualify for the award, these student-athletes needed to achieve a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) with a minimum of 24 (college level) hours for the fall and spring semesters with a part-time exception made for graduating sophomores. 

The Saluqis’ baseball team led the way with twenty-three honorees, followed by softball with nine, women’s soccer with seven, and both men’s and women’s basketball with five each.

Nine Saluqis were ‘Diamond Team’ recipients for earning a 4.0 GPA – Cameron Baker, Chris Henson, Mason Little, Owen Phillips, Charlie Smith, and Bryce Turner from baseball; Eric Jones from men’s basketball; Hannah Rawie from women’s soccer; and Reagan Spears from softball. Turner is a repeat recipient of the Diamond Team award.

Twenty-seven were named to the ‘First Team’ (3.50-3.99 GPA) – Matthew Bright, Declan Spinner, Dylin Walters, Mitch Griffin, Ethan Myers, Sammy Chapman, Blaine Nunnally, Jeb Cox, Tripp Ray, Dalton Brenner, Jonathan Walsh, Logan Luckett, and Ian Dittmer from baseball; Haley Gamblin, Jasmine Roach, Charlee Smith, Blakelynn Pitts, Hanna Crider, and Jordan Wilson from softball; LaTonya Bobo, Jaliyah Zackery, and Journey Williams from women’s basketball; Josie Hargis, Maria Carrico, Taelor Barrow, and Keegan Pilant from women’s soccer; and Alex Vandenbergh from men’s basketball.

Thirteen were named to the ‘Second Team’ (3.00-3.49 GPA) – Anthony Scarpino, Scotty Young, Ryan Neilson, and Jacob Brandon from baseball, Cameron Donegan, Jean LaFleur, and Reese Snellman from men’s basketball; Jernesha Clark and Jamiyah Jones from women’s basketball; Hadley Bobbitt and Izzy Melvin from women’s soccer; and Hayley Cartwright and Tamyra Higgenbottom from softball.