UT Martin Dials Up School-Record 35 Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medal Of Honor Winners
8/1/2025 11:00:00 AM | Baseball, General, Golf, Rifle, Softball, Women's Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Beach Volleyball
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – For the second straight year, the University of Tennessee at Martin athletic department has boasted a school record of Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medal of Honor recipients as a total of 30 Skyhawks combined for 35 awards in 2024-25.
The 35 UT Martin winners top the previous school record of 31, set last season. Since joining the league in 1992, the Skyhawks have combined for 447 OVC Academic Medals of Honor, which are awarded annually to the student-athletes who achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA in a Conference-sponsored sport.
A dozen different UT Martin athletic programs touted at least one OVC Academic Medal of Honor recipient as softball's six winners edged out soccer and women's track and field (five apiece) for the departmental lead. In addition to softball, the Skyhawk rifle program led their respective sports for most OVC Academic Medal of Honor winners.
Individually, Shae Littleford (women's basketball) earned her fourth career OVC Academic Medal of Honor while Kenley McCarn (women's basketball) additionally nabbed the third OVC Academic Medal of Honor of her career. Maren Cain (soccer), Alaina Gordon (women's track and field), Luke Johnson (men's cross country) and Brady Millikin (men's cross country/men's track and field) also became multi-time winners of this award with two medals apiece.
Overall, the OVC tallied 349 Academic Medal of Honor recipients last season – just shy of the league record of 356 in 2020-21. The league will announce its OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll student-athletes on Monday, Aug. 4.
UT Martin's Academic Medal of Honor recipients are listed below. Multiple asterisks indicate the number of years the student-athlete has been named to the list:
Softball (6): Kennedy Brown, Ashtyn Green, Kyla Harley, Addie Roberts, Josie Sanders, Dylan Scott
Soccer (5): Shayla Addington, Maren Cain**, Anna Østergaard Ibsen, Caroline Moore, Daksha Sutharshan
Women's Track and Field (5): Rita Eimer, Alaina Gordon**, Danielle Mudd, Eliana Oquendo, Meg Wiginton
Beach Volleyball (4): Reagan McGee, Ryan Rednour, Riley Rushing, Dylan Sulcer
Women's Basketball (3): Shae Littleford****, Kenley McCarn***, Taylor Scohy
Men's Cross Country (3): Keagan Enicks, Luke Johnson**, Brady Millikin**
Women's Cross Country (2): Rita Eimer, Danielle Mudd
Rifle (2): Rachel Haines, Sadie Palfrey
Men's Track and Field (2): Keagan Enicks, Brady Millikin**
Baseball (1): Tommy Koch
Golf (1): Drew Williams
Volleyball (1): Dylan Sulcer
The 35 UT Martin winners top the previous school record of 31, set last season. Since joining the league in 1992, the Skyhawks have combined for 447 OVC Academic Medals of Honor, which are awarded annually to the student-athletes who achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA in a Conference-sponsored sport.
A dozen different UT Martin athletic programs touted at least one OVC Academic Medal of Honor recipient as softball's six winners edged out soccer and women's track and field (five apiece) for the departmental lead. In addition to softball, the Skyhawk rifle program led their respective sports for most OVC Academic Medal of Honor winners.
Individually, Shae Littleford (women's basketball) earned her fourth career OVC Academic Medal of Honor while Kenley McCarn (women's basketball) additionally nabbed the third OVC Academic Medal of Honor of her career. Maren Cain (soccer), Alaina Gordon (women's track and field), Luke Johnson (men's cross country) and Brady Millikin (men's cross country/men's track and field) also became multi-time winners of this award with two medals apiece.
Overall, the OVC tallied 349 Academic Medal of Honor recipients last season – just shy of the league record of 356 in 2020-21. The league will announce its OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll student-athletes on Monday, Aug. 4.
UT Martin's Academic Medal of Honor recipients are listed below. Multiple asterisks indicate the number of years the student-athlete has been named to the list:
Softball (6): Kennedy Brown, Ashtyn Green, Kyla Harley, Addie Roberts, Josie Sanders, Dylan Scott
Soccer (5): Shayla Addington, Maren Cain**, Anna Østergaard Ibsen, Caroline Moore, Daksha Sutharshan
Women's Track and Field (5): Rita Eimer, Alaina Gordon**, Danielle Mudd, Eliana Oquendo, Meg Wiginton
Beach Volleyball (4): Reagan McGee, Ryan Rednour, Riley Rushing, Dylan Sulcer
Women's Basketball (3): Shae Littleford****, Kenley McCarn***, Taylor Scohy
Men's Cross Country (3): Keagan Enicks, Luke Johnson**, Brady Millikin**
Women's Cross Country (2): Rita Eimer, Danielle Mudd
Rifle (2): Rachel Haines, Sadie Palfrey
Men's Track and Field (2): Keagan Enicks, Brady Millikin**
Baseball (1): Tommy Koch
Golf (1): Drew Williams
Volleyball (1): Dylan Sulcer
Players Mentioned
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/ Soccer
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/ Softball
M
/ Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Men's Track and Field
/ Women's Track and Field
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/ Softball
/ Rifle
OF
/ Softball
/ Men's Track and Field
C
/ Baseball
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Men's Track and Field
F/M
/ Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Women's Track and Field
D
/ Soccer
/ Rifle
/ Beach Volleyball
IF
/ Softball
/ Beach Volleyball
C/IF
/ Softball
G
/ Women's Basketball
OF
/ Softball
DS/S
/ Volleyball
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/ Soccer
/ Women's Track and Field
/ Golf
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