Academic Honors for Buckeye football players

[MaxBuck]

Let me go on record as being especially pleased that the following Buckeyes received their degrees: Evan Blankenship, Connor Smith, Taurian Washington and Joe Bauserman.

These players all, to some degree, performed at a level that probably disappointed some fans and perhaps themselves. Yet they took advantage of the scholarship to get the single most important benefit of student-athlete status: the diploma.

Congratulations to all new Ohio State graduates. Go get 'em!

:osu:

 

[MD Buckeye]

2011 Spring Commencement Photo Gallery

 

[TDunk]

Let me go on record as being especially pleased that the following Buckeyes received their degrees: Evan Blankenship, Connor Smith, Taurian Washington and Joe Bauserman.

These players all, to some degree, performed at a level that probably disappointed some fans and perhaps themselves. Yet they took advantage of the scholarship to get the single most important benefit of student-athlete status: the diploma.

Congratulations to all new Ohio State graduates. Go get 'em!

:osu:

Exactly. Not everyone is going to be a football player all their lives, so use that degree and make Buckeye Nation proud in the real world.

 

[diehardbuckeye]

Holy shit there were some fine looking female athletes in that gallery.

 

[stowfan]

Some of the best news in the last 3 months:)

 

[Saw31]

2011 Spring Commencement Photo Gallery

Some seriously awesome stadium shots. Congrats graduates!!!

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State Fall Quarter Student‐Athlete Graduates
Football Mike Brewster Communication
Football Nic Dilillo Communication
Football Donnie Evege Communication
Football Daniel Herron African‐American and African Studies
Football Barrie Jackson Marketing
Football Christopher Roark Marketing
Football Alex Stepanovich Communication

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/osu/genrel/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/fallqsagrads.pdf

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State football: Push for academic success is paying off for Buckeyes
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday June 24, 2012

Making the grade

Academic Progress Rate scores for the Ohio State football team since the inception of the APR:

? 2004-05: 925

? 2005-06: 928

? 2006-07: 942

? 2007-08: 968

? 2008-09: 975

? 2009-10: 985

? 2010-11: 988

Professor John Bruno has witnessed coach Urban Meyer?s approach to motivating his Ohio State football players to strive academically as well as athletically, and there?s no real secret to it.

?I don?t see Urban as having any magical sticks or tricks,? said Bruno, a professor of psychology and OSU?s faculty athletics representative. ?I think it?s simply a consistent message of excellence, and an explicit message that under that umbrella of excellence is academic performance.?

It?s not wished for, Meyer said; it?s expected. And he holds all involved accountable, from players to the support staff and, especially, assistant coaches.

?When I hire a coaching staff, the No. 1 thing is recruiting. No. 2 is what we call power of the unit, which means the performance of your players off the field as well as on the field,? Meyer said. ?Then the third one is your enhancement (of the scheme and team performance).

?You?ll never hear me say I?m going to go hire a guru; those people don?t exist. ? It?s all about getting your players to perform. So our coaches take a very active role in academic performance. If they can?t do that, they won?t work here.?

cont...

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/...demic-success-is-paying-off-for-buckeyes.html

 

[Buckskin86]

2012-13 Scholar-Athletes *Indicates 2012 Academic All-Big Ten honorees (must be a sophomore academically)

OL * Darryl Baldwin - junior from Solon majoring in marketing; 2nd OSU Scholar-Athlete award
RB Warren Ball - freshman from Columbus undecided on a major; 1st award
OL * Ivon Blackmon - senior from Bedford Heights majoring in political science; 3rd award
WR Stacey Blunt - junior from Columbus majoring in consumer & family financial services; 1st award
OL Jacoby Boren - freshman from Pickerington majoring in construction systems management; 2nd award
P * Ben Buchanan - senior from Westerville pursuing master's in sports administration; 5th award
LB Joe Burger - freshman from Cincinnati majoring in engineering; 1st award
OL Pat Elflein - freshman from Pickerington exploring majors; 1st award
WR Frank Epitropoulos; freshman from Arlington majoring in exercise science; 1st award
LB Craig Fada - freshman from Columbus undecided on a major; 1st award
WR Peter Gwilym - sophomore from Freeport, Maine, majoring in business; 2nd award
LS * Bryce Haynes - sophomore from Cumming, Ga., undecided on a major; 2nd award
FB * Adam Homan - senior from Coldwater majoring in exercise science; 5th award
DL Claudius Mbemba - sophomore from Lewis Center majoring in computer information science; 2nd award
SAF Najee Murray - freshman from Steubenville exploring majors; 1st award
OL Joey O'Connor - freshman from Eaton, Colo, majoring in criminology; 1st award
CB Armani Reeves - freshman from South Easton, Mass., exploring majors in management & industry; 1st award
WR * Taylor Rice - from Dublin and has graduated with degree in human development and family science; 3rd award
WR Ryan Ross - junior from Tallmadge majoring in biology; 3rd award
CB Nik Sarac - sophomore from Orange majoring in exercise science; 2nd award
DL Tommy Schutt - freshman from Glen Ellyn, Ill, exploring majors in management & industry; 1st award
QB * Justin Siems - from Charlotte, N.C., and has graduated with degree in aviation; 4th award
LB * Stewart Smith - from New Albany and has graduated with degree in biology; 4th award
DL Noah Spence - freshman from Harrisburg, Pa., majoring in sociology; 1st award
OL Ben St. John - junior from Elmore majoring in exercise science; 3rd award
SAF * Ron Tanner - junior from Columbus majoring in business; 2nd award
TE Blake Thomas - freshman from Westlake exploring majors in the health professions; 1st award
WR Michael Thomas - freshman from Los Angeles undecided on a major; 2nd award
DL Adolphus Washington - freshman from Cincinnati exploring majors; 1st award
LB Camren Williams - freshman from North Easton, Mass., majoring in exercise science; 1st award

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032813aaa.html

 

[matcar]

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032813aaa.html

Busting their tails on and off the field.

 

[MD Buckeye]

Great work fellas!

 

[Buckskin86]

Three Buckeyes Named to NFF Honor Society
Only 19 from the Big Ten Conference honored
May 3, 2013

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State had three of the 19 student-athletes from the Big Ten Conference who were honored and named to the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society yesterday.

Buckeyes from the 2012 team named to the NFF's relatively new - it is in its seventh year - honor society are Ben Buchanan, from Westerville, Ohio, Adam Homan (Coldwater, Ohio) and Stewart Smith (New Albany, Ohio).

All three individuals met criteria for admission that included being a starter or significant reserve in one's last year of eligibility, carrying a minimum 3.2 cumlative grade point average throughout the entire course of undergraduate study, and meeting all NCAA-mandated progress toward degree requirements and graduation.

Buchanan, a three-year starting punter for the Buckeyes, has a degree in strategic communications and he is one internship - which he will complete this summer in the Westerville Central H.S. athletics department - away from his master's degree in sports administration.

Homan, a fullback and key special team's player for the Buckeyes who played in nine games this year (he missed three because of injury) and 43 for his career, will graduate Sunday with his degree in exercise science.

Smith was a key special team's player in the final six games of the season for the Buckeyes. He played in 17 games throughout his career and he graduated in December with his degree in biology.

All three players were multiple honorees as Academic All-Big Ten and as OSU Scholar-Athletes. Buchanan and Homan were each Academic All-Big Ten three times and an OSU Scholar-Athlete five times. Smith was Academic All-Big Ten once and an OSU Scholar-Athlete four times.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050313aaa.html

 

[Buckskin86]

 

[Steve19]

So, then, surely Notre Dame must be #1, followed by TSUN and Alabama, right?

 

[Buckskin86]

Jerry Emig ‏@BuckeyeNotes
Graduation rates were released by the NCAA today. Ohio State student-athletes have an 89 percent Graduation Success Rate.

https://twitter.com/BuckeyeNotes/status/393437664075993088
https://twitter.com/BuckeyeNotes/status/393437664075993088

Jerry Emig ‏@BuckeyeNotes
This 89 percent grad rate is ahead of the 85 percent rate from a year ago and significantly greater than the Division I average (81 percent)

https://twitter.com/BuckeyeNotes/status/393437741439926272

Jerry Emig ‏@BuckeyeNotes
The football program has a graduation success rate of 75 pct, which is ahead of the 74, 67 & 63 pct. rates the last 3 years, respectively.

https://twitter.com/BuckeyeNotes/status/393438213861167106

Here's how each Big Ten team fared:

1. Northwestern: 97 percent
2. Penn State: 85 percent
3. Iowa: 81 percent
4. Nebraska: 76 percent
T-5. Minnesota: 75 percent
T-5. Ohio State: 75 percent
7. Illinois: 73 percent
8. Wisconsin: 72 percent
9. Michigan State: 70 percent
10. Indiana: 67 percent
11. Michigan: 66 percent
12. Purdue: 64 percent

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/87456/northwestern-leads-fbs-in-grad-success-rate
https://twitter.com/BuckeyeNotes/status/393437664075993088