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MVC Announces 2016-17 Academic Honors
MVC Announces 2016-17 Academic Honors
Aces Well-Represented On The List
ST. LOUIS – Seventy-four student-athletes highlight more than 1,500 who earned selection to the 2016-17 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 74 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference President’s Council Academic Excellence Award
The President’s Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through Spring 2017 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. Also, hundreds of student-athletes received the league’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and participation in athletics.
In addition, the Missouri Valley Conference has announced its 2016-17 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. To qualify for the Valley Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2016/Spring 2017), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall or spring semesters.
Below Are The Honorees For Each Award From The University of Evansville.
PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD RECIPIENTS
Blake Simmons      MBB                 Evansville
Everett Plocek        M Swimming       Evansville
Whitney Biggs        Women’s Soccer  Evansville
Bronwyn Boswell     Women’s Soccer  Evansville
Colleen Dierkes      Women’s Soccer  Evansville
COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Blake Simmons          Men’s Basketball
Benjamin Woolems     Men’s Cross Country
Zachary Blaydes         Men’s Soccer
Cameron Gilreath       Men’s Soccer
Brian Hughes             Men’s Soccer
Matthew Keller           Men’s Soccer
Andrew Cotton           Men’s Swimming & Diving
Brendan Ninneman     Men’s Swimming & Diving
Everett Plocek            Men’s Swimming & Diving
Peyton Langston         Women’s Basketball
Camary Williams         Women’s Basketball
Ashton Bosler            Women’s Cross Country
Kayla Katterhenry       Women’s Golf
Carly Waggoner          Women’s Golf
Bailee Bostic             Softball
Olivia Cheatham         Softball
Mickaela Fleming        Softball
Samantha Fleming      Softball
Tess Hupe                Softball
Ashlee Kawall            Softball
Kristin Koepke           Softball
Morgan Lambert         Softball
Michal Luckett           Softball
Susan Norris             Softball
Bailee Porter              Softball
Whitney Biggs            Women’s Soccer
Bronwyn Boswell        Women’s Soccer
Colleen Dierkes          Women’s Soccer
Montana Portenier      Women’s Soccer
Taylor Davidson          Women’s Swimming & Diving
Kaylee Gubricky          Women’s Swimming & Diving
Jessica Hildebrand      Women’s Swimming & Diving
Michaela Kent            Women’s Swimming & Diving
Sylvia McFadden         Women’s Swimming & Diving
Kasey Rein                Women’s Swimming & Diving
Andjela Brguljan         Women’s Tennis
Rocio Fortuny             Women’s Volleyball
Olivia Goldstein          Women’s Volleyball
Montana Schafer        Women’s Volleyball
Hin Ching Rachel Tam  Women’s Volleyball
HONOR ROLL LIST
BASEBALL –
Kenton Crews
Nicholas Eggemeyer
Trey Hair
Dalton Horstmeier
Matthew Jones
Adam Lukas
Stewart Nelson
Nathan Reeder
Jake Sperry
Connor Strain
Blake Swanger
Andrew Tanous
Travis Tokarek
James Ward
MEN’S BASKETBALL –
Silas Adheke
Jaylon Brown
Soloman Hainna
David Howard
Blake Simmons
Dru Smith
Dalen Traore
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Jordan Carpenter
Stanley Chepchieng
Philip Dzienciol
Ross Frondorf
Enrique Hendrix
Paul Schwartz
Benjamin Woolems
MEN’S GOLF –
Tyler Gray
Matthew Ladd
Wilson Pahud
Jon Pick
Robert Waggoner
Cameron Weyer
MEN’S SOCCER –
Zachary Blaydes
Kyle Brown
Cameron Cool
Hunter DeWeese
Ian Gammon
Cameron Gilreath
Cesar Guitunga Jr.
Brian Hughes
Matthew Keller
Nicky Kodua
Ryan Koenig
Eric McDougal
Ian McGrath
Gregory Niven
Arlick Ntabana
Christopher Shuck
Thomas Skupien
Jesse Stafford-Lacey
Simon Weaver
Caleb Williams
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING –
Jacob Buagh
Matthew Childress
Andrew Cotton
Paul Cozzens
Isaac Devaney
Matthew Duke
William Glasscock
Luke Hoffman
Keystone Marcy
Prescott Marcy
Brendan Ninneman
Daniel O’Brien
Everett Plocek
Zachary Sagan
Jacob Sampson
Andrew Schroder
David Stottard
Robert Sutphin
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Kaylan Coffman
Sara Dickey
Brooke Dossett
Peyton Langston
Marley Miller
Sasha Robinson
Camary Williams
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY –
Katherine Beaber
Ashton Bosler
Sienna Crews
Hayley Elliott
Kylie Hasenour
Michelle Karp
Anna Loef
Ashley Torres
Hannah Welsh
WOMEN’S GOLF –
Guilia Chaves Mallmann
Kayla Katterhenry
Maria Pickens
Lexie Sollman
Carly Waggoner
WOMEN’S SOCCER –
Nicole Baham
Whitney Biggs
Bronwyn Boswell
Jordin Campbell
Colleen Dierkes
Emily Griebel
Mikayla Harvey
Molly Lear
Margaret Leazer
Tess Lombard
Laura Minor
Jessica O’Shaughnessy
Sara Osinski
Sierra Selene Pagan
Montana Portenier
Julie Rabe
Emily Richardson
Emily Rickett
JBess Ruby
Kasey Stefan
SOFTBALL –
Bailee Bostic
Amanda Blakenship
Danielle Cassidy
Olivia Cheatham
Mickaela Fleming
Samantha Fleming
Morgan Florey
Tess Hupe
McKenzie Johnson
Ashlee Kawall
Kori Keyes
Kristin Koepke
Morgan Lambert
Courtney Land
Alexandra Latoria
Emily Lockhart
Michal Luckett
Susan Norris
Chandra Parr
Bailee Porter
Hayli Scott
Deja Shelton
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING –
Ashton Adams
Kayla Aitken
Courtney Coverdale
Taylor Davidson
Danielle Freeman
Adrianne Gamester
Samantha Gowdy
Kaylee Gubricky
Emma Hennessy
Jessica Hildebrand
Michaela Kent
Sylvia McFadden
Kristen Myers
Kasey Rein
Aine Scholand
Amy Smith
Alaina Sylvester
Alyssa Vonder Harr
Shaina Weisberg
WOMEN’S TENNIS –
Nicoli Attili Pereira
Andjela Brguljan
Leah Helpingstine
Andrea Pascual Larrinaga
Daria Pentsova
Theodora Soldatou
Chieko Yamada
VOLLEYBALL –
Deja Clark
Rocio Fortuny
Olivia Goldstein
Jelena Merseli
Mildrelis Rodriguez Cintron
Montana Schafer
Catherine Schreiber
Rachel Tam
CHANNEL 44 NEWS: WORK SET TO BEGIN ON TWIN BRIDES AFTER DELAYS
Work Set to Begin on Twin Bridges After Delays
Work is finally underway on the Twin Bridges. Lane restriction were set to start last Wednesday but were pushed back due to weather concerns. Now, the Northbound bridge will have drivers traveling both directionsacross the Ohio River between…
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Sheriff’s Office Still Accepting Applications for Deputy Sheriff July 8, 2017
- The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is still accepting applications for the position of Deputy Sheriff until Friday, July 21, 2017.
Preliminary applications for the 2017 – 2019 Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff candidate pool are available online. Anyone meeting our hiring requirements and who is interested in a career as a deputy sheriff for the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is invited to complete a pre-application.
Applications must be completed, printed and returned to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office no later than Friday, July 21, 2017. All necessary information for prospective candidates is included with the downloadable pre-application package, which is available by clicking here.
7th Circuit: Indiana Burglary Is Predicate Offense Under Armed Career Criminal Act
 Indiana Burglary Is Predicate Offense Under Armed Career Criminal Act
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
An Indiana district court judge properly enhanced a man’s sentence following his convictions of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition because the man’s two prior felony convictions of robbery in Indiana qualify as predicate offenses under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
In May 2013, Jason Perry bought a box of 12-gauge shotgun shells, which he used later that day to shoot and kill his ex-girlfriend, Jessica Tice. Police arrested Perry shortly after the shooting and found the murder weapon and ammunition in his truck.
Perry was convicted of murder in state court and sentenced to 85 years, with 15 years suspended to probation. Meanwhile, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Perry pleaded guilty to two counts under U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1), one for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and one for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
At Perry’s federal sentencing, Judge Richard L. Young found he qualified for an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act because three of his prior convictions were for “violent felonies.†Specifically, Perry had been previously convicted twice for burglary in Indiana, while the third conviction was for battery resulting in serious bodily injury.
The district court imposed a 360-month sentence on each count, with the sentences running concurrently to each other and to Perry’s state sentence. On appeal in United States of America v. Jason Perry, 16-1535, Perry argued the enhancement was improper because Indiana burglary is not an ACCA predicate offense. Further, he argued the two felon in possession counts were duplicative and, thus, should have been merged at sentencing.
Specifically, Perry said Indiana burglary may be committed in outdoor, fenced-in areas, making it broader than the definition of generic burglary under the ACCA, which the Supreme Court has described as being committed only in “‘a building or enclosed space.’†Perry pointed to the case of James v. United States, 550 U.S. 192 (2007), which found that because burglary under Florida law allows the act to be committed in curtilage, it was broader than generic burglary.
But Judge Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation, wrote in a Thursday opinion that Perry’s argument missed the mark because unlike its Florida counterpart, Indiana’s burglary statute requires a defendant to enter a wholly enclosed area.
“Perry brings no Indiana case to our attention, and we are aware of none, where, as in Florida, a defendant was convicted of burglary for entering a fenced area that was not completely enclosed,†Feinerman said. “… In sum, Perry ‘has not identified,’ and we have not found, ‘any case in which (Indiana’s) judiciary affirmed a (burglary) conviction that penalized acts’ inconsistent with the generic offense of burglary.â€
Finally, Feinerman found Perry’s conduct “clearly supports the two separate counts†of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, respectively.
Evansville Police Department 2017 Fall Citizen’s Academy Announcement
The Evansville Police Department would like to invite the citizens of our community to attend our ten-week Citizen’s Academy Fall session. Well over a thousand citizens have attended this program since its inception over twenty years ago.
Those attending this session of the Citizen’s Academy will use the Evansville Police Department’s firearms simulator. This will allow attendees to take part in realistic interactive “Shoot / Don’t Shoot Scenariosâ€.
The E.P.D. Citizen’s Academy provides the community with the opportunity to see firsthand how the various units of the police department operate. The goal of the Citizen’s Academy is to help create a better understanding of the department and provide improved communications between the citizens of Evansville and the members of the E.P.D. who serve.
The academy is free of charge and will be held e ach Tuesday evening beginning September 5th and continuing through November 14th from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm at the Evansville Police Department Foundation Training Room located at the C.K. Newsome Center / 100 E. Walnut Street / Evansville, Indiana).
Please see the attached Citizen’s Academy flyer and registration form for further information.
EPD now accepting registration for Fall 2017 Citizen’s Academy.
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