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The Tide and Tigers are showing off their talent in the classroom as many of their athletes are being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

Auburn has 34 student-athletes on the list, while the University of Alabama has 48. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive made the announcement Wednesday.

The 2011-12 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2011 Spring, Summer and Fall terms.

Alabama tide with Georgia and South Caroline for the most student-athletes on the list. 

AUBURN

Men's swimming and diving had the most athletes earn SEC Academic Honor Roll distinctions with 11. They include James Disney-May (Economics, Liberal Arts), Stuart Ferguson (Philosophy), Adam Godzinski (Supply Chain Management), Zane Grothe (Aerospace Engineering), Peter Haas (Political Science), Spencer Kerns (Biomedical Sciences Pre-Dentistry), Tofey Leon (Biomedical Sciences Pre-Med), Christopher Manning (History), Max Murphy (Political Science), Kyle Owens (Biomedical Sciences Pre-Med) and John Santeiu (Chemistry).

The women's swimming and diving team was honored with nine selections. They are Anna Aguero (Psychology), Vanessa Dantin (Exercise Science), Laura Johnson (Pre-Mechanical Engineering), Rebecca Jones (Exercise Science), Haley Krakoski (Hotel and Restaurant Management), Lauren Norberg (Animal Sciences Pre-Vet), Lindsey Norberg (Animal Sciences Pre-Vet), Hannah Riordan (History) and Kelsey Winters (Psychology).

Gymnastics was also honored with nine student-athletes selected in Justine Foster (Finance), Abbey Habicht (Accountancy), Kareen Kaveh (Marketing), Laura Lane (Applied Math Actuarial Science), Allyson Sandusky (Hotel and Restaurant Management), Kylie Shields (Health Promotion), Kendall Swartz (Apparel Merchandising Consumer Affairs), Leah Vining (Mathematics) and Petrina Yokay (Chemistry Pre-Med).

The men's basketball team earned three selections in Josh Wallace (Civil Engineering), Dylan Spencer (International Business) and Bernard Morena (International Business).

The women's basketball team was represented by Blanche Alverson (Biomedical Sciences Pre-Med) and Courtney Strain (Exercise Science).

ALABAMA

The back-to-back NCAA Champion gymnastics team had 13, a total that was first among league's gymnastics teams, including Becca Alexin, Olivia Carisella, Sarah DeMeo, Ria Domier, Lindsey Fowler, Marissa Gutierrez, Kim Jacob, Diandra Milliner, Ashley Priess, Ashley Sledge, Geralen Stack-Eaton, Rachel Terry and Hannah Toussaint.  

The men's swimming and diving team led the way for the Crimson Tide with 18 making the list, exceeding last year's total by six, including Vlad Caciuc, Brian Carr, Cameron Conners, Philip Dockery, Gilles Gutnecht, Hunter Hinson, Bjoern Hornikel, Alex Pujol, Andrew Reeves, Jake Reynolds, Reese Shirey, Devan Terry, Michael Tontillo, Kyle Weeks, George Wong, Andrew Wrist, Jos Ziegler and Luke Zippi.   

The women's swimming and diving team had 13 honorees, including Callan Buck, Kara Feeney, Jenna Gallo, Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Hillary Hahmann, Caitlyn Harrison, Shelby Hixon, Paige McCleary, Callie Nettles, Ida Persson, Alex Popa, Suzanne Schwee and Kristel Vourna.  

The men's basketball team, which reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006, had three honorees in Carl Engstrom, Charles Hankerson and Trevor Releford. Women's basketball's Kristin Bush also made the list. 

To earn a place on the honor roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.0 or better grade point average for either the preceding academic year or their career and be a sophomore or better in academic standing. The winter list honors those student-athletes that participate in men's and women's basketball, gymnastics and men's and women's swimming and diving. 

The Tide's football, soccer and volleyball teams, which were honored earlier this year, put 56 student-athletes on the fall honor roll. The conference will recognize the sports whose championships are in the spring, as well as this year's freshmen, at a later date.

INFORMATION SOURCES: UA and AU Athletic Departments