LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Five current and former student-athletes were selected to UALR’s Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities and were honored at a reception yesterday sponsored by the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development. A total of 51 UALR students were selected for this honor.

The UALR student-athlete honorees were:

Michelle Pittman – A senior member of the UALR soccer team from Albuquerque, N.M., she is majoring in marketing.

Rebecca McEachern – A senior member of the UALR swimming team from Star City, Ark., she is majoring in accounting.

Amy Tran – A junior member of the UALR swimming team from Medina, Tenn., she is majoring in mass communications.

Veronique Luksich – A junior member of the UALR tennis team from East London, South Africa, she is majoring in criminal justice.

Amy Hafner – A former member of the UALR volleyball team from Ovilla, Texas, she is a graduate student majoring in sports management and is also a graduate assistant for Academic Advising for the UALR Department of Athletics.

To be nominated for this honor, undergraduates must have completed 60 hours, enrolled in at least six hours, and recorded a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher. Graduate students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher and must be enrolled as a degree seeking student.