June 7

Robert Kaloghirou - Robert is a defender from Jonesboro. While at Jonesboro High School he was the team captain from 2000-2002 and earned All-Region honors in 2001. He was also a member of the Honor Roll from 2000-2002.

Peter Smith - Peter is a midfielder from Sherwood. While at Sylvan Hills High School he was an All-Conference performer from 1999-2002 and All Region in 2001-2002.

Aaron Causey - Aaron is a midfielder from Sherwood. He has served as the team captain at Sylvan Hills High School from 2001-2002. He has also received All-State honors in 2001 and All-Conference in 2002. He holds the career assist record at Sylvan Hills.

Joey Nottingham - Joey is a forward from Little Rock. He is an All-State performer from Catholic High School’s 2002 State Championship team. He was named Catholic High School’s Offensive Player of the Year. He also was on the Club Soccer State Champion-ship team in 2000 and 2001 and played in the Olympic Development Program in 2001-2002.

Bobby Rowley - Bobby is a defender from Conway. He was the team captain for Conway High School this past season.

Danny Russell - Danny is a forward from Maumelle. He attended Central Arkansas Christian where he was the team captain from 2001-2002 and earned All-Region honors in 2001 and 2002. He is also an Eagle Scout and member of the National Honor Society.

Brett Maune - Brett is a defender from North Little Rock. He attended North Little Rock High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society and the Honor Roll in 2000-2002. Before attending NLR High School, he went to Central Arkansas Christian, where he was the team MVP in 2001. He has also played on the Club Soccer State championship team in 2000 and 2001 and the Olympic Development Pro-gram (ODP) team in 2000.

Jacob Mattern - Jacob is a midfielder from Mountain Home. While at Mountain Home High School, he earned All-State honors in 2002 and All-Region in 2001 and 2002. He was the Bombers assist leader in 2002 and was named Mountain Home Best All-Around in 2001.

Michael Mumert - Michael is a midfielder from Sherwood. While at Sylvan Hills High School he earned All-Region honors in 2002 and was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2002.

Stuart Swearingen - Stuart is a forward from Mountain Home. He was named All-State and All-Region in 2002 for Mountain Home High School and received the team’s Hustle Award in 2002.

Chris Watkins - Chris is a midfielder from Sherwood. He received All-State honors in 2001 and All-Conference in 2002 while at Sylvan Hills High School. He was also a member of the National Honor Society and named to the Honor Roll from 2000-2002.

Brent Hugg - Brent is a goalkeeper from Little Rock. He went to Catholic High School and was a member of the 2002 State Championship team. He was also a member of the 2001 Honor Roll.

Michael Freeman - Michael is a goalkeeper from Little Rock. He earned All-State honors in 2002 and All-Region in 2000, while attending Arkansas Baptist High School. He was also named Distinguished Christian Athlete in 2001-2002, All-American Scholar in 2002, USAA Scholar in 2002, Who’s Who Among High School Students, and a member of the Honor Roll in 2000-2002.

Eric Wilson - Eric is a defender from Little Rock. He attended Catholic High School where he was a member of the 2002 State Championship team and was named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year. His club soccer team won the State Championship in 2000 and 2001 and he was a member of an Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) team in 2001 and 2002.

“Each one of these guys were recruited because of their abilities on the field and in the classroom,” Bishop said. “I feel that this first class of recruits will set our standards at a very high level and will make us competitive in the very difficult TranSouth Conference immediately.”

A student must maintain at least a 3.75 grade point average for the semester while taking a minimum of 12 hours. Those making the list for the 2002 spring semester were:

Emily Andersen of Fayetteville; David Baker of Salem; Edlira Bashari of Gassville; Attila L. Berry of Yellville; Judith A. Blackwell of Batesville; Joseph K. Brand of Missouri City, Texas; Lacie Bray of Pea Ridge.

Cassidee Breedlove of Rogers; Shannon Brooks of Melbourne; Ivana Budisin of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia; Brandon Byrd of Jonesboro; Pradeep Chalise of Kathmandu, Nepal; Surya Cheek of Little Rock; Braye Cloud of North Little Rock; Lee Sun Collier-Forgy of Little Rock.

Amber N. Cooper of Kilbourne, La.; Zac Cunningham of Pine Bluff; Melanie A. Davidson of Newark; Anthony D. Davis of Judsonia; Aimee E. Davis of Yellville; Karen C. Gibson of Sherwood; Abby Greeno of Fisher; Gregory M. Greenwood of Little Rock.

Taylor G. Guillory of North Little Rock; Courtney Harris of Searcy; Walter R. Hellums of Melbourne; Sarah Helm of Mabelvale; Justin W. Holt of Greers Ferry; Ryan Hueter of Festus, Mo.; Blake Hutchins of Cabot; Mario Kurtic of Heerlen, Netherlands; Amber Liegel of San Diego, Calif.; Laura Jane Lofton of Hughes; Bobbi Love of Cabot.

Esther R. Marzewski of Jonesboro; Kimberly R. McDonald of McCrory; Jonathan M. McDonald of Sherwood; Amanda E. Miller of Melbourne; Rachel Minyard of Pine Bluff; John T. Moore of Little Rock; Ashley Moosman of Batesville; Melanie B. Morrison of Harrisburg.

Megan A. Muckelberg of Bald Knob; Irene Obiero of Nairobi, Kenya; Seth Purcell of Paragould; Cynthia J. Qualls of Evening Shade; Robin Ramsey of Batesville; William F. Reed of Batesville; Jessica L. Riedmueller of Pottsville; Elizabeth A. Rowe of Hot Springs; Darien Rrushi of Tirana, Albania.

Tristan J. Rudd of Newport; Cassy Russell of Ward; Stephanie Saunders of Salem; Rachel Sauser of Bono; Amy Schmidt of Jonesboro; Casey Scribner of Batesville; Rebecca Sharp of Batesville; Lubima B. Simeonova of Sofia, Bulgaria; Melia Snyder of Benton; Jennifer T. Steele of Newark; James Stewart of Mountain View; John Sullivan of Bald Knob.

John R. Swearingen of Rogers; Danielle Temple of Conway; Michael N. Tharp of Floral; Jonathan A. Thompson of Ozark; Nikolay Tzanev of Varna, Bulgaria; Kayla Weed of San Antonio, Texas; Elayna Wells of Maumelle; Noah T. Williams of Batesville; Whitney Williams of Pine Bluff; Brooklyn Wilroy of Batesville.

Lyon will welcome students and parents of this year’s freshman class at a summer orientation Friday, June 14. Thirty-four students are expected to attend. The students will be introduced to their mentors, have their ID picture taken, get parking permits and have an opportunity to receive assistance with business office matters, computer services and financial aid.

S.A.F.A.R.I. 2002

Melissa Cooper, director of Lyon College’s S.A.F.A.R.I., greets students at the opening day of this summer’s first session on Monday. The program, which provides different fun and educational classes for students in kindergarten through seventh grade, has approximately 90 students enrolled for both sessions.