Amelia Davis, Phil Swanson and Alycen Wiacek

were honored at Wayne State University's Academic Recognition Luncheon, held April 19 at St. Andrew's Hall. The luncheon recognized the 108 Warrior student-athletes who recorded at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the fall 2011 term. Additionally, Davis received the College of Engineering Deans Award for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in the College of Engineering.

Each student also selected their favorite professor to be honored at the ceremony. Davis and Swanson both chose Shawn McElmurry, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Wiacek chose Abhilash Pandya, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Davis and Swanson are majoring in civil and environmental engineering and Wiacek is majoring in mechanical engineering.

Photo: (left to right) Phil Swanson, Prof. Shawn McElmurry, Amelia Davis, Dean Farshad Fotouhi, Alycen Wiacek, and Prof. Abhilash Pandya at the Academic Recognition Luncheon.